OPINION: Alaska prosperity requires leaner govt., tech-savy investment, deregulation
Alaska must recognize the regulatory and investment needs in industries tied to emerging technologies, including technology convergence, digital infrastructure, and precision medicine. The state should work proactively with the Trump administration to
U.S. Supreme Court drops case on parental rights vs. LGBT school policy
The brief argued that school administrators are using gender policies to violate parents’ constitutional right to direct their children’s
OPINION: Weaponizing Alaska’s ranked-choice voting is feasible – Part 1
A quick summary of this strategy is that it might be possible for political parties to control elections in Alaska using RCV. Here is an example of how this could work.
Despite GOP defectors, AK Senate Minority to push for conservative issues
While self-identified “Republicans” technically enjoy a 11-9 majority in the upcoming Legislative session, five of those Republicans opted to abandon their GOP colleges to form a “bi-partisan” majority that empowers Democrats and leftist priorities
OPINION: It’s time to weaponize Alaska’s ranked-choice voting
Political parties could weaponize RCV against their opponents if they want to act strategically. Let me explain how this might
BOB BIRD: Realities most worthy to ponder – religion, art, politics
The three things in life most worthy to discuss, analyze, argue and focus our lives around: religion, the arts and politics (We all agreed that sports are an
11.27 > On Troglodytes and Blockchains
The responses to my last video about the Division of Elections have been interesting to me. The biggest surprise was the number of people asking me to run for Lt Governor, however Ranked Choice voting did away with that race. It’s a flattering sentiment
EDITORIAL: Gov. Dunleavy must summon strength to resist leftist AK Legislature
It's time for Gov. Mike Dunleavy to gather strength, shake off the dust of these past defeats and rediscover his fighting
OPINION: Murkowski’s insistence on FBI vetting of Trump picks is part of Deep State resistance
Sen. Murkowski wants to force Trump to rely on the FBI for background checks before she will support nominees. That's like requiring the mafia to approve all new bank tellers before they are
GOP to request recount of Alaska’s ranked-choice repeal vote
The Alaska Republican Party will request a statewide recount and review of the election results for Ballot Measure 2, which sought to repeal Alaska’s controversial ranked choice voting
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