Gubernatorial hopeful Hughes vows to defend rights of disbanded Alaskan Independence Party members
A few AIP leaders voting to disenfranchise more than 19,000 Alaskans without notification and input was wrong. A handful of people should never have the power to silence the voice of thousands of Alaskans who voluntarily chose to affiliate with a
CALL TO ACTION: Let’s flip the leftist Anchorage Assembly and save our dying city
Anchorage, if you want lower taxes and conservative social policies, we have a phenomenal opportunity to flip our Assembly on April 7 from a supermajority of radical leftists to a conservative majority, and we shouldn’t let it go to
OPINION: Why do Alaska’s U.S. Senators want to spend $5B on welfare for non-citizens?
Why did Senators Sullivan and Murkowski vote against this bill? Non-citizens shouldn’t receive money from our government when impoverished Americans need
URGENT: Tell Alaska’s U.S. senators to reject federal funding of elective abortions
Democrats want the federal government to start funding elective abortions. Alaska's U.S. Senators must be urged to vote against this
BOB BIRD: Is the mighty American ‘empire’ verging on open civil war?
We get closer to an authentic civil war every day. It is unquestionably being orchestrated. So-called "Sanctuary Cities" are an example of micro-secession.
OPINION: Ranked-choice vote isn’t dishonest – but it redefines ‘consent’
RCV does not force candidates to lie. It does something subtler and, in many ways, more consequential: it penalizes clarity. Candidates who draw sharp distinctions risk early elimination, while candidates who blur differences survive
REP. MCCABE: Ranked-choice benefits the politically camouflaged
Ranked Choice Voting presents itself as reform, but it rewards political camouflage and punishes conviction. Candidates learn to soften their positions, blur the truth, and chase 2nd-and 3rd-choice preferences instead of telling voters what they actually
OPINION: Peltola risks political future on a race she will likely lose
Mary Peltola decision to run for U.S. Senate was a mistake. Despite her popularity, she is likely to lose her race against Sen. Dan Sullivan, and would have been better off running for governor, a race she was favored to
Rep. McCabe exposes ‘voodoo math’ behind push to restore Alaska’s defined benefits
Every time someone claims that defined benefits will save Alaska money, they are betting your children’s Permanent Fund Dividends, your possible future taxes, or deep cuts to troopers and schools on the hope that the stock market will run hot for the next
OPINION: Candidate Adam Crum is spot-on with Alaska Grand Jury rights answer
When asked if the changes made by the Alaska Supreme Court to the grand jury process (SCO 1993) were unconstitutional. Mr. Crum unequivocally said there was no doubt that SCO 1993 was
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