Orlando

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I spent 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon in UAB’s Heritage Hall learning how to respond to an active shooter on campus. You know, some deranged individual out to cause as much mayhem has he can, shooting and killing and shooting. And killing. Yeah, it’s sad. But it’s today’s reality. I … Continued

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter They are idiots. So, on March 24 in Washington, D.C., there is going to be a huge march, the “March for Our Lives” event, where no doubt thousands of young people (and older) will express their will to do something about gun violence in America. But not everybody can … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 22, 2016, US Representative Terri Sewell (D-Selma) joined a sit-in of Democratic Congress members in the U.S. House chamber to protest the House leadership’s unwillingness to bring gun control legislation to the floor of the House for a vote. Congresswoman Sewell said on social media, “Enough Is … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Senator Jeff Sessions’ (R-Alabama) Subcommittee On Immigration And The National Interest reports that migration from Muslim-majority countries is the fastest growing class of migrants to the US Sen. Jeff Sessions is the Chairman of the Subcommittee On Immigration And The National Interest. According to data published by the Department … Continued

Deborah Love, Executive Director Eagle Forum of Alabama In the wake of the terror attack this weekend in Orlando, our hearts go out to the family and friends who lost their loved ones. Our prayers and thoughts will continue to remain with those injured as well as their family and friends. The facts show that … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, June 13, Trump’s Montgomery River Region Co-Chair, former State Representative Perry O Hooper Jr. (R) said that the attack on the Pulse nightclub was an attack on us all, no less than the World Trade Center attack. Co-Chair Hooper said, “My heart goes out to families of the … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, June 12, 2016, a first generation American of Afghan descent, Omar Sadiqqui Mateen attacked a popular Orlando gay men’s club at around 2:00 AM. In the carnage that followed, at least 50 people were killed, including Mateen, and another 53 were wounded. A number of Alabama’s leaders commented … Continued