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Lois Epstein

@loisep.bsky.social
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Alaskan, environmentalist, engineer, museophile.

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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Korean officials confirm no deal exists to invest in Alaska natural gas pipeline | Alaska Beacon
The nation’s industry minister implies that the Trump administration lied during a White House news conference this week.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is important. The Alaska gas pipeline is not a done deal despite Trump’s announcement. 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 liquefied natural gas project was one of three Korean investments Trump announced Wednesday.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump sleeping while Alaska Gov. Dunleavy talks. Classic.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Whittier, Alaska is temporarily receiving natural gas from our friends in Canada after a pipeline leak shut off gas transmission to the community. Thank you, Canada, from your friends in Alaska! @pstrust.bsky.social www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Temporary source of gas headed to Whittier amid outage prompted by pipeline repairs
A container with LNG and a vaporizer trailer are on their way to the city of about 250 people, which has been without natural gas since Aug. 16.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
After @govdunleavy.bsky.social supported the Trump Administration's fisheries deregulation, an Alaska fisher-woman said that the AK Governor does not speak for her. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
adn.com
Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy does not speak for me on Alaska’s fisheries
The governor’s call for deregulation ignores research and innovation that sustain Alaska’s seafood industry.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
No major oil companies bid on today’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) coastal plain lease sale! Only the State of Alaska’s economic development agency and a tiny oil company, Hex Energy LLC, bid.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
$1.8 BILLION stolen to fund traitors. "This is many levels of outrage. They’re screwing Congress’s instruction. They’re really abusing and exploiting the court. And of course, they’re lying to us and [it’s] all about trying to whitewash the January 6th episode." newrepublic.com/article/2106...
newrepublic.com
Transcript: Trump IRS Shakedown Takes Darker Turn: “Stinks...Illegal”
As Trump reaches a “settlement” with DOJ that hands $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to a fund he controls, a legal expert explains just how corrupt this truly is—and why it might backfire for the GOP.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“He can just make up a lawsuit — it doesn’t have to be anything that would survive in court because he simply orders his Justice Department to settle it. He can build the ballroom this way, he can build his triumphal arch this way, he can fund the Iran war...” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dojs-an...
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DOJ’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Creates a ‘Profound Loophole’ in the Congressional Appropriations Process
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announced the creation of a nearly...
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Tiny Coldfoot, Alaska turned out to stop the proposed Ambler road when @deptofinterior.bsky.social Secretary Burgum, @govdunleavy.bsky.social, and Congressman @nickbegich.bsky.social this week. Thank you to those who understand that Alaska should remain wild and support subsistence.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Even though the Trump Admin. will include Ambler mining in its FAST-41 expedited permitting program, federal laws still must be complied with. @deptofinterior.bsky.social states that mining projects take 2-5 years to permit in Australia and Canada (more in the US). www.doi.gov/pressrelease...
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Trump Administration Adds Key Mining Projects to FAST-41 | U.S. Department of the Interior
In support of President Donald J. Trump’s directive to accelerate domestic critical mineral production, the Department of the Interior is taking steps to streamline permitting processes and improve fe...
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
America doesn’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz — but rural Alaska does alaskabeacon.com/2026/04/23/a...
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America doesn’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz — but rural Alaska does | Alaska Beacon
How global oil chokepoints, fragile supply chains and federal policy choices collide in Alaska’s most vulnerable communities.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Anchorage rocks! Thousands here. 20 degrees and a great turnout and organization!
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Fantastic! Thank you Senator Murkowski. 💙💙💙 from Anchorage. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...
nytimes.com
G.O.P. Senator Weighs Forcing Congress to Vote to Authorize the Iran War
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Focusing on Juneau, this article highlights what the lack of smart oil and other taxes is doing to Alaska. I think AK is a failing state in part because the current governor has so harmed youth and college education that capable young people don't want to move here. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
nytimes.com
A Critical Political Season Could Decide if Alaska Is a Failed ‘Petrostate’
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm mourning the permanent loss of NW Alaska's Arctic region's wild lands as the NPRA will be covered with oil exploration and likely development after today's lease sale. This is a direct result of Trump's overturning of the previous, scientifically sound, management plan.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Good and thanks! Alaska’s U.S. senators back effort to waive $100k visa fee for public school employees alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/17/a...
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Alaska’s U.S. senators back effort to waive $100k visa fee for public school employees | Alaska Beacon
Alaska's U.S. senators are cosponsoring new legislation in Congress as state lawmakers and school officials urge action to keep teachers in Alaska classrooms.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The federal govt didn't do its homework on the Strait of Hormuz and now it may make a similar mistake by not studying the cost and other problems with the proposed Ambler road. The mining companies could go bankrupt and potential returns then would be gone. www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2026/0...
miningnewsnorth.com
White House considers Ambler Road funding
A direct equity partnership in the critical minerals infrastructure project is being weighed. From equity stakes in mining companies such as MP Materials and Trilogy Metals to the proposed $12 billion...
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Here’s a piece I wrote with China Kantner of Kotzebue. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion: Before chasing megaprojects, Alaska must face the real costs
The Ambler road and LNG pipeline promise development, but their multibillion-dollar price tags and subsistence impacts demand a harder look.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Love this story and its photos. Go Jody Potts-Joseph! www.vogue.com/article/idit...
vogue.com
Inside the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, an Alaska Native Tradition With Cultural Flair
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Alaska’s legislators need to know how expensive the Ambler road project will be. www.adn.com/business-eco...
adn.com
Conservation group study asserts Ambler Road will cost Alaska billions
The head of the state agency behind the road responded that it’s working to nail down a final cost, and said there are many unknowns and potential savings.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Fantastic opinion piece. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
adn.com
Opinion: Alaska needs more than blood money bailouts to provide for our future
Once again, extreme suffering abroad is likely to slightly alleviate some suffering in Alaska.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Good news for Alaska's environment including its Cook Inlet beluga whales! #Alaska www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...
