7. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey opposes Charles Bediako’s NCAA eligibility lawsuit, arguing that allowing former pros to return would undermine college sports integrity, create unfair advantages, disrupt programs, and set dangerous precedents, including seeing Alabama’s Ty Simpson hypothetically returning to the University of Tennessee after the NFL draft.

6. The Gulf of America Act passed an Alabama House committee, requiring the state’s use of “Gulf of America” to align with federal changes, but State Rep. Marilyn Lands (D-Madison) opposed it and suggested consulting a foreign nation, Mexico, before the state moves forward.

5. Candidate for U.S. Senate and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) accused Democrats of playing the race card on Voter ID since they lack winning arguments on issues like taxes, the economy, or inflation.

4. Alabama lawmakers passed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act, making rape or sodomy of children under 12 capital offenses eligible for death, sending it to Governor Kay Ivey who looks forward to signing it, inspired by a Bibb County child sex trafficking case.

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, vowed on an X livestream to oust “crazy” Alabama Public Library Service board members and return sexually explicit books to the children’s sections of the public library.

2. Democrats have 10 demands for ICE if they are going to fund DHS, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urged Republicans to reject those calls to remove agent masks, requiring judicial warrants, and adding layers that he says hinder enforcement and endanger officers.

1. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) leads Republican DHS funding talks in an attempt to avoid a partial government shutdown as Democrats demand ICE restraints like body cameras, no masks, ID requirements, ending roving patrols, and more oversight to make enforcement transparent.

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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.