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Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Let It Throw Out Current Rigged Congressional Map

Alabama on Friday filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court asking the high court to allow it to throw out its current rigged congressional map.

Alabama’s request to toss out its racist, gerrymandered congressional map comes after the Supreme Court last month declared Louisiana’s newly-drawn Congressional map an unconstitutional gerrymander.

The case, State of Louisiana v. Phillip Callais (and the related Press Robinson v. Phillip Callais), stems from Louisiana’s woke lawmakers caving to left-wing judges and creating a second “majority-minority” congressional district.

Louisiana delayed its May 16 House primaries last Thursday after the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ruling.

Alabama petitioned the Supreme Court on Friday amid the gerrymander wars.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ordered a response by Monday evening.

CNN reported:

Alabama filed an emergency appeal at the US Supreme Court on Friday asking the justices to allow the state to revert to a congressional map with one majority-Black district, setting up a potentially thorny question for the high court as the justices have openly sparred over whether partisanship has played a role in its redistricting decisions.

State officials rushed up to the court late Friday asking it to halt a lower court ruling that has blocked it from using a map it enacted in 2023. It did so based on a blockbuster decision last week on Louisiana’s congressional map that severely weakened the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The appeal, which is seeking an answer by May 14, came hours after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation allowing for new US House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections.

“Alabama’s case mirrors Louisiana’s, and they should end the same way: with this year’s elections run with districts based on lawful policy goals, not race,” the state told the Supreme Court in its emergency appeal.

On Thursday, Tennessee became the ninth state to approve a new congressional map amid the redistricting wars.

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Governor Kay Ivey Calls Special Session to Redraw Alabama Maps – Delivering a COMPLETELY REPUBLICAN Congressional Delegation

It is now official.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has called a special session of the Alabama Legislature for Monday, May 4, ordering lawmakers back to Montgomery to redraw the state’s congressional maps after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring race-based gerrymandering unconstitutional.

In a formal proclamation issued Friday, Ivey stated the Legislature would consider “primary elections” legislation and redraw districts whose boundaries were altered by prior court rulings, injunctions, or judicial orders.

That means Alabama Republicans are moving swiftly to reclaim control of congressional lines that had been reshaped through years of legal warfare and activist court intervention.

For years, Alabama has been at the center of a bitter redistricting battle after left-wing groups sued to force the state into creating a second Black-opportunity congressional district. Federal courts repeatedly interfered with maps passed by elected lawmakers, overriding the will of Alabama voters.

But the legal landscape changed dramatically this week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the use of race as the predominant factor in redistricting, dealing a massive blow to the race-based mapmaking agenda pushed by Democrats and activist groups.

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NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year

A NASA nuclear scientist died after a fiery crash in a rural Alabama town last year, which at the time caused suspicion among family members.

Joshua LeBlanc, 29, died in a fiery crash in his Tesla on July 22, 2025.

The crash happened in Huntsville, Alabama where his Tesla was found burned beyond recognition at about 2:45 in the afternoon, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency told Fox News Digital.

The vehicle collided with a guardrail, then several trees, before the vehicle burst into flames.

At 4:32 a.m. on the same day, LeBlanc’s family reported him missing, according to KLFY.

He uncharacteristically failed to show up to his job as an aerospace technologies electrical engineer at NASA, where he worked on nuclear propulsion projects.

His body was also burned beyond recognition, and police confirmed his identity three days later after his body was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.

At the time, his family told KLFY that they feared he had been abducted and that he had left his phone and wallet in his home at the time of the disappearance.

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Family of ‘suicided’ reporter who exposed Clinton in 2016 comes forward with disturbing inside info

Strange details have come to light regarding the death of an Alabama news anchor from his family members.

In 2016, 45-year-old Christopher Sign broke a story about former President Bill Clinton meeting on a tarmac in Phoenix, Arizona, with then-Obama administration Attorney General Loretta Lynch at a time when Clinton’s wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, was under intense scrutiny for her use of a private email server while leading the State Department.

When the conversation was made public, Lynch said she would take the advice of prosecutors and the FBI concerning charging Clinton.

Although the president and the attorney general insisted the tarmac meeting was just a normal meeting, it appeared Sign had stumbled upon the former president trying to use his political clout to help his wife avoid justice.

The anchor said the backlash was immediate with death threats coming his way. Sign published his work in 2020, “Secret on the Tarmac,” while insisting he was not suicidal. Oddly enough, he was found hanged in his Hoover, Alabama, home on June 12, 2021, by his wife and oldest son.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office deemed it a suicide, as Sign had taken his life with a dog leash and his feet were touching the floor. The reporter was by no means a small man, at 6’1 and 215 pounds, playing lineman during his time at the University of Alabama.

Bill Naugher, who helped publish Sign’s book, was suspicious.

“None of it makes any sense,” he said. “It’s very fishy. I don’t know what to think but I know nothing in this story adds up.”

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Read the chilling texts UFO-linked scientist sent before being found dead that raise major questions over suicide ruling

The deaths and disappearances of eleven top scientists have mystified the nation, with President Donald Trump and senior members of Congress demanding answers and vowing to uncover whether the cases are connected.