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Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Alaska’s Governor Dunleavy spent nearly $30 mill. in state dollars on this ferry project that may not be finished and that communities don’t want. That $28.5 mill., if reappropriated as state match $, could fund $285 mill. in roads/bridges statewide. www.adn.com/politics/ala...
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Lawmakers slam Dunleavy officials over plan for new ferry terminal north of Juneau
Legislators questioned a decision to spend $28.5 million on the Cascade Point ferry terminal amid local opposition.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Cale Green on Instagram: "To Senators Lisa Murkowski & Dan Sullivan — I’m a registered Republican in Alaska. What ICE did in Minneapolis was a violation of our constitutional rights, plain and simple....
1,293 likes, 124 comments - officialcalegreen on January 25, 2026: "To Senators Lisa Murkowski & Dan Sullivan — I’m a registered Republican in Alaska. What ICE did in Minneapolis was a violation of ou...
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion: I’m a lifelong Republican who worked with Dan Sullivan. I’m supporting Mary Peltola for Senate.
There are times in history when loyalty to the flag must come before party loyalty.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Do we know for sure that the Alaskan paratroopers on standby would not be going to Greenland instead of Minnesota? Why would you need paratroopers in the US? Asking from Anchorage.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Alaska Natives speak up against ICE and ask their Native corporations to divest from ICE. Excellent. alaskabeacon.com/2026/01/12/s...
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Shareholders ask Bering Straits Native Corporation to divest from ICE contracts | Alaska Beacon
In the past decade, BSNC secured lucrative contracts with the federal government to perform service related to migrant detention and removal.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Unbelievable and clueless. But courts will reject it. E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Ice Out for Good vigil in Anchorage, Alaska. 13 degrees and a packed parking lot.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
$50 mill for one of the smallest schoools in ASD vs. $25 mill for needed upgrades of the existing school. No excuse for this terrible Anchorage School Board decision holds up. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
adn.com
New Inlet View Elementary School building opens for students
The construction of a long-awaited new school in Anchorage had sparked a heated debate among some of its neighbors.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Good summary of how we should look at Trump’s international actions: Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Why does the @washingtonpost.com not have any coverage of the newly released Jack Smith interview? Do they not have the reporters to cover it or are they burying it today and will write about it in a few days? Very unimpressive.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Boo, hiss. @democracydocket.com www.adn.com/politics/202...
adn.com
Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom sends Alaska voters’ information to Trump administration after legal review
The data was shared after “a thorough review in consultation with the Department of Law,” the lieutenant governor’s office said.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
What is it with big earthquakes in Anchorage in late November around 8 in the morning? At least I wasn’t in the shower this time. #2018 #2025
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Why can't crime/safety be non-political? Chicago and most cities with National Guard deployments are safer than Anchorage, stats show. Take note, Alaska delegation. alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/24/c...
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Chicago and most cities with National Guard deployments are safer than Anchorage, stats show | Alaska Beacon
Alaska's attorney general says the state supports Trump’s National Guard deployments elsewhere; former Gov. Tony Knowles opposes them.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Matt Schultz is an excellent D candidate to challenge Cong. Nick Begich who represents Alaska in its one seat. Check out alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/21/a... and www.mattschultzforalaska.com
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Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz to challenge Rep. Nick Begich in 2026 U.S. House race | Alaska Beacon
Schultz, a registered Democrat, is the second person to register as an opponent for Begich in next year's election.
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Erin aka Bippy in Alaska @itsbippy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Anchorage No Kings.
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Jay Wal Alaska @jay-wal-alaska.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
No Kings protest from Anchorage, Alaska biggest one yet 💙👍
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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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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Trump donor made lots of money on yesterday’s Ambler road (Alaska) announcement. www.forbes.com/sites/hanktu...
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Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals
One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Has anyone in #Alaska gotten a notice of their Affordable Care Act premium increase yet as a result of removal of the subsidies in the Big Ugly Bill? Please DM me (or post the info. if it is huge) as that is a great issue to highlight for our delegation. Thanks.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
An LNG pipeline is way too expensive for banks and Alaska, Asia could get stuck with the bill! asia.nikkei.com/business/ene...
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Japan Inc. remains coy on Alaska LNG despite Trump push
Analysts say project too expensive, with final cost likely to exceed $50bn
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
4 of the top ten most at risk public radio stations are in #Alaska. Senator Sullivan voted to remove funding for these stations which alert the public to emergencies (among other good things they do). talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-p...
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Public Broadcasting Cuts Are Already Putting Trump’s Supporters in Rural America at Risk
When Donald Trump directed Congress to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting...
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/14/p... Proud to be an Alaskan!
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Protests planned across Alaska in solidarity with Ukraine, ahead of Trump-Putin summit | Alaska Beacon
Alaskans are planning demonstrations in solidarity with Ukraine across the state, ahead of the meeting between Trump and Putin.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Alaskans - Hope to see you TODAY at 4:30 or a bit later outside the Midtown Mall to show our support for Ukraine! The rest of the US is looking to us to speak up before the Putin meeting tomorrow. Let’s surprise them with our caring…
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
From a prominent Alaskan: www.adn.com/opinions/let...
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Letter: We should not welcome Putin
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.adn.com/opinions/let... The writer describes other troubling confirmation votes by Senator Dan Sullivan.
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Letter: Disappointed in Sullivan’s judicial vote
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I would like to see former Representative @marypeltola.bsky.social run a town hall in Alaska.
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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Alaskans are ashamed of Senator Lisa Murkowski's vote and its impacts on the country. And Alaskans won't be saved by it either.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate. But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
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