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Retired teacher 30+ years….lifelong New York Yankees fan…. Progressive

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Phil Williams: Whose idea was this? | Alabama News We have a right to question, and that right to question is based not just on freedom of expression and freedom of speech, but also on a sense of justice.…

As mentioned multiple times, Monday means a good chance a northeast Alabama ‘conservative’ performer that I’ve long labeled Flattop Phil will have something silly up in a column the 1819ers start the workweek with. It’s not extraordinary awful. It’s typical Phil slop. 1819news.com/news/item/ph...

28.07.2025 18:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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#RIP #HulkHogan

26.07.2025 02:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#WhiteHouse Press Secretary #KarolineLeavitt and Alabama Senator #KatieBritt want to buy Sean “Diddy” Combs diamond and platinum cross if he goes to jail….

26.06.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pete Rose was banned from baseball for beating on his own team the Cincinnati Reds yet today BetMGM is the “official betting partner of the Cincinnati Reds” and has betting kiosks w/in the area of the Great American Ballpark…🤬

14.06.2025 02:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot from the above APR article containing, “In 2010, when Republicans took control of the Alabama State House, there was a sense of optimism that we might see a renewal of ethics and fairness in government. But over the last 15 years, through repeated turnovers in the legislature, the reasonable Republicans …”

I’m not disputing that some Republicans or just regular citizens might’ve felt this way. What I am pointing out is that Mike Hubbard and his minions were at the helm. They ran a typical trash, relatively Limbaughfied, and utterly simplistic campaign. Sure, Dems had held the reins for 136 years. It’s just that they were almost always aligned with our Big Mules. It was the Bourbon, Redeemer, Big Mule Alliance types who generally had control of Goat Hill. Mike Hubbard and his bunch were just going to wet their beaks while servicing those same interests. And if you believed otherwise, bless your heart. 

I’m aware that Bill and probably plenty more want to keep this idea that plenty of ‘reasonable Republicans’ were around back then. I just don’t recall all that many speaking up against well over a decade already of Limbaugh, Tea Party foolishness, etc. That’s because the cancerous rot manifested now in ‘Trumpism’ is decades old. Terror over the reaction of ‘the base’ is decades old!

Denying this stubborn reality is I suppose useful even now for careers and positions inside or adjacent to the GOP, establishment quarters, etc. However, it’s the wrong answer and won’t be part of any ultimate solution.

Screenshot from the above APR article containing, “In 2010, when Republicans took control of the Alabama State House, there was a sense of optimism that we might see a renewal of ethics and fairness in government. But over the last 15 years, through repeated turnovers in the legislature, the reasonable Republicans …” I’m not disputing that some Republicans or just regular citizens might’ve felt this way. What I am pointing out is that Mike Hubbard and his minions were at the helm. They ran a typical trash, relatively Limbaughfied, and utterly simplistic campaign. Sure, Dems had held the reins for 136 years. It’s just that they were almost always aligned with our Big Mules. It was the Bourbon, Redeemer, Big Mule Alliance types who generally had control of Goat Hill. Mike Hubbard and his bunch were just going to wet their beaks while servicing those same interests. And if you believed otherwise, bless your heart. I’m aware that Bill and probably plenty more want to keep this idea that plenty of ‘reasonable Republicans’ were around back then. I just don’t recall all that many speaking up against well over a decade already of Limbaugh, Tea Party foolishness, etc. That’s because the cancerous rot manifested now in ‘Trumpism’ is decades old. Terror over the reaction of ‘the base’ is decades old! Denying this stubborn reality is I suppose useful even now for careers and positions inside or adjacent to the GOP, establishment quarters, etc. However, it’s the wrong answer and won’t be part of any ultimate solution.

I’m a Bill Britt stan. Can critique, of course, but basically believe he’s one of the good ‘uns. On any 2010 ‘Storming of the Statehouse’ optimism, however, I’m recalling the 👺s leading that campaign and the misleading slogan (136 years is …) they built effort off. www.alreporter.com/2025/06/02/o...

