7. Former Alabama head football coach Nick Saban firmly rejected any interest in entering politics as a candidate, asking, “Why would I ever want to be thrown into that briar patch?” While saying he enjoys speaking to businesses and working on ESPN’s College GameDay where “There’s no consequence. We never lose a game.”
6. Republican Agriculture Commissioner nominee Corey Hill questions President Donald Trump’s plan to import 300,000 tons of foreign beef as “America last,” asking, “What about the American farmer that voted for you?” and calling it “very frustrating” that the administration is “attacking the beef producer.”
5. Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed slammed Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for targeting Sharia law by saying he “barely was good at coaching football,” then faced backlash labeled a “racist creep,” after social media posts targeting Usha Vance and Natalie Harp.
4. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for Alabama and seven other “politically significant” states to face the “full force” of additional Canadian retaliatory tariffs after trade talks with the United States collapsed, noting Canada is Alabama’s largest export market at about $4.3 billion in goods last year, additionally now with Trump’s trade war with Canada being in gear, Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario.
3. Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person and who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, disavowed the Democratic Socialists of America at a Guntersville town hall, saying “I don’t like the DSA platforms,” “I am not a communist. I’m not a socialist,” and “we disagree on just about everything.”
2. Billboards opposing the proposed Lowndes County hyperscale data center known as Project Red Clay went up along major highways as residents demand transparency, while the Association of County Commissions of Alabama unanimously opposed industry-specific data center moratoriums in favor of a “more comprehensive approach” to planning and zoning authority.
1. The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision lifted an injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting restrictions, allowing the administration to enforce citizenship verification measures and Postal Service rules ahead of the midterms while three liberal justices dissented but it’s impact is disputed.
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.
