7. Alabama’s first transgender candidate is running for the vacant State House seat in District 55 (Jefferson County). This candidate will get all of the media attention and a very little share of the votes in the race.
6. Because U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) did not offer a public endorsement for former President Donald Trump months before voting starts, Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk is whining. The implication that Britt is somehow a RINO, unlike a lifelong Democrat donor who became Republican to run for president. The reality is that Britt is on RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel’s 2022 autopsy team, not that it needs to be explained.
5. The fight over Space Command is all but over but that will not stop U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) from pushing back. Rep. Aderholt told Alabama Public Television that there are tools left to fight with, “I do think appropriations could be one avenue,” adding, “I’m hoping that they’ll be enough people in Congress that would say ‘we don’t want this to be a political decision.”
4. No new arrests in the “Riverfront Rumble,” the racialization of the situation has been everywhere but Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said there is no evidence that this is or is not racially motivated. However, the Internet does not care.
3. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin thinks that a high-speed train would be more economical and practical than widening I-65. He’s wrong, but he is running for mayor again so this is more likely just a contrarian position for contrarian sake. One assessment of this terrible idea places the cost at $51.6 billion.
2. Former U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took to CNN yesterday to back former Vice President Mike Pence’s take that former President Donald Trump wanted them to overturn and undo the 2020 election, a story he has told many times, and now Trump’s legal team is denying. Pence also is qualified for the first debate.
1. Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is arguing that he should be able to speak out on his legal case however he wishes, he’s right, “In a trial about First Amendment rights, the government seeks to restrict First Amendment rights.” The federal government wants a gag/protection order, which would keep Trump from Truth Social-ing(?) about the case and targeting everyone involved in the case during an election.
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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 and on Talk 99.5 from 10 a.m. to noon.
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