7. Biloxi, Miss.’s mayor may have solved the city’s homeless issue by sending homeless people to Mobile, Ala. Mobile would like them to stop.
6. Employees in the Madison County library system have declared they are not going to comply with directives from the entities overseeing them, which should end well.
5. After former President Barack Obama’s DOJ cleared the previous versions of Alabama’s congressional districts, his attorney general sued the state over those maps and now Obama says, “historic win for voting rights and democracy, and it happened thanks to the hard work of Black voters, advocates, and organizations.”
4. The Speaker of the House fight continues in Washington, D.C., and only one Alabama member of the House, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), is supporting U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), as is former President Donald Trump.
3. More than 1,100 people are dead, and that number is rising, after a series of terrorist attacks on Israel. Iran supports Hamas and far too many politicians are hanging on to the fact that the $6 billion given to Iran recently could not have been an issue because it is still frozen.
2. Democrats all over the country held rallies supporting terrorists and members of Congress found themselves releasing statements criticizing the Israelis for this attack. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, behaving like a coward, deleted a tweet showing support for Israel after backlash. This is the same guy who called an earlier trip to Israel, “The most powerful moment in my life in 2022 was a trip to Israel that became an unintentional spiritual journey.”
1. A vast majority of Alabama leaders have responded with unequivocal support for the state of Israel, with U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) reiterating that Israel has a right to defend itself. An Alabama church group is stuck in Israel as this battle rages on.
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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 and on Talk 99.5 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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