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Let's hear from Murkowski, Sullivan, Young on Trump's latest tax lies
Let's hear from Murkowski, Sullivan, Young on Trump's latest tax lies

Young, Murkowski and Sullivan should reveal to Alaskans where they stand on the new lie by Trump that he wants a 10 percent tax cut for middle-income people before the election in two weeks.

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Dermot ColeOctober 24, 2018 Comment
MacKinnon defends Dunleavy for lack of specifics on $1 billion budget cuts

What Sen. Anna MacKinnon doesn’t admit is that the GOP majority in the Senate knew in early 2017 that Sen. Mike Dunleavy’s $1 billion budget-cut scheme was dumb, so they talked about a permanent cut of $750 million. Neither number was real.

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Dermot ColeOctober 23, 2018 Comment
Dunleavy contradicts himself on boarding schools, education spending  for rural Alaska
Dunleavy contradicts himself on boarding schools, education spending for rural Alaska

“There is a narrative that I want to close down rural schools,” former Sen. Mike Dunleavy said at AFN Friday, neglecting to mention that he created that “narrative” when he spoke at the Bible Baptist Church in Fairbanks.

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Dermot ColeOctober 21, 2018 Comments
Don Young uses death-grip handshake against Alyse Galvin
Don Young uses death-grip handshake against Alyse Galvin

Rep. Don Young gave challenger Alyse Galvin the old death grip, which is as much a part of his persona as his bolo tie. After a second or so, Galvin pulled back and said “That hurt. That hurts.”

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Dermot ColeOctober 20, 2018 Comments
Walker ends campaign with grace, putting Alaska first
Walker ends campaign with grace, putting Alaska first

With the exception of Gov. Bill Egan, no Alaska governor has ever been dealt a more difficult hand than Gov. Bill Walker, forced to deal with crisis from the start.

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Dermot ColeOctober 19, 2018 Comments
Sullivan predicted deficit would decline with massive tax cut. Not yet.

It has been less than a year since the giant GOP tax cut became law. If Sen. Dan Sullivan runs for re-election in 2020, that would be enough time to pass judgment on his prediction that it won’t add to the federal deficit.

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Dermot ColeOctober 18, 2018 Comment
Mallott's sudden resignation cripples Walker's re-election campaign

Gov. Bill Walker, already facing the prospect of a loss at the polls, suffered what could be a campaign-ending blow Tuesday with the resignation of Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott.

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Dermot ColeOctober 17, 2018 Comment
Alaska leaders need to discuss climate change, ignore uninformed politicians

In a forum in September with his Democratic challenger, Rep. Scott Kawasaki, Sen. Pete Kelly made a series of uninformed and false statements in trying to back up his claim that climate change science is a scam.

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Dermot ColeOctober 15, 2018 Comments
Don Young’s Outside backers vote for him with their money
Don Young’s Outside backers vote for him with their money

“See, and that is what I call, Mr. Chairman, a bullshit answer. Military service,” Rep. Don Young said.

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Dermot ColeOctober 12, 2018 Comments
National GOP group dumps $2.7 million into Alaska for Dunleavy
National GOP group dumps $2.7 million into Alaska for Dunleavy

The campaign group masquerading as “Families for Alaska’s Future-Dunleavy” has no real connection to Alaska or its families.

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Dermot ColeOctober 10, 2018 Comment
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