7 Things: Space Command comes to Sweet Home Alabama; town halls are over after Alabama scenes; Tide tumbles in coaches poll; and more …

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September 3, 2025

7. Alabama has dropped significantly in the Coaches’ Top 25 poll following a 34-17 loss to Florida State from No. 8 to No. 20, Auburn remains unranked but is receiving votes after a 38-24 victory over Baylor, and Florida skyrocketed to No. 15, with other SEC teams making the the list – No. 3. Georgia, No. 4 LSU, No. 6 Texas, No. 11 South Carolina, No. 14 Ole Miss, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 22 Texas A&M, and No. 24 Oklahoma.

6. Chicago officials and community leaders are “bracing” for intensified Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations aimed at detaining migrants, with Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.D. Pritzker demanding the federal government should stay out of the city even after headlines screeched about 54 shot and 7 killed over the Labor Day weekend.

5. The U.S. military conducted a strike on a vessel transporting illegal drugs from Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to disrupt international drug trafficking networks; he emphasized the strike is a demonstration of U.S. resolve to protect national interests and curb the flow of illegal drugs.

4. A Black Lives Matter “leader” was arrested and is accused of intentionally setting fire to a Walmart in Homewood by using paint thinner and small-engine fuel in response to the police-shooting death of Jabari Peoples, a justified shooting.

3. Republican congressmen are starting to push back on the non-stop media narrative about of their obligation to hold town halls for malcontents to disrupt like protesters in Huntsville tried to do at a U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) event and successfully did to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise). U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, (R-Tenn.), told his local paper that he would “never” hold a town hall in these situations.

2. President Donald Trump announced plans to relocate the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, citing the city’s strategic advantages and military infrastructure as well as denouncing the politics surrounding the decision to strip the command and move it to Colorado by President Joe Biden; even Colorado Republican Party Chair Dave Williams argued that moving the command to Colorado Springs undermined national security and economic interests but now bipartisan members of Congress from Colorado are whining.

1. State and local leaders celebrated as President Donald Trump confirmed Huntsville as the permanent home for U.S. Space Command headquarters, saying it will boost the region’s economy and aerospace prominence, further making the region recession-proof and strong on national security.

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