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@alnus-sitchensis

Based out of Dzantik'i Héeni (Juneau) on Áak'w Kwáan lands - following #akleg Alaska politics and policy, as well as climate action and Arctic issues Views are my own

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Hey do you guys remember way back in the Biden Administration when the deficit and the national debt were considered significant political issues by Republicans and the national press? Glad they fixed that one, huh.

05.03.2026 17:19 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0
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Alaska officials stonewall state legislators on justification for handing voter data to feds | Alaska Beacon The Division of Elections and Department of Law declined to waive secrecy on advice that led state to hand over detailed data.

Alaska has a constitutional right to privacy, and the state might have violated that right with the handover.

Legislators are trying to investigate, but they're being stonewalled by elections officials: alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/06/a... #akleg #Alaska

06.03.2026 17:21 👍 26 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

WATCH: This is my favourite thing on the internet right now. Well done Norway! youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

05.03.2026 18:49 👍 314 🔁 132 💬 8 📌 27

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 👍 24516 🔁 6174 💬 222 📌 202

And also,

That ship did get unstuck.

07.03.2026 01:37 👍 354 🔁 103 💬 3 📌 0
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

07.03.2026 02:01 👍 860 🔁 498 💬 46 📌 46
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

06.03.2026 06:12 👍 13905 🔁 1956 💬 694 📌 232

"We're fighting to win the war"

We are a week in and absolutely nobody has any idea what the political aim we're attempting to achieve is. Win what? Literally what are we fighting to achieve at the moment.

I have absolutely no idea atm if we are close to winning because I have no idea what we want

06.03.2026 00:24 👍 1048 🔁 166 💬 66 📌 15

Loudly announcing future conquests is a bit of a breach of modern diplomatic norms. Hard-pressed to think of precedents; most invaders at least cling to some shred of a casus belli.

05.03.2026 22:25 👍 56 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 2

I have broken
the oil trade
that was in
the gulf

and which
you were probably
saving
for industry

Forgive me
the clout was delicious
so sweet
and so cold

06.03.2026 02:57 👍 63 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

03.01.2026 09:13 👍 22438 🔁 4727 💬 202 📌 180

39. …It would still really help if rich people would stop pissing carbon into the atmosphere for no reason.

20.10.2025 07:56 👍 152 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 1
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Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

livestreaming now: Cascade Point Callout, an alternative public comment event by @seacc.bsky.social:
youtube.com/@seaccorg?si...

This is on the state's Cascade Point project, a new ferry terminal that 92% of comments oppose. The state's process has been fishy to say the least. #akleg #alaskasky

05.03.2026 03:49 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

So far, none of the headlines deem it worthy of pointing out that he brutally snapped the Marine’s arm.

05.03.2026 02:57 👍 153 🔁 63 💬 4 📌 1
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Lease sales in Cook Inlet draw virtually zero interest from oil and gas companies A federal auction saw no bids. A state auction received one bid.

Despite President Donald Trump’s promise to “drill, baby, drill,” a federal oil and gas auction in Cook Inlet generated zero offers from bidders this week.

05.03.2026 02:54 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 7
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We can’t clean up Washington without restoring integrity to the Supreme Court.

That’s why I believe we should expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. And then, institute term limits.

Because an appointment to the Supreme Court shouldn’t mean a lifetime lack of accountability.

04.03.2026 02:35 👍 9938 🔁 1956 💬 275 📌 201

I wish some major media outlets would do broad reports on the impact of death threats on our politics, and on who's doing them (MAGA men mostly from what I can tell), and why law enforcement appears to be doing so little about them. They are such a big (submerged) part of our politics now.

03.03.2026 15:20 👍 1889 🔁 676 💬 27 📌 25

In a normal country, this level of corruption would generate huge headlines across the media landscape.

03.03.2026 21:37 👍 569 🔁 169 💬 20 📌 3

Idea: policies that do good things instead of bad things

03.03.2026 03:33 👍 53 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 0

More like Alabama's News Source?

02.03.2026 16:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Dilley detainees said art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

The Trump administration and private prison operator CoreCivic disputed detainees’ claims.

01.03.2026 04:00 👍 801 🔁 422 💬 22 📌 25

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 👍 26267 🔁 8888 💬 289 📌 334
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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs

28.02.2026 16:05 👍 1639 🔁 882 💬 68 📌 268

Congratulations!! 🎉

25.02.2026 18:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Man arrested in Juneau on traffic charges set to be turned over to federal immigration officials Darwin Mendez-Cando, 46, has lived with family members in Juneau since at least 2024, according to officials; arrest occurs same week as quick deportation of Soldotna family.

A Juneau man stopped this week by police for driving with a missing headlight is expected to be turned over to federal immigration officials as soon as Friday, according to officials and court records.
www.juneauindependent.com/post/man-arr...

20.02.2026 20:03 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3

Please send comments to john.driscoll@alaska.gov by March 13 at 5 PM.

18.02.2026 01:17 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

When deciding whether or not to run for Congress after Don passed, I asked my family what they thought. I remember my son saying, “that sounds really cool! You’d be just like Elizabeth Peratrovich!”

But of course… nobody can match up to Elizabeth Peratrovich.

17.02.2026 03:29 👍 38 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
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Alaska permits federal government to purge individual Alaskans from voter list | Alaska Beacon A memo signed by the head of the Division of Elections in December, says the state must clean its voter roll of people identified by the DOJ.

Turns out the Dunleavy/Dahlstrom administration is falling over itself to make it harder to vote in Alaska.

#akleg #akgov

14.02.2026 02:31 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 2
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The Senate Finance Committee is underway with its hearing on Mt. Edgecumbe High School. The committee led a junket to the boarding school last week after learning 25% of the student body left, with Sen. Hoffman calling the condition of the building "deplorable."

🧵

#akleg

12.02.2026 18:06 👍 20 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 3
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To deal with natural gas shortage, Chugach Electric explores 4 hydropower projects The sites are located on the Kenai Peninsula and in the Matanuska Valley.

Chugach Electric Association plans to study four new hydropower projects, a potential counterweight to future imports of natural gas that could be costly as local gas production declines in Cook Inlet. www.adn.com/business-eco...

15.02.2026 20:32 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0