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Don Young Part Of FBI Investigation On Bribery Charges

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don Young Confession, Don Young Fbi, Don Young Sentencing, Don Young Alaska, Don Young Charges, Don Young Investigation, Fbin Investigation, Don Young, Don Young Bribery, Don Young Criminal Activity, Politics News

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...

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Stimulus Money, Boston Patriots, Keith Olbermann, Don Young, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Americans for Prosperity, Brett Gibson, Alaska Bar, Mccain-and-Greenberg-Traurig, Socialist, Bernie Madoff, Tarp, Tim Phillips, Arctic Paws, Freedom Works, Pebble Mine, Vanity Fair, Duane Gibson, Kenai River Classic, Alaska Legislature, Brooks Brothers Riot, 2000 Florida Recount, Livingston Group, Fake Outrage, Rachel Maddow, Thomm Hartmann, Ponzi Scheme, Fox News, Birthers, Stimulus Funds, Astro-Turfing, Politics News
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.

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Whitewashing the Polar Bear Trophy Imports

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polar Bears, Climate Change, Safari Club, Trophy Hunting, Don Young, Animals, Global Warming, Politics News
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.

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The LIEonization of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Lisa Murkowski, Ted Stevens, Alaska Senate, Fisheries, Michael Mukasey, Don Young, Senator Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Eric Holder, Politics News
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.

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

Shannyn Moore | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Ben Ginsberg, Anglo-American-Mining-Company-Alaska, Alaska, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Tim Griffin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin, Mercury Public Affairs, Don Young, US Attorney Firings, Swift Boat Veterans, Bristol Bay, Politics News
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?

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Hope + Lessig = Change

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Citizen Lobbyist, Michele Bachman, Casino Jack, Congress, change.org, Charlie Rangel, Interior Department Staff's Drug Use and Sex Scandal, Barack Obama, Lawrence Lessig, McCain-Feingold Act, Government Accountability, Rod Blagojevich, Takepart, Open Government, Ethics, Change Congress, New York Times, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizen Voices, Don Young, Politics News
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.

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Sarah's Social Action Snapshot: The Rod Blagojevich Awards

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Races, Crew, Joseph McCarthy, Rod Blagojevich, Michele Bachman, Citizens for Responsibilty and Ethics in Washington, Don Young, Charlie Rangel, Blagojevich Awards, Politics News
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

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The Sacrament of Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Reaction, Ethan Berkowitz, Alaska Election, Don Young, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Mark Begich, Election Integrity, Politics News
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.

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The Mystery of the Missing Alaskan Votes

ProPublica | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Ted Stevens, Alaska, Don Young, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
ProPublica

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

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ALASKA ELECTION UPDATE: The Envelopes Please

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Results 2008, Election Results 2004, Ted Stevens, Ethan Berkowitz, Alaska Election, Absentee Votes, Election Mark Begich, Alaska, Don Young, Alaska Elections, Politics News
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.

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Alaska On eBay? Election Numbers Update

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ethan Berkowitz, Election Fraud, Anthem, Vapored, H, Obama, Don Young, Election Tampering, Alaska Election, Alaska Vote, Politics News
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.

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Stolen Election from Alaska?

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ethan Berkowitz, Early Voting, Election Fraud, Missing Ballots, Stinks, Election Results, Don Young, Voter Turn Out, Alaska Politics, Alaska Voting Problems, Alaska Election, Alaska, Shannyn Moore, Alaska Elections, Alaska Election Fraud, Politics News
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.

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Ted Stevens Holds Slim Lead, Race Undecided

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Senate Races, Alaska, Senator, Alaskan Senator, Alaska House Race, Alaska Senate Race, House Races, Don Young, Politics News

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

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Home Rule Charter, DC Voting Rights, Washington DC, Don Young, VECO Corp, Dcist, Senate Races, Politics News

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...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Lott, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Inouye, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Tasergate, Prewitt, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, Cunningham, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Alaskanisms, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Convicted, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, Veco, State Senator, Politics News
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."

