Letter: Sullivan did the president’s bidding instead of standing up for Alaskans - Anchorage Daily News

B#stards 😡

What’s on my plate today? Dealing w/the local sheriff regarding the unwell man threatening my parents in another state. Finding the mail we put on hold that has never been delivered. Navigating a contract that I know is screwing me over. Kidney infection. Vetch eradication. Laundry. First: coffee.

This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.

His speech at Fort Bragg today should send shivers down the spines of every patriotic American. Gearing up to use the military against American citizens in cities everywhere.I cannot believe how fast the fascism is coming.

The end of the nonpartisan military ethic was when commanders felt compelled to ask soldiers to self-report dissent rather than remind them to act professionally as befitting a visit by POTUS

Where is Senator Dan Sullivan on this, a retired Marine Colonel and Judge Advocate? What is the Marines mission Dan Sullivan? #akgov

"It gets somewhat lost in all the other high octane dimensions of this story that a raid on a Home Depot is literally an effort to arrest people who are eager to work and whose labor is in great demand. It’s about as far as you can get from just going after the bad guys, as the WH routinely claims."

If you know someone who doesn’t understand this, make them understand.

This hits hard.

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I am so fucking tired of the hypocrisy of the Republican party.

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?

I’m starting to wonder why the fuck we have a Congress.

From the voices of Fairbanks to the ears of the world. @50501alaska.bsky.social

Over 1000 in Fairbanks, Alaska!! #50501Alaska #50501 #

So I'll finish transcribing parts of this speech later but I wanted to talk about a couple things in it that makes it great.

Here's the Rick Steves speech from Edmonds WA today:

The parts of society being defunded - arts, culture, history, science, education, nature, etc. - are what make us more than consumers, and into community. They need protecting, they are keys to remembering who we are.

OK, let’s see the best signs that you saw today.

Well-written News-Miner article about today's protest in Fairbanks with 1000 in attendance! www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...

M A G A #TraitorTrump #fElon47

thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"

Oh Fairbanks, thank you! Today was a good day to remind ourselves we are a part of a strong community. I was proud to be on the sidewalk with you, sharing our love & concern for our country. #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Protests #Indivisible #HandsOff2025 #April5 #Fairbanks #Alaska #AlaskaSky

A crowd of demonstrators marched through downtown Anchorage on Saturday, carrying signs and rallying against actions taken by President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to reshape the federal government. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

One of my favorite things I saw at the Hands Off protest in San Francisco today

In Fairbanks, Alaska, I estimate more than 700 people showed up to protest against Trump and Musk and to tell them to keep their #HandsOff - our schools, our Medicare, our Medicaid, our Social Security, our Parks, our jobs, our PBS. I’ll run out of space to list their offenses.

Fairbanks, Alaska showed up big time!

Thousands of people showed up in Anchorage, Alaska.

New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose.

Massive turnout at today's #HandsOff! rally against Musk and Trump in St. Paul, Minnesota 🔥🔥🔥

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

NEW: Incredible scenes in Washington DC now. Tens of thousands on the National Mall for the #HandsOff protest against Trump & Musk. There must be over a million people protesting across every US state today. #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025 (🎥 Alejandro Alvarez)

people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.

As long as I live, I will never understand why they would rather elect a singularly worthless white rapist as president than an exceptionally impressive black woman.

DOD is apparently ending military education for Army personnel

Heard Island and McDonald Islands have seen a dramatic warming since 1940. The penguins there have enough to deal with even without the 10% tariffs just imposed on them.

Hey, I’m planning to be at Fairbanks city hall on April 5 from 11-1 for no particular reason. But I’m anxious about going alone. Is there anyone from #AlaskaSky who will also be there?

The United States is currently a country where you can be kidnapped by secret police and shipped off to a slave labour concentration camp without ever being charged with a crime or getting a chance to argue your case in front of a judge. If you think it can't happen to you, why do you think that?

Who did this?

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.

"When was the last time you said 'thank you,' Mr. Penguin?"

I wonder when the Angry Yam voters in #Alaska will realize how his actions impact their coveted PFD check? Of course folks who are anti-socialism but get in a lather about threats to their annual free check live in a land of cognitive dissonance I’ll never understand. #alaskasky

Why isn’t a power inverter called a converter? Honest question.

I don’t have much money to spare right now, but I just donated to @booker.senate.gov . This man is a force and we need more of this energy from Democrats during this troubling time. If you’re not listening to his live stream, you are missing some amazing oratory.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump aims to reshape the Smithsonian museums and zoo with an order targeting funding to programs with "improper ideology."

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

Government abductions are unconstitutional. Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional. If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute… They’ll get to you soon enough.