Posted by Jeanne Devon on January 29, 2021 · 1 Comment
NO ROOM FOR NAZIS The good news is that the actual Nazi apologist on the Alaska Human Rights Commission was removed. Gov. Dunleavy felt that her defense of Nazi phrases was… “distracting.” I think the word he was looking for was “wrong” or “abhorrent.” But regardless, Anchorage Assembly Member Jamie Allard is off the commission even though she still sits on the Anchorage Assembly. Tuesday night, when Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson addressed the chamber saying we must speak out forcefully against Nazism and hate, she was booed by a contingent of Allard fans in the audience. It’s irrelevant what your political party is, when…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Bill Wielechowski, Election 2020, Elections, Headlines, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, Mike Dunleavy, Rural Issues, Sarah Palin, Sen. Bill Wielechowski, Sen. Lora Reinbold, Voting · Tags Alaska voter suppression, Austin Quinn-Davidson, Chris Tuck, Jamie Allard, Lora Reinbold, Mike Dunleavy, scott kawasaki
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 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 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