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, State Senator, Lott, Inouye, Tasergate, Prewitt, Cunningham, Alaskanisms, Veco, Politics News
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.

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Palin Love Can't Save Alaska GOP

Politico | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Reelection, Alaska House Race, Alaska Senate Race, Alaska Election, Ted Stevens, Alaska Republicans, Sarah Palin, Alaska Gop, Don Young, Politics News

Apparently, putting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on the Republican presidential ticket was enough to take the state's electoral votes out of play, but ...

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Seth Colter Walls

Don Young Winning Primary Despite Investigation: Bad News For Alaska GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Republican Primary, Ted Stevens, Indictment, Don Young, Alaska Governor, Palin, Politics News

The GOP can't catch a break in Alaska. First Senator Ted Stevens was indicted for by a federal grand jury and insisted on a trial before the election ...

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The Bridge to Nowhe-- Leavenworth?

Carl Pope | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Bridge to Nowhere, Environment, Frank Murkowski, Alaska Senator Race, Alaska, Don Young, Elizabeth Dole, Ted Stevens Indictment, Politics News
Carl Pope

Ted Stevens' indictment reminds me of Al Capone's eventual conviction for tax evasion. Stevens has presided over a massive raid on the federal treasury for years.

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Another Alaska Republican Covered In Scandal

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Bill Allen, Alaska Corruption, Alaska, John Cowdery, Don Young, VECO Corp, Alaska Oil, Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, Home News
Amanda Coyne

GOP lawmakers John Cowdery and Donny Olson were secretly recorded in a restaurant with former VECO oil executive Bill Allen. "[Allen] wants you "to vote the way we voted... [We] can probably go $25,000."

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Seth Colter Walls

Alaska Republicans Weighed Down By Legal Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Ted Stevens, Don Young, Alaska, Senator Ted Stevens, Senate 08, Senate 2008, Barack Obama, Politics News

In an article that got buried underneath a holiday news cycle late last week, the AP revealed that Alaska Rep. Don Young has been using campaign donat...

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Embattled Alaska Congressman Turns To "Wolfpack" Of Lobbyists For Help

McClatchy Newspapers | Sean Cockerham and Erika Bolstad | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Wolfpack, AK Wolfpack, Don Young Lobbyists, Don Young Scandal, Don Young, Don Young AK Wolfpack, Alaska Lobbyists, Politics News

Facing bad publicity and a dwindling campaign account, U.S. Rep. Don Young last year turned to the "AK Wolfpack," a group of more than 20 lobbyists, i...

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Life Is A Picnic For Democrats In Alaska

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Diane Benson, Mark Begich, Ethan Berkowitz, Alaska Politics, Don Young, Alaska Corruption, Republicans Alaska, Fifty State Strategy, Obama Anwr, Alaska Obama, Obama West, Republicans West, 50 State Strategy, Home News
Amanda Coyne

When the FBI arrived in 2006 brandishing warrants, the official Democratic Party line was: "It's a sad day for Alaska." But many of us could barely contain our glee. We'd been screaming about corruption forever.

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GOP Intern's Memo Revealed: 'Eat What The Congressman's Wife Tells You To Eat'

The Hill | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don Young's Wife, Young Intern Memo, Gop Intern, Don Young, Eat What She Tells You to Eat, Intern Memo, Politics News

Several lobbyists, including hired guns who worked on transportation, Interior and Alaska issues, had unparalleled access to Rep. Don Young's (R-Alask...

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Ted Stevens, Ethan Berkowitz, Bribery, 50 State Strategy, Don Young, Campaign, FBI Raid, Republican, Bribe, Mark Begich, 2008, Ethics, 2008 Campaign, Graft, John McCain, Alaska, House, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, 2008 Election, Democrats, Scandal, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Earmarks, 2008 Presidential Race, Senate, Earmark, Anchorage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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