7. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office has released a statement that some Alabama agency websites have been targeted by denial-of-service attacks. This cyberattack has disrupted access to these websites, posing potential challenges for government operations which almost no one will notice.
6. More polls continue to tell the same story, former President Donald Trump continues to lead President Joe Biden in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada and the economy is driving the race.
5. While the U.S. House of Representatives may have passed a ban on TikTok if they are not separated from the Chinese government, the path is less than clear in the U.S. Senate. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) was the only representative from Alabama to vote against the ban and noted, “We need to protect Americans’ data from bulk exports by foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but targeting and functionally banning a singular company is not the right way to do it.”
4. With the drama over U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) starting to wane, she responded to the portrayal by Scarlett Johansson on “Saturday Night Live” by saying she was “pretty pumped” that they brought in “someone from ‘Avengers’ to play me in the cold open, I’m here for it.” Additionally, CNN had to issue a correction on their reporting of the reaction to Britt’s speech where they argued that Britt had misled the country about comments by a sex-trafficking victim when it is clear she did not.
3. Sen. Britt (R-Montgomery) is one of the sponsors of the Laken Riley Act, which will seek to detain and deport illegal aliens if they commit additional criminal acts after entering the country illegally. The House version of the bill got no support from Democrats, and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) seems to be suggesting the Democrats in the Senate feel the same way, despite being from the state Laken Riley was murdered in, declaring this is “smoke and mirrors” from people who “are not serious.”
2. As Space Camp’s inaction ensures this drama and accusations of inappropriate conduct surrounding a biological male entering young girls’ spaces continues to drag on, more politicians have entered the fray with multiple members of Congress calling for action. Now State Sen. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) is calling to add Space Camp to a bill expanding the prohibition on sexual orientation and gender identity up to the 12th grade. Butler specifically cited this controversy as the reasoning and stated, “we have a plan to address the Space Camp situation and we will address it next week.”
1. Three charges, out of the 91 filed charges nationwide, have been dropped against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia-based election interference case with Trump facing 10 charges himself. The charges dropped are related to the famous phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which was never actually criminal because he never asked Georgia’s Secretary of State to violate his oath of office and was far overblown by the media, their Democrats, and prosecutors but they got what they wanted out of that charge anyway, political wins.
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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, Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3 to 4 p.m.
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