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Alabama politician releases awesomely bad campaign music video
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Sessions: Senate should refuse to confirm any more of Obama’s activist Supreme Court justices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEFinloIY7M
(Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions discusses Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's impact on the country and what the Senate should do about confirming his...
Trump just said he would consider nominating this Alabamian to the Supreme Court
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Billionaire real estate mogul and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would consider nominating an Alabamian...
Shelby pledges to oppose any attempt by Obama to name Scalia’s successor on SCOTUS
WASHINGTON -- Just after news broke that long-time Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died at his Texas ranch, Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) hailed...
Sessions, Cruz introduce bill to boost immigration enforcement funding for nationwide crackdown
WASHINGTON – Two of the United States Senate's most ardent immigration enforcement hawks have introduced legislation to boost funding for law enforcement officials working...
Alabama congressman leads push to allow states to drug test food stamp recipients
WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) has introduced a bill that would allow states to impose drug testing as a mandatory prerequisite to...
Alabama Senate passes bill blocking local governments from imposing ‘gun user fees’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill to prevent local governments from implementing “gun user fees” and regulatory hurdles that...
Obama proposes taking money from Alabama to implement Alaskan climate agenda
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is proposing taking money from Alabama and other Gulf states and redistributing it to help fund the president's climate...
Here is a comprehensive list of Alabama’s 76 ‘failing’ public schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest list of public schools that have been identified as "failing." Seventy-six...
Gandhi’s grandson to Alabamians: If you don’t rise up, nothing is going to change
A living legacy visited Auburn University this week. Arun Gandhi, grandson of famous activist Mahatma Gandhi, was invited to speak on campus as part...
Alabamian’s cartoon perfectly sums up Bernie’s derailing of Hillary’s ‘coronation’
Longtime Alabama resident Scott Stantis is widely viewed as one of the best — if not the best — editorial cartoonists in the country....
Brooks: ‘Congress broke open our kids’ piggy banks, stole money we cannot pay back’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4mTxKGBF4
(Video above: Congressman Mo Brooks speaks on the House floor)
WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Wednesday delivered a stinging rebuke of Congressional...
Rick Burgess slams AL lottery: ‘It’s a lazy plan’ from politicians who can’t balance a budget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J69Wd-ccCM
(Video above: Rick Burgess explains his opposition to Alabama lottery proposals)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- On the same day the Alabama House and Senate are both...
Alabama victorious as Supreme Court puts Obama’s power plant regulations on hold
WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme court on Tuesday granted a request by roughly two dozen states, including Alabama, to put the Obama administration's...
‘That’s amnesty’ — Shelby challenger Jonathan McConnell backs giving tax IDs to illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V4jfOF-BoM&feature=youtu.be
(Audio above: Alabama Senate candidate supports giving illegal immigrants tax ID numbers)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- 33-year-old United States Senate candidate Jonathan McConnell told a local...
Trump takes the ‘Sessions Test,’ and his answers are fueling endorsement speculation
MANHATTAN -- Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the leader of the GOP's populist uprising, laid out five questions dealing with trade,...
Sessions, leader of the GOP’s populist uprising, wants candidates to answer these 5 questions
WASHINGTON -- Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is not on the ballot in 2016, but his ideas on trade and immigration have dominated the Republican...
Sessions: Obama’s massive trade deal just signed away an estimated 450k American jobs
7,000 miles away, the President’s trade representative just quietly signed a massive, 5,544 page trade deal, with little fanfare from its supporters. Only...
AL Dept. of Education lobbyist ridicules conservatives for effort to repeal Common Core
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A lobbyist for the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) took to Facebook this week to ridicule a Republican senator's bill...
Alabama scientist proves to Congress global warming projections ‘don’t match facts’
https://youtu.be/ZWD22OtAMHg?t=31m16s
(Video above: Dr. John Christy testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology)
WASHINGTON -- Alabama's state climatologist during Congressional testimony on Wednesday...
Brooks on whether he’ll vote for deficit-growing budget: ‘Not a snowball’s chance in…’
WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Tuesday night had a simple response when asked whether he will vote for GOP Leadership's...
Welcome to Alabama: Where alleged criminals are prosecuted by alleged criminals (opinion)
For over fourteen months now, the state government of Alabama has been under a dark cloud of suspicion and accusations stemming from the indictment...
Every Alabama lawmaker ranked from most conservative to most liberal
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) on Tuesday announced its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and the organization’s...
Meet Alabama’s most liberal lawmakers, including one Republican
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) this week is rolling out its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and...