7 Things: Blue wave bloodbath for Republicans; Alabama funds food banks; and more …

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November 5, 2025

7. Huntsville will not stop growing and plans to annex 21,000 Limestone County acres plus use 24,000 existing to build 113,000 homes, 13 million square feet for office space, 74 million square feet for industrial, 9 million square feet retail. The state’s largest city hopes to create 120,000 jobs over 50 years with schools, I-65 upgrades, airport growth, and a desire to expand further.

6. After a federal court ruled Alabama’s 2023 map violated the Voting Rights Act, they drew a seat specifically to elect a black Democrat; and now Alabama State Rep. Chris Pringle says that decision haunts the state for generations, if not overturned, and hopes the Supreme Court reverses with its expected decision on a Louisiana case.

5. ALGOP Chairman John Wahl agreed with a brilliant talk show host who argued that, at the end of the day, the AEA wants to “slit throats” of Republicans, metaphorically, but Wahl notes he got bans of AEA/NEA donations to school boards over conflicts, secured anti-homeschool regulation pledges, and limited union power under GOP supermajorities.

4. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) was one of many Republicans, union leaders, and voters who have separately demanded an end to government shutdown after breaking the record for the longest shutdown. Citing the 750,000 Alabamians losing funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Britt pushed a three-bill fix for SNAP/VA/police while blaming Democrats for their shutdown games.

3. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) thanked Birmingham and Mayor Randall Woodfin for the $1 million in aid for the city’s large base of SNAP residents; meanwhile, President Donald Trump balked at funding SNAP after suggesting otherwise.

2. Gov. Kay Ivey sent $2 million to eight food banks that serve all 67 counties while SNAP funding remains in limbo – with $3 million for food banks from the Alabama Department of Human Resources plus $300 per child for the 11,000+ children in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

1. Democrats swept a series of elections in blue states, a socialist will be the mayor of New York City; New Jersey and Virginia have new Democrat governors; and California handed Democrats AT LEAST 5 U.S. House seats in a rebuke of President Donald Trump, the government shutdown, and the economy.

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