Republicans like to say Democrats are finished — that their brand is so toxic no one wants to be associated with them. But in Alaska, the opposite is true.
The Democratic Party, working alongside a web of progressive organizations that are surrogate tentacles of the party, is quietly and steadily training the next generation of political leaders through its Alaska Women Ascend program.
Next month, Alaska Women Ascend will host its 2025 Leadership Training on the Alaska Pacific University campus. The program is a 2.5-day intensive, billed as an empowerment track for “progressive women leaders” from across the state. Since its launch in 2017, nearly 400 Alaska women have completed the training. Graduates have gone on to serve as assembly members, nonprofit directors, campaign staffers, mayors, and even state legislators.
The effort is a partnership between the Alaska Democratic Party and a slate of progressive allies, including Progress Alaska, Alaska March On, SEIU, IBEW Local 1547, and 907 Initiative. Former Democratic Party Executive Director Kay Brown, a former legislator and Alaska Democrat royalty, was among the program’s original founders.
This year, AWA is also introducing a “Next Gen Cohort” aimed at women ages 18 to 24, a move that demonstrates the party’s focus on cultivating leadership from the youngest possible ranks, and also its possible realization that it is getting long in the tooth in Alaska. Participants receive hands-on training in campaign work, fundraising, and field operations, alongside mentorship and networking opportunities with party insiders.
By contrast, Alaska Republicans are not offering anything comparable. While conservatives insist Democrats are fading, Democrats are quietly ensuring a pipeline of trained, motivated, and connected leaders will be ready to step into positions of influence for years to come.
The takeaway: The narrative that the Democrats are mortally wounded by their own sword is a possible case of wishful thinking.
Reminder that long term use of hormonal birth control and/or SSRI’s causes brain damage that alters your decision making abilities, as well as your ability to process emotion and risk management.
I’m becoming convinced that there is indeed a fundamental difference in conservative vs. liberal thinking. Conservatives want to focus on living their lives, often with faith that God is in the background, guiding all. Liberals? They see a world without God, with themselves as mini-demi-gods, leading the doddering masses (or, us!) to the ‘revelation’ of their ‘god’- an all-encompassing, foster parent government. Why we people on the right don’t see the wonder of their godlike government is beyond them. It’s scary! But when you take God out of the picture, what else is ‘left?’ (Pun intended!)
There is a fundamental difference between conservatives and leftists. (Not liberal, leftists. There is nothing liberal about the left anymore.)
That difference? The way they consider, and how comfortable they are about violence.
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I do not mean violence on an individual scale, or riots. It is about how quickly they will choose to enforce their ideals using State sponsored violence (or the threat of it.) Consider the approach to… well, any issue facing the nation. The leftist want to use the threat of force to make you buy health insurance, they take your tax dollars under threat of force to help the homeless, the left threatens to take away your children if you do not support their gender choice immediately and wholeheartedly.
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And the list goes on and on. The sides of the political aisle are not that far apart in their intent. They want to make the country better, want to improve the economy, want a better quality of life for all. Where they differ is how they want to see it happen. One chooses the path of individual freedom, the other chooses the path of all powerful government control.
Interestingly, as a somewhat confused leftist/liberal/libertarian I quickly notice all the ways that Republicans embrace force to achieve their aims (a bloated carceral system, overseas military operations, current ICE and national guard actions, talk of state mandated “solutions” to transgender expression).
The reality is that those that are in a position of power over us (both Democrats and Republicans) are quite comfortable exerting that power by whatever means is most efficient. Sometimes it is by the threat of violence. Sometimes it is by printing money. Sometimes it is by toothless ordinance. But, it is almost always in service of their own wealth and priviledge. I often am less sensitive at observing Democrats exert powers in this way, but it’s not like Joe Biden was a Quaker. It’s the same tools with slightly different intended outcomes. Well, the actual intended outcome (aggregation of power and treasure) is the same, ancillary effects on you and I are different.
If we could all recognize this as being a universal problem not specific to my side or your side, we would be so much more prepared to do something about it. Certain people don’t want us to recognize this commonality; we don’t have to travel far from these pixels to find examples of such obfuscation.
I don’t know who told these women they had no power. “Empowerment” is just a term democrats use to indoctrinate people in communist rhetoric.
Also, they are not the “Democratic” party, they are the Democrats. They couldn’t be farther from democratic if they suspended all elections and declared themselves Tsars.
Boot Camp for Stalinists.
Anybody that thinks these communists are going away needs to pick up a history book.
“Republicans like to say Democrats are finished — that their brand is so toxic no one wants to be associated with them.”
And, they would be wrong, not just in AK, but nationwide.
No matter how toxic the Dems go, there will be a large percentage of the voting population (hovering around 45-47%) that will vote Democrat anyway. And, before our dedicated leftists on MRAK jump me, the Republicans are no different.
The problem lies within the Alaskan Republican party leadership. They are talkers, not doers.
in other words, “Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians”
One of and the most, reason of dropping declaration of being a Republican,
became tired of carrying the ladders and posting the signs. Found it not my bag. Liking “Non Declared”.
Cheers
Maybe get Matt Walsh to dress up as a woman and attend this thing for one of his documentaries?
Grooming young women is a soft target.
A Democrat training anyone for anything is headed for embarrassment and failure, Unless you want to be a lying crook.
All those Democrat “partners” are nothing but a bunch of commie rats.
Suzanne,
Are you forgetting about the Alaska Leadership Academy? Is is for conservative men and women and has been in operation for a number of years. The curriculum spans many months, not 2.5 hours, and you cannot just walk in you must apply and be selected.
Anyone notice that they have a problem…
They have no definition of what is a woman in the Democrat party.
Indoctrination camp for young Democrat women, who have such gullible, trainable, robotic-like minds. These women turn out to nasty, mean, and vile in their character.
Cause their the smart kids (their teacher told them this) & nobody will listen to them; that would make anyone nasty & mean.
Lesbian brigade hard at work. Non-producers and baby killers. They seem to congregate in Alaska as if in a pipeline from deep blue cities in the Lower 48.
Yep. Lesbians like Alaska.
Lots of ‘man’ work up here, as compared to the well off suburbs they were raised in.
UAF seems to recruit them too. It’s encoded in the UAF catalog. My colleagues call this place but*h U.
UAF is a cruising campus for lesbian lovers.
I know how it works. I was at UAF. The older lesbians (professors, admin., grad students)
get the word around to mostly Democrat locations in the states. Primarily through sports recruitment and climate change recruitment. They arrive at UAF and wait to get matched up with another lesbian (or trannie) and the further indoctrination begins. It’s been that way for about 40 years. Maybe longer. No secrets here.
Never under estimate their schemes!! The women know how to portray themselves as sweet and compassionate. I’ve watched them in action at community Council meetings. Only takes a few minutes to research their background many of them will work for nonprofits during their life and make big $$$. I went to some of their meetings in Palmer as they did not know my political feelings. Let me tell you Palmer is overrun with them and they run the local public radio station. I worked downtown 22 years i I’ve got them totally pegged. It’s not too difficult to bait them to see how mean they are. Do not waste your time trying to educate or sway them. They move here they already have a ready-made net work to plug into. 🤷♀️
Deep State activists in their larval stage…
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Might be good news given their propensity to eat their own.