Don Young

GOP Rep. Spent Campaign Cash Freely: FBI Source

AP | By NIGEL DUARA | Posted 04.23.2012

-- Documents released by the FBI show that a source told investigators that an Alaska congressman and his late wife spent campaign money on hunting t...

Bobby Rush, Not The First To Violate Hat Rule

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.28.2012

On Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was escorted off the House floor for wearing a hoodie in honor of Trayvon Martin, the teenager killed in Florid...

WATCH: Congressman Flips Out On Professor

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 01.20.2012

Alaska Congressman Don Young got into a heated discussion with Rice University professor Doug Brinkley at a hearing on Friday. Young addressed Brin...

When Despots and Bullies Run The Government (VIDEO)

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 01.19.2012

Shawn Lawrence Otto

A heated exchange between two Congressmen and a historian they didn't want to hear from shows what happens to democracy when knowledge is no longer the arbiter of what is true, but is simply another "way of knowing."

Suspicious Packages Sent To Alaska Senators, Congressman

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 10.15.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Suspicious packages were received through the mail Monday by Alaska's three-member congressional delegation and at least two cont...

Alaska Congressman Sponsors Natural Gas-Powered Pork

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 08.08.2011

AlaskaDispatch.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Among fiscal Republicans, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energy subsidies are quickly becoming taboo. Palin recently w...

Rep. Don Young and Domestic Terrorists Sitting in a Tree

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

Cliff Schecter

It's time for the NRA to stop playing footsie with domestic terrorists and those who plot to kill cops and judges, just to pad their bottom line.

AK-Sen: 43% Miller (R), 28% McAdams (D), 18% Murkowski (WI) (Ivan Moore 9/23-27)

Posted 05.25.2011

Ivan Moore Research 9/23-27/10; 750 likely voters, 3.7% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (Ivan Moore release) Alaska 2010 Senate 43%...

Don Young: Gulf Oil Spill 'Not An Environmental Disaster'

Posted 05.25.2011

Don't worry about the oil spilling into the Gulf, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) says, because the worst spill in U.S. history is "not an environmental dis...

Don Young Part Of FBI Investigation On Bribery Charges

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011

An Alaska businessman admitted to giving gifts to Republican Rep. Don Young, the state's long-serving sole congressman, in a confession made public th...

Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

Whitewashing the Polar Bear Trophy Imports

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Markarian

Allowing imports, driven by personal stories, has always been the tack of the trophy hunting groups and it's precisely what has allowed mass killings of polar bears by Americans to occur.

The LIEonization of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

The wrongs of the Bush DOJ do not make Ted Stevens innocent nor do they exonerate him. The attempts to make him a martyr by local right wing apologists are pathetic.

Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and Tim Griffin Walk Into a Bar...

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

Why did Karl Rove's right-hand man and special assistant to George W. Bush, under Congressional investigation for felony vote caging, come to Alaska over 20 times last year?

Hope + Lessig = Change

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sarah Newman

Lawrence Lessig, through his group, Change Congress, has already done some of the important legwork to get us involved in removing the influence of special interests in Congress.

Sarah's Social Action Snapshot: The Rod Blagojevich Awards

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sarah Newman

While it's amusing to read about politicians who thought they could surreptitiously pass below the radar, it's important for citizens like you and me to make sure they're held accountable

The Sacrament of Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

Anyone who thinks we don't need a more transparent election process here in Alaska because their candidate is in the lead is a pathetic partisan hack.

The Mystery of the Missing Alaskan Votes

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

ProPublica

Adding to the mystery of the missing Alaskan voters, there was the fact that the poll predictions were wrong.

ALASKA ELECTION UPDATE: The Envelopes Please

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

All camps -- Stevens and Begich in the Senate race, and Don Young and Ethan Berkowitz in one of the House races with the strangest results -- are still at work. It feels like 2000 Bush-Gore around here.

Alaska On eBay? Election Numbers Update

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

Alaska needs an election autopsy STAT. This year's turnout was smaller than the election of 2004 by 6.1%. I would have to smoke more than salmon to believe that Alaska, with Palin on the ballot, decided to sit this one out.

Stolen Election from Alaska?

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

We're supposed to believe that overall participation decreased by 11%. This historic election both nationally and for Alaska had the lowest Alaska turnout for a presidential race ever!?! Something stinks.

Ted Stevens Holds Slim Lead, Race Undecided

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a sometimes thrilling, sometimes bumpy run in the national spotlight, Alaska saw its governor defeated for vice presid...

Jason Linkins

Rep. Don Young (R-AK) Blames Stevens Conviction On D.C. Residents

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

So, as you no doubt know, two days ago, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was convicted of multiple counts of making false statements about a quarter million...

Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.