In a democracy, law enforcement derives its authority not from weapons or uniforms, but from adherence to the law, internal discipline, and the confidence of the public it serves. When accountability disappears, legitimacy collapses. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

Jeff Danziger cartoon www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger...

Next New Yorker cover www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

#Gift With #GangsterCapitalism, the Great Leader tells the corporations what they can & cannot do. The Great Leader may limit compensation for the corporations leaders, demanding they do what he says. This is far from the free market. www.wsj.com/business/tru...

#Alaska can depend on Senator Sullivan doing whatever Trump asks or suggests to him. Cheap Venezuela oil on the market will lessen the possibility of drilling in Alaska. So much for Sullivan's hype about the Big Beautiful bill that took a shit on the country thealaskacurrent.com/2026/01/06/t...

Robert Kennedy Jr, the guy dissing vaccines in his government position, has a peculiar past. Here is a sick piece of it. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

#Gift Oil is trading at $56/Barrel. Venezuela oil might drop that price. And what would that do the prospect of new drilling in #Alaska that the GOP has been touting? Looks like Trump screwed Alaska despite the state voting for him 3 times. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Yesterday, after killing Renee Good, armed federal agents went to a high school and tackled people, handcuffed workers, and teargassed bystanders. Schools are now closed district-wide because ICE and border patrol have created such a dangerous environment

US media is caving in to Trump. Will we see more Fox lies from other outlets? theintercept.com/2026/01/04/t...

Robert Kennedy Jr & the Trump government now push the Atkins diet. And with Dr. Oz at his side!! It is difficult to stay on Atkins. If you stray back into carbohydrates, you'll gain a lot of weight. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...

The killing of an unarmed woman by a masked federal agent in Minneapolis is a moral outrage and a betrayal of American values. There has been no justification offered—only deception and deflection from those in charge.

#Gift “The government targeted public funding to punish specific editorial decisions it disagreed with,” she said in .. The New York Times. “That’s not a funding dispute dressed up as a constitutional case; that’s textbook First Amendment retaliation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...

Good letter on the decline of public education in #Alaska under Republican governance. www.adn.com/opinions/202...

#Gift Why would oil companies now drill in #Alaska when so much oil will be coming from Venezuela? Perhaps the GOP once again sold Alaskan citizens another ticket to Chumpland. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

All over Juneau, Alaska, boats have struggled to stay afloat amid a record-breaking onslaught of heavy snow.

#Gift "Pirates of the Caribbean" becomes "Pirates of the North Atlantic". The US grabbed this near Iceland's latitude! Looks like the US military is even better than the Somali pirates in grabbing ships for ransom, eh. wapo.st/4qLkQ68

Paul Krugman:

Your tax dollars at work in the future - to aid oil companies! ... because American citizens actually re-elected Trump. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Freedom of speech appears to be declining in Trumpland. #Gift from the Atlantic on Hegseth punishing Kelly for speaking truth about military law. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump works to make the military loyal to Trump. “There is an active effort to politicise the armed forces,” Eaton said. “Once you infect the body, the cure may be very difficult and painful for presidents downstream.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We are looking more like Russia, every day. If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.

“One should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland,” the Danish prime minister warned. “If the U.S. chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including ... the security that has been established since [WWII]." trib.al/ebsUl9g

CAPITOL COPS: “Many were armed… he reached under my visor and tried to gouge out my eye… now president Trump pardoned all the people that assaulted me and called them patriots…” Officers Hodges & Fanone watch their gruesome 1/6 body cam videos. Full: youtu.be/CvL4sXhGrYs?...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

#Alaska If Trump grabs oil from Venezuela, won't that make the 'freeing up drilling" in AK much less profitable? Who would drill in ANWR when cheap oil from Venezuela comes into the market. Perhaps Sen Sullivan & Congressman Begich have again sold us a fantasy once again.

Clay Bennett cartoon www.gocomics.com/claybennett/...

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

#Climate With the return of Trump, the US is again accelerating global warming, pushing fossil fuels. Remember that the extinction of species is forever. And man is a mammal. How long can you live at 120 degrees F without A/C? www.wired.com/story/the-ea...

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has worked to promote democracy in Venezuela. “If she had turned [the Nobel Peace Prize] down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” a source close to the White House said. trib.al/oKX1dm5

WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"with the Supreme Court granting Trump full presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for all “official acts,” ... the administration’s position is that U.S. courts can hold foreign presidents, but not U.S. presidents, accountable for crimes" www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump on the US running Venezuela: It will not cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is substantial. We’re going to take back the oil.

Lipetsk region, Russia. Drone attack on the city of Yelets. Reports indicate the Energiya plant was hit. 👀🔥

Who would have guessed that the Trump family meme cryptocurrencies might tank? (sarcasm) finance.yahoo.com/news/billion...

Late August above Gakona Glacier during a solo backpacking trip in the Eastern Alaska Range in 2023. From the western marginal moraine, the glacier’s movement is visible in looping moraines, while active icefalls continue to feed the upper basin. #Alaska #glacier #mountains #landscapephotography

A meltwater channel on the Black Rapids Glacier, divided by a narrow ice island and a balanced boulder. In the early melt season with limited englacial drainage, much of the water flows on the surface, making foot travel difficult at times. #alaska #glacier #hiking

Once again, the tune for today (& probably the year) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkqf...

While out photographing eagles this morning I came across this owl sleeping in a tree. #photography #birdphotography #birds

The Windchimes rock formations on a ridge near Mount Prindle in the White Mountains of Alaska, with low clouds moving through the spires. Hiking guide: www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide... #alaska #hiking #mountains

On AI data centers creating pollution. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#Gift Trump lies. "In fact, data shows that U.S.-born workers are doing moderately worse under Trump than they were under President Joe Biden because the labor market has weakened" wapo.st/49BFRKw

They bombed animals. I recall the first bombing of this ecopark when the war just began - they had no system to donate, so people bought all the tickets online, so they could get some funds to rebuild. And they did. They stayed with animals, shared videos of newborn “babies”. But russia had to kill

#Constitution says you have the right to protest, but you are in Trumpland now. "Strategic incapacitation is policing by preemption. Rather than responding to crowds, police constrain when, where, and whether they can form at all." www.wired.com/story/expire...

An absolute must to read and ponder. Right through to the end. By Spencer Ackerman. "Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did." www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...

The Roberts #SCOTUS allowed the Trump autocracy into existence, placing him above the law. Now Roberts demonstrates how clueless, how out-of-it he is by denying his courts actions. Roberts proves himself a flaming lying asshole. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

NY Times on Trump using the Presidency to enrich himself. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

An Anchorage judge found the state violated the Alaska Constitution when it reauthorized a wolf-killing policy first approved over a decade ago without considering new scientific population estimates for animals in the area.

#Gift Trump INTENDS TO WEAKEN #DOLLAR. Your money will be worth LESS. "“You make a helluva lot more money with a weaker dollar,” the president said in July." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

#Gift On Russia brutalizing its own soldiers. An incredible list of allegations!! Remember that Trump is in thrall to Putin & wants to copy him. Would this be the future of our soldiers under Hegseth? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...