7. It has been revealed that the Palisades arsonist became fixated on Luigi Mangione before the deadly blaze, meaning you can add the Palisades fires to the growing list of modern left-wing violence.

6. The Daily Wire reported on Medicaid millionaires, detailing how the feds pay immigrants billions of dollars to hang out with their families in a system that critics say enables abuse of taxpayer-funded health benefits.

5. Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell sent his opponent in the Alabama Attorney General’s race, Katherine Robertson, a formal retraction demand under the Alabama libel statute over her “defamatory” claims that he was a “lobbyist for a Muslim country.”

4. Secretary of State Wes Allen said the May 19 primary election will “proceed as planned” for now as the battle over redistricting continues, while special primary election bills could soon move toward a vote in the special session in the legislature.

3. Alabama protesters gathered to fight redistricting in Alabama as the NAACP led demonstrations in Montgomery, with U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) planning to join them today, even though she has the support of an organization that is accused of funding white supremacy, extremism, and racial violence, in other states, those opposing the effort to further dilute Black voting power.

2. Alabama, Tennessee, and other states’ redistricting efforts continue as the media and their Democrats continue to suggest that all they want is fair districts and elections, despite decades of federal government intervention in selected states propping up their Democrat elected officials, congressional numbers by allowing gerrymandering in states where Democrats rule.

1. President Donald Trump announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz under Project Freedom as the U.S. begins “escorting” ships through the critical waterway despite Iranian threats of attacks, and actual attacks on other nations, as significant risks of escalation continue.

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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.