Until recently, no one in Alabama’s new congressional district 2 had ever heard of Protect Progress PAC.  However, after spending nearly $3 million dollars on mailers and TV ads, Protect Progress PAC is responsible for helping make Shomari Figures a household name while vilifying his opponent.  Who they are and why they are spending so much for Figures is less known but getting clearer.  Here’s what we know.   Protect Progress PAC was formed eight months ago in Washington, D.C., and is funded by a small group of out-of-state billionaires.  These billionaires have ..read more

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came to Birmingham on Wednesday to celebrate a $14.5 million federal grant that will restore two-way traffic to Fourth Avenue North in the city’s historic Black business district. “We’re here because everybody recognizes all the ways in which infrastructure shapes our lives, and we feel it when something goes wrong,” he said. “Sometimes we don’t pay attention to it when everything goes right, but a lot of work goes into making sure that it goes right. And that’s what today is about.” The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Neigh ..read more

As first reported by 1819 News, a male camp counselor at Huntsville’s U.S. Space and Rocket Center Space Camp has been allowed access to the dorm, also called the “Habitat,” reserved for young female attendees. The issue has gained national attention following a public post by Clay Yarbrough a father whose daughter was scheduled to attend camp. Yarbrough claimed to have spoken directly with the VP/Director of Space camp, who confirmed that a man who, according to social media, presents and identifies as a woman was “a hall monitor in the girls dorms and at times could be allowed to be alo ..read more

In an email sent by Jeannie Burniston the ALGOP Communications Director the party highlighted bills passed by each chamber. A copy of their email is below. Before the start of the legislative session, the Alabama GOP released its 2024 priorities. Each of the bills listed above can be tracked individually by using the states legislative bill search website.      The post appeared first on Alabama Today ..read more

Gary Palmer has refiled the Prevent Racism in Medicare Act (PRIMA) a bill he describes as necessary to “prohibit healthcare providers from being forced to adhere to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) racially discriminatory policies.”  “All Americans should be treated the same by their doctors, regardless of race, and the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements should not be impacted one way or the other,” said Palmer. “This rule by HHS incentivizes Critical Race Theory if your doctor wants to be reimbursed at a higher rate. Dividing Americans along racial lines in the d ..read more

A recent Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports poll found widespread irregularities in the 2020 election.  While whether this proves theft of the presidential election is debatable, it certainly demonstrates serious issues with voting by mail. The poll, found on the Rasmussen Reports website, was conducted during the first week of December with 1,085 respondents.  Thirty percent of respondents claimed to have voted by mail in 2020; some questions were asked only of mail voters.  The margin of error was 3 percentage points. The poll has received considerable attention, includ ..read more

House Oversight Chair Representative James Comer, released a resolution Monday recommending the U.S. House of Representatives find the president’s son, Hunter Biden, in contempt of Congress after he skipped a deposition last month connected to the ongoing impeachment inquiry into his father. The Oversight Committee is scheduled to consider the resolution Wednesday before likely sending it to the House floor. These kind of proceedings for the president’s son are largely uncharted waters but could lead to federal criminal charges for Hunter, who already faces criminal charges for tax and gu ..read more

Will Ainsworth is heading into 2024 with five clearly stated goals. In a list posted on his Facebook page and X (Formally Twitter) page, Ainsworth lays out four professional and one personal resolution for the coming year.  Two of the resolutions are specific to goals that the Alabama legislature would need to address in the upcoming session, including “Passing a real school choice bill,” and “Pass legislation capping property tax increases resulting from annual reappraisals.” His third resolution is broad, stating “Fight woke policies and initiatives pushed by extremist liberal groups th ..read more

Everybody makes mistakes, but government accountants seem particularly error-prone. With 70 million Americans receiving Social Security payments annually, mistakes are inevitable. But the Social Security Administration aggressively pursues repayment years or even decades later as detailed in Social Security Horror Stories by Lawrence Kotlikoff and Terry Savage. The repayment efforts can cause immense hardship. Cases cited by the book include: a widow asked to repay $300,000; a five-year-old sued months after his mother died; and denying a veteran’s indigency claim base ..read more

Terri Sewell and Gus Bilirakis introduced the New Era for Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act. This legislation, they say, would help transform the delivery of care to rare kidney disease patients by increasing community and healthcare provider awareness and education. Medicare spends over $84 billion annually providing critical care to patients with chronic kidney disease. $36 billion of that is spent just on patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). While there have been many medical advances in the last sixty years, there has been little innovation in treatment options for kid ..read more