It is a great irony of politics that many who complain about government incompetence are the first to invite it into every corner of their lives. As Washington flies toward a third COVID stimulus package, it seems the failures of the first two have escaped the public discourse—most of all, perhaps, the little-known story of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean invited Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to the Democratic Party after she was threatened by members of the Trump administration for her vote on the health care bill. “Lisa Murkowski would be welcomed as a Moderate Democrat!” the former governor said early Thursday morning….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Brendon Berger One of the phrases in the SJW lexicon I detest most is “toxic masculinity.” I detest it simply because, despite the thin pretense sometimes thrown up by it’s users, it is simply an ironclad reason for someone to never listen to anything that isn’t pleasing to their…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck This is astounding news. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the oil man from ExxonMobile that Trump hired to be part of his climate change “skeptic” cabinet, now acknowledges climate change is real and is causing damage to the Arctic. According to The Hill: Secretary of State…
By Kody Fairfield Former Governor of Alaska and Vice Preseidential nominee Sarah Palin has had a change of heart when it comes to Wikileaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Here is what Palin said in her apology, which was released on Facebook, to the head of the whistleblower organization: To Julian Assange: I apologize. Please watch Sean Hannity‘s interview with…
By Kody Fairfield According to a report from the Associated Press (AP), Santa Claus, a city councilman for the North Pole, has been reinstated by Facebook (FB) after the social media site deactivated his account, pending the proof of his identity. You heard that correctly: Santa Claus is a sitting councilman in the city of the North Pole…
by Brendon Berger Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Governor Bill Weld spent part of this past weekend in Anchorage, Alaska. Ordinarily, the lesser half of a ticket visiting the colonies would not be enough to get me to poke my head out from the intellectual bunker this election has driven me into. But since it was…
by: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is at 18 percent in Alaska according to a new poll released by Alaska Dispatch News. Johnson is currently averaging 12.8 percent according to FiveThirtyEight. Donald Trump leads a hypothetical four way race with 36.1 percent, while Clinton followed at 30.6 percent. “Undecided” edges out Green Party…
by Kody Fairfield In a poll run by The People’s Pundit Daily (PPD) of 317 likely Alaskan voters who are going to vote in the Senate race in November, the results are quite promising for Libertarian candidate Joe Miller. In the poll, which was conducted according to level 1 AAPOR standards of disclosure and WAPOR/ESOMAR code of conduct, Republican…
Is it fair to allow transgender individuals who are biological men to compete in women’s sports? While some would not see a problem with this, others feel it is unfair and could set a dangerous precedent for girl’s sports. In Alaska, a male-to-female transgender named Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot is causing fierce debate around the issue. Wangynot…