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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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska House Race, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Alaska Senate Race, Democrats, Don Young, Election 2020, Elections, Headlines, Joe Biden, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, Nation, Oil & Gas, SB21, Sean Parnell, TALL TALES from Juneau, Trump · Tags Alaska election 2020, Alaska elections, Alaska Joe Biden, Alaska Kamala Harris, Alaska state races
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment
DAVID NELSON (Yes, him again) So, hang on just a second… how long HAS David Nelson lived in the district he’s running in? Good question. The rules are very specific – you have to live in your district for a minimum of one year from when you file to run. Nelson filed on February 27, 2020, which means he had to have resided in HD15 since February 27, 2019. On his own Facebook page he says he moved to Muldoon when he got a job on JBER… in December, 2019. Here’s a handy infographic with images from his own…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Election 2020, Elections, Ethics, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Sarah Palin, TALL TALES from Juneau, Voting · Tags David Nelson for House, Lyn Franks for House, Sara Rasmussen, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sue Levi, Tom McKay for House
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 10, 2020 · Leave a Comment
YOU DON’T WANNA BE LIKE MIKE It’s one thing when the “I wanna be like Trump” Governor decides (hours after telling Alaskans to mask up and keep their social bubble small) to show up at a swanky cocktail party fundraiser on the Anchorage Hillside. But it’s another level of irony to be outed by the bumbling ineptitude of your own propagandist. Dunleavy’s blogger, Suzanne Downing/Must Read Alaska, begins this weird video foray into the underground world of unsanitary Republican fundraisers by looking at the sunset and musing, “An orange, orange view for an orange president… although he looked a little…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Election 2020, Elections, Events, Headlines, Mike Dunleavy, Rallies and Events, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Bart LeBon, Bart LeBon for House, Bill Johnson for House, David Nelson for House, George Rauscher, Governor Mike Dunleavy, James Kauffman for House, Leslie Becker for House, Mel Gillis for House, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Steve Thompson, Steve Thompson for House
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 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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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Anchorage Assembly, COVID-19, Democrats, Election 2020, Elections, Headlines, Health, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, Municipality of Anchorage, Numbskullery, Republicans, Sen. Lora Reinbold, TALL TALES from Juneau, Voting · Tags Alaska Democrats, Alaska Republiicans, Dr. Al Gross for U.S. Senate, Elijah Cummings, Jamie Allard, John Lewis, Lora Reinbold, North Pole Santa, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Tall Tales from Juneau, vote by mail, Wasilla Santa
Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 19, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Hey, Republicans – you’re doing it wrong. In a time when the most NON-political issues have become political third rails like, I dunno… basic hygiene during a pandemic, the Republican party never ceases to amaze. As the Black Lives Matter movement rolls forward, demanding that Alaskans and all Americans look hard at reforming our law enforcement agencies in the wake of decades of horrific inequities and violence against people of color, toxic seeds of racial division are being sown even by our Republican Congressional Delegation. Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. IT’S ONLY RACIST IF THERE’S OIL…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Don Young, Election 2020, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Native issues, Oil & Gas, Republicans, Resource Development, Rural Issues, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Congressman Don Young, Forrest Dunbar, Gwich'in, Sam Alexander, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, vote by mail
Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 12, 2020 · Leave a Comment
WHAT A WEEK! We say that every week, but this week sets the bar for bad weeks in the Trump administration. The historical lack of equal justice in our country, the horrific murder of George Floyd, the violence on the streets of our cities, the President threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and turn the U.S. military against its own citizens… The headlines we see on a daily basis sound like the stuff of dystopian fiction. But one thing that has happened as a result is that the response to these events by individuals has told us a…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Don Young, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mat Su, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Congressman Don Young, Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 4, 2020 · 6 Comments
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Dunleavy Disaster It’s Day 4,836 of the stay at home mandate. At least that’s what it feels like. We hope you are all staying well, taking good care of yourselves and each other, and following the stay-at-home direction from the state. We need you. Now, on to the usual shenanigans: THE DC DELEGATION Congressman Don “I call it the beer virus” Young has stopped backpedaling, and is now OUTRIGHT DENYING that he poo-pooed this pandemic, urging high-risk seniors to go about their daily lives as though nothing was happening, just a few…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Don Young, Education, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Dunleavy · Tags Alaska education, Dan Sullivan, Dermot Cole, Don Young, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Dunleavy