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SPLC: Emails show Trump advisor, former Jeff Sessions staffer, Stephen Miller promoted white nationalism

Leaked emails show Stephen Miller, Trump senior advisor and former staffer for then-U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, promoted white nationalist ideas and racist immigration stories to a conservative journalist, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which broke the story on Tuesday.  The SPLC’s first story in a series on the more than 900 emails details … Continued
November 14, 2019

Doug Jones, bipartisan colleagues urge Trump to rethink troop withdrawal from Syria

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday joined a bipartisan group of senators in asking President Trump to reconsider his order to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, which has allowed Turkey to invade and attack the Kurds, allies in the fight on ISIS.  Jones was joined by senators Joe Manchin, D-WV, Doug Jones, Martha McSally, … Continued
October 18, 2019

Trump warned against it in 1993, now it’s coming home to Alabama

Over 25  years ago, then-business mogul Donald Trump sued the federal government over what he believed was the unfair advantage it afforded Indian gaming over the private sector. The same battle is playing out in Alabama where Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, and Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston, have filed a bill that guarantees … Continued
April 4, 2019

Southern Poverty Law Center to sue “internet hate group” who “harassed Jewish family”

Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Southern Poverty Law Center Co-Founder and Chief Trial Counsel Morris Dees said on Wednesday, March 22, that the organization is filing a lawsuit in April against a hate group. Dees said this at a speech he gave at Troy University’s main campus in Troy, Alabama, at their annual Journalism Symposium. … Continued
March 23, 2017

Hoping for the best, fearing the worst

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter The world we live in changes Friday. When Donald J. Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, we’ll be somewhere we’ve never been before. I’d like to say Trump deserves an open mind. The so-called Republican will be sworn in as president on Friday. It’s … Continued
January 18, 2017

Alabama Democrats Surprised by Trump Victory, Plan to Move Forward

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Tuesday, businessman Donald J. Trump (R) swept the electoral map in a shocking upset that left Democrats across the United States in shock and bewildered, wondering what his administration will hold and whether he will keep his controversial campaign promises. “I’m not so much shocked, as surprised,” Alabama … Continued
November 10, 2016

Republicans and Democrats Both Hold Debate Watch Parties In Birmingham

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, October 19, 2019, presidential candidates Hillary R. Clinton (D) and Donald J. Trump (R) will face each other for the last debate of the 2016 presidential election in Los Vegas, Nevada: a state that is essential to both candidate’s presidential ambitions. Both Democrats and Republicans will be holding … Continued
October 18, 2016