7. Huntsville City Councilman Devyn Keith is a thief but stealing from multiple Walmarts across the city and in his district has still not cost him his re-election as a city councilman. Keith almost lost his seat to Huntsville City School Board Member Michelle Watkins, who went after the seat because Keith ran after his issues arrived and he pled guilty.
6. The government will slow down the mail, to make it better. The U.S. Postal Service is proposing a plan to save up to $3 billion annually by allowing some mail and packages, especially those bound for rural or remote areas, to remain in distribution hubs for an extra day in order to to save the USPS and reduce costs, carbon emissions, and truck trips through neighborhoods. This would prioritize service for locations within 50 miles of a processing center, potentially speeding up delivery times for those areas and most mail would arrive within five days.
5. Special Counsel Jack Smith is attempting to take another bite at the apple in order to attempt to make the politically motivated Jan. 6 charges against former President Donald Trump stick with a revised indictment against Trump, focusing on his alleged efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. The updated indictment narrows the charges by removing references to Trump’s interactions with Department of Justice officials, reflecting a recent Supreme Court ruling that grants former presidents immunity for official acts as Trump continues to face charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., obstructing an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
4. Reporters are apparently helping Vice President Kamala Harris find the safest venue for her first interview, and apparently it is to sit down with CNN’s Dana Bash, but Harris will be brining her emotional support vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. This will do little to stop people from questioning why Harris won’t talk issue with journalists or on the stump. The criticism will likely shift to questions about her inability to do a solo interview as her attempt to moderate her views through surrogates and the media.
3. Football is safe, according to veteran doctor and AHSAA medical director James Robinson who addressed concerns about football safety following the recent deaths of two high school players in Alabama. While acknowledging the unusual occurrence of two deaths early in the season, Robinson maintained that football remains a safe sport, citing stable death rates according to national data. He emphasized that protocols such as mandatory preparticipation physical exams, parental risk assessment, CPR and AED training for coaches, and the presence of emergency action plans help mitigate risks.
2. The Biden-Harris Department of Justice is looking for more fights with Alabama over abortion, because this is all they care about, and are supporting abortion fetishists (Yellowhammer Fund and West Alabama Women’s Center) in their legal battle against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who has threatened to prosecute individuals aiding women in traveling out of state for abortion services. In a brief filed Aug. 19, the DOJ argued that Alabama’s actions violate constitutional principles by attempting to punish residents for engaging in legal activities in other states.
1. The non-Border Czar is totally finally ready to close the border as it has now been announced by someone not named Kamala Harris that Vice President Kamala Harris has reversed her stance on building the southern border wall, a project she previously opposed during the Trump administration, calling it “un-American.” Now, as the Democratic presidential nominee, she supports spending hundreds of millions (billions?) on the wall as part of a bipartisan border security bill. This shift in position aligns with her more hawkish approach to immigration, contrasting with her past liberal positions on issues like Medicare for All and fracking.
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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 from 10-11 a.m. on Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440, with a rebroadcast Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.
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