Posted by Sebastian Reuter on October 13, 2020 · 2 Comments
Amid the flurry of political ads this fall – mostly for Alaska’s hotly-contested federal races – one really stands out for anyone who’s more than an election season quarterback. And it is this: “Don Young was recently rated the most effective member of Congress.” Sorry if I made you spit your coffee. So, how does one achieve this coveted “most effective” rating when, like Don Young, one has not even passed one single bill last session, and barely managed to squeak one by in only the House? Good question. Apparently the measuring stick for this phony rating is that you…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 7, 2020 · 2 Comments
OH REEEEALLLLY… So, it seems that Don “I call it the beer virus” Young is perfectly happy to wear a mask in the White House for a photo op, just not in his own state to protect his constituents. Here he is at the elbow of the Maskless One, at the now famous bill signing where the President referred to Yosemite National Park as “Yo Semites.” The bill was signed in the hope that it might help the beleaguered candidacies of Republican Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Steve Daines of Montana. No Democrats were invited to the signing of…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Don Young, Election 2020, Elections, Environment, Ethan Berkowitz, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Mike Dunleavy, Municipality of Anchorage, Nation, Pebble Mine, TALL TALES from Juneau, Tuckerman Babcock, US Congress · Tags Anchorage mask mandate, Anchorage mask ordinance, Campbell Lake, Dan Ortiz, Donald Trump Jr., Donna Arduin, Joshua Revak, Kriner's Diner, Lora Reinbold, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, Natasha Von Imhof, Pebble Mine, Rep. Don Young, Sen. Josh Revak, Tuckerman Babcock
Posted by Jeanne Devon on May 29, 2020 · 1 Comment
By Zachary Brown She stood in the roiling crowd, amid clean-cut college kids and potbellied dudes in cowboy hats and media men dashing this way and that. Her stringy blonde hair, her dark eyeliner, her sneakers and the flannel tied round her waist, all gave a picture of punk defiance. How ironic, I thought, given the suit-wearing merchants of the status quo she represents. They chose someone small and thin as a garter snake for their enormous, dreadful task. Meet Naomi Seibt: the anti-Greta. The GOP needed an answer to Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has gained astonishing traction…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Senate Race, Election 2020, Environment, Headlines, Nation, Nature, Rallies and Events, Republicans, US Congress · Tags climate change, CPAC, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Seibt
Posted by Jeanne Devon on February 20, 2019 · 2 Comments
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Babcock/Dunleavy Administration ‘Take it easy there, big fella’ Edition REPUBLICANS, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU TELL EVERYONE YOU WISH FOR We’ve been hearing for years now from Republicans in the legislature (after Parnell gave away the farm to the oil companies, and signed budgets that drained our billions in savings) about how we need to cut. Cut, cut, cut our way to prosperity, they said! The budget was cut by 40 percent, and STILL they said more cuts! Well, guess what? Republicans now have that balanced budget they’ve been yelling about, and…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Education, Headlines, Health, Mike Dunleavy, Native issues, Republicans, Rural Issues, Skulduggery, TALL TALES from Juneau, US Congress · Tags Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska house of representatives, Alaska Senate Finance committee, Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, Donna Arduin, Dunleavy budget, Gary Knopp, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Josh Revak, Michael J. Dunleavy, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, University of Alaska
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 2, 2015 · 6 Comments
As I drove, I imagined having to explain to a Secret Service agent that the reason my boots set off the sniffer dog is because the last two places I wore them were a pig farm and a gun show respectively. So, there was a perfectly good explanation why I smelled of gunpowder, and fertilizer. “No really! I swear! I still have the pictures on my phone!” I was glad I had allowed extra time. I had allowed so much extra time, it turns out, that I was the first member of the press at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) and waited in…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Bang it, Barack Obama, Environment, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Military, Nation, Native issues, Nature, Oil & Gas, Pebble Mine, Resource Development, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, Strategery, US Congress · Tags Air Force One JBER, Barack Obama, Byron Mallott, climate change Alaska, Climate change arctic, GLACIER conference, Global leadership in the Arctic, Gov. Bill Walker, ice breakers, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Obama Alaska, President's speech on climate change, Senator Dan Sullivan
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 2, 2015 · 16 Comments
As I drove, I imagined having to explain to a Secret Service agent that the reason my boots set off the sniffer dog is because the last two places I wore them were a pig farm and a gun show respectively. So, there was a perfectly good explanation why I smelled of gunpowder, and fertilizer. “No really! I swear! I still have the pictures on my phone!” I was glad I had allowed extra time. I had allowed so much extra time, it turns out, that I was the first member of the press at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) and waited in…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Barack Obama, Economy, Environment, Headlines, International News, International Politics, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Military, Nation, Native issues, Nature, Oceans, Oil & Gas, Pebble Mine, Resource Development, Rural Issues, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, Strategery, US Congress, Walker-Mallott Unity Ticket · Tags Air Force One JBER, Barack Obama Alaska, climate change Alaska, David Balton, GLACIER conference, Global leadership in the Arctic, Global warming Alaska, John Kerry Alaska
Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 11, 2015 · 15 Comments
For a weekend conference designed to celebrate and protect Americans’ second amendment rights, the Leadership Conference at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association sounded a whole lot more like a fire and brimstone tent revival to quash the political aspirations of future Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana “The leader of the vast left wing conspiracy will be announcing her candidacy,” said Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, during an unscheduled moment with the press before the event started. Jindal described this event in vague terms as an unholy alliance between big business and the Hollywood elite….
