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Trump says “Witch Hunt ends” after judge dismisses DNC lawsuit

Tuesday, President Donald Trump won a major courtroom victory when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Democratic National Committee related to alleged interference in the 2016 campaign. Trump praised Judge John Koeltl, a Clinton appointee, for the favorable ruling. Koeltl ruled that the Trump officials named in the DNC’s lawsuit were shielded from … Continued
July 31, 2019

President George H.W. Bush dies at 94

U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush (R) passed away late Friday night. Bush was the 41st president of the United States and served from 1989 to 1993. Prior to his service as President, he was elected Vice President in 1980 and 1984, serving with President Ronald W. Reagan (R). The twelve consecutive years of Republican … Continued
December 1, 2018

What to expect during Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle

It’s official: President Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh has served on the D.C. Circuit since 2006. A graduate of Yale and Yale Law, he clerked for the man he’s been chosen to replace, and for legal legend Alex Kozinski. He … Continued
July 10, 2018

The Alabamization of America is complete

It seems as if the Alabamization of our federal government is now complete. The final block fell into place on Monday, when the law office of the president’s personal attorney was raided by FBI agents looking for evidence of, among other things, the lawyer’s payoff of a porn star. That does it. Now America knows … Continued
April 10, 2018

Jeff Sessions is definitely a mistake, but confirm Neil Gorsuch, and let’s move on

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter This is not an exciting column, if any of my columns are exciting. But it’s a column I need to write. For years, I’ve advocated that the US President, whichever party, should be allowed to appoint whomever he (or she, if ever we have a she) wants to Cabinet … Continued
March 30, 2017

College experiment finds DNA may be the bridge across the racial divide

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Racial tension is a continual theme in the news, in the long history of our country, and especially in the South, where grappling with race and ethnicity is an ever-present challenge. The realities of race, ethnicity, and social standing always color politics. From the pol-tax and George Wallace’s schoolhouse … Continued
January 5, 2017

Learning a new process to grieve

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Earlier this week, I visited my mental health counselor. Ever since last week’s election, I’ve been pretty depressed and, literally, sick to my stomach. And learning who Republican Donald Trump is choosing for his leadership team isn’t helping. White nationalist Steve Bannon? Really? But this is the process. Trump … Continued
November 17, 2016

Trump’s margin of victory in Alabama beats expectations

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter No Democrat has carried the State of Alabama in a Presidential election since Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) bested incumbent President Gerald Ford (R). As expected former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton (D) was not competitive in Alabama. Republican Presidential nominee, New York City billionaire and reality TV … Continued
November 16, 2016

With Republicans, We Have a Really Bad Combination

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Yeah, I delayed a day on writing this column, mainly because I wanted to see what direction the Republican National Convention was going to take. We pretty much saw it Tuesday night and Wednesday. It’s a hate fest, and the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is the … Continued
July 21, 2016

World Press Freedom Day: Little to Celebrate in the Heart of Dixie (Opinion)

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Sunday was World Press Freedom Day, a time to “celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on [its] independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their … Continued
May 4, 2015