With just a day to go before President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive in Anchorage for a high-stakes meeting on the war in Ukraine, left-leaning activist groups are ramping up protest plans across the city, and sharing tactical advice to avoid being identified.
On social media pages, organizers are urging participants to conceal their identities. One post reads: “Federal government employees especially might want to consider wearing a hat or mask or sunglasses.” The 50501 Anchorage group posted: “Fellow Alaskans! If you plan to protest this week PLEASE remember, do not take photos of yourself OR others and post them. This is DANGEROUS. Please remember to bring some sort of sunglasses and mouth cover in case people ARE filming and you do not want to be filmed.”
Other posts point to heightened awareness of law enforcement monitoring. Ivan Hodes, a prominent figure in the protest movement, wrote: “We must assume that various law enforcement agencies are reading this… Come peacefully and come correct: we shall overcome.”
Events are planned throughout the next two days:
- Thursday, Aug. 14, 4:30 pm — Seward Highway at Midtown Mall.
- Friday, Aug. 15, morning — At both Boniface and Government Hill gates to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).
- Friday, noon — 510 L Street, across the Senate offices.
- Friday, various times — MLK Memorial at Delaney Park, where protesters say they will “unfurl one of the largest Ukrainian flags in the world” beginning around 1:30 pm.
The summit itself will take place at JBER. Both the US and Russian delegations are being housed at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Due to the height of Alaska’s tourism season and limited hotel space, federal officials requested the university’s facilities for the delegates.
The Trump–Putin meeting marks the most significant political gathering in Anchorage in years, and the protests, some openly encouraging anonymity and masks, are expected to be among the largest the city has seen in history.
Additional protests are being organized in other Alaska communities. At least one pro-Trump rally is planned for Friday in Anchorage.
Deport them all. They may choose between China, Venezuela, or Afghanistan.
So, no first amendment anymore? You speak against the government and you get booted?
The constitution applies to We The People. Invaders are not citizens.
You should probably go read the Constitution.
I can think a bunch of people who flexed their 1A rights and got treated worse than ax murderers. I can also think of another group of people that flexed their 1A rights and burned/looted 2 billion dollars during “mostly peaceful protests” and walked away scott-free. Your point…?
Quite the trendsetters, those masked ICE agents.
Democrats are sick effing units. Round them all up and deport to Venezuela.
They were just mimicking your antifa forces. No one has pulled off the blackbloc better.
That’s not the flex you think it is. ANTIFA – masked thugs breaking things and causing problems. Not a good model for ICE (or anyone) to imitate. Or do you like your law enforcement engaging in thug behavior?
Last time I checked, ICE have never looted, they have never lit cars and buildings on fire, they have never fired explosive devices at innocent individuals.
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Arresting criminals is not thug behavior.
Restraining criminals that resist arrest, or attack officers of the law is not thug behavior.
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In fact. The only similarity antifa and ICE have in common is dress. One wears the blackbloc (including face mask) to avoid identification because they are going to break the law, the other wear it because they are enforcing the law, and cannot do so with any assurance of safety for their family if their face and name are known.
Says the person hiding behind a screen name in a basement.
Good point Whidbey, you have nailed the double standards of the lunatic left.
Gold star. Such a good little boy.
Pet me please Mrs. Goldsmith.
Sorry Whidbey, I am not a LGBTeacher. I don’t touch the students like you leftoids tend to do.
Whidbey gets off his meds at least twice a day and ends up here at MRAK. His pal Dermut Cole gets pissed off because Whidbey brings lots of traffic to MRAK.
Ahhh… The rabble rouser from the people’s republic of washington here again attempting to act relevant. /s
The Haters,
Are they protesting about their 401K accounts? Or is it Men in Women Sports?
Or is it confused Children being mutilated? Oh I know it must be the all the lies, hit jobs, false prosecutions, fake impeachments, illegal searchers, that did not work out the way they wanted.
President Trump is easily the Best thing that has happened to Alaska in my lifetime.
All these well to do Haters, just need something to hate on. Once you accept that fact, the rest is noise.
Pro-Trump all the way, baby. And ready to defend him with my own personal arsenal that has a special spotter scope made to detect Democrats and American Marxists. I have a very good aim.
A name like Jose will get you disappeared real fast by ICE
LOL…….I AM ICE.
Racist much, Frank?