Now, chilling claims have come to light about the death of Amy Eskridge, a 34-year-old researcher working on anti-gravity technology, who was found with a gunshot to the head.

She died in Huntsville, Alabama, on June 11, 2022, and her death was ruled a suicide. But four years on, newly uncovered text messages raise chilling questions about what really happened.

Franc Milburn, a retired British paratrooper and intelligence officer who claims to have been in contact with Eskridge before her death, shared messages he says she sent him. 

One dated May 13, 2022, read: ‘If you see any report that I killed myself, I most definitely did not. If you see any report that I overdosed, I most definitely did not. If you see any report that I killed anyone else, I most definitely did not.’

Milburn told the Daily Mail that Eskridge – as well as some of her colleagues involved in advanced propulsion and energy research – had been subjected to what he described as a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation designed to derail their work.

He also said he spoke with the young scientist just four hours before her death and noticed nothing unusual.

‘She said, “Everything’s fine, Franc, I’m feeling okay.” She sent me, and others, emails and LinkedIn messages saying, ‘If anything happens to me – suicide or an accident – it wasn’t, it’s suspicious, treat it as such,’ Milburn claimed.

Eskridge also purportedly told Milburn she believed she had been the target of repeated physical and psychological attacks – claims he says he documented and is now making public.

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Are UFOs real? Have they been spotted in Alabama?

Across the United States, residents have been noticing unusual phenomena in the night sky, from streaking meteors to unexplained glowing orbs.

Surging reports of strange lights are fueling speculation in big and small cities alike. The curiosity about what might really exist out there spreads quickly, amplified by social media buzz.

Alabama has not been immune to these sightings. Building on the national trend, the National UFO Reporting Center notes that the state has logged 1,517 UFO reports over the years, ranging from fast-moving objects to massive glowing orbs that have captivated eyewitnesses.

Have there been any recent UFO sightings in Alabama?

The most recent report came on March 24, 2026, in Dothan, where witnesses described a huge yellowish-white orb drifting slowly from north to southeast.

Residents reported seeing it “scan” or emit a subtle downward light as it moved slowly and deliberately, the report said.

The sighting attracted attention on local social media, and residents shared videos and photos.

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Three Women Indicted on 37 Counts in Alabama Ballot Fraud Scheme — Judge Orders Special Election After Rigged Absentee Votes Potentially Flipped the Race

Three Alabama women have been indicted on a staggering 37 combined criminal counts tied to an alleged ballot fraud scheme that may have altered the outcome of a local election.

According to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Monroe County residents Sarah Bennett (60), Sharon Denson (67), and Samantha Kyles (46) were arrested and charged in connection with the August 26, 2025, Frisco City municipal election.

The charges are severe:

  • 17 counts of ballot harvesting
  • 20 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots

Prosecutors allege the trio falsified absentee ballot applications and verification documents, while also illegally collecting and submitting ballots on behalf of multiple individuals, a direct violation of Alabama election law.

The criminal case follows a civil lawsuit filed by former Frisco City Mayor Allen Lang, who lost the election and is now challenging the results.

Lang’s lawsuit outlines what appears to be a coordinated scheme:

  • 131 illegal absentee ballots were allegedly counted
  • 85 individuals falsely claimed work conflicts to justify absentee voting
  • 33 voters falsely claimed disabilities
  • At least 13 non-residents voted in the election

Under Alabama law, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall:

  • Unlawful use of absentee ballots is a Class C felony, punishable by 1 year and 1 day up to 10 years in prison
  • Ballot harvesting is a Class A misdemeanor, carrying up to 1 year in jail

Bond amounts reflect the seriousness of the charges:

  • Bennett: $54,000 (18 counts)
  • Denson: $36,000 (12 counts)
  • Kyles: $21,000 (7 counts)

Wes Allen, Alabama’s Secretary of State, provided an election integrity update to Alabama voters following the recent arrests:

“The Secretary of State’s Office remains vigilant in its pursuit of election integrity and the protection of your vote. We will continue to assist law enforcement in every way possible as they investigate and prosecute violations of Alabama election law,” Allen said. “Absentee ballot harvesting is not being tolerated in Alabama. These arrests send a clear message to those contemplating violating Alabama election law.”

“Alabama law provides some of the strongest protections in the nation for our voters and imposes penalties on those who violate the law,” Allen said. “Thanks to the advocacy of my Office and every member of the Alabama Legislature that voted for SB1, Alabama votes are not for sale.”

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University of South Alabama denies association with ‘queer animals lab’; Content deleted from school website immediately after inquiry

The University of South Alabama (USA) has released a statement saying that, despite social media posts and resources to the contrary, “There is no ‘queer animals lab.'”

The “Queer Research Lab,” was promoted by the Comparative Cognition and Communication (C3PO) Lab. The C3PO lab is a program of the USA Department of Psychology.

