Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama
The shot(s) heard around Alabama
21-0 against the Taliban. Jared Hudson didn’t just respond to Barry Moore’s Liberty Score talking point. He buried it. Alongside a bunch of terrorists, apparently. When Moore brought up Liberty Scores, Hudson remembered a score of his own. “I haven’t had the opportunity to earn a Liberty Score. But I can tell you I went 21-0 against the Taliban in over 60 combat operations – and there’s nothing more liberating than that.” The crowd went nuts. Moore’s team sensed the damage then – and before… and after. The next morning they fired off a press release with the hot take: “Barry Moore Dominates Shelby County Forum.” Sure, Congressman. It’s gotta be tough being the insider for once.
Alabama’s map mess
Maps, maps maps. Everybody wants to know about maps. Word in Montgomery is that it’s not a given that the U.S. Supreme Court will bail the state out on its separate 14th Amendment violation that created the state’s 5-2 – now entangles 6-1 map – and much less guarantees a 7-0 one. One insider told us he agrees with Speaker Ledbetter: We should just do away with the 14th Amendment.
Influencers recommended it. Alabama says you can’t administer it.
Research-grade peptides — the injections TikTok influencers have been calling the holy grail of wellness — are now in the crosshairs of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. The board was unambiguous: these substances are not FDA-approved and have not been tested, reviewed, or determined to be safe or effective for human use.
Apparently that didn’t stop people from marching into doctor’s offices, phones in hand, pointing at an influencer’s glowing skin and saying “I’ll have what she’s having.” The trend exploded online through claims of muscle growth, anti-aging, weight loss, and athletic performance, the problem is no one can even verify what’s actually in it. Alabama has stepped in with an official warning to providers. Investigations are already underway. The influencers will survive, but their followers might want to rethink their sourcing strategy.
Madison City Schools drawing Red Light District concerns from parents
Dr. Ed Nichols, superintendent of Madison City Schools, has recently announced his plans to retire at the end of the school year, and we’re sure that it cannot be soon enough for him. A third teacher within the system was arrested this year on some sort of child sex abuse charges, raising serious concerns about the overall school system. As a school parent posted on Facebook, “We moved to Madison for the district, we didn’t realize it was the Red Light district.”
Nichols claimed after the most recent incident that he could do all the background checks in the world and never know a man’s heart, but we know the new chess master Mayor, Ranee Bartlett, is two steps ahead and not going to take a shoulder shrug as a good answer from the next superintendent, knowing that the schools are the backbone of Madison City.