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Category Headlines, Nation, Second Amendment, US Congress · Tags Bob Corker, Bobby Jindal, Chris Cox NRA, Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, NATIONAL rifle association, NRA, NRA convention, NRA leadership forum, Oliver North, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Wayne LaPierre
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 17, 2014 · 15 Comments
Mark Begich has officially called to congratulate Dan Sullivan on winning the senate race. I’m thinking maybe a constitutional challenge is in order now that Ohio has three senators. Alaskans didn’t used to fall for the carpetbagger who moved here just for a senate seat. But the times they are a-changing. The following statement was released by Begich, after calling Sullivan today. “Alaska is a place unmatched by any other, and the opportunity to represent Alaskans and all of Alaska’s communities in the U.S. Senate has been a tremendous honor for which I am eternally grateful. Alaska deserves a bright…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Governors Race, Alaska Politicos, Alaska Senate Race, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Sean Parnell, US Congress · Tags Alaska Governor, Alaska politics, Alaska senate, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, Begich concedes, Begich for Senate, Bill Walker for Governor, Byron Mallott, Dan Sullivan Lt Governor, Parnell concedes, Parnell for Governor, Sullivan for Senate, Walker Mallott
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 5, 2014 · 60 Comments
On election night, one state in the nation voted to legalize marijuana, raise the minimum wage, and add an extra level of environmental protection for sensitive ecosystems facing development. It’s largest city also voted to overturn an anti-labor ordinance which was the brain child of a Mayor (running as a Republican for Lt. Governor) who appears to be about to go down in flames to a non-partisan gubernatorial ticket. That’s like a cool, edgy progressive place to live, right? What if I told you that this very same state has elected by a comfortable margin, a majority in the legislature…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Governors Race, Alaska House Race, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska Senate Race, Democrats, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Environment, Headlines, Joe Miller, Labor, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Nation, Numbskullery, Pebble Mine, Popcorn time!, Progressive Voices, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Scratch it, Sean Parnell, Ted Stevens, US Congress, Vitamin Democracy · Tags Alaska election results, Begich Senate, Don Young congress, Forrest Dunbar Congress, Sullivan Senate, walker, Walker Governor Alaska, Walker Mallott
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 4, 2014 · 21 Comments
Here we go again! 8:30 – No numbers yet. Sitting in a sweet spot with lots of plug-ins and within earshot of the table belonging to Ethan Berkowitz and the Party Planner who are interviewing talk bloviator Dave Stieren who is loudly and intently talking about Mark BAGitch (learn the name!) “Every election is about the next election,” he drops the pearls of wisdom on the floor for us to scramble after. Now something about Joe Miller, and the Democrats sending out flyers for Mark Fish the Libertarian candidate, hoping to split the Republican vote. The Party Planner nods in…
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Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Governors Race, Alaska House Race, Alaska Lt Governors Race, Alaska Politicos, Alaska Senate Race, Democrats, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Mark Begich, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Nation, Party Planner, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Sean Parnell, US Congress · Tags Alaska election, Alaska Governors Race, Alaska Senate Race