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Alaska flips U.S. House seat to right, but flips state House to left
Indie-Democrat Rep. Bryce Edgmon is already calling himself the Speaker of the House and invites Republicans to abandon their caucus
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Alaska’s ballot counting marathon ends: Nick Begich declared winner, repeal of ranked-choice fails, and David Nelson pulls upset in District 18
There is now the audit process and the election will not be officially called until Nov. 30, and after that there will be a couple of recounts.
Peltola phony-concedes to Begich, whom she has repeatedly said will destroy fish, jobs, and children
After calling him a slave-holder and scammer, Mary reverts to her “nice Mary” routine and says she wishes him well.
Not a single race in Alaska was changed due to ranked-choice voting
All the money, all the delays, and yet not a single race would have ended differently.
Bipartisan-Democrat caucus says it has the votes to control State House in 2025
The House will look more like the Senate — dominated by Democrats with a handful of willing crossover Republicans.
Here’s what the Alaska Democratic Party said: “We flipped THREE seats in the State House and took back the gavel from far-right extremist MAGA Republicans. Because of you, we will have strong leadership in the State Legislature to combat Governor Dunleavy’s extremism, increase workers’ rights and freedoms, and preserve Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries. Up next – 2025 Municipal Elections!”
It’s almost as if they just don’t have a very big vocabulary.
Left unsaid by the Democratic Party is that the Republicans made a couple of significant gains in the Senate and may now have an actual minority.
Largest budget in history of Anchorage passed
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance exploded taxpayer spending and bumped right up against the tax cap.
Matt Whitaker to serve as ambassador to NATO
He is a former acting Attorney General in the last Trump Administration.
Breaking: Gaetz withdraws name for Attorney General
There is some four-dimensional chess going on. Trump discovered who is an enemy and Sen. Lisa Murkowski is still on his list.
Former Florida AG Pam Bondi nominated for U.S Attorney General
Born and raised Floridian, she served as the state’s Attorney General, which is an elected seat. She was on Trump’s defense team during impeachment.
Wall Street Journal asks: Who is running the country?
“Is President Joe Biden leading a high-stakes effort to Trump-proof his Ukraine policy—or to give his successor more negotiating room? One can’t even begin to form a response without knowing the answer to the lingering question of who is running our government.
“For some time Vice President Kamala Harris has been failing an integrity test by participating in the charade that Mr. Biden, who turned 82 on Wednesday, remains mentally fit to lead. Mr. Biden for his part isn’t doing much to encourage the public to reconsider its assessment of his infirmities.”
Alaska Life Hack: State’s over-the-counter land sales start today
Grab a piece of Alaska; you may need a bug-out place someday.
Linda McMahon tapped for Education Secretary
McMahon will possibly oversee the dismantling of what is arguably the worst bureaucracy, which has nothing to show for itself but educational failure across the country.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah will chair Senate Natural Resources Committee in January
This is a committee important to Alaska, and Lee is a strong, fearless conservative.
Rep. Nancy Mace files bill to clarify rules around women’s and men’s bathrooms on federal property
As an update, Speaker Johnson has now issued a rule. No boys in the girls’ bathroom. The new congressman who identifies as a woman will need to use single-use bathrooms or the men’s room.
Begich freshman orientation
Because of Alaska’s ranked-choice purgatory, candidates don’t know for weeks where they will stand because the ranking roulette can be a twist (although this year, it mattered naught.) Congressman-elect Nick Begich spent the past two weeks going through freshman orientation in the Capitol. If he had waited until Wednesday’s ranked-choice tabulation, he would have missed the entire program.
It’s one more way that ranked-choice voting puts Alaska at a disadvantage.
Republican of the week
Chris Constant, RIP at X
Constant, the head of the Anchorage Assembly, appears to have left X/Twitter with the other hard-leftists and set up shop at BlueSky, an app that is run by leftist censors. He deleted all of his lunatic-fringe posts at X and just left this one:
Thus, we will end, for now, the cataloging of the extremist thoughts and musings of Anchorage’s most ridiculous politician. Sad … He had become a reliable contributor here at Must Read Alaska.
This day in history
Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Columns
Kevin Scholla: It’s time to add Sarah Palin to Trump team
Readers have a few thoughts of their own on this. The comments are not favorable.
Bob Bird: The unchecked Alaska judiciary says ‘Obey our rules, even though we don’t obey your rules’
Why do the judges get away with being the highest level of government? That’s not what the constitution says.
Fritz Pettyjohn: Congratulations, Nick Begich!
Bright days ahead — and a suggestion or the congressman-elect.
Todd Lindley: Repeal the Green New Deal
The time is ripe to stop all the Green New Deal corruption and graft. It is time for bold action by Alaskans.
Linda Boyle: The truth keeps dripping out about Covid
Nine out of 10 FDA commissioners went from their U.S. taxpayer-funded positions straight to high-level positions at the nation’s biggest drug companies.
Michael Tavoliero: Time to overturn NLRB v Jones and Laughlin Steel
We are at a moment in time when we can undo this ruling in NLRB that marked a pivotal expansion of federal authority under the Commerce Clause, which led to overreach into areas traditionally managed by states.
Alexander Dolitsky: Three sources of Marxism and its far-left outgrowth
The main intellectual sources of Marxism were (1) German classical philosophy, (2) English classical political economy and (3) French utopian socialism in combination with French revolutionary ideas and the practice of European revolutions.
Rep. Sarah Vance: Alaska’s election integrity crisis
The personal data of 113,000 Alaskans — roughly 19% of voters — was breached in 2020 and circulated on the dark web. This revelation was a severe blow to public trust and has raised ongoing concerns about the security of our electoral system.
Alexander Dolitsky: Explaining classical Marxism and American neo-Marxism
Has America gone too far down the Marxist drain to recover?
Michael Tavoliero: Murkowski was not a serious nomination, so she has no room to talk about Gaetz
If Lisa doesn’t like Gaetz, like she didn’t like Trump, maybe she should just sit this one out, rather than hurt Alaska again.
Robert Seitz: Work on sensible legislation this next session — with solutions, not bandaids
Can our Legislature ever get serious?
Dave Donley: Anchorage School Board rejects National Anthem
They’ll go only as far as the Pledge of Allegiance, but that’s all the patriotism the Anchorage School District can take.
Fritz Pettyjohn: The beginning of four years of fearless leadership
There is not much time to right the ship. Not much time at all, and Trump is not wasting it. He knows.
Tim Barto: Oilers’ withdraw from 2025 season in Alaska Baseball League
What does this mean for Alaska baseball?
Alaska oil: $71.93
Henry Hub gas: $3.19
Alaska North Slope Production: 485,931
Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $81,338,300,000
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