Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 9, 2021 · 1 Comment
SHOW ME THE MONEY It’s budget time in Juneau, and we’re looking at a strange set of circumstances that is complicating the process. Weirdly, it’s a giant influx of cash! You were not expecting that, were you? Joe Biden’s amazing American Rescue Plan means Alaska will receive about $1.1 billion, plus hundreds of millions more for education from K-UA, tribes and local governments, and infrastructure projects. You’ll recall Sen. Murkowski, Sen. Sullivan, and Rep. Young all voted against this bill. Guess they are not interested in bringing home the bacon anymore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Now, the Alaska House and Senate must determine how to legally invest the money for the greater good of all Alaskans. Thankfully, there…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage Mayoral Race, Anchorage School Board, Bill Wielechowski, Democrats, Education, Elections, Fairbanks, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Dunleavy, Municipality of Anchorage, Numbskullery, Republicans, Second Amendment, Sen. Bill Wielechowski, Sen. Lora Reinbold, TALL TALES from Juneau, Voting · Tags Alaska SB39, American Rescue Plan, Felix Rivera, ghost guns, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Joe Biden, Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Don Young, Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, Sen. Lora Reinbold, Sen. Mike Shower
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 21, 2020 · 2 Comments
THE BIG BREAKDOWN It took two weeks, but at last we have the final numbers in Alaska’s 2020 election! We can officially say that in 2020, Alaska had more voters turn out than in any other election ever. That’s something! It’s also worthy of note that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won in Anchorage, and performed better statewide than any presidential ticket since Lyndon Johnson! That means Democrats were motivated, showed up, and are a larger force in the state than ever before. The final was 42.8 Biden/Harris to 52.8 Trump/Pence. The state we match most closely with is Iowa,…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 3, 2020 · Leave a Comment
It’s hard to know where to begin these days, but let’s start with something nasty that’s brewing which will directly affect the policy positions of Republican candidates, and tells us exactly what to expect if Republicans manage to take back the majority in the State House this November. HINT: It’s going to look a lot like the horrific beginning of last session only there won’t be anyone to stop it. WHAT AR THEY DUIN? A strained pun is about the best you can get out of the absolute fiscal disaster the Republican Party is cooking up. Remember when Tuckerman Babcock,…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska House Race, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Alaska Senate Race, COVID-19, Democrats, Election 2020, Elections, Environment, Events, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Municipality of Anchorage, Pebble Mine, Rallies and Events, Republicans, TALL TALES from Juneau, Tuckerman Babcock, Voting · Tags Abe Williams, Anchorage, Bart LeBon, Calvin Schrage, Carl Johnson, Christopher Quist, David Nelson for House, Donna Arduin, Dr. Liz Snyder, Evan Eads, Fairbanks, James Kaufman, Kelly Cooper, Lance Pruitt, Lyn Franks, Marna Sanford, Matt Buxton, Mel Gillis, Mike Dunleavy, Nat Herz, Pebble Mine, Robert Myers, Roger Holland, Running debates 2020, Sarah Vance, Suzanne LaFrance, Tuckerman Babcock
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 22, 2020 · Leave a Comment
TALL TALES from Juneau and the DC Debacle AND IT’S ALLLL ON TAPE Sometimes you know things, but it’s nice to have them proven right out loud, through dramatic and surreptitious means. Such is the case with the immediately infamous “Pebble tapes.” If you haven’t heard them, make yourself a beverage and get ready to be a fly on the wall as your beautiful state and all its salmon get sold down the river (not the beautiful blue Nushagak of today – the contaminated, cyanide-filled Nushagak of tomorrow). We now know what our elected Republican leadership thinks of us,…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, ACLU, Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska House Race, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Alaska Senate Race, Anchorage Police Department, Election 2020, Elections, Environment, Ethics, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Law & Order, LGBT, Lisa Murkowski, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, Municipality of Anchorage, Pebble Mine, Public Safety, Republicans, Skulduggery, TALL TALES from Juneau, Voting · Tags Alaska Division of Elections, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp., Alaska voting, Alyse Galvin for Congress, Bart LeBon, Ben Stevens, Casey Steinau, Corrupt Bastards Club, Craig Richards APFC, Dermot Cole, Dr. Al Gross for Senate, Gail Fenumiai, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Joe Biden Pebble Mine, Kevin Clarkson, Lisa Murkowski, Matt Buxton, Mel Gillis, No Pebble, Pebble Mine, Pebble Partnership, Pebble tapes, Ronald Thiessen, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Suzanne LaFrance, tom collier
Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment
GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH It’s been a very bad week for faux “family values” Christians in positions of power this week. First, Jerry Falwell Jr. was outed by the pool boy for an ongoing sexual dalliance with him and his wife that spanned seven years and began when he was barely out of his teens. This revelation prompted Falwell to 1) throw his wife under the bus and disavow his own involvement (new developments on that today) and 2) step down, giving way to his temporary (or maybe not-so-temporary) replacement, Alaska’s own Jerry Prevo of the Anchorage Baptist…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Ethics, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Ick, Jim Minnery, Mike Dunleavy, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Skulduggery, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Jerry Falwell, Jerry Prevo, Kevin Clarkson, Kevin Clarkson resigns, Kevin Clarkson texts, Libby Bakalar
Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 14, 2020 · 2 Comments
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Let’s start off with a little Facebook gem from Rep. Steve Thompson (R-Fairbanks). It takes a look at the sunny side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hey, you guys… Don’t think of it as 168,000 dead Americans – think of how many Americans are still alive! Considering that any day now, COVID-19 is going to be the third leading cause of death in the United States, it’s hard not to wonder when Rep. Thompson will stop thinking that the “panic is out of control.” And if you google Rep. Steve Thompson, here’s his weirdly ironic…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, COVID-19, Election 2020, Ethan Berkowitz, Headlines, Poverty, Public Safety, Rep. Ben Carpenter, Republicans, Sen. Lora Reinbold, TALL TALES from Juneau, Voting · Tags Alyse Galvin Congress, Becker for House, Dan Sullivan Senate, Dr. Al Gross Senate, Ethan Berkowitz Mayor, Leslie Becker Ministries, Pastor Leslie Becker Ketchikan, Rep. Steve Thompson, Ron Gillham, Ted Cruz
Posted by Jeanne Devon on July 24, 2020 · 4 Comments
TALL TALES from Juneau and the D.C. Debacle OOPS After last week’s edition of Tall Tales hit your screen, Dan Sullivan let all Alaskans know how it feels when your United States Senator can’t even tell the difference between two civil rights icons that he served with in Congress. He expressed his obligatory regrets at the passing of Rep. John Lewis by posting a picture of himself in front of the Smithsonian’s new Musem of African-American History and Culture with… the late Rep. Elijah Cummings. He wasn’t the only one to make this cringe-worthy gaffe – His fellow Republican…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on July 17, 2020 · 4 Comments
I WATCHED THE MAT-SU REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FORUM SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO Yep, I watched it all, courtesy of the video taken by the eponymously-named Republican blogger, “Politadick.” There’s no easy way to prepare you for this, so let’s just dive in. But first, a visit to the United States Flag Code: THE EMCEE: Mike Coons, recently reappointed by Gov. Dunleavy to the Alaska Commission on Aging hosted a Mat-Su candidate forum this past weekend. It took place at the Senior Center in Wasilla. Why isn’t the governor’s appointee to the Commission on Aging wearing a mask at an…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Legislature, Alaska politics, COVID-19, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elections, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Humor, Mat Su, Mike Dunleavy, Nation, Numbskullery, Oil & Gas, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Resource Development, SB21, Second Amendment, TALL TALES from Juneau, Teabaggery, Voting, Whackjobbery · Tags Alaska Democrats, Alaska republicans