7. The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry laid out the bill’s intent, “you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given which was Moses. … He got his commandments from God.” The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation stated that the law violates longstanding Supreme Court precedent and the First Amendment, resulting in “unconstitutional religious coercion of students.”
6. The family of the 15-year-old boy fatally shot by Athens police over the weekend expressed their profound grief surrounding the tragedy. Gabriel McNutt’s parents said he found a gun in a closet and fired one shot before officers returned fire, resulting in Gabriel’s fatal injury. Despite their loss, the family does not hold the officers at fault, with his father expressing hope that the police “don’t carry this” burden and acknowledging, “We did everything we could, it’s no one’s fault, it’s a tragedy.”
5. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) once again expressed disappointment after Senate Democrats blocked the passage of the Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act. The legislation aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, a cause Britt emphasized as critical for the nation’s well-being, asking where Democrats stand, “Are they more interested in scaring women and families or helping women and families? Personally, I am proud to support women throughout the seasons of motherhood and I am honored to lead this pro-life pro-woman pro-family legislation the legislation.”
4. A Huntsville insurance salesman has been charged and pled guilty in an insane plot to threaten Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney overseeing the investigation into former President Donald Trump. The threats, which will ruin this man’s life, were made in connection to Trump’s legal challenges, and Arthur Ray Hanson II admitted he “made a stupid phone call,” out of anger and frustration over the trial.
3. People are rightly mad about $42.5 billion being wasted on broadband Internet, even though it was suggested it would provide universal access, with ZERO houses connected to broadband. Alabama’s rural Internet rollout is only slightly better with more than 0 houses getting Internet, but it is still breaking the bank with Alabama State Senator Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) laying out that each connection is costing $6,000 and well over $500+million being spent.
2. Candidate for Congress in the court-ordered gerrymandered Second Congressional District Caroleene Dobson is expressing support for “federal remedies” for cities with out-of-control crime. Meanwhile on the state level, Speaker of the House Nathanial Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) is signaling he is ready to allow the state to take over failed cities’ police departments in the state and the Legislature will take this up in 2025.
1. President Joe Biden’s lack of plans to win the 2024 election are scaring his allies, staff, and handlers because they don’t believe he can develop a plan to beat former President Donald Trump. According to “anonymous” sources, the situation is becoming dire as Biden’s team scrambles to develop a more effective campaign approach amidst growing challenges and “there is a hesitance to raise skepticism or doubt about the current path, for fear of being viewed as disloyal.”
