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Noxious Notions From the Heritage Foundation

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
Lee A. Saunders

Conservatives are being forced to take sides: They can either stand with promoters of inflammatory tracts -- like the Heritage Foundation and their hack Jason Richwine -- or they can stand with Americans in both parties who are working to fix our broken immigration system.

Republicans from California, Alaska Co-Sponsor Protections for Marijuana Farmers

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
AlaskaDispatch.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska's Rep. Don Young has signed on to a bill in Congress that would protect marijuana users from federal prosecution in states...

Racial Slur Controversy Unlikely To Derail GOP Rep

RealClearPolitics | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

In his four decades as Alaska’s lone representative in the U.S. House, Republican Don Young has shown a penchant for creating controversy that is pe...

Rubio on Deck

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Senator Marco Rubio, Cuban-American from Florida, is now officially "on deck." He is idly swinging a practice bat back and forth, in anticipation of his first real major-league performance. This moment, it should be noted, has taken a long time to get here.

11 Racist Remarks Made By Politicians

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

After drawing national attention for using the term "wetback" to describe workers employed by his father, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) came under fire fr...

Immigration Reform Evolution

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Joe Peyronnin

Immigration is just one of many issues for Latinos, who now number about 50 million in the U.S. The economy, jobs, education, family and health care are all important. But Republicans candidates' message, for instance on social issues, is not in sync with a majority of Latinos.

The Latest GOP Attempt at Hispanic Outreach

Daniel Cubias | Posted 03.31.2013 | Latino Voices
Daniel Cubias

Every time I write about the GOP's image problem with Latino voters, some conservative sends me an angry missive insisting that it's all the liberal media spreading lies. And then a GOP leader will say something like this: "My father had a ranch. We used to have 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes."

Friday Talking Points -- Don Young Shows GOP How Not To Reach Out To Minorities

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

While it certainly was (quoting the Flintstones theme) a "gay old time" in Washington this week, I have already spent the whole week on the subject, so I'm really only going to mention it in passing.

Latinos Aren't Happy With Young

The Huffington Post | Roque Planas | Posted 03.29.2013 | Latino Voices

Latinos across the political spectrum slammed Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young on Friday for using the derogatory term “wetback” to refer to Hispa...

John Boehner Issues Stern Words Against Fellow Republican's Racial Slur

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

Multiple Republicans strongly condemned Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Friday for his use of the slur "wetbacks" to refer to Latino farm workers, with H...

GOP Congressman 'Meant No Disrespect' With 'Wetbacks' Slur

Posted 03.30.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alaskan Rep. Don Young, one of the most senior Republicans in the House, has apologized for using the racial slur "wetbacks" in ref...

GOP Rep Uses Racial Slur In Radio Interview

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) turned heads on Thursday, using a racial slur to describe Latinos. Addressing the United States' jobs situation in a radi...

Congressman Don Young's '50-60 Wetbacks'

Shannyn Moore | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
Shannyn Moore

In an interview with Ketchikan's KRBD, Alaska's one and only Congressman, Republican Don Young, was able to include a racial slur in comments regarding the economy and employment.

Ethics Committee Investigates Congressmen

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics

-- The House Ethics Committee says it is forming special panels to investigate Reps. Don Young, of Alaska, and Rob Andrews of New Jersey. One panel ...

Michael McAuliff

Republican Backs Hawaii Democrat For Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.24.2012 | Politics

Does cloyingly cute bipartisanship work in Senate contests? The campaign of Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) thinks so, and it has rolled out a 90-seco...

The Time to Toss Pebble Mine is Now. Really.

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 09.18.2012 | Green
Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

Here in Alaska, the proposed Pebble Mine project is not a partisan issue, but it is very political. We have a lot at stake. And right now, we can actually help to influence how this all turns out.

GOP Rep. Spent Campaign Cash Freely: FBI Source

AP | By NIGEL DUARA | Posted 04.23.2012 | Politics

-- 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 | Politics

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 | Politics

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 | Politics
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 | Politics

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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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 | Politics

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 | Politics

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...