I just found out that my friend Elstun Lauesen passed away this morning. A huge force within the AK Democratic Party, and husband to Rep. Harriet Drummond, he was a smart, funny, passionate man, who will be dearly missed. RIP Elstun. You would have loved the blue wave that is coming this year.

SNAP work requirements don’t boost jobs, but drop participation, research finds | Alaska Beacon As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance.

SNAP work requirements don’t boost jobs, but drop participation, research finds. More from Kevin Hardy @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/04/14/r...

Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal.

Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November.

It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.

Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.

Welcome home, Integrity crew!

It's usually easy to figure out if an idea you are unfamiliar with is good or not, by checking to see who opposes it.

Great book reflecting the activism of the time. I was in med school then residency as HIV hit & spread … many similarities but COVID very different. No ACT UP with COVID

A good habit for every election

Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.

A newly obtained video of ICE agent shooting and wounding a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis earlier in 2026 undermines ICE's account of the events. The video contradicts the agent’s claim that three assailants had beaten him with a shovel and broom for roughly three minute...

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This is a great book!

The fact that this went out and Congress hasn’t immediately convened for an emergency session show just how much trouble we’re in.

Anchorage muni residents, remember to vote & drop off or mail your ballot by April 7! If by mail, ask the post office to hand-stamp it since it's close to election day.
P. S. Support schools and kids by voting yes for Prop 1 & 9, and for Paul Donogh and Rachel Blakeslee.
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Jeff Bezos' Editorial Board Calls Trump's AG Pick, Who Lobbied for Amazon, 'Qualified' The Washington Post's editorial board gave a thumbs up for Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who previously lobbi

Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General.

Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.

Another reminder that billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test?

SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

Marco Rubio declared that under the Constitution being born in the USA does not make you a citizen unless your parents are citizens.

Marco Rubio's parents were Cuban immigrants who were NOT citizens at the time of his birth.

Do you think Marco will now self-deport?

Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

We’ve had presidents who didn’t understand economics, foreign policy, diplomacy, and lacked knowledge of historical lessons.

But they were advised by people who did and listened to them.

Now we have a president who doesn’t understand anything and won’t listen to people who do.

People are dying in ICE custody.

14 people died this year. 30+ died last year.

ICE needs serious reforms.

This is what corruption and wasting taxpayers' money looks like

Alaska Senate advances constitutional amendment to lower override threshold for spending vetoes | Alaska Beacon Two-thirds of House members would need to support the resolution to put it before voters in November. The last time the Alaska Constitution was amended was in 2004.

Alaska Senate advances constitutional amendment to lower override threshold for spending vetoes, reports Sean Maguire for the @alaskabeacon.com

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January 6 protesters seek millions in court for ‘physical and emotional injuries’ | CNN Politics Several people who were at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection are suing the police agencies that worked to defend the building that day, asking a federal court to award them milli...

Hello CNN, they aren’t protestors, call them what they are: rioters, domestic terrorists, seditionists.

Why is this hard? 🙄 Also this lawsuit is a freaking joke. These MAGA thugs belong in prison.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...

NEW: Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.

Medicaid cuts threaten hundreds of hospitals, new report finds Together, the hospitals provide care for nearly 7 million patients across the U.S., according to the analysis.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

14 ICE detainees have died so far in 2026 As of mid-February, there were more than 68,000 immigrants in federal custody, according to ICE data. A Mexican national died in a facility outside Los Angeles last week.

Fourteen people have died in ICE custody so far this year. By mid-February, the agency was detaining more than 68,000 immigrants one of the highest totals on record, according to federal data.

14 people have died in ICE custody this year.

More than one per week.

Inhumane.

A man went to adopt a cat, but it refused to be separated from its companion, so he ended up taking them both home.

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8 million No Kings protesters
Zero police officers beaten
Zero police officers killed
Zero feces smeared on walls.

Call, text or email Sullivan & Murkowski re this radical nominee to a lifetime post: lies & conspiracy theories such as “Cocaine Mitch”

Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin.

Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.

Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.

The list goes on.

We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The Senate must reject this bill.