Final Farm Bill includes support for farmers, ranchers and communities on rural health, wastewater infrastructure and high-speed internet – By Glynn Wilson – It appears the lame duck Congress will pass a farm bill to place on the president’s desk by the end of the week, according to breaking news on Tuesday out of Washington,…
By Glynn Wilson – There may be no better example of a corrupt, capitalist corporation trying to profit from the American dream of young people in the United States to advance themselves with an education than the Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corporation of America, which announced this week the closing of 75 colleges across the country.…
By Glynn Wilson – Due to an ongoing crisis with the Trump administration failing to pay VA benefits to student veterans and students who are the children of veterans, and the lack of an adequate response from the Department of Veterans Affairs, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday to begin…
Staff Report – Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls for Investigation Into VA Failure to Pay Veterans – In response to a news report indicating that the Trump administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs claims to be so short staffed it can’t do the math to pay student veterans benefits it owes, U.S. Senator Doug Jones…
Doug Jones joins bipartisan group of Senators standing up to Trump tariffs on aluminum and steel – Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – Trump’s Twitter Trade policies are already costing jobs and plant closures in the…
Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. – Nowhere in the country are people more supportive of the president than Alabama, yet they may be the first people hardest hit by Donald Trump’s Twitter trade…
So too did the press, the media, the intelligence community and Democrats – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Facebook fucked up. So too did the entire traditional press and broadcast news media in America. So did the CIA, the NSA and the FBI. Democrats screwed up too. The Republicans and the Russians just…
On the Media – Â By Glynn Wilson -Â There is a groundswell of public sentiment on social media that perhaps the White House press corps should run a boycott on Trump. Before we go any further, let me make it clear up front that this is never going to happen, for economic reasons if…
Election Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Democrats all over the country are buoyed by a surge in voters in enough places to take back a majority in the U.S. House, inspired by what they see as a mortal threat to Democracy by the divisiveness of President Donald J. Trump. More than…
But just maybe it could get more people to swallow the medicine – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – ALABAMA – What do you get when you crush sugar cane and boil the juice? Molasses, of course. The thick, brown syrup still used in the American South for baking pies, cookies and other…
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Winding my way back to my native state from the nation’s capital last week, I encountered the welcome sign on the state line with some trepidation, even dread. “Welcome to Sweet Home, Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey.” I almost turned around and drove somewhere else. At least in George…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — By some miracle we swerved along on the mountain backroads south of Washington, D.C. and dodged the pipe bombs and bullets, making it back to the Gulf Coast this week to find fall weather in the air with highs in the ’70s and lows…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – “So now what?” asks the New York Times editorial board in an unsigned editorial under the headline: The High Court Brought Low: Don’t let Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh have the last word about American justice. “Having first sickened the White House and then…
Critics Question Whether Judge Kavanaugh Has the Character or Temperament for the Supreme Court – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proving that national politics has become a sensational, ratings busting reality show in the era of President Donald J. Trump, people in the nation’s capital and all over the country and the world…
Election Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the midterm elections loom in November, the nation’s attention is focused on the election maps and races for the U.S. Senate and House. It is a critical election year in determining the direction of American democracy and whether the Democrats will have the votes…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six-term Senator and Vietnam war hero John McCain exits stage left just at the moment when unlikely President Donald J. Trump is on the verge of committing his Saturday Night Massacre to get him in the history books alongside Richard M. Nixon as a…
Guest Column – By U.S. Senator Doug Jones – Joshua Hillman, a bright young man from Prattville, Alabama, is heading to law school this fall with the hopes of someday becoming an advocate for others who need help. Joshua knows firsthand what it’s like to face a daily struggle and to do so with a…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forgive my Trump news burnout. According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 68 percent of Americans feel worn out by the amount of crazy news there is these days thanks in large part to the Trump Twitter storms and the way…
Our Future May Very Well Be Decided in This Election – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – While standing in line to enter the hallowed grounds of Independence Square and Independence Hall, I heard a family speaking French behind me. We struck up a conversation in English, and I thanked…
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump’s insistence on fighting a trade war against the entire world all at once for political purposes is on the verge of casting a pall over the global economy that could depress global economic growth and result in the loss of American jobs…
