This morning, Brett Kavanaugh's nomination was passed through the Senate to advance to a final vote that will be held presumably sometime tomorrow. The margin for Kavanaugh was 51-49, one vote short of a tie. The four Senators everyone had been watching - Susan Collins of ...read more
In politics, there's horse-trading, influence peddling, arm twisting and other unsavory practices to get the sausage made. It's not pretty but it's the way things get done in a democracy. This is something else altogether: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump isn't going to just ...read more
After President Obama's historic visit to Alaska this week in order to raise awareness about climate change, Sarah Palin weighed in on the Commander in Chief's visit by posting a ludicrously stupid post on Medium under the pen name 'Denali', the newly named Alaskan mountain, and ...read more
Following Sarah Palin's facebook page is a great way to gain insight into the mind of someone truly dedicated to dumbing down intellectual discourse in America. In order to celebrate her assistant's birthday, Palin wrote the following message accompanying the photo above: Hmmm, ...read more
After causing billions of dollars worth of damage to the gulf region and untold amounts of devastation to eco systems and wildlife, BP is continuing to live up to its reputation as one of the most despicable companies on the planet. From Business Insider: The offshore drilling ...read more
Quittin' time! Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning 'to chart a new course to advance the state.' 'Now people who know me, they know ...read more
The sudden resignation explained? An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts. The report obtained by The Associated Press says Palin is securing unwarranted benefits and ...read more
Palin power! The Legislature's top lawyer, Tam Cook, has come out with an opinion that Craig Campbell can't become the lieutenant governor on July 26. But she conceded that it's muddy and there are unresolved legal questions. July 26th is the day Palin is to resign as governor ...read more
They'll be taking the stimulus and ignoring their silly national joke of a governor. Top Alaska legislators said Tuesday they're likely to accept at least most of the federal economic stimulus money that Gov. Sarah Palin did not. "I think at the end of the day we will end up ...read more
Surprise. Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts. One of the five e-mails obtained by The Associated Press asks about the outcome of the Democrat's victory after all the ...read more
Woot. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be ...read more
Mark Begich now up by 3 over CONVICTED FELON Ted Stevens. I mean, what kind of people run the government up there???? Oh. ...read more
Amen. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska's political patriarch. The verdict, coming just days before Election Day, adds further uncertainty to a closely watched Senate race. ...read more
Hardball, you betcha! In all, the commissioner and his aides were contacted about Mr. Wooten three dozen times over 19 months by the governor, her husband and seven administration officials, interviews and documents show. ‘To all of us, it was a campaign to get rid of him as a ...read more
This sort of goes against the GOP/MSM insistence that Palin is a "maverick". GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. ...read more
Documents show conclusively that Todd Palin was a member of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party. ...read more
That's not exactly "country first", is it? Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th ...read more
Following in the footsteps of the national GOP, the Alaska Republican Party made a clear and decisive vote in favor of corruption by voting for Ted Stevens in the primary. With the corrupt Ted Stevens as the standard bearer for the Republican party, the distinction between him ...read more
We could get a Democrat to replace the amazingly corrupt Don Young. Jake Metcalfe could become the latest demonstration of the crazy idea that a political party ought to compete in all 50 states. Then Dean wanted to know how many organizers the state party now had on the ground, ...read more
