Tshibaka would make it a federal crime to send ‘morning after’ and birth control pills through the mail

Republican Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka said she would make the “morning after” and birth control pills illegal. She claimed that all birth control pills are “abortifacient,” meaning they are drugs that cause abortions.

Dermot ColeApril 9, 2022 Comments

Sullivan tried to hide opposition to Supreme Court nominee, but not in his pitch for donations to fight ‘far-left activist judge’

There was never any real doubt about how Sen. Dan Sullivan would vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is to become a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dermot ColeApril 8, 2022 Comments

Palin claimed she's not wired to ''put focus on myself,' after appearing on national TV rapping in a bear costume

Palin’s lawyers didn’t want the jurors to see the video of her singing and dancing in the bear costume as that would suggest that her opportunities to get publicity for herself and her reputation hadn’t been as damaged as she claimed in the lawsuit.

Dermot ColeApril 6, 2022 Comments

Alaskans deserve to know who's paying the extravagant legal bills for Sarah Palin

Now that she is a candidate for the only U.S. House seat from Alaska, Sarah Palin should be more forthcoming about who is paying the legal bills in her five-year-old case against the New York Times. She lost the case, but her attorneys are just getting started on a venture that could cost $5 million.

Dermot ColeApril 5, 2022 Comments

Tshibaka, Dunleavy, Palin accept Trump's lies about stolen election

The three Alaska Republican candidates Trump has endorsed so far refuse to question Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him or dare utter a syllable that it’s time to move on to the 2022 or 2024 elections—Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Gov. Sarah Palin.

Dermot ColeApril 4, 2022 Comments

With 50 candidates in the running, it will be a rumble to replace Don Young

In Alaska, the race to replace Rep. Don Young is a bit like the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, unpredictable but not nearly as neat or orderly.

Two weeks ago no one saw a vacancy in the Alaska U.S. House seat, just as no one saw St. Peter’s beating Kentucky in the first round.

Since nature abhors a vacuum, we now have 50 candidates running for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House.

Dermot ColeApril 1, 2022 Comments

Senate had time for a proposed law creating 'Truck Driver Day.' It certainly has time to create campaign donation limits

There is no time to waste in setting reasonable limits on campaign donations in Alaska. The 2022 campaigns are moving quickly and right now Alaska politics is open to the highest bidder.

Dermot ColeMarch 31, 2022 Comments

ConocoPhillips claims gas leak isn't 'reportable' to environmental conservation department

By ADAM FEDERMAN

Nearly four weeks into a gas leak on Alaska’s North Slope, state agencies involved in the response have yet to provide any details on what caused the event or an estimate of how much methane has been released into the environment

Dermot ColeMarch 30, 2022 Comments

One year later, Tshibaka's inflated savings claims from her state job remain unexamined

Tshibaka’s financial claims deserve real analysis as part of the coverage of her Senate campaign. In particular, Alaskans deserve to know whatever happened to the “Alaska Administrative Productivity and Excellence” project and whether the millions spent on that project were worth it.

Dermot ColeMarch 28, 2022 Comments

Dunleavy uses Russian attack on Ukraine as excuse for trying to 'punish' world banks

Enough already with the Dunleavy administration “profiteering” allegations aimed at financial institutions and the attempt to use the attack on Ukraine as a cover to go after banks that won’t finance oil and gas development on the North Slope.

Dermot ColeMarch 27, 2022 Comments