7. A new poll shows that there is a clear frontrunner for the U.S. Senate seat held by Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) with Attorney General Steve Marshall getting 37% of respondents, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) gathering 16%, but 40% of voters still undecided ahead of the 2026 election
6. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis to address crime, with soldiers set to assist local law enforcement; other cities are in the running for federal troops as well.
5. Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) inexplicably blamed Charlie Kirk for his own assassination as he compared him to George Wallace, warning that Kirk’s rhetoric could incite uncontrollable violence following his death.
4. Young Alabama lawmakers have issued a bipartisan call for civility following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville) and State Rep. Jeremy Gray (D-Opelika) are calling for dialing back some of the heated political rhetoric to prevent further violence.
3. The American media is coming out against “cancel culture,” when they have supported it for years, calling it “consequence culture,” even though this is about people celebrating murder and not political disagreements.
2. Teachers across the state are getting criticized and some are being investigated for their terrible reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death, like a University of Alabama in Huntsville’s philosophy chair who criticized Charlie Kirk as racist and transphobic, an Enterprise college professor was fired for trying to indoctrinate students, and a Montgomery teacher who mocked his assassination.
1. Liberals were more likely than others to say it’s usually or always acceptable to be happy about a public figure’s death, with 16% holding this view, including 24% of “very liberal” respondents and 10% of liberals who are not very liberal, compared to just 4% of conservatives and 7% of moderates.
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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
