Alabama

Even Trump Is Terrified Of Alabama IVF Ban Blowback

Even Trump Is Terrified Of Alabama IVF Ban Blowback

Trump posted a statement calling on the state legislature to reverse the Alabama IVF ban, as Republicans are reeling from…

1 month ago

SCOTUS Shocks With ‘Huge’ Ruling Protecting Black Voters in Alabama

The Supreme Court preserved federal voting rights protections in Alabama that many thought would be further gutted by this conservative…

10 months ago

Mary Trump: When Will the Adults in the GOP Stop my Giving so Much Power to my Uncle? [VIDEO]

Despite the city of Cullman, Alabama declaring a state of emergency just days before, Donald Trump held a rally there…

3 years ago

Alabama City Slated to Host Trump Rally Declares Covid-19 Emergency

The city of Cullman, Alabama, which was slated to host a rally featuring former President Donald Trump, has declared a…

3 years ago

WATCH: GOP Crowd Cheers When Taylor Greene Says Alabama is One of the Least Vaccinated States in the Nation

The Republican party is treating vaccines in a very curious manner. They, of course, want Donald Trump to get full…

3 years ago

Judge Roy Moore Loses His $95 Million Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen

Roy Moore has been a bit of an albatross for the Republican party. The former Alabama Supreme Court Justice won…

3 years ago

Retiring GOP Senator Richard Shelby Refuses to Back Trump Sycophant Mo Brooks for His Seat

When Donald Trump pushed lies about the 2020 election to his followers, he had plenty of help from GOP lawmakers.…

3 years ago

Rep. Mo Brooks, an Important Figure in Trump’s Insurrection, Is Running For a Senate Seat

Donald Trump did plenty to incite an insurrection on the US Capitol on January 6th. But that doesn't mean that…

3 years ago

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is Playing Both Sides of the Impeachment Fence

Tommy Tuberville first became famous while coaching college football's Auburn Tigers. The coach won an SEC championship in 2004 before…

3 years ago

Judge Strikes Down Alabama Attempt to Ban Abortions As Part of Coronavirus Restrictions

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson has ruled that the state of Alabama cannot ban abortions as part of its coronavirus…

4 years ago

Alabama Gov Ivey is Sure the GOP Abortion Ban Won’t Hurt Tourism or Business

In what might be seen as a dismissively antagonistic stance, Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said she doesn't think the…

5 years ago

Trump Supporter Pulls Gun at Alabama ‘Families Belong Together’ Rally

A supporter of President Donald Trump disrupted a "Families Belong Together" rally in Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday by pulling a…

6 years ago

Rachel Maddow Slams Alabama For Stripping Voting Rights From Over 100,000 Minorities

In a race as close as the special election in Alabama between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones, it…

6 years ago

Opinion: Partisanship Cannot Be Tolerated When Decency Is The Only True Recourse

Loyalty in most cases is a noble and endearing quality when given to those who have earned it by embodying…

6 years ago

Opinion: Failure, Sex, Lies And A Moron Are Destroying GOP

The party of "family values" has fallen on hard times. The Republican Party as we know it has been transformed…

6 years ago

GOP Congressman Says Roy Moore’s Victory In Alabama Marks ‘New Level Of Crazy’ For Republicans

With Moore's victory on Tuesday, it's clear that the Republican Party is lurching even further to the right and embracing…

7 years ago

Senate race in Alabama exposes Republican rift

U.S. President Donald Trump is due to travel to Alabama on Friday to whip up votes in a Senate race…

7 years ago

Family Values GOP Governor Resigns, Gets Booked In Jail As Sex Scandal Erupts Around Him

It's become a staple of the Republican Party – do as I say, not as I do, especially when it…

7 years ago

One Republican Sex Scandal Unmasks the Phony Justifications for Undermining Voting Rights

The Supreme Court struck down key parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, saying it wasn’t necessary anymore in 2013.…

7 years ago

Trump Uses ‘Thank You’ Tour Finale to Remind America He is an Unhinged Liar

Trump attacked journalists, Michelle Obama, and reality itself, claiming “we won by a lot. It wasn’t even close.”

