Dougherty
@pdougherty.bsky.social
Musk-hating Twitter refugee. Former editor of the Anchorage Daily News. Pulitzer Prize winner. I post things I think are accurate and interesting, with occasional commentary. Reposts much appreciated. Let’s build an Alaska community. Welcome.
Amen. Very smart.
Watch👇Rep AOC (D-NY) connect the dots on income inequality and the rise of authoritarianism, and MAGA Republicans say she’s just a bartender. I’d like to see one of them pontificate on this subject for 2 minutes, ain’t happening. #TrumpAffordabilityDisaster
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Amen. Very smart.
Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents
February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents
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Here at Anchorage International Airport at 2 AM and I am observing that Alaskans didn’t get the memo from the Trump Department of Transportation about dressing up for airline travel.
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Here at Anchorage International Airport at 2 AM and I am observing that Alaskans didn’t get the memo from the Trump Department of Transportation about dressing up for airline travel.
How do we square this with the idea of an imminent start to construction of an Alaska gas pipeline?
Something is not adding up. I suspect some shinanagins are a happening. Probably the first time a Texas oil company has fleeced alaska! www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-hit...
Shell, Mitsubishi Try to Withdraw from B.C. LNG
Shell and Mitsubishi are trying to sell off their shares in the $40-billion LNG Canada megaproject amid predictions of an oversupplied global market.
www.theenergymix.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
How do we square this with the idea of an imminent start to construction of an Alaska gas pipeline?
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A Valentine’s story in the tundra: How two whimbrels reunite each year in Arctic Alaska to mate, writes Daniel Ruthrauff in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/12/a...
A Valentine's story in the tundra: How two whimbrels reunite each year in Arctic Alaska to mate | Alaska Beacon
Hudsonian Whimbrels are famously faithful, often mating for life and returning each May and June to the same stretch of Arctic tundra to breed.
alaskabeacon.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A Valentine’s story in the tundra: How two whimbrels reunite each year in Arctic Alaska to mate, writes Daniel Ruthrauff in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/12/a...
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And that would include Mafia killers.
Same.
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
And that would include Mafia killers.
From under what rock did he crawl?
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
From under what rock did he crawl?
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This is a BFD - watch this story. If any other country were to steal the assets of another country, move the money into a Qatari bank account and claim to have disbursed them with no audit controls we would see IMF and potentially ICC involvement. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Democrats Push for Transparency on Venezuelan Oil Money Controlled by U.S.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is a BFD - watch this story. If any other country were to steal the assets of another country, move the money into a Qatari bank account and claim to have disbursed them with no audit controls we would see IMF and potentially ICC involvement. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Starr hosted Epstein at Baylor more than once. Remember also Starr resigned after sex allegations of student athletes came out for failure to handle complaints.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
baptiststandard.com/news/texas/s...
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Starr leaves Baylor Law; cuts final tie to university
Ken Starr is leaving the Baylor University Law School, completing his third and final step of separation from the Texas Baptist university he once led.
baptiststandard.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Starr hosted Epstein at Baylor more than once. Remember also Starr resigned after sex allegations of student athletes came out for failure to handle complaints.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
baptiststandard.com/news/texas/s...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
baptiststandard.com/news/texas/s...
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"While Americans should welcome Trump’s rapidly increasing unpopularity and must do everything they can to constrain him, realism requires a recognition that he's all but certain to do everything possible to cling to power — even if he brings the country down with him." — @davidrlurie.com
We are all passengers in Trump’s death cab
The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.
www.publicnotice.co
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"While Americans should welcome Trump’s rapidly increasing unpopularity and must do everything they can to constrain him, realism requires a recognition that he's all but certain to do everything possible to cling to power — even if he brings the country down with him." — @davidrlurie.com
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“What he’s doing with ICE is the worst thing. I would say the economy is the second worst thing. I’m getting ready to retire and I’m wondering how I’m going to make it. But I’m blessed. I don’t have to hide in the basement because my skin is brown.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll
A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities.
