7. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed on Fox News with Jesse Watters that she directed the firing and security clearance revocation of over 100 intelligence officers for “brazen” sexually explicit exchanges in NSA chatrooms, a scandal unearthed by Christopher Rufo and labeled “horrific behavior” unfit for a platform meant for mission-critical work. DNI spokesperson Alexa Henning detailed the memo sent to all intelligence agencies, targeting “obscene, pornographic” discussions, as the NSA admitted to probing the misuse by a “small group,” insisting it doesn’t represent the community, with investigations underway.

6. The Department of Government Efficiency touts over $5.2 million in Alabama savings from reworking six federal offices, including moving the National Labor Relations Board in Birmingham to federal space and closing Social Security Administration branches in Anniston, Cullman, and Gadsden, as part of a claimed $55 billion national cutback. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) disputes the impact, reporting over 100 “unjust” Birmingham Social Security terminations affecting her district, while Dustin Gautney of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District casts doubt on a $3.6 million Mobile lease savings, noting a prior termination unrelated to DOGE.

5. U.S. Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-Fla.), who is the head of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, spearheaded a hearing where members Brian Babin (R-Texas) and Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) championed NASA’s Artemis program, deeply tied to Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center, as vital for national security and economic benefits, resisting Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cuts. Witnesses Daniel Dumbacher, a former NASA executive, and Scott Pace, Space Policy Institute director, urged a moon-first strategy over Musk’s Mars focus, noting China’s lunar lead and the lack of a Mars race. Dumbacher called for U.S. lunar dominance and Pace suggested more frequent flights using SpaceX, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance, all active in Alabama. U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) critiqued Musk’s outsized influence and self-serving Mars push, while Babin underscored Congress’s long-standing moon directive, arguing that shifting gears risks the industrial base, a sentiment echoed as Artemis’s $100 billion scope drives billions into Alabama’s economy annually.

4. Self-defeating Immigrant advocates objected to Alabama’s proposed immigration legislation, including bills which seek to register labor brokers and immigrant workers to prevent extortion. Executive Director Allison Hamilton of the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice warned it’s a privacy-jeopardizing move misrepresented as worker protection but it would stop the scam of fly-by-night employment agencies that shield companies who hire illegal labor. Additional bills by State Sen. Lance Bell (R-St. Clair County) for DNA sampling, State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Mobile County) for harsher sentencing, State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Baldwin County), which invalidates certain out-of-state driver’s licenses, and State Rep. Jennifer Fidler (R-Fairhope), which imposes wire transfer fees, are filed as the community fights to reshape a legislative narrative they see as unjust and divisive. Heartstrings were pulled by testimonies about an immigrant being arrested as an undocumented teen, separated from her son over a minor traffic stop, and a construction worker asserting, “I deserve to be here,” (which they do not) citing decades of labor building hospitals and planting trees across Alabama, while others tried to invoke lawmakers’ own immigrant ancestry, which will not work.

3. At a press conference in the Old House Chamber, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Hal Taylor, joined by Attorney General Steve Marshall and Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham, showcased the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit’s 94-day haul of 2,300 traffic stops, 674 warrants served, and 103 “switches” seized, linking its efforts to an 18.6% homicide drop in 2024 and ongoing crime declines in Montgomery. Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson praised the unit’s role in recent carjacking arrests, while State Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Inabinett highlighted its use of ATF technology to solve violent crimes, fueling optimism from officials like Montgomery District Attorney Azzie Oliver for broader impact as Gov. Kay Ivey’s Safe Alabama package proposes $3 million to sustain and extend it to high-crime hubs like Birmingham. Marshall noted residents’ tangible relief, stopping him in stores to say they feel safer, as Taylor pushed for legislative support to replicate this “milestone” statewide, arguing the results, backed by a united front of federal, state, and local partners including ATF Assistant Special Agent Tyra Cunningham, speak for themselves in proving the unit’s worth.

2. Elon Musk was present during President Donald Trump’s first full Cabinet meeting and said a widely debated email to federal workers was a basic “pulse check” to confirm their existence, suspecting some of the 1 million responders reported by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt represent payouts to “fictional individuals” or the deceased. Positioning DOGE as “tech support” fixing outdated government systems, Musk underscored its goal to avert national bankruptcy by targeting a $1 trillion cut from the $7 trillion budget, a daily $4 billion savings pace he deems critical as debt interest outstrips defense spending. Amid Cabinet support, he brushed off criticism and death threats, insisting the U.S. can’t sustain $2 trillion deficits, confidently asserting DOGE’s ability to deliver fiscal relief while maintaining fairness in its sweeping reforms.

1. While the media is filled with unrepentant phony liars, some of whom are now pushing the idea that they didn’t know Joe Biden was falling apart all along, they are now openly lying about President Donald Trump and claiming he wants to cut Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid in a new budget despite him saying the exact opposite. Trump was specifically asked, “Can you guarantee that Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security will not be touched?” Trump responded that he will not touch them: “I’ve said it so many times you shouldn’t be asking that question. We are going to look for fraud.” Regardless, that statement and other Republicans saying the same exact thing are all but being ignored while accusations are given new life everyday, with the actual thing passed by the House this week being a budget resolution setting fiscal targets with changes to Social Security not even allowed.

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