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The death of America

It’s not going to be a giant meteor. Or the Four Horsemen. Or a rapture. Or aliens. Or global warming. Or nuclear war. None of those are going to be the end of America. Stupidity is going to kill us. Maybe the stupidity will result in one of the aforementioned catastrophes, but stupidity will clearly … Continued
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May 9, 2018
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How has Trump deceived you? Let’s count the ways

Over the weekend, the same Facebook post kept popping up on my feed. It was, essentially, a long whine about how poorly Donald Trump has been treated by pretty much everyone since becoming president. And at the end, before sharing it to show support for dear leader, each person signed his or her name and … Continued
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April 17, 2018

Walt Maddox announces that he plans to expand Medicaid

Tuesday, Tuscaloosa Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox announced that if he is elected governor, he will push to expand Medicaid in the state. “As Governor, I will immediately move to expand Medicaid, accepting the offer of federal funds for pennies on the dollar, free money that Alabama has inexplicably and inexcusably refused,” Maddox … Continued
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April 4, 2018

Marshall joins another GOP lawsuit challenging Obamacare

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a Republican lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care law known as Obamacare. Marshall is one of 20 Republican state attorneys general who are seeking to have the law ruled unconstitutional. The group wrote in a brief filed … Continued
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March 1, 2018
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The Medicaid work requirement isn’t what it seems

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Kay Ivey should be ashamed. She’s probably not, because there’s very little chance that someone could do what she did this week and still be affected by feelings such as shame and empathy. But she should be. In an announcement Tuesday, Ivey said that she had directed the state’s … Continued
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January 18, 2018

Finance Director: “We are really excited about this budget”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Alabama Finance Director Clinton Carter met with journalists at the Capitol to discuss the state’s budgets.  Carter briefed the press on Gov. Kay Ivey’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund budget proposals. Carter said, “We are really excited about this budget.”  Carter said that state … Continued
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January 12, 2018

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the final version of HR1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Following passage, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement supporting the passage of “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” “American families know best how to spend their hard-earned dollars, not politicians in … Continued
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December 21, 2017

Marked sample ballots found in Bullock County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Secretary State John Merrill announced the discovery of marked sample ballots being distributed to voters in Bullock County on Tuesday. “On Friday, December 1, 2017, at approximately 5:10 PM, Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill received a report from an official at the Roy Moore Campaign team indicating that there … Continued
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December 6, 2017
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Morally inferior Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Let’s have a conversation about morals. That’s a big thing in Alabama — morals. Our people love to talk about them, love to pretend that “Alabama morals” — “Southern morals” — are superior. And boy, don’t even get them started on “Christian morals,” which obviously have no equal. Last … Continued
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November 21, 2017