This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

A printable, shareable reminder for Alaskans. Don't talk to cops. Period. Full-stop. End of sentence. Tell your friends. Tell your neighbor. Tell your mom. Tell your coworker. Tell your auntie. Tell your kids. Yes, all of them from patrol cops to ICE agents. Even if they're family. #alaskasky

Baldwin to RFK Jr: "You cannot tell us that you want to make America healthy again when you are willfully destroying programs that keep children safe and healthy from lead poisoning ... the entire staff has been fired"

The ACLU of Alaska, League of Women Voters, and Native American Rights Fund will host a panel on the SAVE Act’s impact on voters and how to take action to protect voting rights. Join the conversation! 5/20 @ 6:00 p.m. in person (Anchorage) & online. register here: shorturl.at/ICzTk

Trump's first 100 days: Native healthcare in turmoil with frozen grants, staffing cuts, and $900 million in proposed IHS reductions. Tribal leaders warn of dire consequences as treaty obligations hang in the balance. Read more.

Please share this with active duty folks in your life. girightshotline.org/en/about/

Empty Chair Town Hall – Juneau 📅 Thursday, March 20 | 🕡 6:30-8:00 PM 📍 Mendenhall Public Library Senator Dan Sullivan has declined to meet with constituents during his visit—or at a later date. In response, we’re holding an Empty Chair Town Hall to ensure Alaskans’ voices are heard!

Chicken Dan found his voice but says the wrong things.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

To leave a message of solidarity with President Zelensky and Ukrainian Embassy 🇺🇦 [email protected] +1-202-349-2963

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

This is sort like bringing a spreadsheet to a knife fight, but data on financial risk of nonprofits losing government grants. www.urban.org/research/pub...

It takes a special kind of villainy to see hungry kids and think, Nah, let’s make this worse. But the Anchorage Republican Women's Club (ARWC)? Oh, they’re up to the challenge.

Maddow tries to shake Jeffries into meeting the moment: "Policy doesn't feel like the main convo…we are in the middle of a Ketamine-fueled autocratic power grab rendering Congress irrelevant, making the rule of law an afterthought if not a joke”: Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...

Alaskans: please pay attention to how Dunleavy and Treg Taylor attempt to wash away protections for disabled people little by little to enable their 'school choice' business and to stand with their idealogues in other states and in the Trump admin. www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...

Elon’s mass harassment email to all federal employees underscores the importance of having unions to represent workers against abusive management.

So, around 75 people showed up to protest in Fairbanks, which isn’t bad for it being well below freezing. Lots of supportive honking! If you’re in the area, another protest is planned for 4–6pm at Rep. Begich’s Fairbanks office: 542 4th Avenue, Suite 204

Anchorage Friends, a reminder that Moms 4 Liberty-endorsed Nazi Alexander Rosales will be the guest speaker at an M4L event this evening on the south side. Come join me and show up to ask impertinent questions! Nazis must be confronted repeatedly and in numbers. #akelect #anchorage #alaskasky

O'Malley: "This is not about efficiency. This is about two things. This is about stealing the personal data of Americans. And it is about taking a lifetime of earned benefits, your Social Security benefits, and turning it into a bitcoin bank."

Again, this man, Alexander, is running for School Board in Anchorage, Alaska. #akelect #anchorage

Alaskans, please testify in favor of HB 69 to increase the BSA (public school funding) on Wednesday, Jan. 29! Choose the 8 am or 5 pm time to call in at your LEO office ((907) 269-0111 in Anchorage). www.adn.com/politics/ala...