Rep. Peltola wants to pry open doors of women's shelters and allow men inside

Dan Sullivan, athlete senator, runs in the 41st Fairbanks Midnight Sun run

Jun 30, 2023

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Check in with www.mustreadalaska.com later today for more stories, including the decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on the president’s authority to cancel student loan debt with borrowed (and appropriated) taxpayer pandemic funds. Today will be the last day of the 2022-23 Supreme Court term.

Climate change report

On this day in 1953, Anchorage was coming to the end of 12 consecutive days of temperatures over 70 degrees, a stretch that ended on July 1, some 70 years ago. It was sweltering. Climate change such as it is, today’s temperature high might reach 63 degrees. Anchorage has been hovering close to the low end of what is considered the normal range this month.

Shocker: Peltola cosponsors bill to force girls’ bathrooms open to boys

This hilariously dubbed Equal Rights Act opens doors of girls’ bathrooms, women’s shelters, and locker rooms to any man who declares himself to be a woman. Rep. Peltola is OK with that.

Juneau government lobbies voters to fund new city hall

Juneau voters said no to a new city hall and a new civic center. Then their property assessments mysteriously rocketed and their property taxes went through the roof. Now the city is going to spend their taxpayer money against them, paying government staff to convince voters to build a shrine to government.

Juneau assemblywoman and ADN political reporter husband to head out

Carole Triem, first elected to the Juneau Assembly in 2018, is leaving the country. Her Aussie husband, Anchorage Daily News political reporter Sean Maguire, based in Juneau, is leaving as well. The two are heading Down Under to care for an ailing relative.

Comings and goings

Sad news to report that Dan Fagan, longtime host of the Dan Fagan Show, also a longtime reporter in Alaska, and sometimes columnist at MRAK, lost his mother this week. She was in her 90th spin around the sun and was spry until the end.

Scott Ogan, former state senator, retired from Sen. Mike Shower’s staff and is building a new landing craft to support his lodge business at my favorite getaway, TreehouseCove.com.

Leslie Ridle, commissioner of Administration under Gov. Bill Walker, retired as the CEO of Girl Scouts of Alaska.

Reporter Kyle Hopkins he/him is big mad because — horrors! — the newest University of Alaska Board of Regents nominee, Seth Church, doesn’t have a college degree. Pro-tip, neither does Mark Begich or Mary Peltola. And neither did Gov. Wally Hickel, but haters gonna hate.

Strike imminent at UPS?

The Teamsters gave UPS a Friday deadline to send over a better offer. Teamsters walked away from negotiations Wednesday. It appears there may be a strike coming that will impact our packages and our cargo flights.

Filed for office

State Sen. Jesse Bjorkman filed for reelection to represent the Kenai.

Rep. Sara Hannan filed for reelection to represent Juneau.

Rep. Cliff Groh filed for reelection to represent north Anchorage (Government Hill, Muldoon, JBER, downtown).

Breaking: Supreme Court says college Affirmative Action violates equal protection clause of Constitution

The ruling comes after a lengthy legal battle initiated by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in November 2014, accusing both institutions of engaging in unfair and illegal racial discrimination in their admissions policies.

Hot take: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says racism will get worse

Here’s the gal who would not answer the question of what defines a woman because she is not a biologist. But she seems to know her race quotas. She prattles on about “lived experience,” but refused to define womanhood. Please.

Supreme Court rules state legislature decisions about election maps can be overruled by judiciary

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that state legislatures do not have unchecked power to establish election laws when federal elections are at stake. The court’s 6-3 decision emphasized that state courts have the authority to review and supervise state laws governing federal elections.

Question of the Week — Readers said ‘PSYOPS’ more likely

Karluk will pay two families with kids to move there for one year

You need to have three or four kids, and they’ll pay all your expenses for a year to live in this village that has about 21 people with an average age of 23.7. No high-speed anything.

This day in history

June 30, 1958 – The U.S. Senate passed the Alaska Statehood bill 64-20 and sent it to President Dwight Eisenhower.

Columns

Downing: They’re coming for your children

It was not a slip of the tongue. Per Marx and Engels, and now Biden and the Democrats, families are actually the root of the problem for the Left. Families must be dismantled so the state can take charge of the children.

Alex Gimarc: The Long Trail is like raw onion on a hamburger — keeps coming up

The considerable challenges are rights of way, eminent domain, and, of course, funding. It’s a project that started in 2006 and is being paid of piecemeal.

Rick Whitbeck: An inventory of the damage Biden has done to Alaska

Even before Joe Biden took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January 2021, there was clear writing on the wall for the damage his administration would do to Alaska’s energy community.

Art Chance: The six-pack license and a submersible that was doomed

If it happens in the North Atlantic, an American submarine or listening station knows about it. Despite the spin from the Biden-media, there was nothing secret.

Downing in Daily Caller: ProPublica crusade against Alito and Thomas is funded by partisans

We don’t have a lot of kind words for the organization that partners with newspapers to play politics, while posing as journalists.

Win Gruening: Juneau’s 4th of July celebrates what’s good about America

Legend has it this tradition dates to when the Treadwell Mine on Douglas Island was operating. The mine only shut down on Christmas and the Fourth of July to allow miners a chance to enjoy fireworks, so the show moved to a day earlier at midnight.

Ben Carpenter: Legislature needs to settle on fiscal solution

Carpenter calls on the Legislature to meet in special session this year specifically to address a long- term fiscal plan. “We need all hands-on deck to right this ship.”

Alaska oil: $75.86
Henry Hub gas: $2.70
Alaska North Slope Production: 470,187
Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $77,404,200,000

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