7. Felony voter denials draw federal court attention
- A federal judge has demanded the state of Alabama turn over a list of rejected felonious voters to the Greater Birmingham Ministries for inspection but Secretary of State John Merrill is challenging the ruling.
- GBM wants to know who was removed from the voting rolls because of a disqualifying felony in the last two years, those who had their application to vote rejected for the same reason and those removed from the voting rolls after the 2020 general election.
6. Grocery tax cut should be in the discussion for tax reform/rebates
- State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) has weighed in on the debate over what types of tax reform to offer to Alabama voters in the next legislative session with a windfall of tax dollars. Givhan believes a good way to give voters relief is to cut the grocery tax in half.
- One of the gripes that keeps the food tax alive is the Education Trust Fund benefits from that revenue but Givhan notes, “The truth of the matter is we can’t give them enough money. Never. It’s an insatiable desire, and that’s apparent in almost everything we do in government is always more money is the solution, and I think we could look at a number of things and say that’s not the case.”
5. Auburn has a new AD, a fired head coach and an interim coach
- A big news day for Auburn University saw the hiring of Mississippi State’s John Cohen for the school’s Athletic Department’s head post. This coincided with the firing of second-year head football coach Bryan Harsin.
- Harsin’s teams were 9-12 with a 4-9 record in the Southeastern Conference and he will walk away with $15 million, of which $7.5 million is due in 30 days. In his place, Carnell “Cadillac” Williams will be the interim head coach with Auburn making it clear the hunt is on for a new coach in a statement that says, “Auburn will begin an immediate search for a coach that will return the Auburn program to a place where it is consistently competing at the highest levels and representing the winning tradition that is Auburn football.”
4. aldotcom’s ninth-most embarrassing employee says Harsin’s vaccine status still matters
- aldotcom’s Joseph Goodman has been on a fruitless and embarrassing campaign against former Auburn head football coach Bryan Harsin over his unwillingness to announce his vaccine status. After Harsin was fired, Goodman declared that this shows, “Harsin displayed a disgusting lack of respect for Auburn, the people of Alabama and the responsibility for a position of power during a crisis.”
- Now, the vaccine had no impact on his firing nor did Goodman’s sad screeds, this one titled “Bryan Harsin never had a shot” but it does continue to show how the media’s disdain for Americans who did not bow before Big Tech and the media and take a vaccine that did not do as advertised, that we were misled about and that cost many Americans their jobs and livelihoods. This take is so bad, The Atlantic magazine is asking that Americans give “pandemic amnesty” to people such as Goodman for their pandemic behavior but that seems unlikely. It is unknown how many vaccines and boosters Goodman has taken because no one cares enough to ask.
3. Facebook and Twitter were working with the government to censor you
- The Biden administration denied it was working to censor people on social media, Facebook denied it and Twitter denied it. But it was all a lie because new documents show that is exactly what was happening.
- Microsoft executive Matt Masterson, a former DHS official, texted Jen Easterly, a DHS director saying, “Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov’t. It’s really interesting how hesitant they remain.” But are they hesitant? Facebook/Instagram actually have formalized process for government officials to apply to flag content and request that it be throttled or suppressed. This was used against critics of the government policy on the pandemic and other issues, the Hunter Biden laptop story and even parody accounts.
2. Diesel shortage has the attention of two Alabama congressmen
- U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) is raising the red flag about the looming diesel shortage and what it could mean. Last Friday, Mansfield Energy Corp. said, “Poor pipeline shipping economics and historically low diesel inventories are combining to cause shortages in various markets throughout the Southeast.” Aderholt placed this blame at the feet of President Biden’s “failure to focus on American energy.”
- Rep. Aderholt is not alone. U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile), in a piece at Yellowhammer News said, “Energy Information Administration reported the U.S. has just a 25-day supply of reserve diesel fuel, which is the lowest amount we’ve seen in at least 14 years.” He also laid out what this means for every American: “Everything you eat, wear, and use everyday gets delivered by 18-wheelers, trains, and ships which rely on diesel fuel. If transporters can’t deliver basic goods, or have to pay significantly more for diesel fuel, it directly impacts every single one of us.”
1. Britt nails Biden on failed leadership
- Alabama Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Katie Britt has her race locked up, but she is not letting up on President Joe Biden. In an appearance in Madison with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Britt put it succinctly, “failed leadership, every single thing is moving in the wrong direction.”
- Britt would elaborate, “We have got to rein in spending, rein in this overburdensome regulation and we have got to be not just energy independent but energy dominant.” Blackburn highlighted Britt’s future in the Republican Party’s messaging, calling her “a new conservative, well-spoken, aggressive, female U.S. senator.”
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