7 years ago

Gas Pipeline Rupture Forces Alabama and Georgia States of Emergency

Estimates of 250,000 gallons thus far, is being “held in a mine water retention pond” with no clue how or…

8 years ago

Targeted By Police For Being Black Registered Voters In a GOP State

"People just do not understand why a sheriff is coming to their house to bring them a subpoena if they…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Sweeps Through the South with Wins in Alabama and Tennessee

Hillary Clinton swept through the South with wins in Alabama and Tennessee, building on her earlier wins in Georgia and…

8 years ago

House Republican Is Planning Impeachment Proceedings Against Hillary Clinton On Inauguration Day

Alabama Congressman Mo Brook (R) wants to start impeachment proceedings against Hillary Clinton on day one, if she is elected…

8 years ago

Alabama Poll: Trump Has Big Lead In GOP Race, Clinton is Crushing Sanders in Dem Contest

An Alabama poll found Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton enjoying large leads within their respective parties in the 2016 presidential…

9 years ago

Anti-Public School Evangelicals Now Control Alabama and Texas Education Boards

It is obvious that the owner of a professional sports franchise, say a National Football League team, would only hire…

9 years ago

Republicans In Retreat As Alabama Governor Takes Down Confederate Flag From State Capitol

The Republican version of damage control is spreading all through the South as Republican Gov. Robert Bentley ordered the Confederate…

9 years ago

Minority White Christians’ Religious War On the Constitution

There is a misconception among ignorant Americans that this nation was founded on the tenets of the bible and is…

9 years ago

50 Years Later, John Lewis Is In Congress, Our President Is Black, But Selma Fight Isn’t Over

It is not enough simply to remember Selma. The courageous men and women on the Edmund Pettus Bridge could not…

9 years ago

Ku Klux Klan Joins Alabama’s Religious War on Equality and the Constitution

Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, has made headlines lately by elevating the bible over the Constitution…

9 years ago

Alabama Begins Issuing Marriage Licenses To Same Sex Couples

On Monday, the state of Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. A defiant Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice,…

9 years ago

Child Homelessness and Poverty Are Rising So Republicans Plan Harsh Program Cuts

Coupled with inhumane austerity cuts, the GOP is getting precisely what they apparently live for; more despair and destitution among…

9 years ago

Obamacare Delivers Knockout Blow To GOP As Majority Of States Have Expanded Medicaid

The further we go along into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and more people see what it offers…

10 years ago

Southern Comfort: Why The South Ain’t So ‘Backwards’ Anymore

The south is becoming more and more socially progressive, which is leading to an educated populace that should no longer…

10 years ago

Winners and Losers From Last Night’s Off-Off Year Elections

There were many winners and losers (and one who won and lost) in last night's elections, but the biggest winner…

10 years ago

Taking Back the House, Vol. 5: Spencer Bachus and Alabama’s 6th District

  This is the fifth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. You can…

10 years ago

Taking Back the House, Vol. 4: Mo Brooks and Alabama’s 5th District

  This is the fourth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. You can…

10 years ago

Taking Back the House, Vol. 3: Robert Aderholt and Alabama’s 4th District

  This is the third edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. You can…

10 years ago

Taking Back the House, Vol. 2: Mike Rogers and Alabama’s 3rd District

  This is the second edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. You can…

10 years ago

Alabama Commission Prays Away Gay Marriage – at Meeting About Power Rates

The Alabama Public Service Commission started a meeting about power rate structures with a prayer against Marriage Equality.

11 years ago

15 Republican Governors Would Rather Kill Their Own Citizens Than Expand Medicaid

15 states with Republican governors are refusing to expand Medicaid even though the first 3 years are free and never…

11 years ago

Alabama Man Holding 5-Year-Old Boy Hostage ‘Listened to a Lot of Conservative Talk Radio’

Jim Lee Dykes, who gunned down a bus driver and abducted a 5-year-old boy that he's holding hostage, is described…

11 years ago

Red State Secession Would Be a Dream Come True for the Rest of America

Don't tell me that some little part of you would not just like to say to Texas, or to another…

11 years ago

Spiritual Hurricanes and an Aura of Unreality Surround GOP Convention

Most of us like a little reality in our diet, but the Republican Convention seems to be focused more on…

12 years ago

‘Religious Freedom’ Measure Targeting Women’s Reproductive Rights Goes Down in Flames

While Republicans pass alleged 'religious freedom' laws aimed at knocking down women's reproductive rights across the country, at least one…

12 years ago

Over 85% of Alabama and Mississippi Republicans Think Obama Is or Could Be A Muslim

A new PPP poll of Alabama and Mississippi found that between 86% and 88% of each state's Republicans believe that…

12 years ago