NYC’s homicide rate is 4.8 per 100k. Alabama’s homicide rate is 15.9 per 100k — more than three times that of NYC.
Hope @JoeBiden enjoyed going out for ice cream in NYC while the rest of the city is afraid of crime and migrants.
Kyle Whitmire
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Kyle Whitmire
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2023 Pulitzer Prize winner. Columnist for @aldotcom. I write about character, cruelty and corruption.
- The GOP nominee for the Alabama 2nd and almost certainly the November winner, Barry Moore, just shared this on his Facebook page.
- Javelin missiles are manufactured in Troy, Ala.The United States has sent $211 BILLION of your tax dollars to Ukraine, 4X as much as the rest of the world COMBINED.Readers added contextThe $211 billion figure is the amount Russia has spent on the war as of February 2024. Senator Tuberville appears to have confused the United States with Russia. reuters.com/world/europe/r…
- This was old Alabama politics. The politics of fear and confusion. Britt blamed Biden for an assault that appears to have happened 20 years ago. Her spokesman won't give a clear answer when asked.
- In 2022, I busted Alabama GOP chairman John Wahl voting with an ID he made himself. Recently I learned TWO separate Alabama secretaries of state forwarded voter fraud complaints to prosecutors. Buckle up for the 🧵.
- I've found it curious how many folks want to blame the delta spread on immigrants, so I made a map.
“Please help” by stopping the historic # of illegal immigrants breaking our laws-no Covid testing/vaccines…nada.The Biden admin is complacent in allowing the spread of Covid by doing nothing.And on FL and TX-no one is anyone’s way-except a personal decision. #BidenBorderCrisis - I have updated this column and the headline to reflect that this is no longer a question. Britt blamed the Biden administration for sexual assault that happened 20 years ago in Mexico, not recently in the US, as she implied.
- I just confirmed with the Ala. Secretary of State's office that the Alabama Democratic Party hasn't submitted the paperwork yet to put Kamala Harris on the ballot in Alabama. Today is the deadline. The DNC virtual roll call was more than two weeks ago, making her the nominee.Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextBoth Trump & Harris have turned in all requisite paperwork & will be on the Alabama ballot. alabamareflector.com/briefs/kamala-…
- Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
- Alabama GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim James has blasted an LBGTQ-friendly charter school for having a drag show. So I took a look at his high school yearbook. Yep. Every accusation is a confession.
- The reason markets are panicking is they don’t believe you and they don’t believe you are capable of handling a crisis. You are the mayor from Jaws.
- In at least two elections, Alabama's Republican Party chairman has voted with a photo ID he made himself. The state's top election official now says it wasn't a valid voter ID. 🧵
- State Rep. Chris Pringle wants to make teaching critical race theory illegal in Alabama. So I asked him what it is. His answers were ... interesting.
- Before y’all dump on Alabama, remember these folks live here, too. And they are fighting to make it better.
