Posted by Shannyn Moore on October 28, 2014 · 13 Comments
I was about 10 when I heard a sermon I will never forget. The speaker that day drew a few gasps from the congregation of the Homer Christian Church when he disagreed with a passage from the Bible. He quoted from 1 Corinthians, Ch. 13, the passage you often hear at weddings: “Faith, Hope and Love, the greatest of these is love.” “That’s not true,” he said. “The greatest of these is hope.” He explained that his father had committed suicide. There was no shortage of love in their family. His father had simply lost hope that the pain of…
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Category Alaska, Alaska House Race, Alaska Politicos, Bang it, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, LGBT, Make it explode, Nation, Native issues, Republicans, Rural Issues, Whackjobbery, Your Head · Tags Don Young, Don Young for Congress, Don Young suicide, Forrest Dunbar for Congress
Posted by Zach Roberts on October 28, 2014 · 6 Comments
According to Roll Call a Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) investigation into Alaska’s lone-gunman Congressman will cost the taxpayers over $86k. It all started with the infamous “Coconut Road Corruption Investigation” – or really the lack of the release of documents pertaining to the investigation that will end forcing the DOJ to pay CREW for legal fees. You can get a little refresher on the Coconut Road debacle HERE. It’s still mind blowing. “[Judge] Kessler concluded that DOJ’s conduct in withholding documents from CREW was “unreasonable.” On Monday, she ordered the federal government to repay CREW’s $86,076.20…
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Category Alaska, Don Young, Election 2014, Headlines · Tags Alaska, Citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, coconut road, coconut road investigation, congress, corrupt, CREW, DOJ, Don Young, ethics, justice, kessler, Obama, privacy, roll call
Posted by Greg Palast on October 27, 2014 · 3 Comments
Three million threatened in purge of voter rolls The removals, which target minority voters, were begun in secret in the battleground state of Georgia Atlanta, Georgia A six-month-long nationwide investigation by Al Jazeera America has discovered that voting officials in 27 states, almost all of them Republicans, have launched what is threatening to become a massive purge of black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters. Already, tens of thousands have been removed from voter rolls in battleground states, and the numbers are set to climb. The full story will be released Wednesday morning on America.AlJazeera.com. And watch the two-part exposé on “America…
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Category Elections, Headlines, Voting · Tags al jazeera, aljazeera, elections, georgia, Greg Palast, martin luther king, north carolina, purge, Senate, voter suppression
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 26, 2014 · 47 Comments
Of course it’s EXCLUSIVE. You think just anyone gets their mitts on a photo of the longest serving member of Congress smoking a cigar on a boat, seemingly about to menace a rubber panda man with a shotgun? And yes. This is real. It was taken this summer, and there is no photoshopping. Let’s be serious. If we were going to make up a photo with Don Young in it, even we wouldn’t have come up with this. And now… it’s all yours. Leave your caption in the comments, and we’ll meme the best ones.
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Category Alaska, Alaska House Race, Alaska Politicos, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Fish & Wildlife, Headlines, Nation, Republicans, Scratch it · Tags Alaska Don Young, Don Young congress, Don Young photo
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 24, 2014 · 10 Comments
Me: Hey, Republican! Would you like some delicious ice cream? Republican: Yes, I would. I love delicious ice cream. What kind? Me: What kind would you like? Republican: Hmmm… Do you have Rocky Road? Me: Yes! Would you like some delicious Rocky Road ice cream? Republican: Mmmmm. Yes, please. Me: Hey, did you know that Barack Obama also enjoys a nice bowl of Rocky Road ice cream? (buzzing short-circuit noise) Republican: I… I… I changed my mind and suddenly remembered that ice cream is from the devil! Me: Hmm. I think it’s a little too warm down there to make…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Barack Obama, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Joe Miller, Mark Begich, Mead Treadwell, Nation, Ohio Dan Sullivan, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, Shake it, Todd Palin, Veterans, Vitamin Democracy, Walker-Mallott Unity Ticket · Tags Alaska Governors Race, Alaska Senate Race, Clare Ross Alaska, Dan Sullivan for Senate, Harry Crawford Alaska, Mark Begich for Senate, Obama Alaska, Sean Parnell Alaska, Walker Mallott Alaska
Posted by Zach Roberts on October 23, 2014 · 1 Comment
