7. Radio legend Paul Finebaum picked Texas to dethrone Georgia as SEC champion this season, saying “I do think this is Sarkisian’s year” while noting that winning the conference title is secondary to a deep playoff run.

6. The U.S. Senate office of Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) earned the top early rating among Senate workplaces on a new anonymous staff review platform that verifies reviewers actually worked in the offices.

5. In Tennessee’s primaries, Trump-backed U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) lost to Charlie Hatcher in the 5th Congressional District while Tennessee State Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) and Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) in their respective primaries in the newly redrawn 9th District and will face off in November, and Governor-elect U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

4. Deeply divided Alabama Democrats are electing a party chairman this weekend as they seek a more “functioning party” capable of supporting local and statewide candidates amid internal disputes between incumbent Randy Kelley and challenger State Sen. Bobby Singleton.

3. Iran and Oman are close to finalizing arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz that would not fully reopen the waterway and reportedly could block U.S. and Israeli ships, while President Donald Trump claimed the strait is “sort of open right now,” denied major munitions shortages, and said a lot of progress has been made.

2. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders targeting birth tourism and seeking to narrow birthright citizenship for children of certain foreign diplomats, alien enemies, those in U.S. territories if Congress acts, and mothers who deceptively enter the country solely to give birth.

1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said he wants Dr. Anthony Fauci to “pay the price of having to go in a courtroom day in and day out” through state lawsuits after the Senate held him in contempt, arguing families should be able to sue him in Alabama courts despite a federal pardon.

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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.