7. Liberal media reporters admit they are scared of cancel culture, how brave
- In a shocking admission to no one, except other cowardly members of the liberal media, Washington Post media “critic” Erik Wemple admitted that he was afraid to criticize the media as part of his critic job when The New York Times revolted over the paper daring to let a U.S. senator write an op-ed. Wemple knew the liberal mob would turn on him and demand he be fired. People who did object to the issue at hand were fired and Wemple remained silent.
- Wemple admitted that his “posture was one of cowardice and midcareer risk management.” This exposes the liberal media as two groups, one where dissenting opinions should not be heard and another that knows that is wrong but is afraid of the first group. Wemple is a coward.
6. Supreme Court seems poised to blow up racial discrimination in education
- The Supreme Court is about to deal a blow to the practice of fighting racism from the past with racism today. The cases they are hearing are Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and SFFA v. the University of North Carolina where the argument is being made that schools are using race, and only predominantly race, to determine admissions under the guise of “diversity.”
- Many believe Chief Justice John Roberts has signaled how he feels this matter should go when he said, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
5. Alabama still controls its own destiny, Auburn still needs a coach
- In a bit of good news for Alabama after their loss to Tennessee, the College Football Playoff rankings put the team No. 6, which may not sound great, but the Tide is still in the driver’s seat for playoff hopes. It is a “win and they are in” situation with games against Georgia and, likely, an SEC Championship game ahead.
- The game against LSU is a huge game for Alabama as well, with the 10th-ranked Tigers looking for an upset at home. Auburn’s return to the hunt will probably have to wait until they have a full-time head coach. Florida remains unranked.
4. Fear of a purple Huntsville seems to be in the heart of Republicans in Alabama
- Republican candidates and office-holders appeared in north Alabama this week and they talked about how a big turnout is needed in the Tennessee Valley and beyond to send the message that the area and the state is not turning purple.
- Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth spoke of a message Alabamians need to send, “Two (state) House seats here, Democrats are excited about,” said Ainsworth. “Let’s steal it from them, OK? Let’s send a message that in Alabama, we’re going to have a massive red wave and that Huntsville, Alabama is not purple. No way. It’s going to stay red.” Even U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke on the matter, “We cannot send the message that North Alabama is red, not purple, unless we get out to vote. And having higher vote totals on Nov. 8 is going to be an imperative.”
3. Election law matters now
- In 2020, some states changed their election laws on the fly, some states had their election laws changed by judges and some states just ignored the law altogether. But the problems raised during that election may not repeat themselves again because of the attention called to those errors.
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state has to follow election laws, this is angering many and giving them excuses for the impending crimson tide. The court ruled that if ballots are not dated, or misdated, they will not be counted as the court ordered, “county boards of elections segregate and preserve any ballots contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes.”
2. Economy continues to be top issue
- As voters head to the polls and start to decide who they will vote for this year, polling, enthusiasm and the issues all appear to be on the Republicans’ side.
- A Wall Street Journal poll shows Republicans up two points in generic balloting (below the average lead Republicans hold at 2.8 points) with Republicans more likely to show up and vote, that lead should be higher among registered voters. The economy is the top issue still and only 19% think it is going in the right direction.
1. Alabama polling show what we already know
- Not much of a shocker heading into the last week of the election, Gov. Kay Ivey, Katie Britt and all statewide Republicans are going to trounce their opponents according to polling done by Alabama Daily News and stolen by aldotcom.
- Really, the only surprises with these numbers are that Libertarians are doing so terribly, Democrats are hovering around 30% and Kay Ivey is actually more popular than Donald Trump.
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