7. Sad days for the media and their Democrats as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr criticized the partisan left’s reaction to CBS’s cancelling of “The Late Show,” calling them out for acting like they are losing a DNC spokesperson. Meanwhile, various Alabama Public Radio and TV stations are poor-mouthing after cuts become a reality with threats of stations going dark.

6. SEC schools, including Texas at No. 1 and Georgia at No. 2, Alabama (6), Oklahoma (7), Tennessee (9), and LSU (10) made the Forbes’ list of the 10 most valuable college football programs, boosting regional pride, with Florida and Auburn coming in at Nos. 12 and 13.

5. President Donald Trump compared illegal immigration under Biden to the 101,821 attendees at an Alabama-LSU football game, claiming daily border crossings doubled that figure; Trump also spiked the football on the U.S. Olympic Committee banning men from women’s sports.

4. A 17-year-old Alabama teen, Cameron Leonard Phinizee, was indicted for felony murder and first-degree robbery surrounding the shooting death of 13-year-old Kentrell Brown, whom Phinizee allegedly coerced into a robbery.

3. Alabama’s new hemp law resulted in its first arrest in Athens. Mary Noble (not Kay Ivey) has been charged with allegedly possessing prohibited hemp products, resisting arrest, attempting to elude authorities, and providing a false identity.

2. A new poll shows Attorney General Steve Marshall as the obvious frontrunner with 80% name-ID and a 35% to 12% lead over U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), with 44% undecided.

1. Former President Barack Obama denied President Donald Trump’s claims that he orchestrated the Russian collusion hoax, calling them bizarre in a rare statement, after Trump accused many in Obama’s administration of treason, which seems far more accurate than the Obama’s DOJ suggestions that Trump committed treason in 2016.

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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.