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Tasha Boyer Dunbar

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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And also the way young lower 48 people are hired for field positions over Alaskans who apply & are not given even the courtesy of consideration...and then wondering why there's disengagement among locals. If we keep doing the same things, we're going to keep getting the same results.
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm not saying they all run this way. But more do than I am happy about. The willful blindness & audacity to think that you "have" to hire such & such conservative but can ask/expect BIPOC folks & women to volunteer for free... & the arrogance of thinking lots of media can > ruptures of trust...
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And insofar as they understand that hiring/contracting & paying people builds a coalition, they seem to apply this more to winning over conservatives (do u how how many former Dunleavy-supporting ppl Dems have hired?) than to winning over marginalized communities that have reason to be skeptical.
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What frustrates me is that in many Dem or left of center political campaigns in AK there's this almost axiomatic belief that fundraising should go towards data & media bc that's what persuades -- while not considering that who you hire/contract & pay can persuade & build trust -- or do the opposite.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Millennial Wealth: Avocado toast diapers.
Diapers woth avocados and avocado toast on them.
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Ivan Hodes @chugachmtnblues.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A vote for Dan Sullivan is a vote for white supremacy
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A GOP senator recited the Declaration of Independence — next to a Confederate flag. As he stood feet from the flag, Sen. Dan Sullivan spoke about the principle that all people are "created equal" and guaranteed the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." www.ms.now/news/dan-sul...
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GOP senator recites Declaration of Independence — next to a Confederate flag
As he stood a few feet from a Confederate flag, Sen. Dan Sullivan noted that everyone is guaranteed the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day! @iamtashafierce.bsky.social and I walked in the parade with the Bridge Builders.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@iamtashafierce.bsky.social joined me at the tattoo parlor this morning (but did not partake...)
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Petersburg Dan Sullivan has won his lawsuit. Carol Beecher and Nancy Dahlstrom violated Alaska law and the US Constitution.
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Just got a targeted ad for Alex Rosales in my pregnancy and postpartum app ???
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Just got a targeted ad for Alex Rosales in my pregnancy and postpartum app ???
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
An excerpt on the S-Corp loophole change that was posted to my official account on Instagram this week. I appreciate that my colleagues voted the amendment through, and I hope that the State House concurs.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In personal news, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy this weekend. His name is Layne, which was @iamtashafierce.bsky.social's late father's middle name. We are going to hold off on posting photos of our son's face for a while.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Here is the question that I asked of US Senator Dan Sullivan. I mentioned @marypeltola.com at the beginning, in part because it was true that we worked with her when she served in Congress, but also because she never gave a speech to the Legislature remotely as partisan as Sullivan's.
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
There’s a vigil for Sonia Espinoza Arriaga and her 3 children, the Soldotna family detained by ICE & deported to Tijuana w/o due process & despite being legal asylum seekers & w/ a work permit. Vigil: Mon, 2/23, 5 - 6 pm at St John’s 💒 on O’Malley
Flyer that says “candlelight vigil” & then all the info I included in the post plus a picture of people in pews holding up candles and underneath: “St John United Methodist Church, 1801 O’Malley Road”
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Narrator: he was, indeed, being partisan.
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 18/02/2026
Dunbar also noted that a lot of the action on Willow came under the Biden administration and with the help of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. Sullivan doesn't address that part.
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 18/02/2026
The final question goes to Anchorage Democratic Sen. Forrest Dunbar, who notes that Sullivan has said "yes" to Trump a lot but is he willing to say no, ever? Would he say no to the deployment of troops to Alaska?
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 18/02/2026
#akleg Dan Sullivan in front of my sign, "Hey Dan Sullivan! Extrajudicial killings are bad, actually."
Dan Sullivan standing in front of a sign saying, "Hey Dan Sullivan. Extrajudicial killings are bad, actually."
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
kinda long 🧵. 1/ Over the weekend, I attended the AK Democratic Party Central Cmte mtg. We heard from all of the D candidates for statewide office (Tom Begich, JKT, & Matt Claman for Gov, & Matt Schultz for Congress) & from the Ind candidate for statewide office (Bill Hill for Congress).
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My company has an extremely generous maternity leave policy. Knowing I’ll have plenty of time after baby arrives has done wonders in mentally preparing me for parenthood. I wish all working parents were able to feel supported by their workplaces!
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
It was a great game!
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This afternoon. Anchorage, AK stands with Minnesota.
Protest in downtown Anchorage.Don't Tread on Anyone sign.We the people will not be gaslit about extrajudicial killings.Stop the violating of human rights. Ban ICE. Immigrants make America great. Sign.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Shopping for stuff in preparation for my son's birth in February, and have now become aware of the Bluey Industrial Complex.
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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 21/12/2025
Looks like Forrest Dunbar is back from deployment just in time for the holidays. Watching this video, it seems the Dunbar’s will have even MORE to celebrate in 2026! 🍼
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
He’s home ❤️ @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Shout out to the Loussac for this fascism display
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Went as pregnant Padmé for Halloween this year :)
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My thoughts are with the people of Western Alaska. If emergency funds are needed, or funding needs to be reimbursed, I will absolutely support it this coming session. I hope and trust that our emergency services personnel will do all that they can.
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Happy birthday to @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social. I wish we could celebrate your special day together, but I’m grateful I got to visit you in Europe recently. Please stay safe on your deployment. If you’re even half as good a father as you are a husband, then our boy is going to be one lucky kid. 🩵
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Announcing the newest member of Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Class of 2044! We found out that @iamtashafierce.bsky.social was pregnant the first week of Forrest's mobilization in Poland. It has been an exciting but challenging time, doing this apart, but we still feel very blessed! ♥️
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
ESPN buying MLB.TV will inevitably make things worse but the only consolation is we no longer have to deal with Apple TV Friday Night Baseball. War is over 😌
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Comments I’ve gotten on FB in response to my pro-Ukraine reel. I love how kind and gentle conservatives are on the internet 🥰
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the scotts must be crazy @scottymax.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
very serious Alaskan journalism
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
It was really moving to see so many hundreds of Alaskans — + national & international media! — out there today in support of Ukraine, in support of democracy, in protest against Putin & Trump, in protest against fascism & genocide. 💙💛 w/ @chugachmtnblues.bsky.social @iamtashafierce.bsky.social
Me with my sign that says in Russian “Putin: hands off! Of Ukraine! Of Alaska!” & with blue shirt & jeans & yellow earrings. My 9-year-old son holding a Ukranian flag and looking down at a little dog with a sunflower in its collar. Behind us are many Ukranian flags and signs in midtown Anchorage, Alaska. A band playing and many signs on the ground in front of them, many Ukranian flags behind them Me with my sign that says in Russian “Putin: hands off! Of Ukraine! Of Alaska!” & with blue shirt & jeans & yellow earrings. Ivan Hodes, whose dear friend and West Point classmate died in battle in Ukraine, holding a sign that says “Putin is a war criminal” in stenciled blue and yellow letters, wearing a blue shirt and khakis. Behind us are many Ukranian and USA flags and signs in midtown Anchorage, Alaska. Tasha Boyer-Dunbar wearing blue and yellow and standing front of a Ukranian flag holding a sign that says “I can see fascists from my house” with a picture of a log cabin and the faces of Trump and Putin.
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Got interviewed by Australian news and this caption is SO funny to me
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My friend who works at Ted Stevens just sent me this pic. Wonder why Russian aircraft landed in the Anchorage civilian airport instead of the military base?
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Grabbed lunch in Bellingham with former ASD Superintendent Carol Comeau today! My brother and I both served as student reps to the Anchorage School Board when we were each in high school, and benefitted greatly from her years of leadership, commitment to students, and compassionate listening ear.
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Good things are still possible.
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Anchorage School District races to hire 20 more teachers after Legislature overrides veto
Anchorage school officials built their budget around a smaller per-student funding increase than what legislators ultimately restored — and now the district will receive about $10 million more than pl...
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I’m so glad that Alaska and Hawaiian Air could merge so that both could get significantly shittier
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
My 70-something-year-old mom trolling the Governor 😂
A handwritten note on a notecard that reads: 

