7. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has voiced his support of Florida’s decision to stop using Medicaid to pay for so-called “gender-affirming care,” something Alabama does not do … yet. Currently, Marshall is in the middle of defending an Alabama law that would stop minors in the state from medically transitioning.
6. One of the Tennessee 3 has been sent back to the state Legislature to the cheers of the mob and the indifference of his colleagues after clearly violating the rules of the body. The Nashville City Council chose to vote for him to fill the seat temporarily while running for re-election in a special election. Foolishly, Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson said, “Last Thursday, members tried to crucify democracy, but today we have a resurrection.”
5. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continues to fight for women’s ability to fairly women’s play sports while a list of traitorous female athletes declare that biological men should be able to play in women’s sports.
4. On the same day an Alabama Democrat said she was ready to move the proposed penalty for parents who don’t secure weapons that end up at schools from a felony to a misdemeanor, a woman in Virginia was indicted for not securing her weapon after her 6-year-old shot a teacher. Alabama State Rep. Barabara Drummond (D-Mobile) also says that the bill has a chance and that Speaker Nathanial Ledbetter (D-Rainsville) said it “sounds like a good bill.”
3. National security concerns are growing over leaks coming from the Pentagon, they apparently include information on spying on allies and adversaries, as well as information about the war in Ukraine. Not only did it expose that the U.S. is spying on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky but it also showed that the idea that Ukraine is winning the war might be a little overblown with reports with questions about Ukrainian weaponry, air defense, and battalion sizes bringing that into doubt.
2. The mass shooter at a Louisville bank that killed 5 and injured 8 was a former Alabama grad and worked at the bank where he carried out his slaughter. Connor Sturgeon live-streamed the shooting after learning he would be fired and writing a letter to his parents telling them about the event.
1. Are Alabama lawmakers warming up to a Medicaid expansion in the state? A poorly read site says so, and aldotcom is repeating it, but they published a lot of words from people with organizations that would benefit from a move with no lawmakers mentioned, even though the article opens with, “As Alabama lawmakers appear to warm up to the idea of Medicaid expansion.”
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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to 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 noon.
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