A while back I had a chance to interview two candidates for Governor in New York State. We posted our interview with Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout back in September – unfortunately she lost the primary to current Governor Andrew Cuomo. Still on the ballot though, is Howie Hawkins. He’s on the Green Party ticket, having run previously for US Senate and House. After speaking to a crowd of anti-fracking protestors outside the New York State Fair, Hawkins let loose the Democrats and the Republicans – explaining why there’s a need for a third party. He also emphasized that if Governor Cuomo wins…
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Category Election 2014, Elections, Environment, Headlines · Tags Andrew cuomo, anti-fracking, austerity, cuomo, Democrats, economy, farming, fracking, house, howie hawkins, new york, nys, Republicans, Senate, wine
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 22, 2014 · 15 Comments
Alaska’s lone congressman sure dug himself into a hole yesterday, didn’t he? And you know what they say. Since you’re in there anyway, you may as well just keep digging. At first it appeared as though Young may have been repentant about telling grieving high school students who had just lost a friend and classmate to suicide that the problem was the lack of support from family and friends. Matt Shuckerow responded to a request from the Alaska Dispatch News in an email stating: “Congressman Young was very serious and forthright when discussing the issue of suicide, in part because of the…
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Category Alaska, Alaska House Race, Alaska Politicos, Bang it, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Nation, Rallies and Events, Rural Issues, Veterans, Whackjobbery · Tags Don Young, Don Young for Congress, Don Young Mat-Su Senior Center, Don Young suicide, Forrest Dunbar, Forrest Dunbar for Congress
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 22, 2014 · 23 Comments
Alaska’s lone congressman, Don Young, spoke to a group of students at Wasilla High School Tuesday. If that sentence alone made you wince, then congratulations. It shows you’ve been paying attention to the rapidly crazying octogenarian who represents all Alaskans in the halls of Washington D.C. Earlier this month, Young barked at his Democratic opponent after a touch on the arm, “Don’t ever touch me! The last guy who touched me wound up on the ground, dead!” This time it’s insensitive remarks about suicide, berating friends of the victim, and comparing Alaska’s newly legal same-sex marriage to bull fornication. And…
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Category Alaska, Alaska House Race, Alaska Politicos, Bang it, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, LGBT, Mat Su, Nation, Rallies and Events, Rural Issues, Whackjobbery · Tags Don Young for Congress, Don Young gay sex, Don young remarks to student, Don Young suicide, Don Young Wasilla high, Forrest Dunbar, Forrest Dunbar for Congress
Posted by Shannyn Moore on October 21, 2014 · 9 Comments
My social media feeds are stuffed with my fellow Alaskans sick to death of political ads end-to-end on their televisions, and even the staunchest pro-deforestation people are wondering if we’ll have any trees left after they’ve checked their mailboxes. I get emails from people asking, “Is that true?” about something they’ve seen or read. Here’s the kicker. Political ads, per a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, don’t have to be true. I KNOW! You have to swear on a Bible when you’re elected, but up until that point all bets are off. Did you know Mark Begich hates puppies?…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Politicos, Alaska Senate Race, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Nation, Ohio Dan Sullivan, Women's Issues · Tags Alaska Senate Race, Begich Senate, Begich women, Lisa Murkowski women, Sullivan Senate, Sullivan women
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 19, 2014 · 10 Comments
Last week Alaska Congressman Don Young (R) pulled a “Don Young,” and thanks to the magic of the internets and the television, it’s percolated up to the national media. Chris Hayes, on his show All In (see video above), talked about the incident that occurred at the Kodiak fisheries debate, in which Democratic challenger Forrest Dunbar made a terrible terrible mistake… One that could COST HIM HIS LIFE! (<——– Say this in baritone movie promo voice) Forrest Dunbar… touched Don Young. He. Touched. Him. Not a “show me on the doll where Forrest Dunbar touched you” kind of…
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Category Alaska, Alaska House Race, Alaska Politicos, Don Young, Election 2014, Elections, Headlines, Nation, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Whackjobbery · Tags Alaska congressional race, Alaska congressman don young, Don Young, Don Young Forrest Dunbar, Forrest Dunbar for Congress, Run Forrest Run