7. $1.6 billion jackpot
— After no one won the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, the jackpot for the drawing on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET is now a world record for any lottery.
— Alabama’s cut for this lottery is zero. The only thing Alabama will see from this is news stories about cars in surrounding states with Alabama plates buying lottery tickets.
6. Governor Kay Ivey explained why liberal billionaire George Soros is pumping money into her opponent’s campaign
— Last week, Yellowhammer News reported Soros had put $200,000 into PACs that have given her Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Walt Maddox, over $600,000.
— The Ivey campaign provided multiple examples of Maddox’s abortion positions as reason Soros and other liberals support him, including responding to a radio caller asking if he was pro-life or pro-choice by saying it is very “complicated,” even though he later would run a commercial saying he is “pro-life.”
5. The Saudis finally sort of tell the truth — it is absurd and everyone is being dishonest
— The Saudi Arabian government has finally admitted that a journalist was killed in their consulate in Turkey, although they claim it was a fistfight, in spite of the fact that the Saudi Arabian team arrived with a bone saw and dismembered him.
— The entire situation, which a foreign minister calls a mistake, has led to calls for a re-evaluation of our relationship with the kingdom that has long been known as a violator of human rights but also a key U.S. ally on security and economic issues.
4. Secretary of State John Merrill destroys Democratic candidate for Congress, Mallory Hagan, over her evidence-free claims of voter suppression
— Hagan claims “more than 55,000” people have been disqualified from the roles in the 3rd Congressional district, implying there is something nefarious about the number when in reality the opposite is true.
— Merrill responded to Hagan’s claims by reminding her that Alabama’s voter registration is at an all-time high, saying, “We have registered more voters than any other time in the history of the state with 1,109,095 registered voters since I became Secretary of State. We now have 3,442,170 registered voters. An all-time high in state history. 93% of our eligible citizens are registered to vote.”
3. Walt Maddox is demanding that Governor Ivey release a bunch of things so he can prove that his baseless attacks aren’t baseless
— First, Maddox tells the media he needs to clear up the debate he and his allies started about her health, stating, “She has the texts, the emails, the communications, the medical records. That’s all at the governor’s disposal. This afternoon she could end this whole debate and we could hopefully move on to talk about other issues facing Alabama.”
— Maddox then undercuts his campaign’s one remaining argument by saying, “This has nothing to do with the Governor’s health. I take her at her word. This is about her covering up a situation that happened in 2015.”
2. A mob of future illegal aliens has rushed the border into Mexico and continues its trek to the United States
— This weekend, President Donald Trump said this election will be about “Kavanaugh, Caravans, law and order, and common sense” as a 4,000+ person caravan is still moving towards the United States border with the full support of the liberal American establishment.
— Crashing gates, fighting police and burning American flags with swastikas on them keep making the president’s argument that these people are up to no good.
1. President Trump’s approval rating spikes ahead of the midterms
— President Trump‘s approval rating is now at its highest point, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. It is also higher than Obama was at in 2010 when Democrats lost 63 seats in the House.
— Regardless, trouble looms for Republicans as Democrats hold a nine-point lead in the generic ballot with 50 percent of those polled preferring Democrats take control of the House of Representatives. Democrats are also slightly more excited about the elections.
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