The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If only the Arab King of the Jews who was never really a king, Herod Antipas, had built a border wall around Jerusalem with the help of the Romans, we might not be celebrating Christmas at all. What a different, glorious world it would be. If only…
Staff report… Rural utilities are being encouraged to apply for the up to $600 million in loans and grants now available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help expand high speed internet infrastructure, according to a statement out Friday from U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama. Municipalities, telecommunication companies, rural electric cooperatives, internet service…
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,…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If you don’t like a reality show on television you can change the channel. The problem with the reality show starring Donald Trump as president of the United States is that it dominates all the channels. There’s no turning it off, unless you just turn off the…
Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin at Russia-U.S. Summit in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018: Shutterstock By Glynn Wilson – Let’s be clear. Donald J. Trump is a traitor and a crook. He should be indicted, arrested and removed from the White House immediately. Trump is clearly guilty of criminal conduct for colluding with Russia…
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 – In the federal case that charges President Donald J. Trump with violating the emoluments clauses of the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. just down the street from the White House, a slew of new subpoenas went out Tuesday from attorneys general…
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…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â Here’s the blessing and the curse of writing a memoir: It requires reliving your life all over again, at least in your head. Sometimes this can be great fun, at least when you are recounting an enjoyable experience and time in your life. Sometimes it can be…
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…
Staff Report – Colorful Atlanta attorney Donald Watkins and his son have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with concocting a scheme that defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, according to an announcement just out from the U.S. attorneys office in Birmingham. Donald V. Watkins Sr., 70, of Atlanta, Georgia — perhaps…
Editor’s Note by Glynn Wilson: Just this week I had time and thought to log back on to my account at Ancestry.com, to check on a report I received by email about six months ago. I had taken the $69 plunge to try Ancestry.com in an effort to confirm or deny my own suspicions about…
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…
Editor’s Note – One day in 2017, during Trump’s first summer as president, I was on my way back from covering a protest on the U.S. Capitol lawn when the Republicans in Congress were still trying to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. As I took my seat on the D.C. Metro…
By Glynn Wilson – Everyone knows America suffers from a sharp partisan divide. All you have to do is turn on the news on TV or glance at the news feed on Facebook to know that. But the latest analysis of the data by the Pew Research Center from the midterm elections shows how the…
By Glynn Wilson – President Trump’s appointment of political loyalist Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions of Alabama was illegal and is unconstitutional, and a federal judge in Maryland has been asked to rule on that question in a lawsuit defending a the pre-existing condition provision in the Affordable Care Act,…
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…
