A pretty cool story for your Wednesday: In 1957, the KKK bombed the parsonage of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Montgomery. Inside that home at the time was a young white couple, Rev. Bob and Jeannie Greatz, Bob's mother and their four kids - the youngest just NINE DAYS OLD. /1 This was the 1st of 2 bombings of the Graetz's home by the KKK, which was angry with the couple for betraying their race and aiding the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This bombing was meant to kill them. Except the KKK being made up of redneck goobers, screwed up the bombing /2

Y'all want to hear a crazy-ass #alpolitics story? Get ready for some foolishness. /1 So, yesterday afternoon, Angi Stalnaker, a consultant working on Troy King's AG campaign and a former Robert Bentley advosor, arrived home to her house in Troy to find her back door standing open. /2

On this confederate memorial day, where a gov celebrates confederate monuments, here's a story about two Civil War soldiers that highlights the hypocrisy of the 'monuments are history' argument. George Thomas was a Virginian and celebrated American soldier when the war started. He couldn't bring himself to fight for the South and turn his back on America.