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If Santa wants you at a rally, you better go! (See previous post)

A poster: Many demonstrators outdoors, holding protest signs and flags: NO KINGS! The image of a crown with a red ‘X’ drawn through it; and, text that reads, “ Power belongs to the people. Join the movement. Saturday, October 18th. NO KINGS.”

In June, millions of everyday Americans from every walk of life peacefully took to the streets and declared with one voice: NO KINGS!
And President Trump’s attempt at a coronation collapsed under the strength of a movement rising against his abuses of power.

Please join me on 10-18-25!

NoKings.org

What defunding public media would mean for the West | Alaska Beacon Late last fall, members of Bethel, Alaska’s search and rescue team met at the local public radio station, KYUK, for a program called River Watch. Over an hour and a half, they took calls from listener...

Trump’s cuts to public radio would destroy stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West. Here’s why, by the numbers.

Coming up! In Juneau.

Forget about rare earth minerals. We need more copper In recent weeks, you've likely heard a lot about rare-earth substances with hard-to-pronounce names, but experts warn that the shortage of another crucial metal, copper, could be just as concerning.

I’ve heard politicians, business leaders and government officials describe the economic wonders of mining rare earth elements. Trump is doing it too. One developer told a Ketchikan crowd he’d create 1,000 jobs. None of it has happened. Turns out, what we REALLY need is copper. Read the article:

National parks already feel the effects of layoffs, even before the busy season starts Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.

The mindless firing of federal workers is affecting tourism businesses in my town. It’s hitting parks around the country too.
National Park Service layoffs, hiring delays impact visitors

Support your local businesses and skip Amazon, Temu and other giants with no conscience. I’m visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina and found this great regional brewery. Read the label.

Take a walk in the woods, enjoy the view, then sit down and write letters, emails or texts to your lawmakers in Washington and in your state, letting them know Musk and Trump are destroying the country and you won’t stand for it in the next election if they don’t block it.

If you want to visit the island paradise of Douglas, you need one of these.

Someone likes the snow.

Social media executives trying to get a piece of the Trump administration action.

DEATH WITH DESSERT: THE END OF A YOUNG HERO
In 1917, a Juneau boy became the youngest Alaskan to serve in World War I. He survived being shot on the front lines, but was murdered 16 years later. Program: 3 pm Saturday Jan 25., McPhetres Hall, Juneau. Tickets, $35, at www.trinityjuneau.org

It was just as cold for Obama's inauguration in 2009, fyi.

110 years ago, the Treadwell Gold Mines covered the shoreline of Alaska’s Douglas Island with stamp mills, docks and buildings. What remains is rotting dock pilings, a few cement structures (a salt-water pump house is shown here) and concrete foundations. Today, it’s a great place to walk your dog.

This is Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Trump wants to shrink or eliminate public lands in parts of the country. Or let in developers with no respect for the environment. Let’s raise hell to stop that from happening!

Borrowed, but true!

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So, it’s snowing in beautiful Douglas, Alaska. It and the tides haven’t demolished the face created with rocks and sand.

Mural from the Utah Capitol, one of several celebrating an incredibly racist history. Not that other state capitols don’t have the same.

The ballot measure to repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice voting system was defeated, according to unofficial results.

Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy talks up $11 billion gasline dream, looking for someone else to lead the way on the ‘energy crisis’ Gov. Mike Dunleavy says once more it would be great to have a gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral, but he offers no details on how to make it happen. In a memo to legislators under the ...

www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

Two types of weather, two sides of the continent.

Thanks!