7. Cases in Brookside continue to be dropped
- The Brookside Police Department has been under investigation for excessive policing, and Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr is now looking to dismiss many felony cases within the city. According to Carr, there’s a lack of trust in the department and too many questions about the legitimacy of evidence gathered.
- So far, there have been a total of 96 cases Carr is trying to get dismissed. An additional 41 cases have been appealed by the Brookside Municipal Court but were previously dismissed. Some of the cases Carr is attempting to get dismissed are drug charges where evidence was never sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science, and Carr advised, “What they said was cocaine could be baking powder,” since it hasn’t been tested and examined.
6. Tuberville’s legislation for more life insurance coverage passes
- The “Supporting Families of the Fallen Act” increases the life insurance maximum for service members and veterans by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has been passed by the Senate. The maximum coverage would increase from $400,000 to $500,000.
- Tuberville said, “This is a win for our military families and veterans. Our service members selflessly sacrifice for our freedom and deserve peace of mind in knowing that their families will be taken care of should tragedy strike. I hope to see the same swift action on this legislation in the House so we can get it across the finish line.”
5. More support at the border is being requested
- With a surge of migrants expected at the U.S. southern border, the Department of Homeland Security is asking that more support be sent to the border by the Department of Defense. Commander of the U.S. Northern Command General Glen VanHerck said more support “is in the planning stages right now.”
- There is an expected wave of migration within the coming months, but encounters at the border have remained higher than usual, with 164,973 in February of this year alone, compared to the 101,099 in February 2021. There were only 36,687 total in February 2020.
4. Donald Trump now suing Hillary Clinton over 2016 election
- The walls are closing in on never-going-to-be-President Hillary Clinton, the DNC and dozens of others who knowingly spread false information about then-candidate Donald Trump in an attempt to stop his eventual victory in November 2016. Trump has filed a lawsuit alleging they took part in a conspiracy to undermine his campaign and eventually administration by claiming he was engaged in collusion with Russians.
- The complaint reads, “Acting in concert, the Defendants maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile foreign sovereignty.” It continues to suggest there was “falsifying evidence, deceiving law enforcement, and exploiting access to highly-sensitive data sources.”
3. AG Marshall testifies against Ketanji Brown Jackson and made the media mad
- In front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall testified against U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Marshall said that this is an example of how President Joe Biden’s administration has been working to “fundamentally redesign” the justice system. Marshall stated, “The Senate must now do its due diligence to ensure that the ideology of the anti-incarceration and anti-police movement—views that the Biden administration has increasingly embraced—is never permitted to make its way into the Supreme Court.”
- For some reason, Marshall was asked about the 2020 election and he gave an answer that the media and their Democrats did not like. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) repeatedly, as if he had a “gotcha” moment, asked if Biden was “the duly elected and lawfully serving president of the United States of America,” and Marshall would not give him the response he craved. He instead stated, “He is the President of the United States.”
2. U.S. Senate candidates are generally in agreement about troops in Ukraine
- All three of the U.S. Senate candidates, Katie Britt, Mike Durant and U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), agree that the United States should not send troops to Ukraine. Brooks said that this should be a last resort option.
- Durant advocated for not making “decisions based on emotion,” while Britt said, “We must take every available step to give Ukrainians the defensive weaponry, equipment, technology and vehicles needed to stand their ground, including aircraft.” Brooks advised, “While Putin’s Ukrainian invasion and murders are heinous, this is first and foremost a problem for Europe to resolve.” He added that the United States should only send manpower “if Europe asks and, even then, only if Europe takes the lead military role in whatever defensive measures if any, Europe decides is appropriate to counter Russia’s barbaric invasion of an otherwise peaceful nation.”
1. The Biden administration wants Ukraine to wrap this thing up and China to stay out
- President Joe Biden is putting faith in China’s greed to keep them out of any further alliance with Russia and conflict with European countries. He declared, “China understands that its economic future is much more closely tied to the West than it is to Russia.” He is also seeking an end to the conflict behind the scenes with some suggesting Ukraine agree to give up some territory.
- Biden’s trip so far has been interesting as he snapped at the press, stated that NATO was more unified than ever in spite of clear rifts, declared the United States would respond “in-kind” if Russia uses chemical weapons, and noted that the sanctions placed on Russia are deterrents that he never expected to work.
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