7. The University of Alabama has 26 graduates in GOP U.S. Senate offices, matching the entire Ivy League’s GOP total; Auburn added 19 more, and researchers wrote, “Republicans are more likely to graduate from Southern public universities, while Democrats are slightly more likely to go to private Northeastern schools”, explaining the political divide.

6. GOP attorney general nominee Katherine Robertson blasted Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed after he said Democrats “were not organized in Alabama to save a seat that was stolen from us,” posting on social media, “Steven Reed getting people organized behind his winning agenda of running great cities into the ground? Yes! This is the way.”

5. Huntsville City Councilwoman Jennie Robinson held on to District 3 with 3,773 votes to Liliana Peinder’s 3,434, a 339-vote margin, as runoff turnout hit 19% of registered voters after Robinson fell just short of 50% on August 25 with more people showing up for the runoff than the general election.

4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is taking “concrete security proposals” to the U.N. a day after President Donald Trump said of Ukraine, “We’re working very closely with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, and we will get that one done,” “more quickly than people understand,” while China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for an AI-heavy summit after Trump told the U.N., “Whoever wins superintelligence wins,” and “we’re leading now over China by a lot.”

3. School choice could become a bigger issue in the race for governor, as Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person, who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, and loves crushing ice cream sandwiches, has expressed his disdain for school choice lamenting, “I’ve got a real problem with paying taxpayer money going to private schools that have no accountability,” as Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) responded in a new ad, “We’ve got a smarter plan,” and “Let’s educate, not indoctrinate.”

2. State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) is sounding the alarm and making it clear he needs Alabama Republicans to turn out, warning of “purple hair, nose ring, Subaru-driving nut jobs” moving into Huntsville, saying, “We have actual Islamist, socialist, radical nut jobs running for Congress,” and of Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), “is in a good spot. I don’t think he’s in a great spot,” so “I am begging you to get out and vote.”

1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) slammed a poll showing many Democrats want President Donald Trump out early, writing, “The Socialist Left has a SERIOUS mental illness,” “32% of Democrats support the assassination of the President,” “55% support him dying in his sleep,” “59% support a military coup,” and “This is not about politics anymore. It’s about SANITY vs INSANITY.”

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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.