7. The game between Pickens County High School and Gordo High School has been cancelled due to an overreaction to a social media post by Gordo High School that had a safari theme.

6. Several Alabama cities (including Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Decatur, and Muscle Shoals) are racing to impose a double tax on vape products by October 1 because after that date, the cities can not specifically raise taxes on those items.

5. State Representative Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) criticized the Alabama High School Athletic Association for being anti-school choice, adding to the chorus of voices critical of the AHSAA’s recent decision-making and heavy-handed nature..

4. The FBI is clearly laying out the motives of a madman who attacked ICE agents and killed an immigration detainee, as left-wing violence and Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) labeled the Dallas ICE facility shooting a continued escalation of violence by the left, as well.

3. The Justice Department has filed perjury charges against former FBI Director James Comey in Virginia for false testimony. The media, who cheerleaded every charge filed against every person in President Donald Trump’s orbit, is aghast.

2. College Republican Federation of Alabama Chair Riley McArdle demanding the University of Alabama fire professors for making vile comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination saying, “President Mohler, you have a duty to demonstrate moral clarity in this moment and show the people of Alabama that you will not sit idly by as the University of Alabama, an institution that has made our state proud for nearly two centuries, falls to depravity and is publicly embarrassed by deeply evil academic activists.”

1. The U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 3.8% in the second quarter, up from the 3.0% previously reported, and bucking the experts once again, reflecting economic resilience and that tariffs have not destroyed the economy yet.

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