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Alaska Governor Snubs the President and the Troops

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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In what Alaskans hope is not becoming a longstanding tradition, the new governor just dissed the President of the United States.

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Senator Mark Begich's Town Hall on Health Care: Tales from a Survivor

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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We know that people that go to health care town halls really aren't interested in what anyone has to say. But to see it so clearly and so close at a meeting in Anchorage this weekend was quite something.

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Memories Adjacent to Ted Kennedy

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy, Alaska Politics, Rfk Assassination, Senator Kennedy, Senator Dodd, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Matt Browner Hamlin

Teddy never did endorse Senator Dodd for president, and I can't imagine how that may have hurt him. If it did, he never showed it to his staff -- and so people like me who worked for Dodd briefly bore a grudge that our boss would not.

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Voter Irregularities for Senior Advisor to President Obama?

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Registration, President Obama, Alaska Politics, Pete Rouse, Alaska, Peter Rouse, Kim Elton, Voter Fraud, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

Peter M. Rouse, one of three men listed as 'Senior Advisor' to President Barack Obama apparently voted as absentee in Alaska as recently as the 2008 election in violation of Alaskan election laws

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Levi Johnston

Jeff Danziger | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Palin Popularity Still High Despite Spate Of Negative News

CBS News | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Palin insists she's been focusing on one thing -- governing Alaska -- since the presidential election. But, observes Early Show national corres...

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Keith Olbermann Broke Up with Me

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Break Up, Alaska, Ted Stevens, Senate Race, Mark Begich, Keith Olbermann, Shannyn Moore, Sarah Palin, Rejection, Alaska Politics, Bill Maher, Oregon, Media News
Shannyn Moore

Keith Olbermann has the temerity to ask if it's too late to sell Alaska back to the Russians -- repeatedly. America's liberal boy-wonder is breaking up with me.

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Sarah Palin: She's Gotta Have It

Howard Bragman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens, Alaska Politics, Palin Senator, Palin Ted Stevens, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Howard Bragman

What happens when Ted Stevens is kicked out of office? Why, the Alaskan Governor herself gets to appoint a replacement. There's nothing stopping Ms. Palin from appointing the reflection in her mirror.

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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 Juror Lied, Left Trial To Go To Horse Races

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Trial, Ted Stevens Juror, Ted Stevens Corruption, Ted Stevens Guilty, Alaska, Alaska Politics, Horses, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and fle...

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Stevens Demands Mistrial In Corruption Case

AP | TOM HAYS and JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge rejected a vigorous defense bid Thursday for a mistrial in the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens despite fin...

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Palin Kept Donations From Corrupt Politicians

AP | STEVE QUINN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin felt so strongly about the public corruption indictment of a Republican state senator this summer that she urged hi...

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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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