7 Things: ALdotcom tries to downplay migrants who invaded Alabama, U.S. House passes ratepayer protection pledge, and more…

7. U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) attacked President Donald Trump in a Miami campaign ad, saying, “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” and warning, “The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

6. Democrat mega-star Hasan Piker ignorantly argued the Middle East “would be more stable” if Iran had a nuclear weapon and that the United States caused more terror than al Qaeda “pound for pound,” forcing Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to offer faint criticism, “I do not agree with this statement,” while Republican Mike Rogers demanded he “condemn Piker once and for all.”

5. After a months-long effort to tell you Artificial Intelligence may murder you, a Politico poll found 63 percent of Americans see at least a moderate risk that advanced AI could destroy humanity, and a plurality favor pausing new models (with the industry calling for it too),  but Alabama AG nominee Katherine Robertson warned OpenAI is not really interested in helping people understand what is happening is  “certainly hadn’t received everything that we sought” under the state’s subpoena and dismissed tech executives begging for regulation as “CYA.”

4. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) says he “choked on my coffee” after Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person, who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, and loves crushing ice cream sandwiches, demanded a fuel-tax freeze, citing Jones’s National Taxpayers Union “F” grades and adding, “I just wish Doug had discovered lower taxes when he actually had a vote in the United States Senate.”

3. At least 17 Alabama cities have currently paused new data centers, including Tarrant Mayor Tracie Threadford said, “What we’re not going to do is be caught with no guardrails” and “we want to develop responsibly.”

2. The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3 to make 100-megawatt-plus data centers cover their own power generation and grid upgrades, as Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said he cosponsored the Senate companion “to make sure Alabamians aren’t left footing the bill,” calling the facilities “mailbox money” for schools and law enforcement — however — Senate Democrats blocked a vote on the bill Thursday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) killing ratepayer relief weeks before the midterms.

1. In an effort to downplay the immigration problem, aldotcom is highlighting 36,000 migrants who crossed from Mexico between 2018 and 2025 and were detained (as if this was the final number) who named Alabama as their destination, including nearly 11,000 children and about 10,000 Guatemalans, with Albertville ranking among the state’s top destinations for Haitians, but even this propaganda effort notes officials do not verify whether those who listed an address ever arrived.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.