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Senate runoff resumes with Trump, Sessions in a Twitter battle

The U.S. Senate runoff between former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was put on hold by the coronavirus.  The original primary on March 3 had Tuberville and Sessions in a dead heat.  The runoff was scheduled for March 31.  However, the pandemic shutdown placed a freeze on everything … Continued
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June 11, 2020

Young Republicans support Jeff Sessions

Monday, the Young Republican Federation of Alabama released a statement in support of embattled U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Jefferson “Jeff” Beauregard Sessions, III, is a former U.S. Senator from Alabama. The Young Republicans cited as a basis for their support that Jeff Sessions was born and raised in Alabama, attended Huntingdon College and the … Continued
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September 26, 2018
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Arming teachers is a terrible idea

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter The email from the dean of UAB’s College of Arts and Sciences arrived in my in-box while I was drinking coffee and reading my Kindle between my two composition classes this past Wednesday morning. In a way, some part of me was expecting it. Dreading it. Accepting it. The … Continued
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February 23, 2018
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Measure for measure: The politics of 2017

By Bill Britt Alabama Poltical Reporter From Aesop, we learn that, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” And Oscar Wilde teaches us that, “No good deed goes unpunished.” So it is in politics that we experience both measures for measure as a darkly divine comedy where misunderstandings and hidden actors … Continued
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December 22, 2017

Ivey “evaluating” US Senate Special Election date ahead of court hearing

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s new governor, Kay Ivey, is considering changes to former Gov. Robert Bentley’s timeline for the special election to permanently fill Jeff Sessions’ US Senate seat. “She hasn’t made any decisions on that yet,” said Eileen Jones, Ivey’s spokesperson. A court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at … Continued
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April 12, 2017
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Have Gun, Will Travel. Sadly.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter President Barack Obama, entering the final year of his presidency, likely knows the power he wields. It’s a power that keeps Alabama’s U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions red in the face. It’s a power that has Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley making claims against the president that are … Continued
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January 6, 2016
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What to Watch in 2016

By Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Last week, we took a look back at some of the highlights from 2015 like the important progress on the I-10 bridge and my efforts to improve health care for our nation’s veterans. This week, I want to look ahead to some of the things you should watch for in … Continued
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January 4, 2016

Shelby and Sessions Demand Administration Submit Refugee Report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 3, US Senators Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) joined Congress members Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell demanding that the agency submit a report on Refugee Resettlement which is ten months … Continued
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December 4, 2015

Alabama Remembers Jeremiah Denton

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, March 28th, former Alabama Senator Jeremiah Denton (R) passed away. Senator Denton was also a U.S. Navy Admiral and aviator who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 during the Vietnam War.  Sen. Denton endured years of mistreatment as a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.).  During a … Continued
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April 1, 2014