7. Alabama radio legend Paul Finebaum is allegedly ready to leave the network to run for Alabama’s 2026 Senate race for the seat held by Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn); meanwhile, former Alabama QB AJ McCarron’s debut campaign event leaves many wondering why he is running.
6. California will revoke 17,000 immigrant Commercial Driver’s Licenses under President Donald Trump’s pressure to stop these workers from taking jobs and causing fatal wrecks involving drivers who failed English tests, proving themselves unprepared for the road.
5. Alabama State Rep. Andy Whitt (R-Harvest) praised the U.S. Senate’s hemp ban, which mirrors the intent Alabama’s HB445, making it easier to enforce and closing the unintentional Farm Bill loophole.
4. A Columbia study shows Hyundai Montgomery’s supply chain’s use of prison labor depressed auto wages 10-14%; Hyundai argues it doesn’t allow for the use of this labor anymore, adding that their “operations in Alabama employ 4,500 people and support an additional 18,000 jobs statewide, generating more than $2.4 billion in private disposable income each year.”
3. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is the latest to back the effort to end the filibuster, as Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is calling for to push the agenda of President Donald Trump over the finish line.
2. Alabama will now load full November SNAP payments for recipients due to the USDA reopening, which will aid 750,000 people amid delays causing anger and claims of insecurity; Birmingham is also providing $100 gift cards via the United Way to people in need, so get ready for videos of people dancing around their pile of Uncrustables in the aisles at Walmart.
1. Democrats are deleting social media posts referencing the false suggestion that President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein spent Thanksgiving 2017 together, even though they are shamelessly continuing to note that Epstein hated Trump, as part of the latest “career-ending” attack on Trump. But this is not stopping more Democrats from making baseless allegations to cover up their failure to stand firm after they shut down the government and refuse to allow all the files to be released.
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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.
