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Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years of three hots and a cot for massive Ponzi scheme
The up-and-coming crypto coin king who financed Democrat campaigns with his ill-gotten gains was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in prison for fraud. His sentence could have gone as much as 110 years for his crimes. Bankman-Fried was the founder of FTX, a crypto currency trading platform, and he...
Breakthrough for Bronson: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan endorses him for mayor
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, who has represented Alaska for 10 years, has endorsed Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in his bid for reelection. The Anchorage municipal election ends on April 2. “I’ve always worked well with Mayor Dave Bronson, including on key issues like rebuilding the Port of Alaska, working to...
Anchorage elections: ballots coming in at faster rate than in 2021, with five days to go
Of the 206,200 registered voters in Anchorage who received ballots, 29,472 have voted in the April 2 municipal election, where conservative have a chance of keeping a conservative mayor for one more term and flipping three school board seats to members who won’t push leftist ideology in the classrooms of Anchorage. That is a turnout, so far, of 14.29% with five days left to vote. The number includes ballots received by the Anchorage Municipal Election Office by March 27.
Peltola votes against stopping ‘green’ fraud and corruption slush fund, tax on natural gas
Rep. Mary Peltola stuck with her House Democrats and voted against the “Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act” on March 22. House Resolution 1023 passed 209-204, with one Democrat, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, voting with the majority. The bill reverses a slush fund created in the Inflation...
RFK Jr. to appear on Bob Bird’s ‘Talk of the Kenai’
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be the Thursday, April 4 guest on The Talk of the Kenai, heard on KSRM Radio 92 & 92.5 FM, online at www.radiokenai.com. The station serves the central and southern Kenai Peninsula communities, and is heard in Anchorage and the MatSu Valley. It airs Mon-Fri from 3-5 p.m. Alaska Time. Kennedy will be on the show Thursday, April 4 from starting at 3:15 p.m.
Fairbanks School Board president apologizes to Interior legislators for rumor-mongering
Brandy Harty, the president of the Fairbanks North Star School District who shared a rumor during a public meeting earlier this month in which she accused lawmakers of taking bribes, has issued a formal apology to Interior lawmakers. The apology came after Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the school...
Passings: Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was passed over by McCain as 2008 running mate in favor of Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, founding chairman of the No Labels Party, has died. His death was stated as a result of a fall he took in New York City Wednesday afternoon. He was 82. The family issued a statement: “Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon,...
Kelly Tshibaka: Alan Dershowitz on STAND podcast
SAVE THE DATE: STAND is hosting an event with Alan Dershowitz in Anchorage on Thursday, June 27. With the conflict between Hamas and Israel reaching a fever pitch, anti-Semitic feelings that have been brewing in America are starting to rise to the surface. Cries for Palestinian freedom, the proud waving of swastikas, and advocacy for violent tactics against our Israeli allies have taken our country by storm. Those who refuse to support the Hamas movement are labeled, canceled, and terrorized for standing against Jewish persecution…remind you of anything?
Irony alert: Tongass, a no-cut zone, will provide the Christmas tree for U.S. Capitol this year
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined the U.S. Forest Service in announcing that the Tongass National Forest has been selected to provide the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. The federal government has shut down the timber economy that once thrived in Southeast Alaska. When loggers in Oregon and Washington were mistakenly blamed for the extinction of the spotted owl, the contracts for Alaska Tongass timber were discontinued by the federal government even though Alaska has no spotted owls.
Bethany Marcum: Don’t get fooled by imposter group posing as freedom-loving patriots
As the Alaska legislative session is in full swing, we at Americans for Prosperity-Alaska continue to mobilize our local grassroots volunteers to fight for freedom and opportunity in The Last Frontier. All the while, an imposter organization within the state is trying to mislead Alaskans about who we are and what we do.
Washington governor signs even more gun laws
On Tuesday, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed five anti-gun bills into law that were passed by the Democrats in the Washington State Legislature, further eroding constitutional protections. The bills include:. House Bill 1903 makes gun owners the victims. If they don’t report a theft of a gun...
Win Gruening: Giving credit where credit is due
It’s been a long time since Juneau’s economy has been bolstered by a single significant federal appropriation. It was 25 years ago when Sen. Ted Stevens secured funding for NOAA’s $51 million marine research facility at Lena Point. That changed last week with the announcement that $125...
Supreme Court appears to support F.D.A. in authorizing chemical abortion pills
As pro-abortion and pro-life supporters held signs outside the building, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments regarding whether abortion pills are safe, in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Pro-abortion advocates say the abortion pill is safe, but pro-life advocates say the FDA...
Poll: Parents want schools focused on basics, not critical race theory
The vast majority of people think schools should focus on traditional subjects like math, reading and science, and a majority also say critical race theory should not be taught, a new poll shows. According to The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll conducted by Noble Predictive, most surveyed said they want...
Interior delegation writes: Fairbanks school board President Brandy Harty should step down
Alaska Interior delegation members have sent a letter to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board to express their disapproval of Board President Brandy Harty, who started or repeated a rumor into the public record during a school board meeting, in which she implied that Interior Republicans had accepted bribes in exchange for their votes.
Election: Bronson gets Mayor Dan Sullivan endorsement, raises $66,000 in three weeks, has $161,000 cash on hand with seven days to go
As of Tuesday, March 26, some 22,252 Anchorage voters have cast ballots in the municipal election, according to the city’s election division. That’s more than 5,000 voting in the past four days. There’s just one week left for Anchorage voters to get their ballots mailed or dropped in the secure drop boxes around town.
GCI unplugs prior plans to end email service
GCI has put the brakes on its previously announced plans to phase out customers’ email accounts. However, to keep those accounts, email users will have to pay a monthly fee. GCI has about 40,000 email users in Alaska, and announced last summer that other providers offer the service and many offer it for free; the company has been encouraging people to get other accounts with other companies.
Prior to bridge collision, pilots sent out ‘mayday,’ which may have saved lives
Intentionality is not believed the cause of a Singapore company’s cargo ship hitting Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours Tuesday, authorities said today. In a morning press conference, Maryland Gov. West Moore said it appears the ship lost power and “preliminary evidence points to...
Linda Boyle: Top 10 Covid disclosures of the past year
There are many to choose from, but here are the top 10 disclosures learned in 2023 concerning Covid decisions, which I’ve gleaned from various sources. 1. FDA and CDC found more Covid vaccine adverse events, including stroke and myocarditis. The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control...
Senate rushes rural Internet bill through for Sen. Hoffman, pushing cable over satellite technology
To ensure rural communities don’t miss a pending grant deadline from the federal government, the Alaska Senate rushed a bill through on Monday that increases state spending to rural school districts that buy old-school broadband service from companies like GCI. The next stop is the governor’s desk. School...
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