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Reaction to Bentley Scandal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Reactions to the allegations against Gov. Robert Bentley (R) and his top aide, Mrs. Rebekah Caldwell Mason, continue to pour in. State Senator Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville) said, “Today I ask for two things. One I ask the people of Alabama to pray for our leaders and especially Governor Bentley … Continued
March 25, 2016

Republican Debate Watch Party

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 14, the Fox Business Channel held the latest Republican Presidential Candidate Debate. The Greater Birmingham Young Republicans, the Alabama Minority GOP, and Alabama Constitutional Conservatives held a debate watch party at Sidebar in Birmingham. Texas Senator Ted Cruz said, that this week we saw ten American … Continued
January 15, 2016

GOP Debates Continue to Draw Attention

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, December 15, the Republican Presidential Candidates held another Presidential Debate, this time hosted by CNN.  The Alabama Constitutional Conservatives, the Re-Elect Judge Dorothea Batiste Campaign, and the Alabama Minority GOP sponsored a GOP Presidential Debate Watching and Christmas Party at John’s Diner in downtown Birmingham. In the … Continued
December 18, 2015

Sons of Confederate Veterans Request FBI Investigate Hervey’s Death

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 23, the Commander in Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charles Kelly Barrow, requested that US Attorney General Loretta Lynch direct the Civil Rights Division of the United States Justice Department to open a Federal investigation into the death of Black pro-Confederate flag activist Anthony … Continued
July 24, 2015

Author, Activist Dies After Addressing Southern Heritage Rally

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, July 18, hundreds of protestors waving Confederate flags and wearing pro-confederate apparel came to rally for their Southern heritage and the Confederate Veterans monument in Linn Park that the Birmingham Parks and Recreation Board wants to remove from the heart of Birmingham’s largest city.  Black pro-Confederate flag … Continued
July 21, 2015

Southerners Rally for Confederate Heritage in Montgomery

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, June 27, with only three days to organize and prepare supporters of Alabama’s Confederate heritage were able to produce an estimated crowd of over 700 that descended on the Capital grounds to demand that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) restore the Confederate flags to the Confederate Memorial … Continued
June 29, 2015

Opposition to Bentley’s Confederate Flag Removal is Trying to Organize

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday June 24, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) ordered all Confederate flags to be removed from State grounds.  There was no vote of the people, no public hearings, no court case, no vote of the Alabama Legislature.  Gov. Bentley just gave the order and workers began immediately … Continued
June 25, 2015

Tea Party Groups Express Disappointment with Legislative Session

  By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Tea Party groups were not very successful in advancing many of their issues during the 2015 Legislative session. No Pro-Life bills passed in this session. The repeal Common Core effort was crushed again. A bill protecting Judges and ministers from having to perform marriages for same sex couples and … Continued
June 9, 2015

Common Core Debate Will Not Go Away

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama is a Republican State. Conservative grassroots activists have engaged in relentless political organizing to grow the Republican Party from the depths of political irrelevancy to supermajorities in both House of the Alabama Legislature in just one generation. Many of those same conservative activists are now lobbying the legislature to support … Continued
April 10, 2015