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Senate report blasts Secret Service’s ‘stunning failure’
A bipartisan Senate report released Wednesday blasts the U.S. Secret Service for several significant failures that led to the near-fatal assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, over the summer. The bipartisan report indicates that security knew the shooter was on the roof minutes before Trump...
Craig Compeau: Lifelong Alaskan shares story of character revealed in Fairbanks mayor’s race
I was born here in 1960, and have worked at our 79-year-old family business full time since 1978. I have lived through the 1967 flood, the pipeline, and the mid-1980s real estate crash. In other words, I’ve lived the good times and the bad. I recall my dad telling...
Document drop: Court filing exposes conflicts of interest of Fairbanks borough assembly members
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblywoman Barbara Haney, targeted for legal harassment by leftist Presiding Office Savannah Fletcher, has filed a supplemental court brief to her original appeal with the Superior Court, to further assert her innocence in a case involving ethics. Haney had been fined $1 for an ethics violation...
Are you being smurfed? Check the list to see if you are a money mule for ActBlue
Ever wonder why your representative voted in opposition to an issue supported by a majority of his constituents? It may be because he is secretly more accountable to illegal donors than he is to his voters. Recent research by Vote Your Vision, a national election integrity organization, suggests that illegal...
1,200 people with suspected foreign identification registered to vote in Oregon
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division and the Oregon Secretary of State found possibly ineligible voters with voting histories who registered to vote without proving citizenship due to a data processing error at Oregon DMV. Oregon DMV reviewed the impacted records and found 10 people possibly registered to...
Boise State women forfeit match against San Jose due to transgender baller
The Boise State University women’s volleyball team forfeited their Saturday match against California’s San Jose State’s team, apparently deciding that San Jose’s decision to retain a physically imposing transgender player made it a safety issue for the Idaho players. “Boise State volleyball will not play its...
Linda Boyle: Meet the military doctor who stood up for our warriors and against mandatory Covid shots
Everybody has a life story—some more challenging than others. Dr. Theresa Long is one of those people. As a homeless teenager on welfare, she joined the Army when she was age 17. Thirty years later, this young soldier became a physician and is a phenomenal flight surgeon who will soon retire from the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Randy Daly: Let’s get the facts straight on Rep. Carpenter’s fiscal plan for state solvency
I am writing to address recent claims suggesting that candidate for Senate Ben Carpenter is in favor of a 2% state sales tax. This assertion is misleading and does not accurately reflect his position. Rep. Carpenter wants Alaska to have an operational fiscal plan. First, it is important to clarify...
Three Alaska schools selected by Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Council for new workout centers
Three schools in Alaska were chosen by the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Council to receive new “DON’T QUIT!” fitness centers. In addition to Knik Charter School in Wasilla, Mears Middle School and Romig Middle School in Anchorage wee among the states that received the workout centers. The foundation plans to reach all 50 states in coming years.
Judge vacates endangered designations for two subspecies of Arctic seals
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason has vacated the Endangered Species Act critical habitat designations for the Arctic subspecies of ringed seals and the Beringia population of bearded seals. “The federal government uses the same tactics again and again to prevent the people of Alaska from using their own land...
Bethel police arrest teen who allegedly threatened to blow up high school
On Sept. 24, the Bethel Police Department received a report regarding a threat made by a 13-year-old student at Bethel Regional High School. The student allegedly threatened to blow up the school and shoot students. Officers responded to the scene, where they engaged with school staff and the juvenile involved....
Al Smay: Global elitists interfere in Alaska elections more than ever as they push ranked-choice voting
Every day, new revelations expose the relentless efforts to undermine our republic. From pushing Ranked Choice Voting to attempting to cap ordinary citizens’ campaign contributions, these movements are determined to reshape our democratic landscape against our best interests. But the most alarming development is the rise of dark money’s...
Alaska pushes back on federal overreach over health rules relating to transgenderism, gender confusion
Alaska and Texas are leading a multi-state effort to challenge federal overreach by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, by fighting a new rule that ignores existing federal law and imposes unfunded mandates on the states. In May, the Biden Administration adopted a new final rule that directly...
Kamala Harris pulls trigger on gun control executive order with Biden signing away rights of Americans
President Joe Biden, with just 16 weeks left in his presidency, sat at a desk beneath Vice President Kamala Harris and announced on Thursday a massive new executive order curtailing the Second Amendment rights of Americans. It had been coming for a long time. Biden has taken more than 20 executive actions in his presidency to reduce gun ownership in the country.
Did Bureau of Labor Statistics fake the job numbers?
Lawmakers are launching an inquiry into the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics after it significantly overestimated the number of jobs created last year, creating a far rosier picture of the U.S. economy than was actually the case. The federal government announced earlier this year that its previous...
Win Gruening: Juneau local elections offer necessary change options
The Oct. 1 Juneau municipal election is shaping up as a referendum on changing the status quo. In the case of the school board, it’s about change that has already taken place. In the three assembly contests, including the mayor’s race, it’s about change that needs to happen.
Mead Treadwell: Missile defense in Alaska marks 20-year milestone with events Friday and Saturday
It all started with President Ronald Reagan’s vision for avoiding nuclear war. In March of 1983, President Ronald Reagan gave an Oval Office address announcing the Strategic Defense Initiative, a decision he’d made involving “the most basic duty that any President and any people share, the duty to protect and strengthen the peace.”
Loren Leman: Ads opposing Ballot Measure 2 are deceptive and lie about our military voters
During my 18 years in elected office in Alaska, 10 were spent representing Elmendorf Air Force Base, now part of JBER, in the Alaska Senate. Those were some of the best years of my life. My wife and I met some of the finest, most patriotic, and bravest people we know. Our children accompanied us to air shows and other events where they were welcome. Some of these friends went to church with us.
Poll: Most Americans think there will be another attempt on Trump’s life before Election Day
Most Americans expect another assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump before Election Day, according to a new survey. Rasmussen Reports on Tuesday released the poll, which found that 65% of those surveyed said they expect another assassination attempt against Trump, who has already survived two this year. The poll...
Trump assassin suspect had more than 100 arrests
The man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course had been arrested more than 100 times. A judge noted Ryan Wesley Routh’s long criminal record in an order to detain Routh ahead of his trial. “The Defendant has a lengthy...
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