Desegregation orders weren’t a mistake. They were a response to real, documented harm.
Suggesting we no longer need them assumes that harm has been fully undone.
That’s a big claim and one that deserves more than rhetoric.
#UnmuteAlabama
The bill claims to teach "historical foundations" and "freedom from state-established religion," yet it was passed by suppressing the very democratic process (debate) that those historical documents represent.
#UnmuteAlabama
USPS is raising shipping rates by about 8% starting April 26 (Priority Mail & Ground Advantage).
Stamps stay the same but sending a package will cost more.
One more everyday cost to keep an eye on.
#UnmuteAlabama
Just something I believe.
If you want to try it, add yours.
#UnmuteAlabama
22 cities across Alabama. One shared message.
From the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast, people are showing up this Saturday because they feel like they’re not being heard.
Cost of living. Healthcare. Schools.
This is about real life. #UnmuteAlabama
A proposed Alabama bill could make it a crime to get within 25 feet of police if you’re seen as “interfering.”
But recording police has become a central part of modern accountability.
If people are afraid to document what they see, that changes what we know.
#UnmuteAlabama
New CHOOSE Act data:
• ~75% of applicants are already in private school or homeschooling
• Even among new applicants, ~60% were already outside public schools
If this were about helping students leave public schools…
we’d see most applicants coming from public schools.
We don’t.
#UnmuteAlabama
We’re supposed to look out for each other.
CAW is ending fluoridation for ∼770k people, citing costs and “ongoing discussion.” Mayor Woodfin: “public health was optional.”
Toothpaste helps; not everyone can count on it.
Keep the shared protection.
#Science
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Calling heat safety “burdensome” tells you everything.
We’re talking about water, shade, and breaks so people don’t collapse at work.
That shouldn’t be optional.
#BrittDoesntSupportWorkers
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We’re told that racism and antisemitism are “over.”
Meanwhile, political leaders are hanging out in group chats where hate is the whole vibe.
Cut DEI, roll back civil rights protections, and guess what happens.
Hate doesn’t disappear. It gets louder.
#UnmuteAlabama
Signing a “no new taxes ever” pledge sounds good until you remember:
Tariffs are taxes.
Borrowing is a tax on the future.
And refusing revenue means cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and rural hospitals.
A pledge is not a plan.
Alabama families deserve honesty.
#UnmuteAlabama
Alabama Democrats stood up and called out a calendar with zero minority‑sponsored bills. They made the case clearly and publicly.
But supermajorities don’t share power.
The calendar passed anyway.
#UnmuteAlabama
Civilian–military education exists for a reason. Leaders learn from each other.
Hegseth using access to education as leverage in a culture war shows he doesn't understand how leadership, readiness, and confidence are built.
Our military leaders can't handle ideas? Really?
#UnmuteAlabama
Alabama’s energy debate keeps circling the same question:
Who actually has power and who pays the price?
A new “Secretary of Energy” sounds bold, but without stronger accountability to voters, restructuring risks changing everything except the bills.
#UnmuteAlabama
Disabled American Veterans is warning Congress that siphoning resources from the VA into private care risks hollowing out the system itself.
When decline is manufactured, it’s later used as justification.
#UnmuteAlabama
#UnmuteVeterans
Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union, Pew Research shows:
• Most Americans view the economy negatively
• Health care costs are the top concern
• Majorities oppose tariff increases and support health coverage guarantees
Important context going into the speech.
#UnmuteAlabama
The Working Class Project has spent the past year talking directly with working-class Americans.
Their finding ahead of the State of the Union:
People feel frustrated, anxious, and financially strained and increasingly disconnected from claims that the economy is “solved.”
#UnmuteAlabama
Sen. Katie Britt is praising TVA for keeping coal plants running longer.
At the same time, Alabama just gave up the ability to set stronger environmental standards than the federal government which is now rolling protections back.
Going green doesn’t mean the lights go out.
#UnmuteAlabama
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And anybody in Alabama knew this was coming. We have experience with it. Require voter ID and then close DMVs in the Black Belt.
It is the same crap, different day.
#UnmuteAlabama
#AlabamaVoting
This week we saw two things at once:
✔️ A ribbon cutting celebrating veterans
✔️ Growing concern about VA disability rule changes that could add barriers and uncertainty
Both can be true.
The question is whether support for veterans shows up not just in ceremonies but in good policy.
#UnmuteAlabama
Lawmaking isn’t a vibes exercise. Every bill costs time, money, and attention.
Passing laws “just in case” something imaginary exists is how real issues get ignored.
#UnmuteAlabama
The newest Unmute Alabama newsletter is out!
From Alabama prisons to trucking policy, ICE enforcement, and environmental rollbacks, the stories look different but the accountability pattern is the same.
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Senator Katie Britt said the CFPB was harming small businesses.
After enforcement was rolled back, Americans lost an estimated $19 billion in consumer protections from higher fees, fewer refunds, and abandoned fraud cases.
Who exactly benefited when the watchdog stepped aside?
#UnmuteAlabama
When Alabama approved new prisons in 2021, lawmakers promised old, unsafe facilities would close — saving money.
Four years later:
• Costs have exploded
• Closures are “too hard”
• Old prisons are still open
The savings that sold the deal? Gone.
#UnmuteAlabama
There’s a lot of talk about “corruption” around the PSC right now.
To me, the question is simpler:
When decisions affect our power bills, public health, and environment should voters have more ability to intervene, or less?
#UnmuteAlabama
This bill doesn’t ban soda.
It bans poor people from buying soda.
If lawmakers cared about health, they’d fix food deserts and make healthy food affordable, not build a new bureaucracy to track Christmas‑flavored Pepsi.
#UnmuteAlabama
The proposal to open all 83,000 acres of Conecuh National Forest to oil and gas leasing raises serious questions about risk and reward.
The forest has low development potential, minimal existing leasing, and acknowledged environmental risks.
Yet climate impacts aren’t addressed.
#UnmuteAlabama
