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Senator Doug Jones Addresses Solutions to Gun Violence in Maiden Floor Speech
By Glynn Wilson – Alabama’s new United States Senator Doug Jones chose the raging issue of gun violence Wednesday as the central topic for his first speech on the Senate floor since his election in December. And while he will be criticized from the right and the left for some of what he said, mainstream…
How Wrestle Mania Trumped Intelligence in U.S. Politics
“The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience.” – Donald J. Trump – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – So the news broke with the usual urgency late on a Friday that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe of the FBI, prompting…
Alabama Governor Blasted on Social Media for Comments on School Walkouts
By Glynn Wilson – Students across the country walked out in a symbolic protest on Wednesday to focus the nation’s attention on gun violence one month after a gunman killed 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Students in a number of schools across Alabama participated in the protest. When asked…
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox Campaigns for Governor in Mobile and Baldwin County
By Glynn Wilson – DAPHNE, Ala. — The “unwavering hero” of the massive tornado that struck Tuscaloosa in 2011, Walter Maddox, at 45, may be the early front runner in a crowded field of candidates for governor of Alabama. On a campaign swing through Baldwin County and Mobile Thursday night, the Tuscaloosa mayor said why…
Still Unrepentant for Grievous Sins, Former Judge Roy Moore Appeals to Christians for Money
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — It is unclear why the national press should care now, other than the fact that the story is a bit of traffic driving sensational tabloid clickbait, yet a story is making the rounds on Twitter this morning quoting former Ten Commandments judge and Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore…
Senator Doug Jones Urges People in Alabama to Keep the Movement Going
By Glynn Wilson – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — His history changing campaign for the United States Senate was a state and national “turning point” and a “watershed,” Senator Doug Jones said to a packed house of supporters on Southside Sunday who came out to celebrate his victory with hot dogs, barbecue and beer. “We were on…
Protest Trump’s Budget Or Face the Ultimate Disaster
Trump Declares All Out War on the Poor, the Environment, the World – By Glynn Wilson – The hour grows late. The situation dire and dark. The proposed fiscal 2019 federal budget unveiled Monday by President Donald J. Trump, which is certain to draw criticism and debate in Congress and massive acts of resistance…
Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Runs From House Intel Committee Subpoena
By Glynn Wilson – So we ran former White House strategist Steve Bannon out of Alabama last year when he came to town to try and help the radical, right-wing conservative Republican former judge and alleged teen sexual molester Roy Moore in his race against Birmingham attorney and Democrat Doug Jones for the U.S. Senate.…
Gutting the EPA Confirms Trump’s Damning ‘Alabamafication’ of America
ANALYSIS By Glynn Wilson – President Trump needs a new slogan. Instead of declaring that he wants to “make America great again,” if he was an honest man he would say instead: “Let’s make America more like Alabama.” That’s what’s going on as his administration guts the Environmental Protection Agency. If it was possible to…
Alabama Senator Doug Jones Advises President Trump on State of the Union
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the new Democrat in Washington from Alabama, was asked to appear on “CBS This Morning” to comment on President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, scheduled for Tuesday night. While many Democrats are planning on participating in “not watch” parties, and some Democrats are boycotting…
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Reach Deal to Reopen Federal Government
By Glynn Wilson – On the first full work day of a federal government shutdown caused mainly by a lack of competent leadership from the White House, a bipartisan group of Senators forged a compromise Monday morning to end the filibuster over government funding and debate pressing issues related to immigration and border security. The…
President Trump, Senate Republicans Fail to Make a Deal: U.S. Government to Shut Down
#Trumpshutdown By Glynn Wilson – One year to the day after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president of the United States on a promise to “make America great again,” he proved to be a failure as a deal maker and only made the governing crisis in Washington, D.C. worse. Republicans and Democrats proposed…
U.S. Government Faces National Crisis Due to Lack of Leadership from the White House
Members of the National Park Service Advisory Board Resign in Protest – By Glynn Wilson – Due to a lack of leadership from President Donald Trump and the compromised members of his cabinet, the government of the United States is in a full-scale national crisis. If a compromise is not reached by Friday, which seems…
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Declares War on News: The Press Should Declare War on Facebook
So far the reaction has been ho hum from the press and media, when it should have been a legal declaration of war in retaliation. By Glynn Wilson – After spending the past decade sucking much of the world into its universe like a black hole swallowing up surrounding stars, and convincing 2 billion people…
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones Sworn in as U.S. Senator
By Glynn Wilson – Birmingham attorney Doug Jones kicked off the new year by making history on Wednesday, being sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence as the first Democrat in the United States Senate from Alabama in a quarter century. He reclaimed the seat long held by his mentor, Howell Heflin, narrowing the Republican…
Election of Doug Jones as Alabama’s New U.S. Senator Certified in Montgomery
By Glynn Wilson – The election of Birmingham attorney Doug Jones as the next U.S. Senator from Alabama was certified in Montgomery Thursday at 1:10 p.m. by unanimous vote of the State Canvassing Board in spite of a last minute lawsuit to try to stop it by Roy Moore. The board, consisting of Gov. Kay…
Trump is Running a Criminal Enterprise Out of the White House
By Glynn Wilson – It has been clear for some time now that President Donald J. Trump is running a criminal enterprise out of the White House. Finally, a credible source said it out loud on TV. During a segment an MSNBC on Tuesday, Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said President Trump is…
Doug Jones Not Waiting on Roy Moore to Concede U.S. Senate Election
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Doug Jones is not waiting on former judge Roy Moore to concede the U.S. Senate election in Alabama that captured the attention of the nation. Four days before Christmas, after a wedding anniversary vacation in Key West with his wife Louise and a trip to New York to…
One More Day: Doug Jones Opens 10 Point Lead Over Roy Moore
Don’t believe it. Go vote on Tuesday anyway. – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — A new public opinion survey has Birmingham attorney Doug Jones opening up a 10 point lead over former judge Roy Moore with one day to go before the vote in the special U.S. Senate election on Tuesday, Dec. 12.…
