And even if Doug comes up short, this type of aggressive and angry campaign will do Brand D more good on down the road than some sort of shitty Kumbayah approach. It builds lists, develops the bench, etc. It’ll be closer too. Doug might not be ideally built for such a battle. But he can manage.

… Republican leaning voters in hopes they’ll come over to you. While a few may, especially with Tubs on the ballot, Doug will do much better to blast away at how jacked up the GOP has become - with Tommy Tuberville as Exhibit A. He needs to ridicule him, point out how irresponsible he is, etc.

But 2026 is, even here in Alabama, going to be a referendum on Trump. Everything, or at least most things, are now about national politics. Again, Doug has to turn out his ‘base’ and give some infrequent voters a reason to show up. I believe it’s generally a lost cause to appeal to Republican or …

… can talk about how his past record shows he’s willing to do that sort of thing if and when the GOP decides to cut out their cancerous parts. And he can express hope that here in Alabama business can still be done with the legislature and others despite the devolution of the opposition party.

… reactionary, radical, revanchist … garbage from the current administration. Tommy Tuberville is a big fat 🎯 and easy to use as an example of what’s gone wrong. Doug can safely abandon his tendency to want to reach across the aisle. There’s hardly anyone left over there to bargain with. Sure, he …

… again emphasizes a milquetoast, centristy, technocratic, bipartisan … approach, he’s not going to do as well as if he’d be ‘punchy’ and even downright aggressive. It’s way past time to talk about what’s happened to the modern GOP and how it’s often either chickenshittery or a total embrace of …

… exactly what doesn’t accomplish this. And sure, many infrequent voters might not make that connection. Neither are they that likely to be reading Archibald on aldotcom. However, your activists and such are. And while nobody expects Doug to be the late great Paul Wellstone or Bernie or …, if he …

And more on what this bunch is up to. Remember, of course, all the carrying on questions on what Biden family members were getting up to. The scale of what was alleged was minor compared to what’s apparently happening out in the open here. popular.info/p/update-tru...

… completely own statewide and local news” here in Alabama. That’s an outrageous lie. It’s stupid to even assert. However, there are marks who’ll believe it and write the checks. Others, and they’re the ones to worry about, know the value of continuing to prop up this tall tale. It’s smart money.

… voices are completely ABSENT. Or at least nearly so. The exceptions are scarce, essentially self-funded, done as work-arounds, etc. And it basically works that way in most every other state or location beyond a few unique pockets. Returning to what the 1819ers claimed, “Leftist progressives …

And sure, we’ve a few here and there who like to write or talk about liberal or progressive stuff. What we don’t have is anyone anywhere near a platform that’s allowed to write or talk up actual LEFTIST content like a critique of capitalism, promoting socialism or anarchist thought, etc. Those …

Jack’s pretrial diversion didn’t mention that he’d be taken care of. Again, all these ‘leftists’ the 1819ers are carrying on about seem rather scarce. What’s not scarce it seems is the same old same old. The hegemony and those who serve them run most things here. vestaviavoice.com/api/amp/news...

… Stephens. I’ve images of him over in Georgia trying to get Trump maneuvered into winning. And nope, none of the ‘leftist’ media here would touch. Furthermore, APT hired former state rep Jack Williams as their director of external affairs. Yup, this guy. 😫 www.alreporter.com/2018/04/05/f...

… him the Capitol Journal gig, possibly without jumping through hoops necessary about posting job and such. And anyone paying attention and honest in their reporting (yup, that wouldn’t include the 1819ers) understands that the Alabama Educational Television Commission is now chaired by Ferris …

… would on several occasions. I’ll forever be impressed by their courage and commitment. 🫡 And speaking of Republican operatives, we can’t forget how Todd Stacy who worked for Bob Riley, Mike Hubbard, and lastly Martha Roby came back home and soon started Alabama Daily News. Furthermore, APT gave …

One interesting and often impressive smaller outlet here in Alabama is Lagniappe in Mobile. FWIW, their co-publisher once worked for Trent Lott. Not looking especially ‘leftist’ to me. For the record, Lagniappe had the stones to write some stuff nobody else … www.scenic98coastal.com/posts/the-ex...

Of course, we’ve plenty of ‘conservative’ radio performers sprinkled around the state. One should probably include many of the Christian right types in this mix. I’m guessing you can pick up at least one ‘conservative’ voice several hours every day in most places traveled to here.

… Opelika-Auburn News. We’ve several similar stories as to ‘local’ papers here. In fact, Alabama-based Carpenter Media Group has a few small papers here but they’ve been buying up a heap elsewhere. It’s hardly been smooth sailing. Hollowing out appears to be trend. www.poynter.org/business-wor...