The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today- 8-14-26

Now time for the seven things you'll be talking about today. Number seven. All right, let's go ahead and get right to it, folks. Have you been following this Jaden Daniels story out of Washington and LSU? It's very funny. He sent a seasoned assist letter to the LSU team, football team, that he used to play for, won the Heisman trophy for, demanding they stopped using his name, his likeness, and his image. And he wants his mock Heisman back from them as well. It's really pathetic. He's upset that somebody's wearing his number. Stubhubb joked this. He said, Effectively will no longer offer tickets in groups of five, which is the number that Jaden Daniels used because he's mad about it. Out of respect for Jaden Daniels, we're only doing four and six plus. So he's embarrassed himself and he's been mocked repeatedly. It's pretty sad for him. He says, oh, I'm focusing on what's going on in D.C. with my team. Well, everyone's making fun of you because you're being dumb. Number six. Alabama inmate Jeremy Tremaine Williams was executed. by lethal injection last night at Holman Correctional Facility. And that was good. Really, really good. He was executed for the 2021 rape and strangulation of a five-year-old that he filmed both before and after her death. The child's mother received a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. And district attorney Rick Chancy called it one of the most horrific things I've ever seen. Yeah, this guy is a villain. And I got to tell you, he committed this crime in 2021 and has already been put to death. That's some efficiency we normally don't see in these systems and some efficiency that I absolutely can get by. Number five. A Troy University math professor has the support of the freedom. Excuse me, the foundation of individual rights and expression fire who stood us up earlier this week after we stood them up earlier this week. And they are now taking on Troy because they feel like a professor has been punished for speaking out. Well, sure, as long as you don't pay attention to a couple of things. He was disciplined for unprofessional conduct after sending an April letter on university letterhead. criticizing the Alabama New Mercy Act course review committee for lack of transparency and prompt feedback. Again, the problem isn't that he complained. And had he just complained and they punish it, that's one thing. But he used official letterhead in order to complain. Now, keep in mind, all the people mad about this, how dare you go after this professor? Or the same people that are like, kill Charlie Kirk. Yeah, he said bad things. Just remember that.

Number four. Data centers, and we found yet another victory story for them. A small farming town in Quincy, Washington has been turned into an economic powerhouse where roughly 30 facilities now generated, estimated 57% of property taxes, created 900 jobs, and funded a $120 million high school plus new Aquatic Center and Sports Complex. The boom has also doubled home prices and pushed agricultural workers. out as poverty fell from 29.4% to 6.2%. I mean, that's definitely something. Now, the doubling of home prices, if you got a home, awesome. If you don't, maybe that's a little problematic, but it pushed out the agricultural workers and the poverty rate fell from 29.4 to 6.2%. Transform the town. What do we do it here, folks? Number three. FBI director Kash Patel slammed the Southern Poverty Law Center for running a, quote, methodical, calculated scheme to defraud their donor base for millions, alleging Heidi Amy Coney Barrett oversaw more than $1.2 million in payments to a neo-Nazi informant with whom she shared a home and joint bank accounts. He declared money doesn't lie. The charity that supposedly fought the KKK actually funded the KKK. They released a bunch of stuff yesterday about what it was for, and it included paying for robes and materials in order to do cross-burnings. We're... We're going pretty hard here. They're going pretty hard at the Southern Poverty Law Center. And they're dropping the hammer on them and their employees for what they're doing. And I got to tell you, great. Yes. More. Wonderful. Do more of this. Go get them. Number two. U.S. Senator Katie Britt introduced the Bipartisan Space Superiority Readiness Act of 2006 to expand war gaming, modeling, simulation, and training for Space Force guardians against growing Chinese threats. Yep. Military leaders were also in North Alabama this week. And they are working on the Golden Dome, Homeland Missile Defense System, which they frame as essential for restoring deterrence by denial. With North Alabama positioned to be at the center of the effort to create the program.

And that's great. Okay, that is fantastic. In the space and missile defense symposium, another huge success and a great thing for North Alabama, further cementing Alabama and North Alabama at the center of the missile defense and space universe. Time for the number one thing you'll be talking about today. Okay, we've talked about this a little bit and we will continue talking about this. You can look and see the plans that are in place for our friends on the left if they are able to control the government are outrageously expensive three times. What we are already spending, even running a large, large deficit, which is adding to our debt every single year. Their plans could go as high as $211 trillion over 10 years, as opposed to the 70 trillion we're spending right now over 10 years. But yes, you're correct. That would mean a lot of printing of money and inflation. And no surprise, we are watching as inflation is going up. in blue states and cities and down elsewhere. New York, New York and Newark, 4.5%, 4.6% inflation. Philadelphia, 5.4. Hawaii, 5.6. San Francisco, 3.8. Okay, just keep this in mind. These are the places where you are seeing inflation going up significantly because of their policies. That's what you're seeing. They're making life costs more expensive. And when they win, they are going to make life far more expensive for you. That's what they're going to do. And there are a lot of concerns about this. Now, are they smart enough to explain this on the campaign trail? Probably not. Are they, is this easy to understand? Yes. They should probably start focusing on it because there is real world consequences for taking those terrible blue state policies and nationalizing them. We'll be right back. This is WVNN. Get WBNN's Dale Jackson seven things you should be talking about today. Right in your email box every morning. Go to yellowhammer news.com and sign up today. What would you do if your online store converted 36% more shoppers? You could take 36% more vacation. Another pinacolada? Yes, please. Open a new retail location. With 36% more square feet. Fantastic. Hire 36% more help. You're hired and you're hired. Shopify has the world's best converting checkout, up to 36% better than other e-commerce platforms. What you do with those extra sales is up to you. Switch to Shopify today at Shopify.com slash listen and get a $1 trial. Shopify.com. slash listen. Oh, oh, oh, O'Reilly. Check engine, ABS or maintenance light on. Take the guesswork out of your warning lights with O'Reilly Veriscan. The service is free and provides a report with solutions verified by ASE certified master technicians. And if you need help, we could recommend a shop for you. Ask for O'Reilly Veriscan today. Oh, oh, oh, O'Reilly.

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