The Big Lie from Gov. Mike Dunleavy about public education in Alaska is that those who oppose him only care about money, while he cares about “policy,” the word he repeated three dozen times Saturday in a whinefest after 45 of 60 legislators voted to put $50 million more into public schools.
Read MoreProving one again that he doesn’t have a clue about how to work with people, Gov. Mike Dunleavy chose to pick a needless fight with the Legislature instead of writing a workable plan to create a new Alaska Department of Agriculture.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy has proven he is not serious about education, which is why the Legislature should vote to override his vetoes and end the wasteful special session as soon as possible.
Read MoreSen. Lisa Murkowski could have been performing “Both Sides Now,” summing up opposition to Trump’s acceptance of a luxury airliner and her decision to do nothing about it with some classic weasel words:
Read MoreJordan Shilling, who really should take his talents to the private sector, is supposed to be Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s point man who deals with the Alaska Legislature.
Note what he said below about legislators, calling them incompetent and claiming they “fucked up” state transportation funding. Dunleavy needs a new point man.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan has been in Washington, D.C. so long he doesn’t understand that complaining about having to spend too much time voting on Trump nominees is the sign of a pampered politician.
Read MoreTrump said on July 10 that anyone who supported public broadcasting “will not have my support or Endorsement.”
Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is running for reelection in 2026, cast a key vote a week later to defund public broadcasting along will all other Senate Republicans, except Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
After Sullivan performed as instructed, Trump praised him as “a GREAT man.”
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy is considering calling off the special session he called for August 2, based on comments he made in phone calls to Senate President Gary Stevens.
Stevens told the Anchorage Daily News about Dunleavy’s dithering.
This is a chronic condition for which there is no known cure.
Read MoreAmong his litany of lies Tuesday about elections and immigrants, Donald Trump again boasted that the Japanese are ready to spend tens of billions to build the Alaska LNG pipeline.
Speaking to cheering House Republicans, he claimed at the White House that “They’re forming a joint venture with us at, in Alaska, as you know for the LNG.”
“We’re gonna make a deal with Japan on the LNG in Alaska,” Trump claimed.
If you believed Trump about Mexico paying for his wall or if you signed up to buy a Trump phone or Trump cologne, his talk about the gas pipeline might sound plausible. For everyone else, consider the source.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy is paying attorney John W. Wood $300 an hour as a consultant, violating a provision in the Alaska Constitution that says a nominee to the Alaska Judicial Council may not be on the state dime.
Since 2019, Dunleavy has given Wood no-bid contracts with a total face value of about $900,000, according to documents released by the state under a public records request.
Dunleavy should withdraw Wood’s illegal nomination to the judicial council immediately.
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