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Biden Leads Trump, Set to Take the Presidency

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Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania Expected to Flip Biden’s Way – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American people are waiting on pins and needles and in many cases with strong drink to find out who won the presidential election of 2020, as most states have reported results that show Joe Biden leading Donald…

Ending the Military Widows Tax is the Right Thing to Do

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Guest Column – By Senator Doug Jones – As Americans, we all appreciate and support our troops and their families. Right? Of course we do. We fly the flag, hold parades in their honor, and praise these brave Americans – and their spouses and children – for their sacrifices on our behalf. We commit to…

Fake News Clickbait Strikes Again: Everybody Falls for It

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  So much for hope that the mainstream media and the Democrats are going to save us from Trump. They have been Zucked again. As I was working on my weekly column on Super Bowl Sunday, I knew something was not quite right with the world. It’s a…

U.S. Senate Votes Fail to End Trump Government Shutdown

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By Glynn Wilson – The United States Senate took up two bills on Thursday to try to bring an end to the federal government shutdown orchestrated by President Donald J. Trump nearly six weeks ago on Dec. 22. On day 34 of the shutdown, the Democrats needed 12 Republicans to join them to get the…

Alabama Governor Blasted on Social Media for Comments on School Walkouts

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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…

U.S. Senator Doug Jones Hits the Ground Running in Washington

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By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — The newest member of the United States Senate, Democrat Doug Jones of Alabama, is hitting the ground running in Washington, D.C., already sponsoring more legislation than his Republican counterparts in just his first month in office. On Tuesday, Jones announced that he will co-sponsor legislation to repeal the…

Alabama Democrat Doug Jones Sworn in as U.S. Senator

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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…

Alabama Democrat Doug Jones Has A Chance to Be the Next U.S. Senator

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats in bars and coffee shops around the nation’s capital and across Alabama are asking each other an implausible question: Is 2017 the year a Democrat might get elected to the U.S. Senate from the conservative state? The 63-year-old former federal prosecutor Doug Jones, who jailed a couple…

Democrat Doug Jones Defends Sessions’ Recusal in Russia Probe

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Trump makes headlines criticizing Sessions: Observers wonder when the Attorney General will go — By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In another explosive story from the New York Times out Thursday, President Donald J. Trump made a statement criticizing his pick for Attorney General, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, for recusing himself from any investigation…

The Political Divide Originates on the Right

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By Ken Levy – Many commentators are suggesting that both right and left are equally to blame for all the polarization between them. They’re wrong. The reason for all the bitterness between left and right is entirely the right’s fault. Right-wingers who suggest otherwise are self-deluded – and usually projecting. Exhibit A: Newt Gingrich. On…