Per the Social Security Administration, there were 572,970 boys named Jose born in the US over the last 100 year. It ranks #53 among boy names.
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But, ICE is going to deport them because of that name.
They are protesting because they are not in charge. It is nothing more than hating on anyone in authority that is not a leftist. Like the children they are, they will throw a tantrum when they do not get their way.
“Left Leaning”????? They tipped over long ago!!!!!!
These are the same people who demand ICE agents remove their masks, but it’s okay for them. “We shall overcome.” Overcome what? These poor oppressed people who are able to fly all over the country to protest and sing their stupid little songs.
Suzanne for the ones who need it explained like a first grader can you please tell when where & where to park on disability funds are low but I want to show up for support is all. Sorry & thank you ma’am
I’m sure it will be peaceful just like January 6th wasn’t.
Just like the George Floyd riots weren’t, you mean?
oh, you know them dimlibbys don’t like to talk about that hero george floyd
History starts on Jan 6th 2021 for leftists.
Yeah, I wonder what ever happened to the agitator Ray Epps. Caught on multiple cameras inciting the crowd to storm the capital. Somehow with all that evidence, he got off scot-free. Almost as if he was part of a staged operation. hmmmm
Not to mention John Sullivan who posed as MAGA. Perhaps the “mostly peaceful” of the crowd were deep state plants. No Sebastian, not the kind that you water.
Spare us, Sebastian!
You somehow think you are entitled to the moral high ground by trotting out the J6th riot every time you can, please! You studiously ignore that the vast majority of Americans of ALL persuasions condemned the J6 riot and rightfully so.
On the other side, you never mention or condemn the hundreds of Anti-fa, BLM, pro-terrorist (oh excuse me pro-Palestine) rioters or the anti-ICE crowd, who destroyed millions of dollars of property, murdered a security guard, assaulted law enforcement, burn court houses and police stations and so much more (Portland will never be the same). Instead you cloak it in the mantel of “saving democracy” to absolve those acts.
Protests are a treasured American tradition. Riots on the other hand only serve one goal. Create enough chaos to bully the other guy into accepting or acquiescing to your point of view. Riots are an admission that your argument has failed and the only thing left is destruction.
It is the most UN-American of actions, reminiscent of the tyranny of Lenin, Stalin and Mao.
I hope with you that these protest will be peaceful and respectful, but the call for masks gives me pause. Expressing your opinion in a protest is a time-honored American tradition and does not require anonymity, unless you plan mischief.
I am also a bit stunned that the “give peace a chance” crowd is protesting an attempt to end the bloodshed in that part of the world, where hundreds of thousands have already lost their lives.
This headline is misleading. It states as if we are to brace for impact. They won’t have an impact.
Those who hold another country’s flag up above our own nation’s deserve none of our attention.
If anything, most of the sunshine protesters will be comfy in their homes as there may surely be rain.
There are better things to do with our time than to give petulant children our attention. They deserve only a time-out.
It is their choice to be happy or miserable. I steer clear of those who wish only misery upon themselves and the world.
The Dems can put on circus make up, or Groucho Marx mustache/nose glasses, as they line Boniface & storm Lisa office (again)
Clowns that they are.
I get a kick out of all the Putin Bots that are ashamed to use their own name. You get what you elect.
And, we know your name is Frank… exactly how?
Well Frank, a little dose of reality. Bots don’t have names, they are digital algorithms.
Do you even know what the internet is? No wonder you vote Dem.
Frank, and we got Biden to boot… Thankfully the American people rose up and with a loud voice last November forcefully gave your commie party the BOOT!
Yes, I am grateful that we got the government we elected this time. BTW Frank, I wonder when the arrest warrants will start being served on your pally’s?
BTW, I am not a Bot, but some people call me Bob.
Taking a poll.
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Has anyone ever had their mind changed on a topic, or does anyone know someone who has had their mind changed because of a protest?
I have. But the anti-Trump protest pushed me towards supporting Trump.
I was once walking by a “No Kings” protest and the person with the megaphone proceeded to squawk something about standing up and loving everyone right in my ear as I passed by.
At that moment I confirmed that she had no brain and could not even understand basic situational awareness. I don’t follow stupid, I oppose it.
No, so why did MAGA bother with all that J6 stuff? ‘Nuf said.
But the elephant in the room is the 2 billion dollars lost over “mostly peaceful protests”. Lesson learned- start blasting.