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“What he’s doing with ICE is the worst thing. I would say the economy is the second worst thing. I’m getting ready to retire and I’m wondering how I’m going to make it. But I’m blessed. I don’t have to hide in the basement because my skin is brown.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Bishop continues to say that basically, she had no idea that the budget was becoming a problem!
She says the initial plan was to cut 14 teachers and said "that is not an appropriate budget" for a school of 400+ students.
They "commandeered" the budget, and then about 25% of the students left!
She says the initial plan was to cut 14 teachers and said "that is not an appropriate budget" for a school of 400+ students.
They "commandeered" the budget, and then about 25% of the students left!
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Bishop continues to say that basically, she had no idea that the budget was becoming a problem!
She says the initial plan was to cut 14 teachers and said "that is not an appropriate budget" for a school of 400+ students.
They "commandeered" the budget, and then about 25% of the students left!
She says the initial plan was to cut 14 teachers and said "that is not an appropriate budget" for a school of 400+ students.
They "commandeered" the budget, and then about 25% of the students left!
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Bishop says that "I was not alerted" that the MEHS budget was becoming a problem when it, like pretty much every single other district in the entire state, faced a budget deficit after the covid money that was papering over the state's lack of funding ran out.
She then talks about "right-sizing."
She then talks about "right-sizing."
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Bishop says that "I was not alerted" that the MEHS budget was becoming a problem when it, like pretty much every single other district in the entire state, faced a budget deficit after the covid money that was papering over the state's lack of funding ran out.
She then talks about "right-sizing."
She then talks about "right-sizing."
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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."
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#akleg
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February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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."
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#akleg
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“Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis…”
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis…”
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Capable of breaking through floes up to 2.5 metres thick, China’s latest Arctic icebreaker is a powerful symbol of Beijing’s ambitions in the far north. ft.trib.al/9GR5imU
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Capable of breaking through floes up to 2.5 metres thick, China’s latest Arctic icebreaker is a powerful symbol of Beijing’s ambitions in the far north. ft.trib.al/9GR5imU
Maybe he should go to Oz and ask Magic Jesus for a brain.
Q: Rep. Jayapal accused the DOJ of tracking her search history. Is that appropriate conduct?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that
Q: Bondi had a piece of paper with Jayapal's search history
JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that but it would be inappropriate if it happened
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that
Q: Bondi had a piece of paper with Jayapal's search history
JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that but it would be inappropriate if it happened
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Maybe he should go to Oz and ask Magic Jesus for a brain.
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Epstein survivors said they felt 'degraded' after yesterday's hearing with Pam Bondi, where Bondi refused to acknowledge them and sneered instead.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Epstein survivors say they felt 'degraded' and a 'lack of empathy' from AG Pam Bondi
“There was no integrity in that room today, it seems like, when it came to Epstein and Maxwell,” Teresa Helm said after Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Epstein survivors said they felt 'degraded' after yesterday's hearing with Pam Bondi, where Bondi refused to acknowledge them and sneered instead.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Baylor University actually hired this scumbag as president of the university, after he helped the pedophile Epstein get a slap on the wrist for abusing at least four dozen girls. Shameful.
Add another to Trump & Epstein pals. Ken Starr. Come to find out, Starr was in constant contact with/Eps. at least from 2010-2019. He was Epstein’s Lawyer in 2008 and Trump’s lawyer in 2020. In redacted files 1000 times.
abovethelaw.com/2026/02/ken-...
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Ken Starr Writing To 'My Friend, My Brother' Jeffrey Epstein - Above the Law
The latest, not-at-all-shocking development.
abovethelaw.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Baylor University actually hired this scumbag as president of the university, after he helped the pedophile Epstein get a slap on the wrist for abusing at least four dozen girls. Shameful.
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The gun industry is exempt from all federal consumer-product safety regulation. Unlike hair dryers, mattresses, and even BB guns, firearms do not need to meet minimum safety standards.
Even a Decade of Unintentional Shootings Could Not Slow America’s Top Pistol Maker
SIG Sauer’s P320 has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. Insiders say a push to make more guns led to shoddy manufacturing.
www.thetrace.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The gun industry is exempt from all federal consumer-product safety regulation. Unlike hair dryers, mattresses, and even BB guns, firearms do not need to meet minimum safety standards.