7. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke out against the Protect College Sports Act as it likely heads for a Senate vote, calling college sports “a complete clown show with endless waivers and lawsuits for eligibility” and arguing the bill “will only make this problem worse” while pushing instead for a narrow eligibility measure with “ZERO waivers or wiggle room.”
6. State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said Alabama needs data centers but “just need[s] to be deliberate about it all,” warning against power rate increases and interference with other economic development and a CBS News investigation found that U.S. data centers used about 228 billion gallons of water in 2023 (with AI accounting for an estimated 15-20 percent), but every day activities such as growing food, irrigating lawns and flushing toilets demand far more, with viral claims about AI’s water being found to be broadly misleading.
5. The world will find out if Democrat socialists are actually gaining momentum in the United as Abdul El-Sayed leads in today’s Michigan U.S. Senate primary against establishment favorite Haley Stevens, while the DSA convention in Chicago strategized further takeover of the Democrat Party with a platform including abolishing the Senate and police, as one-third of Democrats now identify as democratic socialists.
4. Alabama is investigating bringing Dr. Anthony Fauci before state courts for his COVID-19 response after his contentious Senate hearing in which he refused to answer 111 questions, joining similar probes in Florida and Louisiana.
3. The National Education Association (parent organization of Alabama Education Association) is warning teachers of “Social Media Missteps” as the new school year begins, advising them not to include their educator role in bios and avoid inflammatory posts after several Alabama teachers faced discipline for comments celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
2. President Donald Trump claimed an Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “imminent” and is giving Tehran “every last chance” after canceling strikes, while branding Iranian leadership “unbelievably duplicitous” for denying talks even as negotiations continue through mediators.
1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) pledged “The cavalry’s coming” to clean up crime and spur economic growth in Montgomery, and around the state of Alabama, if elected governor, while critics are pretending to be upset that records show he drew $93,000 from Social Security even as he called the program a “government-approved Ponzi scheme.”
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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.
