Facebook fugitive caught by feds in Ohio
The accused rapist who taunted the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook has been captured by United States Marshals in Ohio.
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Accused rapist engages in Facebook fight with JeffCo Sheriff’s Department
If there’s a warrant out for your rest because you’re accused of rape, it’s probably best not to taunt the cops who are after you. But that good advice escaped Dustin McCombs, who was happy to toy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department on the department’s Facebook page.
Two Republican congressional candidates say they would impeach Obama
Earlier this week, Pete Reihm and Dean Young were asked if they would file articles of impeachment against U.S. President Barack Obama. Reihm and Young, who are both running against incumbent Rep. Jo Bonner to be the Republican candidate in Alabama’s 1st Congressional district (southwest Alabama), replied “yes,” they would file articles of impeachment against Obama.
Davis regrets questioning Siegelman prosecution
Artur Davis says he regrets questioning the prosecution of Don Siegelman, a move that made him appear soft on political corruption, the former Congressman told the Mobile, Ala., Lagniappe. Meanwhile, Davis continues to distance himself from the Alabama Democratic Party, which he says worked to defeat him in 2010. Read the interview here.
In race against Beason and Pate, Bachus runs against Obama
Tarnished by an insider trading scandal and facing strong primary opposition for the first time in decades, what’s a Washington insider to do? Run against Washington, that’s what. In his first TV ad of the campaign, Bachus makes the race about Obama.
“This American Life” features an in-depth story on Alabama’s immigration law
Last weekend, an episode of the syndicated radio show “This American Life” explored Alabama’s immigration law, HB56, in an in-depth story on the law’s effects.
Civil rights group tells states considering HB56-like immigration laws to “Remember Alabama”
The Southern Poverty Law Center has a message for state legislators across the country who might be considering laws in the vein of Alabama’s tough new anti-immigrant law, HB56: “Remember Alabama.”
Beason, Bachus and Pate promise primary won’t be boring
A crook, a racist and a crazy man run against each other for Congress. It’s not the beginning of a joke, just an election campaign.
Greater Birmingham Ministries executive director Scott Douglas appears on the Colbert Report
Douglas marked Martin Luther King’s birthday celebration and used MLK’s words to argue against HB56, Alabama’s tough new anti-immigrant law.
Alabama state Sen. Scott Beason announces run for Congress
Beason says that, after a lot of prayer and counsel with his family he felt “led” to run against Rep. Spencer Bachus, who has represented Alabama’s 6th Congressional District since 1992.
