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Uggghhhh

open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar... ~ Just ughhh ~ “I’ve been clear: I will not be attending tonight’s dinner, despite having the opportunity. CBS is inviting Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller. Paramount is inviting Brendan Carr. Donald Trump is attending for the first time.”

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... ~ :-)

Weekend at Donnies

Today, Anchorage! Join people all over the 🇺🇸 in demonstrations against ICE detention centers & against rounding up our friends and neighbors. Bring a sign if you can but show up even if you don’t have one. Sat 4/25 11:00 - 12:30 at N. Lights & New Seward

Let the BS begin …

www.theguardian.com/environment/... ~

Watch how these Nazis twist and squirm when they’re publicly made to account for their lying bullshit.

While the Forest Service doesn’t control the number of cruises coming to Southeast, the agency does issue permits to commercial operators who guide in the Tongass National Forest.

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The costs of Trump’s contempt are starting to show. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... “The same logic is spreading beyond defense. The European Payments Initiative is building a continentwide alternative to Visa and Mastercard. European institutions are seeking alternatives to SWIFT, PayPal

open.substack.com/pub/reallyam... ~ Hopefully the joke’s on them as we all leave big corporate news for independent media …

Open primaries and #RankedChoiceVoting are no longer new—but they’re still delivering for Alaskans. @Sightline.org www.sightline.org/2026/04/07/f... ~ :-)

Joelle Hall, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO is spending huge sums on Click Bishop. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a pro labor Republican. There’s always an ulterior motive. Joelle Hall proves she will flip anywhere anytime. She’s was a fake supporter of Democrats. This is sleazy.

“Despite physical exam findings, the patient (Woody) remained in good spirits and is very friendly.” 😭😭😭

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... ~ ““So if Republicans decide that they would like to revisit a ban on…partisan gerrymandering, I welcome them. We have the bill right here to end this all today. But they don’t want to because they like pursuing and continuing to enact an unfair electoral landscape.

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More Earth Day do’ins from Sen. Dunbar ~ Earth Day Fix-it Clinic: Wednesday, April 22nd from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the SEED Lab at 111 W 6th Street in Anchorage. Bring a broken item--anything from a phone to a pair of jeans or a wobbly table, and some handy volunteers will help you work

Happy Earth Day!

Tax cuts for people with at least $11.6 million to $13.7 million in net worth vs. Healthcare for Grandma.

trackpolicy.org Includes info on AK i made a map to monitor data centers all around the world tracks construction + nearby power plants + local AI legislation, and follows the politicians behind their bans (+ if they're getting paid to do so!) it's free and open source! From @isareksopuro on X

substack.com/@redpencilsc... ~ powerful, sobering and depressing … - “The right doesn’t hold its people to account—not because it can’t, but because it won’t. And the result is a perverse optical illusion: Democratic names dominate the headlines about sexual misconduct because Democrats are

Fascinating…

🚨 ICE is “checking boarding passes” at ICE infested airports. If you don’t want to give ICE your UNLOCKED phone, get a paper boarding pass. 🚨

apnews.com/article/trum... ~ “In a sign of just how unpopular Trump’s approach on prices has become, the poll found that only about one-quarter of U.S. adults approve of his handling of the cost of living.” Lowest ever for a president…

I had a custom salmon and halibut skin wallet for years til I wore it out. Would be fun to try n make another one. :-)

open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar... ~ :-)

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This is fascinating! The story of Bezos being unable to show empathy is horrifying!

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... ~ :-) some good is happening…

These Salmon Got High on Cocaine. That Wasn’t the Craziest Part. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/s...

Touché

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Definitely a good step!

'This Is a Fight for Humanity': Meet the 2026 Winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize www.commondreams.org/news/2026-go... ~ :-) - “As Theonila Roka Matbob secured justice for the impacts of one major mine, Alannah Acaq Hurley helped prevent another one from being dug in the first place.

Wow!

iwantosequencemygenomeathome.com So incredibly amazing, it did take~ $6,000 plus and he is a doc, but wow!!! He sequenced his entire DNA genome on his kitchen table 🧬🧪. It tells his cancer risk, drug responses, what his kids will inherit, and which diseases are coming decades before the symptoms.

Anyone with common sense would ban congressional stock trading.

This is the gulley, as seen today, where two backcountry skiers got caught in an avalanche yesterday. Thankfully they both survived. This is a popular late season ski run; however, it has significant avalanches every year.

Sorry, but this is pretty good Iran. "Accountability is not a mob" #kashpatel #iran #lego youtu.be/IRRhotsOW9g?...

Lone Democrat—Jared Golden—Helps GOP Tank Another Iran War Powers Resolution www.commondreams.org/news/lone-de... ~. Aaarrrfgggh!!!

'Cowardly Bullshit': Handful of Dems Join Senate GOP to Block Ban on US Bombs, Bulldozers to Israel www.commondreams.org/news/sanders...

About sums it up …

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth... ~ “For decades, we were fed a steady diet of billionaire worship. We were told they were the “geniuses,” the “disruptors,” and the “innovators” who deserved every cent of their hoarded wealth while the rest of us settled for reality TV and the hollow promise of

He may have led it, but those crowds are the same conservatives (figuratively—yeah, I know how some of you are) that took part in the Brooks Brother’s Riots, the tea party BS, and the rest of that nonsense. Now we call them ICE, or DHS, or they are leading some department.