7. The debate over a bill that could potentially raise the cost of prescription drugs significantly is set to heat up when the Legislature reconvenes this week. Pharmacists argue the fee is necessary to continue providing their service and others say the free market should prevail. State Rep. Phillip Rigsby (R-Huntsville) believes the bill is needed to help small rural pharmacies and keep them in business to serve their local areas.
6. Driver’s licenses held by illegals, and issued by other states, will not be useable in Alabama if State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) has his way and his bill is passed. The legislation would prevent undocumented individuals from using their driver’s licenses as valid identification in the state. Opponents argue that the bill makes it unsafe for illegals in the state because they won’t have valid licenses to drive, which is the point.
5. The Jan. 6 committee may have kept some evidence from the public and other members of Congress that would have revealed that the President Donald Trump administration advocated for National Guard presence during the Capitol riot. The allegations claim the committee overlooked evidence contradicting claims of Trump’s reluctance to deploy the National Guard during the insurrection and furthers the claim of a multi-prong political, legal, and law enforcement effort to target the presidential candidate further.
4. Inflation is still a thing, no matter what President Joe Biden is trying to sell to the nation and IBM’s Vice Chair Gary Cohn is calling out that claim and another President Biden yarn regarding billionaires. On inflation, Cohn notes that inflation is cumulative and hurts people as it grows. The criticism highlights discrepancies in Biden’s statement about the tax contributions of billionaires because the bottom 50% of taxpayers pay 2.3% of all taxes while the top 10% pays 70% of tax, or far more than their “fair share.”
3. President Joe Biden’s attempt to shore-up support of his anti-Semitic base has shifted into overdrive this weekend following his statement that Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu and he would have a “come to Jesus” meeting. Since then, reports have indicated that Biden want to remove Netanyahu, American soldiers are headed to Gaza to build a sea port for aid to be delivered, and America is demanding Israel not continue to target the city of Rafah.
2. The issue of illegal immigration continues to be the No. 1 issue for the 2024 presidential election and that does not seem to be changing anytime soon with the non-stop flow of illegals at the border continuing and President Joe Biden stumbling on the issue daily. At the State of the Union, Biden called a rape and murder victim by the wrong name and called her killer an “illegal.” In response, former President Donald Trump met with Laken Riley’s parents as her mother slammed Biden while Biden was browbeat into apologizing for using the word “illegal” by an MSNBC host
1. Showing how much the fear U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) puts into liberal elites, she continues to draw the ire of the media, their Democrats, and “Saturday Night Live” who suggest her response to the State of the Union scared them and was full of lies. Truth be told, a story Britt told during the speech was from years ago but Britt told “Fox News Sunday” that she was told the story by the victim and never meant to imply President Biden was responsible. But after a presidency of unchecked lying by President Joe Biden, the fact-checkers in the media are back to attack his enemies.
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.
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