Governor Dunleavy, 

Thank you so much for calling the special session in August. We were so afraid that waiting to deal with education until January 2026 would be too late to save school programs and jobs. Your foresight saved our schools and we appreciate everything you’ve done for Alaska’s children. 

Sincerely, 
Barbara Norton
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
24 hours in Juneau, Alaska: 5 things you can’t miss. Which of these have you done? #alaskasky #travelalaska #akleg
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Democrat Forrest Dunbar was on Nat Guard training in Poland and got personal leave, and bought his own ticket, to get back to AK and vote for the override. If you are wondering why the special session was scheduled when he was in Poland, well, I'm thinking no one imagined he would do what he did
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Tasha Boyer Dunbar @iamtashafierce.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Made a last-minute trip to Juneau to catch @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social before he heads back to Europe for his deployment. So proud of him for being the deciding 45th vote to override Dunleavy’s veto of education funding. Miss him already!
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I am so proud of the legislature 😭!!! And gratitude is due to @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social for going above & beyond to make this possible, which I believe should set a standard for what we expect of leadership. Don’t hold office if you’re going to, for example, slash & burn public schools & govt.
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 02/08/2025
And the legislature gets 45 votes to override the governor’s line item veto of $50m from the base student allocation funding. Looks like Rep. Costello was the lone person to flip from the vote setting the base student allocation. #akleg
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
“The problem is the governor” #akleg #akgov
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 23/07/2025
Anchorage Sen. Forrest Dunbar announced today that he WILL make it back for Dunleavy's surprise special session. Dunleavy scheduled it during Dunbar's deployment to undermine a veto override, specifically on K12 funding. Now I imagine there's a non-zero chance it gets canceled. #akleg #akgov
 To my constituents and the People of Alaska,

Good morning from Europe. My office has received numerous inquiries about whether or not I will be attending the Special Session on August 2nd. As everyone is aware, should the Legislature be called into session, we have five days in which to override the Governor’s veto of the critical education funds that we added at the end of last session, through a balanced, bipartisan compromise. I am currently mobilized with the Alaska Army National Guard, a fact which I announced in May, and for which I received an excused absence on the Floor of the Legislature.  However, the Legislature obviously does not control the actions of the Governor. When he declared that we would be called into Special Session, I began seeking an Exception to Policy from my Federal chain of command, so that I could use Leave, return to Alaska on my own dime, and join my colleagues for that vote. Fortunately, the timing is such that I can make this journey without interference with the performance of my military duties, in accordance with DoDI 1344.10. I am pleased to report that the commanding general to whom our unit now reports has indeed granted that request. I plan to return to Alaska for the start of the Special Session, and I will be voting yes to override, so that our students have the funds they need to avoid catastrophic cuts to their schools.

Sincerely,

Forrest Dunbar
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