OPINION: Alaska’s ranked-choice vote created Decoy Daniel. Full stop.
In decades of closed primaries, Alaska never saw a serious decoy candidate for a major statewide office. The structure blocked it. The top-four open primary associated with ranked-choice removed that
OPINION: Alaska’s churches must proactively influence our elections
Alaska's churches should be equipped and prepared to influence all areas of life, including political
BOB BIRD: To narrow Alaska’s gubernatorial field, consider 2 candidates who will fight judicial tyranny
Two viable candidates have the courage to fight the growing judicial tyranny under which Alaskans
In a nearly pointless AK primary, low turnout, RCV & unlimited donations may help Dems
If Democrat candidates exceed expectations in Alaska's primary election due to rich friends, RCV and low turnout, it proves how broken our election system really
CRITICAL: The Watchman needs your help to continue fighting for Alaska
Like many of you, we had grown increasingly frustrated with how Alaska’s biased, left-leaning legacy media wove their political and cultural preferences into supposedly “fair and balanced” reporting. We knew their stories were carefully crafted and
OPINION: ‘Here Be Dragons’ – To justify wrongdoing, is to stare into the abyss
Those vandalizing political signs in Alaska should heed the ancient maps that carried a warning at their edges: "Here be dragons." Beyond the known world lay uncertainty, danger, and monsters of the imagination. It wasn't really about dragons but the boundary
Eaglexit gathering signatures in latest step to break away from Anchorage
When Eagle River/Chugiak neighbors begin knocking on doors and asking residents to sign a Local Boundary Commission petition, it may resemble a political campaign from a distance, but it's fundamentally
Alaska gubernatorial ad blasts Tom Begich’s refusal to protect girls’ sports from trans males
Gubernatorial hopeful Treg Taylor just released an ad criticizing the leading Democratic candidate, Tom Begich, for blocking a bill that would have protected girls from having to compete against transgender
OPINION: Those braying for ‘full PFD now’ are offering ‘bread and circuses’
Those braying for “Full PFD Now” are offering you bread and circuses. There is some uncomfortable math that isn’t part of the slogan and that is “income
OPINION: The 1st domino was our PFD. More will fall if Alaska doesn’t develop its resources
We can't keep full government services, reject new development, refuse new taxes, and quietly raid the Permanent Fund Dividend to make up the difference. That's managing decline, one budget cycle at a
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