I would not be surprised if the Pentagon move to prepare Alaska troops to deploy to Minnesota is a ruse to cover for preparing an attack on Greenland.
Either action would be crazy, I know. And shameful.
Read MoreI would not be surprised if the Pentagon move to prepare Alaska troops to deploy to Minnesota is a ruse to cover for preparing an attack on Greenland.
Either action would be crazy, I know. And shameful.
Read MorePete Hegseth, who calls himself the war secretary, has handed Mary Peltola a powerful campaign weapon to use against Sullivan in the months ahead. The opponents of Nick Begich the Third should also send Hegseth a thank you note and flowers.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan, who has mastered the art of kissing up to Trump, hopes that Alaskans won’t notice because his kowtowing goes unreported in Alaska.
Read MoreIn a fitting capstone to the bungling of state finances that has marked Dunleavyland, the state has dumped the $50 million long-term investment made by former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum at a loss of nearly $860,000.
Read MoreAG Stephen Cox, ignoring the conflict of interest created when he gave a $350,000 no-bid contract to a former employer, claims to have found conflicts of interest with two law firms targeted by right wing interests because they have lawyers who make political donations to Democrats.
Cox claims the action has nothing to do with politics.
Read MoreThe topic for today’s edition of Things Dan Sulivan is afraid to talk about: Greenland.
Read MoreSen. Lisa Murkowski, whose endorsement of Sen. Dan Sullivan set a world record for a lack of enthusiasm, correctly called out the Trump administration for the criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for failing to cut interest rates as much as Trump wants.
Read MoreAlaska lobbyist Ashley Reed, who has many clients who pay him a great deal of money to influence the state government on their behalf, gets $5,000 a month from Armstrong to claim that Alaska taxes are too high.
“If Hildebrand takes his money down there, and Bill, we don't have much left, except ConocoPhillips,” Reed said.
Such scare tactics have often worked in the past.
Read MoreThe Trump praise-a-thon was largely a political exercise with little tie to the actual investment of the $100 billion Trump claims the companies will put up. For all their talk, Armstrong and Hildebrand are not ready to risk billions in one of the riskiest places in the world.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan and spokeswoman Amanda Coyne were afraid to say anything to Alaskans Thursday about Trump’s dumb plan to take Greenland, attacking the island if necessary.
This speaks volumes about Sullivan’s lack of political courage.
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