7. State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) believes there is “certainly going to be a conversation” about Flock cameras in the next legislative session, arguing that while he supports law enforcement, the systems can create digital profiles of vehicles and enable mass government surveillance that undermines privacy rights, insisting “we as American citizens value our privacy” and that such data should only be accessed by warrant.

6. The Alabama Department of Corrections signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE under the “jail enforcement model” as one of seven new state agencies joining the program, bringing Alabama’s total participating agencies to 64, while U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) spoke at the Madison County Republican Men’s Club breakfast and hailed a federal judge’s decision lifting a stay that allows the President Donald Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis as “a big win for Americans.”

5. Losing U.S. Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) begged Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to “get rid of this Hasan Piker affiliation” after losing the Michigan primary to him, saying the nominee should now focus on Michigan voters while still backing the party and asserting Democratic plans for healthcare are superior to those of his opponent, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

4. Alabama’s 2026 primaries revealed historically low turnout, with last Tuesday’s special congressional primary drawing less than 5% of voters and June’s runoff attracting only about 1-in-10 registered voters, highlighting the influence of small partisan electorates amid ongoing debates over closed primaries.

3. Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person and who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, said Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) should “get out of his pajamas and start talking about policy” instead of the “boogeyman” of socialism, while Jones himself is being criticized for relying on whataboutism and failing to define concrete positions.

2. An internal DCCC poll of 421 found likely voters in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District shows U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) and Republican nominee Alabama State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) tied at 46% each with 8% undecided, despite an R+9 party identification edge, with Figures maintaining a +14 job approval and Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person and who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, leading Tuberville 48-45% in the district.

1. U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) warned that Democrats taking control of Congress would be an “unmitigated disaster” if Democrat Socialists of America join forces with the Squad to control committee chairs and the speakership, while U.S. Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) notes Democrat fundraising has “fallen off dramatically” heading into the midterms following the party’s embrace of socialism.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.