7. Disney is losing an estimated $30 million weekly in revenue from blacked out ABC and ESPN channels, prompting Alphabet’s YouTube TV to offer subscribers a $20 credit amid ongoing negotiations; this is significantly impacting college football, the NFL, and even election night.
6. Alabama conservative organizations Alabama Policy Institute and Eagle Forum of Alabama praised the U.S. Senate’s agriculture/FDA funding package for closing the 2018 Farm Bill loophole by redefining hemp to ban intoxicating synthetics, such as delta-8, with a total THC limit and 0.4 mg container cap; this would allow Alabama to align laws to remove the products from shelves to protect public health and children.
5. President Donald Trump urged retired Alabama coach Nick Saban on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” to help fix college sports’ NIL and transfer portal chaos, praising Saban’s expertise and lamenting damage done to other sports and ballooning costs. But Saban may be busy as he leads betting odds to replace fired LSU coach Brian Kelly followed by Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin.
4. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey talked up the state’s education turnaround, citing fourth-graders’ leaping from 52nd to 32nd in math and 49th to 34th in reading after early instruction investments, teacher retraining, and coaches, as well as the Alabama Literacy Act.
3. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) defended his votes against funding bills as “hell yes” worth the shutdown to spotlight Obamacare handouts, criticizing Republicans’ non-binding December vote as dead on arrival and complaining about SNAP handouts being delayed;; U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) had already vowed to be a “HELL NO” to the Senate-passed measure, she followed through and voted “No”.
2. Congress passed a bipartisan funding bill 222-209 to end the record government shutdown with six Democrats and two Republicans crossing lines, providing full-year funding for agriculture, legislative branch, and VA through Jan. 30, reversing layoffs with back pay, funding SNAP for 42 million, and promising a U.S. Senate December ObamaCare handout vote.Trump signed the bill.
1. As the media and their Democrats scramble to distract from their failure to get concessions on the government shutdown, House Democrats released three Epstein documents, including emails where “journalist” Michael Wolff urged Jeffrey Epstein to publicly criticize Donald Trump for “political cover” by claiming Trump spent two hours with a girl who stated Trump did nothing wrong. But the GOP House Oversight released additional files amid investigations, conflicting with Epstein’s email claiming Trump knew of underage abuse but didn’t participate.
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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.
