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Alabama Republicans expelled the wrong person

Alabama Republicans were right to pass a resolution calling for Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress and sent back where she came from. There’s no room in this country for the sort of hateful, anti-Christian speech that Omar has espoused the last few months. For example, while at a rally a few … Continued

August 29, 2019

Roughly half of Trump voters would at least partially blame him for a recession

A new poll shows that half of President Donald Trump’s supporters would blame him if the U.S. falls into a recession. The poll, released by Morning Consult/Politico on Wednesday, found that 42 percent of respondents who voted for Trump in 2016 said they would consider him partially responsible for an economic recession and 7 percent … Continued

August 22, 2019

Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project: The cost of doing nothing is too high

For the past 25 years, serious efforts have been underway to design and eventually build a new bridge along Interstate 10 that runs through Mobile and Baldwin counties. Once completed, this bridge would relieve the growing congestion along this busy corridor that runs from Florida to California. Building a bridge over a major shipping channel … Continued

August 9, 2019

Tuberville was right. And then he caved.

Tommy Tuberville is right about veterans’ health care. Or, well, he was right. Before he bent to political pressure and stupid Trump pandering. But when Tuberville, speaking to a group in north Alabama this week, said that Trump should be doing more to help this country’s veterans, he was right. He was also right to … Continued

August 8, 2019

Trump says he favors background checks, but Congress uncertain

Following the murders of 31 people in two mass shootings last week, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he supports stricter background checks for gun sales, but it’s less clear whether Congress agrees. “I think background checks are important,” Trump told reporters at the White House Wednesday before a planned trip to Dayton, Ohio and … Continued

August 8, 2019

Trump’s approval ratings sink in key battleground states, but not in Alabama

Alabama still has love for President Donald Trump, but slightly less than the state did when he took office, and Trump is underwater in most key battleground states ahead of his 2020 re-election bid. Alabama leads the nation in support of Trump, with a 61 percent approval rating. That’s down 10 percentage points from the … Continued

August 7, 2019

Voter ID laws burden minority voters, have zero effect on fraud

Photo ID laws do not stop voter fraud. It’s a pretty simple truth. One that is verifiable through any number of sources and studies. Requiring voters to present a government-issued, photo ID at the polls does nothing to deter voter fraud. That didn’t stop the president of the United State from pushing such ID laws … Continued

July 31, 2019

Sewell votes to raise minimum wage to $15 over next six years

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, voted for the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 over the next six years. It would be the first increase in the minimum wage since 2009 if it were passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald … Continued

July 19, 2019

Alabama is a Republican State but U.S. is probably a Democratic Nation

The 2020 Presidential Election year has already begun. It usually begins on Labor Day of the year prior to the Election. However, in recent decades the parade has started early. They really are four-year caravans. They begin the day after the President is sworn in. Indeed, President Trump never shut down his campaign organization, … Continued

July 17, 2019

SPLC responds to Trump’s census press conference and executive action

On Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision earlier that day to end his administration’s fight to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Trump did so at a press conference Thursday afternoon at the White House rose garden, putting an end to a 19-month battle that followed several legal … Continued

July 15, 2019