The school says that despite the lab’s branding on many posts and on a resource document, it was instead the personal account of Dr. Heidi Lyn, the lab’s main researcher. Lyn operates several personal social media accounts that were not branded with the lab logo. 

“Her use of the term ‘queer animals lab’ was inaccurate and meant to capture the attention of viewers of her personal social media,” the statement from a university spokesman explained.

Lyn’s personal Facebook page is littered with anti-ICE, No Kings, and anti-Trump posts, while her personal Instagram page shows her dressed as a “Book Ban Fairy” and various Star Wars characters.

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A Tiny Alabama Town Ran an Outrageous Speed Trap. Now It Will Pay $1.5 Million To Settle a Lawsuit.

The hamlet of Brookside, Alabama, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit three years after local news investigations revealed that it was running a predatory speed trap.

The Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm that sued Brookside in 2022 on behalf of motorists who said they were framed and swindled by the town, announced on Monday that it had reached a settlement agreement that would require substantial transparency and policing reforms, in addition to payments to the class members.

Brookside became a national news story in 2022 after the Birmingham News reported that the small town’s unusually large police force was bankrolling the city budget by fining people traveling through and towing their cars under what motorists claimed were fabricated charges.

It was one of the worst cases of profit-motivated policing in recent memory: The news investigation found that Brookside, a place with no traffic lights and one commercial property, a Dollar General store, “collected $487 in fines and forfeitures for every man, woman and child.” By 2020, two years after Brookside expanded its police force from one officer to nine and began aggressively pursuing traffic enforcement, income from fines and forfeitures comprised 49 percent of the town’s budget. Motorists alleged that they were getting pulled over for fake traffic violations, slapped with bogus charges, then forced to pay thousands in fines and towing fees after being convicted in Brookside’s municipal court.

The investigations led to the resignation of the Brookside police chief, a Pulitzer Prize for the reporters, and a class action lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice.

“Police are supposed to protect and serve, not ticket and collect,” Chekeithia Grant, one of the named plaintiffs in the case, said in an Institute for Justice press release Monday. “When that gets flipped around, people suffer. We brought this case to remind Brookside of that, and to get the town on the right track. This settlement should do that. And it should be a warning to other towns.”

According to the lawsuit, Grant and her daughter were both arrested by Brookside police following a traffic stop and falsely charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction of government operations, and resisting arrest. Both were convicted in the Brookside Municipal Court, but town prosecutors agreed to dismiss all the charges after the two women appealed to a county court. But by then, they had already paid roughly $2,000 in fines and fees to Brookside.

Brookside’s racket was so outrageous that the Justice Department filed a “statement of interest” in support of the Institute for Justice’s lawsuit, noting the perverse profit incentives that such schemes create:

Judges should not profit from their decisions in cases. Nor should funding for prosecutors or police officers depend substantially on unnecessarily aggressive law enforcement aimed at generating income through fines and fees. Criminal justice systems tainted by these unreasonable incentives stand to punish the poor for their poverty and put law enforcement at odds with the communities they are meant to serve.

However, Brookside was just a particularly odious example of the classic American speed-trap town, a municipality that survives by latching onto a nearby highway and gorging itself, like a bloated tick, on traffic enforcement revenue.

States have often responded to negative publicity from speed-trap towns with legislative reforms, and Alabama was no different. A few months after Brookside’s practices were exposed, the Alabama state legislature passed a bill capping the revenue municipalities can keep from fines to just 10 percent of their general operating budgets.

In addition to the $1.5 million payout to the lawsuit class, the proposed settlement will require Brookside to end many of the financial incentives tied to its traffic enforcement, such as repealing its fee to retrieve towed cars. The Brookside Police Department would also stay off the nearby interstate for the next 10 years, except for emergency response, and there would be 30 years of strict caps on how much revenue the town could keep from policing and code enforcement.

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Michigan, Alabama Republicans Advance Bills To Cut Off Foreign Money In Elections

Michigan and Alabama Republicans took major steps this week to secure their states’ elections from foreign dark money.

The GOP-controlled Michigan House passed legislation (HB 5197) on Thursday that seeks to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing money to ballot initiative campaigns. The measure passed 97-6, with seven members not voting.

HB 5197 stipulates that Michigan ballot question committees “shall not knowingly or willfully receive, solicit, or accept contributions from a foreign national, whether directly or indirectly.” These committees are further required to obtain “affirmation” from any person who donates to the campaign that he or she “is not a foreign national and has not knowingly or willfully received, solicited, or accepted more than $100,000.00 in aggregate from foreign nationals in the 4 years immediately preceding the date of the contribution.”

Ballot question committees who discover that a donor meets the bill’s criteria are ordered to “return” such contributions “not later than 30 business days” after receiving it. Those who violate the provision will be “subject to a civil fine of not more than double the amount of the undisclosed contribution.”

The measure includes additional language explicitly prohibiting foreign nationals from making “a contribution, independent expenditure, or expenditure to promote or defeat a ballot question or to qualify a question for placement on the ballot.”

HB 5197 now heads to Michigan’s Democrat-run Senate for consideration.

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