7. The NFL, a league with many convicted and suspected criminals, distanced itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College, where he encouraged women to embrace homemaking and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Joe Biden’s abortion stance. Facing backlash, the NFL clarified that Butker spoke personally and reiterated its commitment to inclusion, stating his views do not represent the league.
6. Alabama State Rep. Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City) says he tells members of the public angry about his failed gambling bill to “Ask one of the 15 senators that voted against this legislation” after some found the Alabama Legislature’s conference committee expanded gambling too much, some found it didn’t expand it enough, and others felt it it was just riiiiight. Meanwhile, Auburn officials arrested two men on gambling charges after discovering an illegal operation at a local business, the penalty for this crime is $600 while the machines had almost $10,000 in them.
5. Another big ‘L” for Read Freely Alabama and other degenerate behavior defenders across the state as the Alabama Public Library Service votes to force libraries to remove inappropriate books or risk losing $7 million in funding. Board President John Wahl, who also leads the ALGOP, says, “Here in Alabama, I want to see libraries focus on books that encourage reading and strong moral values and really things that build character and let’s stay away from social indoctrination or sexually explicit material that is really harmful to our youth.”
4. Limestone County Schools has invested over $130,000 in vape detection systems for bathrooms and school areas in the past year. Schools Superintendent Randy Shearouse told WAFF that hundreds of students were caught vaping out of 5,000 in the district, with repeat offenders sent to alternative schools for support programs. Shearouse acknowledged that investigating vaping incidents is time-consuming for administrators, but believes the effort is worthwhile to deter students from vaping.
3. Mostly masked Democrat staffers on Capitol Hill are now openly protesting President Joe Biden’s Israel policy while on the clock, even though the Biden administration has actively worked to hamstring Israel for months. As for members of Congress, even 16 Democrat U.S. House members voted to slam Biden for his recent behavior and withholding weaponry.
2. Six illegal underage immigrant children were working at Mar-Jac Poultry, the largest employer in Walker County, and a judge is now considering halting sales of the products after the federal government requested it. Attorneys for Mar Jac Poultry stated in court filings that the employees had used forged documents to pass the E-verify system and were subsequently terminated when their actual ages were discovered, so there are undoubtedly more illegals working there.
1. The star witness in former President Donald Trump’ “hush money” trial had his “knees chopped out,” according to CNN legal analyst Elie Honig who called Michael Cohen’s cross-examination by Donald Trump’s defense team “devastating.” Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche exposed inconsistencies in Cohen’s testimony regarding a crucial phone call on Oct. 24, 2016, where Cohen alleged he discussed hush money payments with Trump. Blanche, however, presented text messages indicating the call was actually about prank calls from a 14-year-old, significantly undermining Cohen’s credibility.
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