A right-wing campaign group backed by Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and his wife that took cheap shots and lied about a handful of state candidates reports a $22,000 from an LLC that was involuntarily dissolved in 2021 by the state.
Read MoreThe new members—appointed by newly minted assembly presiding officer Aaron Lojewski—came to the meeting unprepared and unaware of the work that was done over the last year-and-a-half by the six former members dumped by Lojewski, a climate change denier.
Read MoreThe borough assembly named tour guide Aaron Lojewski presiding officer last week. He wasted no time after the meeting in allowing a little power to go to his head, unceremoniously dumping the members of the Climate Action Committee who have worked for months on a draft plan for the borough. They did nothing wrong. They put in long hours over many months trying to come up with a reasonable plan for the community. This is not the right way to treat people.
Read MoreI welcome the editorial Sunday in the Anchorage Daily News, which says Kelly Tshibaka "is spinning what can only be called lies about the need for recounts and lawsuits. This is a dangerous tack to take, elevating ego and personal ambition over the health of our democracy.”
Read MoreFormer President Trump has forgotten Kelly Tshibaka’s name. In an unhinged rant attacking Mitch McConnell and lying about election results in Nevada, he referred to her as “Kelly S.”
Read MoreTshibaka, who has been a Christian pastor and a resident of Washington, D.C. for most of her adult life, has repeated many lies throughout her campaign. She is continuing true to form after Election Day, suggesting that nefarious forces are out to get her. She needs money, she said.
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The narrow margins that separate the two parties in each House will make it far more difficult to just dump the Ranked Choice Voting system and overturn the will of the voters.
I believe the readers of this blog need no encouragement to vote, so we’ll skip that. I have 10 final items to mention about the 2022 elections in Alaska, however.
Read MoreThere is no shame in serving as an intern for one of Alaska’s senators. Thousands of young people have done it over the years, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
There is shame in a candidate for one of the highest offices in the United States misrepresenting a summer internship as a real job, spreading the notion that she was tight with Ted Stevens.
Read MoreFrom the start of her campaign until the end, Kelly Tshibaka has been lying to Alaskans about how Deb Haaland became Interior Secretary under President Joe Biden.
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