02.06.2025 16:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

A lot of this goes back to Bob Riley’s failed Amendment 1 in 2003 when the religious anti-government nuts in the @algop went after Riley. Now to get elected in Alabama is profess ones love of God, Guns and hatred of Government… These could be called “Yellow Dog Republicans”

02.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
NEW HIT SINGLE - Taco Taco Taco (Trump Always Chickens Out)
YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies NEW HIT SINGLE - Taco Taco Taco (Trump Always Chickens Out)

#TACO aka Donald Trump won’t like this video. youtu.be/kaJ2jni3D4I?...

01.06.2025 00:26 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So who picked Kash Patel up and place him in his high chair?

29.05.2025 18:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Probably a few “crabs” too….😎

27.05.2025 16:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There are a thousand bugs around Hegseth, I promise you.

27.05.2025 16:28 — 👍 226    🔁 60    💬 16    📌 3

Will Florida resident and Alabama US Senator Tommy Tuberville make his announcement of his run for Alabama Governor from the Sandestion Golf and Beach Resort? #alpolitics

27.05.2025 16:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Deadwood - Bacon with human aftertaste
YouTube video by PenttiLinkola23 Deadwood - Bacon with human aftertaste

“Bacon, might have a little human aftertaste” Al Swearengen on “Deadwood” youtu.be/QJPgngJr5jA?...

24.05.2025 20:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ALT: A large, framed, yellowing document. Text reads: "Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original." Photo credit: Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School

ALT: A large, framed, yellowing document. Text reads: "Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original." Photo credit: Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School

Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma

15.05.2025 09:55 — 👍 11048    🔁 1720    💬 360    📌 222

They're grasping at straws and failing miserably with this argument.

15.05.2025 14:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Did Nehemiah Ezekiel Wahl, aka “John Wahl” violate federal and state election laws when he attached his name to this notarized document? #alpolitics

15.05.2025 05:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is bleak reading

14.05.2025 08:19 — 👍 23077    🔁 4988    💬 1554    📌 1015

Thanks….

13.05.2025 21:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why does Alabama’s GOP chairman have a Tennessee driver’s license? Party leader who will help decide Tommy Tuberville's residency uses and ID from another state and with a different name.

If Nehemiah “John” Wahl was the Chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party he would have been arrested years ago. #alpolitics

13.05.2025 14:48 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

They didn’t cover his ankle with the Gatorade towel to keep him warm…🙁

13.05.2025 04:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There is no calvary.
Just us.

13.05.2025 04:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Awful….looked like he was hurt before he went in for the slide….I don’t see him back this year…#Yankees

13.05.2025 04:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I watched it in slo-mo on replay and it looked like his ankle gave out before he crossed the plate…It was almost as bad as Alabama Football player Tyrone Prothro’s injury… 🙁 #Yankees

13.05.2025 04:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#WaltonGoggins buck dancing with his mom on #SNL #MothersDay 😎👍

11.05.2025 06:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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😎😆 #DonaldTrump

11.05.2025 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama? Election records show Tuberville voted in Florida after he says a homestead exemption puts his residency in Alabama.

Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption re-established his residency in Alabama, but election records show the Tubervilles voted in Florida after that. And that's only the top layer of his residency mess. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

02.05.2025 13:14 — 👍 77    🔁 29    💬 8    📌 8

Craig Monger, Bryan Dawson, Jeff Poor and everyone at 1819 News have blood on their hands that they can’t wash off

06.05.2025 01:32 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

He should pay it in coins, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters etc

23.04.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#Tesla is the American version of the Yugo #ElonMusk

23.04.2025 17:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tomorrow they’ll say while it was sent by mistake the truth of the matter they believe Harvard and others should lose funding unless they show fealty to #DonaldTrump

19.04.2025 06:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Male Calliope Hummingbird with a greenish brown back and head displaying its characteristic iridescent magenta throat feathers.

Male Calliope Hummingbird with a greenish brown back and head displaying its characteristic iridescent magenta throat feathers.

A fiercely handsome Calliope Hummingbird.
Despite being one of the smallest hummers, these birds have been known to chase off Red- tailed Hawks during breeding season.
#birds

18.04.2025 00:29 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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