Raskins is so incredibly smart and eloquent. If half of Congress were of his caliber we’d be a truly great country
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Scarab Rose @ScarabRoseThis is so funny, in a very, very sad sort of way, because this very knowledgeable person is speaking and responding to those who are not, and who likely mock him for being so.07:47 PM - May 08, 2024
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This is important for people to know - how Russia and China (and others) are undermining democracy. We need as much evidence as possible (unlike those who push misinformation)
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Jason Looney @Jason_LooneyIf people are naturally drawn to human rights, democracy, and freedom, then those concepts have to be poisoned.
It also requires an offensive plan: a narrative that damages both the idea of democracy everywhere in the world and the tools to deliver it.
Gifted so no paywall:12:26 PM - May 06, 2024
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This geranium has been inside all winter and can’t wait to get outside
12:54 PM - May 03, 2024
Ice is retreating on Goose Lake (Spouters, do I need to add ‘in Anchorage’ or just let people check my profile if they want t to know more?)
07:39 PM - May 02, 2024
In 8 days it will be 54 years since National Guard killed students protesting the US military entering Cambodia. . Administrators don't deal well with opposition. Armed enforcers do even worse. Life cycles back. Let's hope no students die this time.
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Salma Typhii @EpidatageekI don't but I heard the soundtrack
https://youtu.be/JCS-g3HwX...06:33 PM - Apr 26, 2024![Video]()
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Ohio" - YouTube
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio" set to a devastating series of photos from the Kent State shootings, and other 1960-70's protests, compiled by Hard ...
06:58 PM - Apr 26, 2024
Alaska last week RSV cases (16) lowest since Oct. COVID (21) lowest since early 2020. Flu (197) lower than last week, but flu numbers go up and down.
04:29 PM - Apr 25, 2024
Careful with your metaphors. They sometimes reveal your ignorance
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Keith Eveslage @KeithShowPoliticians are NOT clowns. Congress is NOT a circus.06:47 PM - Feb 26, 2024![Picture]()
09:47 PM - Apr 19, 2024
PBS NEWS HOUR’S Judy Woodruff at Alaska press club conference now
03:36 PM - Apr 19, 2024
Each gave >800k to TFG: Jose Fanjul, Steve Wynn, Geoffrey Palmer, Woody and Suzanne Johnson, Robert Bigelow, Roger Norman, Joe and Marlene Rickets. Read to learn who they are.
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Claudia Citro @Social_IntrovertJudd Legum02:01 PM - Apr 17, 2024
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies. Trump is currently spending four days a week at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse. And yet, there are still a lot of rich people who choose to spend mas..
11:31 AM - Apr 18, 2024
I suppose it’s useful to debate theologians (if that’s what he is) but after a while my mind spins at the sort of ridiculous issues they discuss
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Luis Diaz @drconopoimaWhen Rationality Becomes Horrific https://youtu.be/vxqar1B_M...02:29 PM - Apr 14, 2024![Video]()
When Rationality Becomes Horrific - YouTube
Objective morality doesn't even matter, as William Lane Craig shows, under his theistic worldview. It's possible for things that seem obviously morally repug...
05:50 PM - Apr 14, 2024
This is amazing. But it's also depressing that we need an institution to help people talk to people different from them.
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Iron Talon @mtrobinsonsr03:05 PM - Apr 13, 2024![Picture]()
03:47 PM - Apr 13, 2024
"Lofgren said it would be best for the federal trial to conclude before the election “just so American voters would know whether they were voting for a convicted felon or not.”
The fact that he's got 91 counts pending should be more than enough.
The fact that he's got 91 counts pending should be more than enough.
03:28 PM - Apr 13, 2024
Enjoying indoor delights while the snow outside still hasn’t taken its leave
01:51 PM - Apr 13, 2024
San Juan, Argentina July 2019. It’s sunny in Anchorage today but we’re not on the eclipse’s path
02:07 PM - Apr 08, 2024
Anyone else watching The Resident on Netflix? Perfect example of this.
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Salma Typhii @EpidatageekPrivate equity is investing heavily in nursing homes, adult supportive care, and mental health so expect everything to get drastically worse for everyone except their investors01:15 PM - Apr 08, 2024
01:48 PM - Apr 08, 2024
Saw this truck yesterday walking around my neighborhood. This essay helps me think about what it means. It still troubles me, but not quite as much.
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Just Curious About Stuff @just_curiousGood, thoughtful essay ✌🏻🖖🏻10:56 AM - Apr 06, 2024
I work with dying Trump supporters. It's...confusing
I’m driving down a gravel road in rural North Carolina, looking at mailbox numbers. A hospice social worker, I’m headed to meet Petey, a patient dying of metastatic cancer. When I’d called his wife Jackie to schedule our first visit, she’d told me...
03:38 PM - Apr 06, 2024
Meet Cooper Bates. Anchorage folks, you can do this in person at Cyrano's today (Saturday), Sunday. Next weekend. It's well worth it. More on the performance & ticket info:: https://whatdoino-steve.bl...
02:59 PM - Apr 06, 2024
Amazing that so many people don't understand this.
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Larry Henson @MalteseFalcon57Shhhh!
Think about it?
It is the American way.
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08:15 PM - Apr 03, 2024
Thanks to US Evangelicals: "Early this morning, Uganda’s Constitutional Court ruled to uphold the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act, which punishes LGBTQI+ Ugandans with lengthy prison sentences and even the death penalty for simply being themselves."
07:37 PM - Apr 03, 2024
“Most of all, we seek those who understand the nature of authority and its legitimate forceful exercise in the temporal realm,”
Important to keep track of groups like this lest they gain Federalist Foundation type power. Wealth was listed as a membership requirement.
Important to keep track of groups like this lest they gain Federalist Foundation type power. Wealth was listed as a membership requirement.
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Phunky Fresh @FreshPhunkyInside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’ https://talkingpointsmemo.... #christiannationlists #whitesupremacy #antigay #antiblack #racism02:27 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Some Anchorage Returned Peace Corps Volunteers got together last night to share food & stories from their various host countries. Folks who served in the 60s to those who were evacuated because of COVID. Who served in Central & South America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe. Lots of good conversation.
12:11 PM - Mar 21, 2024
