Liz Ruskin
@lizruskin.bsky.social
Hi, I'm the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Alaska Public Media. I post and RT Alaska news, D.C. news and random bits of beauty. Edward R. Murrow Award winner. I ❤️dogs. Send news tips to lruskin@alaskapublic.org.
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President Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska. His social media post doesn't answer a crucial q for survivors — is he granting access to Individual Assistance? (But it does recount his election victories in Alaska!) Stay tuned for more ...
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
President Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska. His social media post doesn't answer a crucial q for survivors — is he granting access to Individual Assistance? (But it does recount his election victories in Alaska!) Stay tuned for more ...
In Anchorage, huskies were part of the No Kings protest. This is Togo.
June 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In Anchorage, huskies were part of the No Kings protest. This is Togo.
Protest erupts as RFK promotes HHS cuts
May 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Protest erupts as RFK promotes HHS cuts
Hearing has started. How it’s going:
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hearing has started. How it’s going:
From today’s protest, of Medicaid cuts. It was focused on Congressman Nick Begich’s Anchorage office. A lot of caregivers and SEIU 775 members at this one.
April 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
From today’s protest, of Medicaid cuts. It was focused on Congressman Nick Begich’s Anchorage office. A lot of caregivers and SEIU 775 members at this one.
How an Alaskan makes a protest sign
April 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
How an Alaskan makes a protest sign
WaPo just now.
(Photo from a few months ago, I think)
(Photo from a few months ago, I think)
April 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
WaPo just now.
(Photo from a few months ago, I think)
(Photo from a few months ago, I think)
This could've been catastrophic, for us, our tenants, the contractor ... But the newly repointed facade looks nice, right?
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could've been catastrophic, for us, our tenants, the contractor ... But the newly repointed facade looks nice, right?
Scaffolding fail! Our renters in DC sent us this. Three stories high! Thank God no one was hurt.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Scaffolding fail! Our renters in DC sent us this. Three stories high! Thank God no one was hurt.
Sign at the Anchorage protest, in front of Peterson Tower, where Sen. Dan Sullivan (and the rest of Alaska’s congressional delegation have offices)
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sign at the Anchorage protest, in front of Peterson Tower, where Sen. Dan Sullivan (and the rest of Alaska’s congressional delegation have offices)
Anti-Trump/Doge protesters at the Alaska Capitol, where US Sen. Dan Sullivan is about to give his annual address.
I so appreciate Gavel Alaska @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social and I love seeing my colleague @eriwinsto.bsky.social interviewing a protestor there, lower right.
I so appreciate Gavel Alaska @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social and I love seeing my colleague @eriwinsto.bsky.social interviewing a protestor there, lower right.
March 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Anti-Trump/Doge protesters at the Alaska Capitol, where US Sen. Dan Sullivan is about to give his annual address.
I so appreciate Gavel Alaska @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social and I love seeing my colleague @eriwinsto.bsky.social interviewing a protestor there, lower right.
I so appreciate Gavel Alaska @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social and I love seeing my colleague @eriwinsto.bsky.social interviewing a protestor there, lower right.
Visitors to Rep. Nick Begich’s Anchorage office found this sign on the door Monday.
Did the Capitol Police issue a warning to House members? Was this a thing in other districts, too?
Did the Capitol Police issue a warning to House members? Was this a thing in other districts, too?
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Visitors to Rep. Nick Begich’s Anchorage office found this sign on the door Monday.
Did the Capitol Police issue a warning to House members? Was this a thing in other districts, too?
Did the Capitol Police issue a warning to House members? Was this a thing in other districts, too?
Sen. Lisa Murkowski: “right now I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin.”
Sen. Sullivan, usually the more vocal one in the mil/strategic alliances space, hasn’t weighed in yet, from what I see #Alaska
Sen. Sullivan, usually the more vocal one in the mil/strategic alliances space, hasn’t weighed in yet, from what I see #Alaska
March 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski: “right now I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin.”
Sen. Sullivan, usually the more vocal one in the mil/strategic alliances space, hasn’t weighed in yet, from what I see #Alaska
Sen. Sullivan, usually the more vocal one in the mil/strategic alliances space, hasn’t weighed in yet, from what I see #Alaska
Sen. @lisamurkowski.bsky.social has a memoir coming out in June.
February 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Sen. @lisamurkowski.bsky.social has a memoir coming out in June.
Trader Joe’s Eastern Market, Washington, D. C.
February 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trader Joe’s Eastern Market, Washington, D. C.
Rondy. Rendezvous. COME ON!
Wishing I were in Anchorage today. Photo from 2022
Wishing I were in Anchorage today. Photo from 2022
February 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Rondy. Rendezvous. COME ON!
Wishing I were in Anchorage today. Photo from 2022
Wishing I were in Anchorage today. Photo from 2022
Sen. @lisamurkowski.bsky.social says she's voting NO on Kash Patel for fbi:
February 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sen. @lisamurkowski.bsky.social says she's voting NO on Kash Patel for fbi:
It's official: There's a Mount McKinley in Alaska, per the USGS map and names database. The site was updated this afternoon, it appears.
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's official: There's a Mount McKinley in Alaska, per the USGS map and names database. The site was updated this afternoon, it appears.
Sen Murkowski voted to confirm Gabbard and says she’ll vote to confirm RFK, too. Here’s her explanation
February 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sen Murkowski voted to confirm Gabbard and says she’ll vote to confirm RFK, too. Here’s her explanation
The OMB memo rescinding the spending freeze
January 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The OMB memo rescinding the spending freeze
About that claim that the U.S. spent $50m on condoms for Gaza… “almost certainly not true” per Guardian, www.the guardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/28/donald-trump-executive-orders-transgender-troops-dei-covid-us-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-679977268f086189f840e07b
January 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
About that claim that the U.S. spent $50m on condoms for Gaza… “almost certainly not true” per Guardian, www.the guardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/28/donald-trump-executive-orders-transgender-troops-dei-covid-us-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-679977268f086189f840e07b
Sen @lisamurkowski.bsky.social is a no on Hegseth. x.com/lisamurkowsk...
January 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sen @lisamurkowski.bsky.social is a no on Hegseth. x.com/lisamurkowsk...
