7. A former Centre, Ala., police officer, Michael Kilgore, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances after being involved in a scheme to plant drugs on innocent motorists to fabricate drug arrests, and he has agreed to plead guilty. Kilgore manipulated a driver into cooperating with his scheme, which involved planting drugs under vehicles and then “discovering” them during sham traffic stops.
6. Five individuals, including two doctors and Matthew Perry’s personal assistant, have been charged in connection with the actor’s death in 2023. The charges involve distributing ketamine to Perry, which contributed to his death by drowning, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner and U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada emphasized that the defendants exploited Perry’s addiction issues.
5. Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is requesting a delay in his Sept. 18 sentencing hearing in New York v. Trump until after the 2024 presidential election, citing concerns of election interference in the case where Trump was convicted on all counts of falsifying business records in a case led by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Trump’s lawyers argue for dismissal based on a recent Supreme Court ruling that provides substantial immunity for official acts by a former president.
4. As Vice President Kamala Harris gets ready to actually give some positions, it is obvious she is ready to flip-flop on major policy issues, according to Fox News, as CNN anchors implore Harris to run away from President Joe Biden and her stated positions calling partnering with Biden “uncomfortable.” Harris is trying to shift away from several of her previously held far-left policy positions like mandatory assault rifle buybacks (gun seizures), fracking, immigration, eliminating private healthcare, and a federal jobs guarantee. Harris is attempting to appeal to a broader electorate by focusing on economic issues like inflation, aiming to present herself as a relatable candidate with a focus on middle-class concerns.
3. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the increasing Haitian immigration in North Alabama. Strong criticizes DHS policies under the Biden administration, blaming them for overwhelming public resources and contributing to a large influx of migrants in Alabama. He also requested detailed responses from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the number of migrants entering under parole programs, their access to federal benefits, and the effectiveness of repatriation efforts.
2. Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz slammed Alabama U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) at a Boston fundraiser stating his role is to be “the anti-Tommy Tuberville,” referring to the senator and former Auburn football coach and implying he was a well-known coach and not a random high school assistant coach before he was removed for lying about being deaf in a DUI arrest. Tuberville responded on social media, noting that Walz deserted his military unit before it deployed to Iraq, mismanaged the 2020 protests in Minnesota, and installed tampon dispensers in boys’ bathrooms.
1. As former President Donald Trump held another press conference focusing on the economy where he sparred with the media, where they took his off-ramps and branded them as signs of “tirades,” Vice President Kamala Harris’ absurd economic policy are coming into view with two terrible ideas becoming clear – $25k for new homebuyers and attacking the local grocery store under the guise of “price controls” against “price gouging.” Surely, these scheme will please some voters who don’t understand how inflation works or that grocery stores have 1.2% profit margins and price controls do not work, but the ideas are so bad even the Washington Post is running columns declaring, “When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?”
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