The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today
1. A very strange day for Trump/Russia investigation as a former associate does an odd day of TV interviews
— Sam Nunberg, a former Trump aide was all over TV Monday saying he would not answer a special counsel subpoena and making other outrageous claims; a CNN interviewer even asked if he had been drinking.
— Nunberg even taunted Robert Mueller by saying “Let him arrest me,” later on he said he would “end up cooperating“.
2. Impact of President Trump’s tariffs on Alabama won’t mean more jobs or higher wages
— Alabama has 57,000 employed in the auto industry, in the last two years the state exported $20 billion in goods last year, up 21 percent since 2011, and 50 percent over the past decade.
— The impact on Red States would be significant because of all manufacturing the states do; Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin could suffer the most.
3. Republicans attempt to get Trump to reverse course on a trade war, he kinda does
— In a leaked memo, it was disclosed that Speaker Paul Ryan is lobbying President Trump to not implement his tariffs and spark a trade war that has angered our allies and negatively affected the stock market.
— Trump stated he would not start a trade war but would announce his actual plan on Thursday; lawmakers will try to block them.
4. Unethical supporters of Senator Doug Jones’ unethical campaign may have done unethical things
— The shady “Highway 31” group ran $4 million in ads, including racially charged ads, in the 2017 special election for U.S. Senate without disclosing their donors.
— After the election, it was learned that the PAC received more than $3 million from the Senate Majority PAC and $910,000 from Priorities USA, both liberal groups from D.C.
5. Convicted Alabama murderer was punctured 11 times in botched execution attempt
— Murderer Doyle Lee Hamm was punctured AT LEAST 11 times in an attempt to find a usable vein for lethal, before it was called off.
— Hamm was on death row for the execution-style killing of Patrick Cunningham, a motel clerk in Cullman.
6. Another potential special election loss for Republicans could be brewing in Pennsylvania House race
— Democrats have already flipped 39 seats that Republicans held when Trump took office, this one is in a district Trump won by 20.
— The Democrat has a slight lead in the latest poll, with Conor Lamb getting 48 percent of the vote, GOP state Rep. Rick Saccone’s 45 percent and 7 percent are undecided.
7. Auburn’s White Student Union gets another life, even though it doesn’t actually exist
— There’s a made up controversy on Auburn’s campus over the invitation of a white nationalist to speak at an Honors College event via Skype.
— The mystery man, who leads an organization of one, is named Wyatt Man (White Man).
