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Reporting From Alaska- Murkowski, Sullivan sat on their hands while RFK Jr. lied about vaccines On the day that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million in vaccine research, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan could have said something in a public appearance with him about his reckless atta...

Pathetic.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 187. 8/7/25 … I predicted that Phase 2 of Trump’s attempt to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 presidential election was going to be a scam to redo the census mid-decade.

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Read this entire thread please

House Oversight Committee subpoenas the Justice Department for Epstein files The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.

We need to follow the money 👈

They are protecting power, NOT, we, the people!👈

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"Treasury’s Epstein file details," Wyden said in the video. "Four-thousand-seven-hundred-and-twenty-five transfers. Let me repeat that: 4,725 wire transfers, adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just one of Mr. Epstein’s bank accounts.

Putin suggests meeting Trump in UAE as Kremlin senses advantage The Kremlin said a one-on-one meeting was being planned, but White House officials said that decisions had not yet been made.

War criminal prepares to rope-a-dope regular criminal.

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“Saw no wrongdoing” is a meaningless statement, obviously.

Shocking coming from the people who upended how Title IX addresses campus sexual violence.

A year later, Alaska’s federal courts are still feeling the fallout of a scandal surrounding a disgraced judge In the wake of the former federal judge’s sudden resignation in July 2024, his position remains vacant, court cases are in limbo, and two high-ranking prosecutors are on administrative leave.

This reminds me what a bunch of ethically challenged losers were gathered at the Alaska Dispatch, not only Amanda Coyne, spokeswoman for the arguably the biggest dirtbag in the U.S. Senate, but Tony Hopfinger, Alice Rogoff, and Craig Medred. Wow. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Trump and Putin plan meeting on Ukraine, as early as next week It was unclear whether Putin offered Trump any concessions in exchange for a meeting. But it would be a significant win for Putin after weeks of Trump’s verbal attacks.

War criminal will meet with regular criminal.

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Democrats have absolutely no other choice.

Cave sediments found on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history The sediments are evidence of massive glacial meltwater floods, called Siku events, that happened during the last Ice Age.

The finding could help researchers unravel the mystery of how Earth’s climate rapidly fluctuated thousands of years ago.

Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era

War criminal expected to pick the pocket of regular criminal.

Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky

War criminal to meet with regular criminal. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...

What, Exactly, Is the ‘Russia Hoax’? To start with, it’s not a hoax.

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At the Tesla Diner, the Future Looks Mid

I think we could have safely predicted this from the Nazi huckster.
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Trump Says Banks Discriminate Against Conservatives—Including Him The president recounted his experiences when asked about an executive order the White House is preparing.

Yeah, banks definitely should not discriminate against deadbeats with multiple bankruptcies and a history of business fraud.
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Opinion | This frontal attack on farmers must end Farmers don’t need a bailout. They need relief from overregulation and excessive immigration enforcement.

When it comes to Trump, farmers seem absolutely clueless. Truly, any drooling idiot could have seen this coming.

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I would not recommend interacting with whoever this is.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s move to ‘country club’ prison smacks of special treatment, experts say Federal guidelines would ordinarily bar an inmate serving 20 years for sex trafficking from a minimum-security prison camp.

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Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy demands automatic approval of resource permits if state misses deadline Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who has excelled in making state government less efficient, has ordered state agencies to declare that natural resource permit applications should be approved automatically if the ...

If it weren’t for stupid ideas, Gov. Empty Suit would have no ideas at all.
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‘Everybody asks me about it’: Murkowski noncommittal on potential bids for governor, reelection “What I'm trying to do is not win elections. I am just trying to do the best that I can for Alaskans,” Murkowski told reporters, defending her vote for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

So Murkowski held a press conference at her Anchorage office about an hour after I released her approval numbers yesterday.

Wesley here actually stuck his hand up and asked “Senator, what’s your reaction to the Alaska Survey Research numbers released today?”

🫢😆

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Trump is the gift that keeps giving to China The US president is upending a quarter of a century of American policy in the Indo-Pacific

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Opinion | China is winning the trade war Trump started On many fronts, Trump is inadvertently aiding China’s anti-American dictatorship.

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Fair exhibit booths. In the foreground is PFLAG/Fairbanks Pride. In the background, is Bible Baptist Church, who are evil, hateful pedophiles. They are facing each other.

Bible Baptist Church is basically Fairbanks’ version of the Westboro Baptist or those Mormon offshoots who rape their own daughters.

The Tanana Valley Fair allowed them back in this year… but someone made the decision to put their booth facing the PFLAG/Fairbanks Pride booth. I applaud that person.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Some personal news: In late August, I will be leaving Alaska and the Alaska Beacon to return to my home region of Philadelphia. I love Alaska and am proud of the work we've done at the Beacon. I look forward to seeing the work my colleagues do in the future.

This week's Joseph Welch Award Friends,

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“Please be respectful to the guy who called us all “fucking incompetent” less than a week ago and called this session at the most inconvenient time out of spite because he’s a would-be tyrant who we won’t let be. Please be respectful.”