7. The Alabama Education Association will continue to hold racially segregated district elections with positions designated as “white” and “non-white” and using race-based bylaws for governance, including an “ethnic-minority guarantee” for top leadership roles.

6. President Donald Trump is set to deliver a speech revealing declassified intelligence on foreign plans to interfere in the 2020 election, building on past claims involving Russia, Iran, and Venezuela while continuing to assert he won that contest, but the media insists that none of this has ever happened, except in 2016 when Russia stole the elections with Facebook ads.

5. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) praised the appointment of Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline to serve out the remainder of his Senate term following his sudden passing, calling it a fitting way to honor his legacy of service, while it is expected she will not run for a full term, but that has not been clarified.

4. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 26-year-old Maine Father Colombian man, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, in Biddeford, Maine, during an attempted vehicle stop while executing a warrant for a different individual, spurring protests, he could have avoided this by not driving at the police.

3. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) defended the construction of new data centers in Alabama against critics pushing for bans, stating, “You can forget about doing away with it because it’s coming,” and emphasizing the tax revenue and job growth they will bring to the state.

2. A Democratic poll shows U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) in a statistical tie or with a slight deficit against Republican candidate Rhett Marques in the redrawn 2nd Congressional District, which Democrats now view as a toss-up after redistricting changes.

1. President Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. will charge a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz while reinstating a naval blockade on Iran, asserting America is the “guardian” of the waterway after renewed strikes and Iranian retaliation.

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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.