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Bill Britt

Bill Britt is editor-in-chief at the Alabama Political Reporter and host of The Voice of Alabama Politics. You can email him at [email protected].

Congress abdicates, executive swells: Democracy teeters on the edge of collapse

The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.

Bill Britt

August 26, 2025

Opinion

Protect kids? Lawmakers ban hemp while teens get beer and weed with ease

ABC’s overreach on hemp mirrors failed Prohibition, punishing businesses, ignoring freedom, and enforcing stricter rules than alcohol ever faced.

Bill Britt

August 25, 2025

Senate hearing in Alabama explores new therapies to combat PTSD, veteran suicide crisis

A Montevallo field hearing will bring VA leaders, researchers and veterans together to examine emerging treatments offering hope for mental health.

Bill Britt

August 22, 2025

Opinion

Death threats, slurs target Tanveer Patel in Hoover City Council race

Police are investigating after a Muslim candidate received violent threats and racial hate ahead of the August 26 Hoover municipal election.

Bill Britt

August 19, 2025

Second subpoenas issued as Ponzi scheme scandal threatens to reach deep into Alabama GOP

Georgia and Alabama officials face scrutiny as Frost’s $140M faith-based fraud ensnares Republican leaders and political networks

Bill Britt

August 19, 2025

Opinion

If Putin’s logic holds, Mexico could justify invading Texas tomorrow

Trump’s appeasement of Putin echoes Chamberlain’s Munich surrender, legitimizing conquest and making grievance a weapon that threatens global stability.

Bill Britt

August 18, 2025

Opinion

Fifth Circuit ruling echoes hard truths Alabama still refuses to face

The Fifth Circuit ruled against racial gerrymandering, but the long war on Black voting power in the South is far from over.

Bill Britt

August 15, 2025

A Make America Great Again baseball hat.

Opinion

Is Trump’s economic agenda still capitalism—or something else entirely?

Trump's second-term economic agenda raises questions about capitalism, central planning, and whether power—not markets—is now driving prosperity.

Bill Britt

August 14, 2025

Opinion

Spiro Cheriogotis distorts a killing—court records tell a darker truth

Mobile mayoral candidate Spiro Cheriogotis rewrites a killing, but court records expose a disturbing, well-documented truth he wants voters to ignore.

Bill Britt

August 13, 2025

Opinion

We the people face a tipping point—resistance is the only way forward

From suffragists to today’s Christian nationalists, history warns that rights vanish without action. The fight for democracy is now.

Bill Britt

August 11, 2025