Posts by Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

With her battles against Lumpkin, Givan is trampling on those black voices she claims she wants to protect, showing that she does not care one whit about her district, their black voices, or their power to enact change.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan needs to stop crying about how black and brown voters are being suppressed when she wants to suppress the votes which upended her quest for power.

This election year, there has been no end to the kvetching and demands that we get rid of career politicians and fix our government. Yet, when citizens have the opportunity to do so, they don’t bother to show up.

The concept of majority-minority, racially-drawn districts has always been a house of cards, and like the flick of a finger, Callais has knocked it down. It’s time we move beyond this unconstitutional model to representation that embraces all voters in every district.

I do not see voting for term limits in Alabama as a way to end the entrenched politician problem; indeed, it will only become more pronounced. History is showing that term limits produce the exact opposite of their intent and are even being used effectively to turn the voting population of the state in a particular direction.

The Colbert County Republican Women’s Club recently welcomed several of the statewide and federal candidates ahead of the May 19 primary election.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler visited Cherokee on Friday to tour the new Hadrian Factory 4 (F4) facility. 

The aim of good policy should be to protect the vulnerable and voiceless.

On Saturday morning, a sampling of Republican candidates for national and state office joined the Shoals Republican Club in Tuscumbia to discuss their candidacies ahead of the May 19 primary election.

We need true Davids to take down Goliaths and make a difference. Sadly, we are offered cars full of clowns instead.

The United States Navy, under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, cut the ribbon on a new defense industrial facility in Cherokee on Friday.

While we are appalled at the fraud in D.C. and Minnesota, we often fail to realize that such massive corruption always starts on a small scale. When bypassed or ignored, corruption spreads like kudzu.

This is the time to give greater scrutiny to who is responsible for education administration in our schools. With each cultural shift, it becomes evident that administrations often have no intestinal fortitude or direction.

Those who have traveled to the Midwest or West have seen the wind turbine farms peppering the landscape. These “Skynet”-like structures are not only a blight to the skyline, but they kill birds and affect the ecosystem of the land. Solar panels present similar issues, not only destroying once-rich soil, but affecting wildlife and the surrounding areas.

So many candidates, so many reasons why Tuberville is running away with this race.

In Alabama, we try not to burn our communities and allow them to be given over to criminality and destruction. Yes, there is more work to be done on many levels, but what we are doing right is allowing our law enforcement and ICE to perform their work – not throwing protests and putting lives in danger because we have issues with the president.

It seems lawmakers, judges, and corrections officials actively attack and prosecute symptoms in the incarceration system, while the root causes are rarely addressed and left to fester and grow worse.

This tragic shooting weighed the university in the balance, and they were found wanting. Ella Cook, Mukhammad Umurzokov, and Nuno Loureiro lost their lives because of it.

If the issue is UA preserving its federal funding and opening up the discourse to more viewpoints, then private funding would be the logical answer. Then Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six would have to survive in a new model where they would be required to compete in the arena of ideas that should exist on all college campuses.

The trend of “trans children” and so-called gender affirming care appears to be falling out of favor – and not a moment too soon.

If we do not work to see that 15% of Alabama SNAP recipients reduced, working to help people become as self-sufficient as possible, all we are doing is fostering dependence on government and enabling the socialist mindset.

Just as the crime in Montgomery reverberates throughout the state, so does the fallout from criminal illegal aliens, affecting all Alabamians regardless of where they live.

Crime disenfranchises EVERYONE, whether you live in the vicinity of it or not. Huntsville, Vestavia Hills, Mobile, and every smaller community in between pays for Montgomery’s issues; therefore, it should be a state-level concern.

The recent local elections were the first I’ve covered in this state, and some of the results give glimmers of hope. There is much that is wonderful about Alabama, but there is also corruption and poor governance that needs to be addressed at all levels.

Hollyhand is charismatic, articulate, focused, and on mission. He already embodies the movement and may well capitalize on that established presence and platform. He could be the general TPUSA needs to move forward.

It’s been a terrible week in terms of protecting our children.

Madison Republican Women's president Sheila Banister chose to work with the host venue, Movement Church, and the Madison City Police Department on alternative solutions to preserve the educational element of the evening, encourage dialogue and promote safety.