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The people displaced are American citizens. Their taxpayer dollars funded these grants and the spokespersons salary.

The photo on the right has been shared 40k+ on FB: this is a grandma whose house was floating away, spinning in circles as they waited for help. (Leroy Paul)
An image from Leroy Paul during Typhoon Hulan as it hit Kipnuk. An elder sits in a winter jacket and boots holding a grandchild in lap beside another grandchild, ankle deep in brackish water in their living room. In front of them is a red tote bucket packed with stuffed animals, clothes and towels. The wall has family portraits and children’s art behind the couch.
October 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
A screenshot of the ADN story with highlighted text quoting an anonymous EPA spokesperson: "A spokesperson for the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended the decision, saying "due to the proactive cancellation of this grant, $20 million of hardworking US tax dollars are currently sitting in the U.S. treasury instead of swept into the Kuskokwim River."
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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🥹🌈🇺🇸
Quoted text in a screenshot: “…Roan performed to a sold-out crowd of 30,000 both nights on the lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial. She featured local drag performers, including Karmella Uchawi and Minti Varieties, as openers for the shows, as well as musical acts Japanese Breakfast and Baby Tate. Roan's decision to include the city in the tour was significant to many queer Midwesterners, and LGBTQ+ pride was on display in makeup, signs and costumes throughout the weekend.” A screenshot of text from the story: “…During the show, the singer spoke about how she knows it can be hard growing up queer in the Midwest, and that with all that's going on in the world, bringing the queer community joy is the most important thing to her at the moment. She said seeing how her home state showed up for her over the weekend was meaningful to her, and that it affirmed that she was doing exactly what she was meant to be doing.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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These cuts harm our neighbors, friends and families.
Screenshot showing text from article: “For a local Alaska resident who didn't qualify for Medicaid because she made a few dollars over the income threshold, Title X family planning funding would have been an option for care at Planned Parenthood in Anchorage. The federal money is used by many clinics to provide low-cost or free services such as birth control to those who have low incomes but make too much to qualify for Medicaid. But federal authorities cut that money earlier this year, leading the resident to think she would have to pay the full cost to have her birth control implant removed. So she tried to cut it out herself. "She had to come in and be treated and we took care of her, but people are getting desperate," Health Center Manager Ada Goodman said. "And I don't think the people making these decisions have a clue how it's going to affect people."”
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Screenshot of quoted text from Alaska Beacon news story: "Reporters and editors at the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion announced their resignations on Monday, citing a decision by the papers’ corporate owners to bow to political pressure to amend an article about a vigil for the slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk. The resignations, which include two editors and two reporters based in Homer and Kenai, were scheduled to take effect in two weeks, but managers at Carpenter Media Group fired all four immediately. Carpenter Media Group, an international chain, owns the News, Clarion and the Juneau Empire, as well as the Yukon News and hundreds of other newspapers in the Lower 48 and Canada. The resignations follow a similar mass resignation at the Juneau Empire earlier this summer. When combined, both actions leave Carpenter Media Group with a single in-state Alaska reporter among its three newspapers."
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Screenshot of article with quoted text: “The attorney adds that on Friday morning, a staffer at Rep. Greg Landsman's (D-Ohio) office called him to let him know that they had heard the termination of legal status would be rescinded imminently, and that Soliman would be let out of the Butler County jail within hours. Then, at 12:13 p.m., Ratliff says he got confirmation from an attorney for the Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they had filed a motion to dismiss.”
September 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A screenshot of quoted text: “Democracy rarely dies in a single moment. It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizations and compromises as those with power and influence tell themselves that yielding just a little ground will keep them safe or that finding common ground with a disrupter is more practical than standing against him. This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it— because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions. In the end, however, those who empower an autocrat often surrender not only their democracy but also the very influence they once hoped to preserve.”
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The cruelty is the point.
August 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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August 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Sunny day in Juneau 🤩
May 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#akleg

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Among the most prominent programs that could be eliminated is Head Start, which provides early education and child care for some of the nation’s poorest children. Documents reviewed by The Times show the White House is considering a $12.2 billion cut, which would wipe out the program. The budget document says Head Start uses a “radical” curriculum and gives preference to illegal immigrants. A description of the program also criticizes it for diversity, equity and inclusion programming and the use of resources that encourage toddlers to welcome children and families with different sexual orientations.
April 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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#akleg

"...Now Kitka said she has three DOGE people assigned to shadow her and the Denali Commission, putting her and her colleagues in the position of defending its existence."

alaskabeacon.com/2025/04/22/f...
The Denali Commission was founded in 1998 and modeled after the Appalachian Regional Commission, which was established in1965. The Denali Commission coordinates rural Alaska infrastructure and economic development planning among multiple agencies, and it disburses grants for various projects, such as water and sewer systems, telecommunications and health care facilities. It gets funding from the federal government, through congressional appropriations and other sources, and it is empowered to receive funding from nongovernmental sources as well. But now it is jeopardized by the Trump administration’s campaign to dramatically shrink the federal government. Kitka said she met on Thursday with representatives of the “Department of Government Efficiency,” also known as DOGE, the ad-hoc team led by billionaire Elon Musk that has directed mass firings and deep budget cuts across federal agencies and programs. Now Kitka said she has three DOGE people assigned to shadow her and the Denali Commission, putting her and her colleagues in the position of defending its existence.
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#akleg
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We keep treating this as a hypothetical, but this appears to be a way to try to break NATO.

Not much to a mutual defense pact if we’re the aggressor.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
Screenshot of NYT text quoting Greenland PM: “He made the remarks, his angriest yet, to a Greenlandic newspaper on Sunday, and a high-ranking member of his party confirmed them. The prime minister seemed especially upset with Mr. Waltz’s involvement. “What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?” he asked. “The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us.” “His mere presence in Greenland will no doubt fuel American belief in Trump’s mission — and the pressure will increase,” he added. Other Greenlandic officials complained about the inopportune timing of the visit, pointing out that Greenland had just held parliamentary elections and that a new government has not even been formed.”
March 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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👀 😆

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
Quoted text: "Katy Travis, a 48-year-old wrestling mom from Columbia, Mo., said she thought Mr. Musk’s constant presence “looks ridiculous.” That he is as empowered as he is just makes the president “look weak,” she said, which is about the worst thing that can be said of someone at a Division I wrestling championship. “It makes him look like he’s kissing ass to get money,” Ms. Travis said of the president."
March 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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March 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Jfc
March 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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(Normal stuff)

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/c...

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
March 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Jfc

www.adn.com/politics/202...
February 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
February 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Scenario 1: AK has to pick up $2.5b tab.
Scenario 2: $6b lost federal dollars into the economy, 71k Alaskans losing access to primary care.

#akleg

www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
February 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM