Category: Editorial

Congressman Jerry Carl Over the weekend, the mainstream media began reporting on what we’ve all known for a while: COVID-19 likely originated in a lab in China. For over two years, so many of us have been saying the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) actively and purposely deceived the world about the origins of COVID since day one.To make matters even worse, our own government officials lied to us about the…

By BONNIE BARTEL LATINO In last week’s Atmore News I wrote about US Army SP5 Rayford Gohagin, who was my classmate at Escambia County High School and who was killed in Vietnam on May 13, 1969. I mentioned two other young men, who were only a year or two younger than the students in Rayford’s and my class and who also died in Vietnam. They were Larry Gonzales and Allen…

Congressman Jerry Carl Last week, I wrote about the catastrophe of the Biden administration allowing the Chinese spy balloon to fly over the United States for days before taking action to shoot it down. In the days since, my colleagues and I – along with the American people – have continued demanding answers about exactly what happened, what we are doing to prevent something like this from happening again, and…

Congressman Jerry Carl Two weeks ago on Tuesday, January 31, President Biden was briefed on the existence of a Chinese spy balloon but made the choice not to shoot it down, even though he had confirmation it was being used to spy on Americans. The following Thursday, officials acknowledged the Chinese spy balloon had been seen flying over Montana near a nuclear reactor site and several sensitive military locations. At…

Congressman Jerry Carl When I was sworn in for my first term in Congress a little over two years ago, I worked hard to get on two great committees where I could serve our district well and do my best to make a difference in Washington. The two committees I was selected to serve on were the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. I’m proud of…