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After attending his third Alabama football game, Donald Trump could be deemed a fan of the Crimson Tide. But is the Crimson Tide a fan of the former president?
Although Trump winning the Yellowhammer State during the 2020 presidential election suggests yes, the reviews among social media users were mixed for Saturday’s visit to Bryant-Denny Stadium for the Alabama vs. Georgia game.
Some sang the praises of the Republican presidential nominee right along with the folks who chanted “USA! USA! USA!” in person. Others were less than impressed, harkening back to when he received heavy criticism for throwing paper towels to citizens of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island back in 2017 as he tossed chicken tenders and more to fans on his way out of the game.
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Regardless of who sided with what party, all participants seemed to enjoy the digital discourse, even more so when they compared Trump’s welcome at Alabama-Georgia to an appearance at the Minnesota-Michigan game by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, on the same day.
Meanwhile, Trump’s own Truth Social platform rang a different tune as candidate shared live videos to his 7.79 million followers on on the app from he time he set foot in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@gannett.com.
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University of Alabama alumni launch fundraiser to save student magazines
University of Alabama alumni have launched a fundraising campaign for two print magazines that were shut down.
Masthead, a nonprofit dedicated to “diverse, anti-racist and equitable student media at the University of Alabama,” opened a $25,000 fundraising campaign for Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six, two student-led print magazines focused on women’s lifestyle and Black culture.
The university shuttered the magazines after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives may violate federal anti-discrimination laws.
The alumni group said it doesn’t think the magazines violated federal regulations.
“Even if their subject matter is specific, Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six have always been by anyone, for everyone,” Masthead said in a news release. “The editors-in-chief of both magazines said their staff are ready to continue their work, with or without UA.”
The nonprofit the university’s decision silences viewpoints “disfavored by the government because they dared to write about those topics at all.”
The fundraiser will go towards printing costs, equipment and student salaries. Masthead president Victor Luckerson told AL.com it costs about $7,500 to print 1,000 copies.
“This fundraising drive is the first step in ensuring the staff at Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six receive the mentorship, advice and support they need during this tumultuous time,” Masthead said.
Masthead will post updates about the campaign in their newsletter.
“Even if the university says that Nineteen Fifty-Six is suspended, this proves that there is no suspension of the stories that we’re going to tell,” Nineteen Fifty-Six editor-in-chief Kendal Wright said. “It takes away a space for us to be able to tell our own stories and for everyone to read our stories. But I think this experience has taught our community and our staff that there is always another way. We will always have a space to tell our stories, and we will always make one. We cannot be silenced.”
The University of Alabama has not responded to requests for comment.
Alabama
College Football Playoff committee absolutely blew it
College football lost on Sunday.
It lost because a team, Notre Dame, capable of winning a national championship was left out.
It lost because the College Football Playoff selection committee ignored the downward spiral of another team, Alabama.
It lost because of the committee’s inconsistencies in the ranking process, dropping one team (BYU) that was crushed in its conference tournament, but not treating the Crimson Tide the same way even though they performed in the exact same manner on Saturday night in a 28-7 drilling at the hands of Georgia. It lost because the committee ranked Notre Dame ahead of Miami all year, then flipped the two based on a head-to-head Week 1 result after ignoring the matchup in the previous five editions of the rankings.
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Florida man arrested in 2011 New York murders of Alabama veteran, toddler once linked to serial killer
The New York Times is reporting that a 66-year-old man from Florida has been charged in the death more than two decades ago of a woman born in Alabama and her two-year-old child.
Andrew Dykes of Ruskin, Fla., was indicted this week by a grand jury on charges of murdering Tanya Denise Jackson and her two-year-old, Tatiana Marie Dykes.
Tanya Jackson was known as Jane Doe No. 3, or “Peaches,” after a tattoo on her torso of a heart-shaped peach with a bite taken out of it. She was identified in April.
According to The New York Post, Jackson’s torso was discovered in 1997 stuffed in a container in a wooded section of Hempstead Lake State Park, along a remote stretch of Long Island oceanfront, several miles from the New York City border.
In 2011, more of Jackson’s remains were found in the Gilgo area, along with the body of her daughter.
Tatiana was found in a thicket, wrapped in a blanket and wearing gold jewelry.
Tanya Jackson had been born in Alabama and served in the U.S. Army from 1993 through 1995, when Tatiana was born. Jackson later moved to Brooklyn, where she may have worked as a medical assistant, according to police.
Jackson had never been reported missing and was reportedly estranged from family members.
She and her daughter were buried at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort.
Dykes was the father of Tatiana Marie Dykes, according to police. He was arrested on Wednesday in Florida on a felony fugitive warrant.
Both Jackson and Tatiana Dykes had initially appeared to be possible victims of the Gilgo Beach serial killer, in part because of their proximity to where other victims were discovered, but investigators eventually ruled this out.
Rex Heuermann, a Massapequa Park, N.Y., architectural consultant, faces charges of killing seven women, six of whom were found in the Gilgo Beach area.
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