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Paula Dunn

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
Trump: "The one thing we have is oil is a little high, but oil is much lower than it was for Biden" (Energy prices are much higher now than they were when Biden left office)
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 1h
🤔 waiting on further information …. “It doesn’t include the amount mentioned earlier or any statement that we are directly committing to the project, just that we are beginning the review process,” Kim said in an interview Thursday with Yonhap News TV. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Trump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials say
The South Korean trade minister said Trump's announcement "went beyond what was agreed" and denied that the country had committed to investing in the Alaska LNG project.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 2h
❣️🇺🇸VOTE
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 2h
In my humble opinion .. ❣️Alaska generally votes the person not a party because .. ❣️ we hope ❣️ the person we elect supports honorable reasonable laws & regulations that allow for personal choice, prosperity & care of both people & resources.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 3h
❣️🇺🇸 TY Mary Peltola NYTIMES.. “Mary’s political talent, has been her ability to inhabit those tensions.” “she is born of those tensions. Ms. Peltola is Alaska and Nebraska, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and the Lower 48, Yup’ik collectivism and American individualism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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‘She’s One of Us’: Mary Peltola’s Bumpy Rise to Political Power (Gift Article)
Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska, has complicated politics: She is pro-gun, pro-oil and pro-gas — but also pro-environment and especially pro-fish.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3h
Scathing from Judge Edelman: Given his first indictment, the notion that the grand jury process would protect David Hearn from another "meritless, politically driven prosecution" is nothing short of "facetious."
Given the process that led to the Indictment in this case, Mr. Hearn and the public
cannot view the promise that a future grand jury would protect him against a meritless,
politically driven prosecution at some point in the future as anything short of facetious ‘The government indicted Mr. Hearn at a near-record pace, with the grand jury voting on the charge less than two weeks after his arrest. At the time the Indictment was returned, some of the government's own initial conclusions as to the origins of the damage to the Reflecting Pool’s liner were equivocal at bes
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democracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 21h
Erosion of Due Process: Expanded mandatory detention policies mean that ICE is holding individuals indiscriminately, leaving almost no pathway for release outside of deportation. Overcrowding has severely limited detainees' access to legal counsel and family support.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 22h
Governor Tony Knowles has always put Alaska first. He fought to get every child healthcare, stood up for Alaska Native Tribes and subsistence rights, and delivered bipartisan wins for our state. I'm honored to have his support. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DJTeffect… wapo.st/4dg5MJj
wapo.st
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❣️🇺🇸Thank you HCR ❣️⚖️🇺🇸 Jack Smith heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The prosecution is struggling in oral argument over whether Judge Boasberg can conduct contempt proceedings; the judges are pointing out its position is contrary to its own internal rules. You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A1B...
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❣️⚖️🇺🇸 Jack Smith & each of those who faithfully serve the rule of law, the Constitution & equal justice for all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❣️YLE “What this means for you: Now is the time to get your flu vaccine. Usually, advice is in October (the common saying is “flu before boo”), but for maximum protection, I think that advice will be late this year.” yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/flu-is-her...
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Flu is here early. Plus Covid, mosquitoes, and more.
The Dose (Sept 29)
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Profiteering 🤡s DJT & GOP “the immediate cause of the latest interest rate spike was Trump's rejection of an Iranian proposal to end the war. This rejection sent crude oil prices, which for a while had fallen considerably, shooting back up:” TY Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...
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The Beclowning of Scott Bessent
Another Trump enabler pays the price
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump wanted to sell weapons to china? Can’t wait for this traitor, this enemy within, to be impeached and removed
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The world might look very different right now if Judge Boasberg had been able to hold contempt proceedings in 2025 & the administration had been held accountable. Instead, emboldened by his success, Trump continues to treat the courts like a game to be played. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...
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Consequences
Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A federal judge just blocked FEMA from withholding anti-terrorism funds from local governments that don't change how they run elections. It's the latest blow to Trump's attempts to rewrite election rules.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had a great chat with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." We agree: The Trump-Russia scandal is no hoax. Check it out. Learn more about the book (or order it) at HowRussiaWon.com
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Trump Called Russia a Hoax. David Corn Says Putin Won
YouTube video by Zeteo
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My new book—HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the Fight for America—is now out. It's the full story of Putin's decade-long clandestine attack on the US to aid Trump & Trump's complicity in this assault. See this video narrated by Nick Offerman. Learn more & order at HowRussiaWon.com.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
snyder.substack.com/p/regime-cha...
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Regime Change and Corruption with Anne Applebaum
A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
❣️Mary Peltola “Alaska has a long tradition of bipartisanship and working across the aisle to get things done TedStevens and DonYoung ignored Lower 48 partisanship to fight for things like public media and disaster relief because rural Alaska depends on them” marypeltola.substack.com/p/why-im-in-...
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My decision
This campaign is heating up, so today I’m reaching out to re-introduce myself.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s going to be another buckle up kind of week, with lots of lawsuits and legal issues in motion. Here’s what I’m watching and why it matters: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
September 27, 2026
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.
“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
THE SOUTH CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS You don’t get to profit off Black athletes on Saturday, then spend the rest of the week gerrymandering Black political power out of existence. We know what’s up! Hakeem Jeffries makes the connection perfectly.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
❣️Mary Peltola “Dan Sullivan makes Alaskans more reliant on purchasing groceries to feed their families, he's voted 13 times to jack up prices by supporting the Iran war that's sent fuel prices sky high. These fuel prices trickle down to every aspect of life” marypeltola.substack.com/p/neqa?r=9la...
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Neqa
For me, fish isn’t a campaign slogan or a joke. It’s our way of life.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‼️for DJT.. “China scare is the perfect pretext for his own meddling in the midterms, a threat to be invoked when useful and forgotten when not. How else do you explain that his answer to the supposed attack on our elections from China is to roll out the red carpet” open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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This morning’s hangover is bad. And it won’t go away.
Donald Trump partied last night with communists and billionaires, providing pretty much the worst political optics for a man with abysmal approval ratings.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres
As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇺🇦“Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia continued to threaten countries beyond Ukraine, including Moldova, Poland and the Baltic states, while showing “no respect” for the sovereignty of countries in the south Caucasus and central Asia.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says
Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
❣️🇺🇸 Thank you Mary Petola for your long history of supporting Alaskans. ❣️🇺🇸Looking forward to your service as our Senator. ❣️🇺🇸 Vote www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mary Peltola’s campaign says reports of her using slurs and shoving staffer are exaggerated
Alaska Democratic nominee in pivotal Senate race ‘struggled to deal with her grief’ after death of husband and mother, spokesperson said
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
You could have had Mary Peltola!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26/09/2026
Three times in a row, the high court rebuffed a long shot redistricting effort. on.wsj.com/46H544j
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The Supreme Court on Friday told Missouri Republicans no—yet again
Three times in a row, the high court rebuffed a long shot redistricting effort.
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇺🇸VOTE.. “Trump thanked the chief justice so effusively. Was it because the Roberts court had, exactly a year earlier, allowed Trump to stay on the electoral ballot even though he had inspired a violent mob attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism
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Paula Dunn @kenaiseasky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
❣️🇺🇸 VOTE In November to VOTE in the future “Because existing law blocks most States from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, the immediate impact of the program on the upcoming midterms is likely limited.” ground.news/article/supr...
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Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system
The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens ​but critics contend could disenfranchi...
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