What have you actually said? Nothing really.
My question is did anyone ever change their mind because of a protest, and you brought one example to the table that did not change anyone’s mind about anything. And, you somehow think it is relevant?
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OK, let’s run with this. Per your statement, MAGA had a protest on Jan 6th. And… well… and… Help me out here. How does that make a point of any kind whatsoever?
Why did MAGA do it? I do not know, and your point is?
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Oh… I think I am getting it. You are make a ‘whataboutism’ argument. Pretty childish.
Well …no and no.
Well with all the hired professional protestors these days, why bother? Now back in the Tea Party days, those were real protests. Today you can usually tell when they can not articulate a solid sentence of why they protest. It’s like running a commercial on TV, just with people on the street. I pay good money to avoid watching commercials.
I thought the hotels were all filled up with the homeless…
Cover your faces so people can’t name you and recognize you? Sounds like the KKK to me.
If the municipality required a permit to protest at least we’d earn back some of the money they are giving away to the culture- and likely it would prevent protesting because no democrats can afford to pay for anything themselves. They’d be so offended their schedules would be filled with talking about their feelings and the rest of us could go back to business as usual.
It’s worse than the KKK because this time the masks are supported by YOUR government.
Whidbey off meds again. Try a little vodka and prune juice. Good for plugged-up Democrats.
WTD to equate masked rioters hellbent on destroying, looting and mayhem with law enforcement personnel is just idiotic and displays your refusal to discern right from wrong to suit your purpose. Rioters hide their faces because they want to avoid legal consequences of their lawlessness.
ICE agents on the other hand, wear masks, because they enforce the law by searching and arresting the most vile cartel members to rid our communities of violence and gangs. Many are undercover officers and require anonymity to carry out operations to locate these criminals. Furthermore gangs are not shy about retributions.
I get that defunding the police sounds good (to you), but for me lawlessness and anarchy destroy not only our individual rights but our entire society.
Let’s see, is whidbey correct here.
The KKK wore masks, and so does ICE. So, I guess, technically, there is a similarity there. Well done.
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However… that is the only similarity, and pretending it means something is infantile.
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The KKK wore masks (and so do your heroes, antifa) because they intend to commit criminal acts. They are knowingly going to break the law and as a result want to hide their identity.
On the other hand, ICE does not want their identity exposed because it will make it impossible for them to enforce the law with any assurance of their family’s safety and security. Thus, they were a mask. Additionally, the mask provide a level of protection against aerosol and liquid attacks by the criminals they are arresting.
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See the difference? Any above the age of three can.
That TDS ad for the hate Trump rally was created by “Party for Socialism and Liberation.” That’s an oxymoron.
Ah the tolerant left flying in Professional protestor to pretend that there is a Movement! The Marxist never learn. They surely will delay traffic in the morning standing around those gates being a pain, The truth is the Largest threat to Liberty, our freedom and the republic itself are these Braindead leftist window lickers!
What exactly are they protesting? Doesn’t…not that I expect it to….make sense
Protesting world leaders meeting and attempting to stop meat grinder war. I thought the leftties protested wars, not putting an end to them…
They aren’t protesting for a cause, their protesting is their cause.
The lefties are protesting because the summit is not being hosted by one of them. Does not matter who is actually benefiting, what war is being stopped or started, what global initiative is happening. They cannot accept the fact they are not in charge, and they protest against it.
And, if that means the war has to continue indefinitely, so be it. President Trump cannot be allowed to have a win.
So masks and sunglasses to avoid being identified. What are these gutless libtards afraid of, the truth? I guess they prefer a Biden type harmless puppet manipulated by sinister deep state operatives that hate this country. Trump is making every effort to negotiate peace, end a brutal bloody conflict and these crap for brains idiots apparently prefer that the carnage continue. Hopefully they are all current with jabs and boosters so we won’t have to put up them long term. Go MAGA!
No need to cover their faces as they have already exposed their identity with their heads up their butt.
50 years ago, many of these same people were protesting AGAINST war – today they are protesting FOR war! Dementia is a terrible disease.
They are not protesting for war.
They are protesting against everything Trump is doing, planning to do, or might do. They cannot tolerate President Trump getting even the smallest of wins in any way.
And, if that means millions have to die in a war between Russia and the Ukraine, so be it. Small price to pay to oppose Trump.
Masked ‘protesters’ are they Soros paid?