7. A number of scary headlines around potential disasters hit yesterday, after a 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami alerts for Hawaii and Alaska; additionally, experts are warning of a 2032 event where an asteroid is on a path toward the moon, if a collision takes place, it could send meteor showers to Earth.
6. Alabama lawmakers, spurred on by the Bibb County child sex abuse case, are pushing legislation to allow the death penalty for child rapists, while ghouls like former Miss America Mallory Hagan is nonsensically attacking those calling for the death penalty as pedophiles.
5. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 15 other attorneys general urged Congress to block shield laws in Democrat-run states that forbid cooperation with investigators in states like Alabama that have strong anti-abortion laws.
4. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) criticized Democrats for fearmongering about Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, asserting that the bill protects Alabama’s vulnerable populations by safeguarding programs, adding that hardworking taxpayers have been supporting stay-at-home sons for far too long, and highlighting that the bill is a transformative legislative package.
3. Governor-elect Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) proposed using tariffs to address the nearly $37 trillion national debt, emphasizing economic strategies to bolster fiscal responsibility even though tariffs would not pay off the debt.
2. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the Epstein files released and the intelligence community to do a threat assessment on them, while convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer is saying that she will only speak publicly about Jeffrey Epstein to Congress if she is granted full immunity for her testimony, which they should just give her to let her speak freely.
1. President Donald Trump’s call for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, backed by threats of escalated U.S. support for Ukraine if Russia refuses, drew mixed responses from both nations and warnings from Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev to invade another country.
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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.
