7. The University of Alabama was ranked the No. 1 most conservative college in Alabama and No. 14 most conservative nationwide in the 2025 Niche.com ‘Best Colleges’ list, following a visit from President Trump and hosting an official 2024 GOP presidential debate. Other Alabama universities included Auburn University and Auburn University at Huntsville while the University of North Alabama is the state’s most liberal and the 25th most liberal in the country.
6. Pro-$5 billion dollar Northern Beltine rhetoric is hard to come by but Palmerdale Fire District Chief Jason Howell is arguing that the the Birmingham Northern Beltline is a crucial highway project in Jefferson County, aimed at improving emergency response times and reducing delays. Chief Howell believes he project’s success is not just about cost or population density, but the number of lives saved by first responders, while this will be a hard sell, the project would provide a clearer, more direct route for first responders, allowing them to reach emergencies faster and with less chance of delay.
5. An Auburn man, Jay Quan Adams, will spend twelve years in federal prison for selling a counterfeit fentanyl pill to a local teenager. Adams was arrested in March 2021 for the overdose, which led to the death of the victim. The case highlights the dangers of the synthetic opioid and the need for education about its risks.
4. U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) has condemned TikTok, after a report on NPR published laid bare TikTok’s harmful practices, for its disregard for its users’ mental health, despite its own research confirming addiction risks and negative impacts. Britt argues that the rise of social media usage by children and teenagers is tied to the mental health crisis, and that Congress must act to protect the well-being of America’s kids.
3. Former President Bill Clinton has criticized former President Trump for scuttling a bipartisan border security bill, which would have led to total vetting before people entered the US-Mexico border, the latest delusional argument where the media and their Democrats try to take their weaknesses and blame Republicans (the economy, crime, immigration). Clinton argued that if migrants, including her alleged killer, had been properly vetted, the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley “probably wouldn’t have happened.” Trump’s campaign has cast Clinton’s comments as an indictment of President Joe Biden and Harris’ handling of border security, highlighting the back-and-forth between Democrats and Trump.
2.Secretary of State Wes Allen expressed disappointment with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to stay a partial preliminary injunction on Alabama’s ballot harvesting law. Allen argued that the law was meant to protect disabled voters and prevent paid political activists from exerting undue influence. Attorney General Steve Marshall plans to continue fighting the law to set absentee voting parameters.
1. President Donald Trump is the strongest Republican with Black voters since 1960, particularly among young Black men, cutting the Dem margin by 40 points from 2012. But Vice President Kamala Harris has some plans, free stuff, race-baed loans, and more drugs, which is equal parts brilliant and absurdly insulting, the Trump/Vance campaign responded by noting their plans will benefit all Americans, “Kamala Harris’ failed policies have caused inflation to outpace wage growth. President Trump delivered real results with a booming economy and will deliver economic prosperity once again.”
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