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Chelsea Inn Motel seized by federal government after FBI-led raid

The Chelsea Inn Motel’s windows are boarded up and the building is under federal control following a dramatic dawn raid Friday morning that involved FBI SWAT officers, Anchorage Police, and the US Marshal. The operation, which targeted a suspected narcotics distribution hub, led to the federal seizure of the property amid an ongoing criminal investigation.

At approximately 6 am on Aug. 22, law enforcement teams executed a high-risk search warrant at the notorious motel, located at 3836 Spenard Road. Flashbangs were used to breach the building, and officers conducted room-by-room searches while detaining occupants in a nearby parking lot. Arrests were made at the scene, although the FBI had not yet released names or details about those taken into custody.

Federal authorities formally posted legal documents on the building’s exterior announcing the seizure of the property. A prominent sign from the US Marshals Service now hangs in one of the lower boarded-up windows, warning: “United States Marshal No Trespassing.”

Also posted on the building is a federal civil lawsuit filed under Case No. 3:25-cv-00177-SLG, titled United States of America v. Chelsea Inn Hotel. The suit seeks court approval for the judicial forfeiture of the hotel, alleging it has been used to facilitate ongoing drug trafficking activity.

Beside it is a copy of the “Notice of Seizure for Judicial Forfeiture” that outlines the federal government’s claim that the hotel was used for the distribution of controlled substances, specifically fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine.

The legal action effectively transfers control of the property to the federal government, pending court approval, and prevents public access to the premises, which may pose a significant health hazard due to the accumulated drug residue.

The Chelsea Inn has long been a source of concern for Spenard neighbors and neighboring businesses. The property has been linked to violent incidents, including a fatal stabbing in June and a shooting in 2023.

Signs posted on the Chelsea Inn Motel in Spenard.

Dunn & Bradstreet lists James Su as the president of the Anchorage Chelsea Inn Corp.

Linda Boyle: Medical freedom on the line as Alaska medical board decides physician assistant’s fate

By LINDA BOYLE

Scott Miller once saved lives in rural Washington with breathing treatments and early Covid care. Today, the physician’s assistant is fighting for the right to practice medicine in Alaska, after Washington State branded him a “grave danger to public health” and stripped his license, simply for using Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine.

Miller’s Washington State license was revoked because he dared to fight the medical associations and mainstream media mafia — he used Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid during the pandemic.  

Miller worked in a rural Washington community.  He had initial success in treating Covid patients with breathing treatments and learned that patients he sent to the hospital died. Consequently, his focus was to stop patients from being hospitalized and getting them out of the hospital when he could.  

Things were going well, with more people seeking him out for help. Then he spoke at a medical freedom rally at the state capital; that resulted in 150 complaints filed against him with the Washington Medical Commission.

Other than one patient who complained PA Miller didn’t wear a mask, no real patient complaints were levied. And no patients were harmed. 

None of that seemed to matter to the WMC. They initially suspended his license, accusing him of spreading misinformation and violating the standard of care. They also asked him to undergo a neuropsychiatric evaluation, which he refused to do. 

On Oct 25, 2023, the WMC permanently revoked his license because he “represents a grave danger to public health and safety.  The Commission concludes that (Miller) cannot be rehabilitated, and that permanent revocation is a necessary and appropriate resolution to this case.” 

Wow!  Saving people’s lives by using repurposed drugs gets your license permanently revoked in Washington.  

In my many years of nursing, I have seen doctors who were once addicted to cocaine, and nurses who stole narcotics from patients in pain, and doctors who did really bad malpractice yet they kept their license.  Yes, the drug addicted personnel  had to go through rehab.  But Miller’s “crime” led to people getting well and keeping patients out of the hospital.  Somehow that was more serious in the eyes of the WMC.  

Fast forward to Miller applying for a medical license in Alaska.  Miller was originally turned down by the Alaska State Medical Board (ASMB)  due to the decision from WMC.  

Miller appealed the ASMB decision and on August 20, 2025, Chief Administrative Law Judge Joan Wilson presided over an appeal hearing on whether the ASMB should reconsider its decision.  A short synopsis from Broken Truth.TV at this link.  Connect to the link for a more thorough review. 

The appeal hearing lasted eight hours. Miller defended his actions as clinically justified and supported by patient outcomes.  He highlighted Alaska’s 2021 ASMB decision supporting physician discretion when a group of local doctors tried to remove the medical licenses from several of our courageous doctors. 

The state, represented by attorney Mr. Higgins, relied solely on the decision from the WMC.  

Several doctors, including one from Alaska, testified on Miller’s behalf.  Dr. Tom Grissom, who specializes in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,  noted Alaska’s freer medical environment—free from mandates that afflicted Washington.  Grissom treated over 1,000 patients with Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine without hospitalizations and placed high-risk patients on prophylaxis.  Grissom presented testimony that painted Miller as a “victim of politicized medicine”.  

Several pastors also testified on how Miller saved members of their family and the church family with his treatment protocols. 

This hearing is really at the center of the medical tyranny during the Covid years.  It depicts the tension that exists among state medical boards, federal guidelines, and individual healthcare practitioner autonomy. 

Supporters see Miller as a hero who saved lives.  Other critics cite ethical breaches. 

The Alaska Medical Board’s final decision is expected in 30-60 days.  I am prayerful it will remember how the board allowed our doctors medical autonomy and weren’t sidelined by the crazed Covidians who saw only one way to approach the disease–the government way.  I hope the board cuts through the noise and does the right thing.    

Several of the doctors speaking at our Alaskans4personalfreedom event have also been harmed by regulatory agencies. Dr. Pierre Kory, our keynote speaker, lost three certifications for preaching early treatment modalities.

Dr. Ryan Cole had his license restricted in Washington for five years for treating patients with Ivermectin.  The WMC said he could still do pathology consults as the state needed that expertise. 

Dr. Meryl Nass lost her board certification.  Unbelievably, she was required to undergo neuropsychiatric evaluation and alcohol/drug evaluation.  Yet she still had her license to practice medicine suspended for the same crime—using Ivermectin to treat Covid patients.  

All three speakers will be at our Alaskans 4 Personal Freedom conference on 11 October 2025 at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium.  Dr. Kory will discuss the “War on Ivermectin”;  Dr. Cole will present on “Be Your Own Best Doctor” and things you can do for yourself; and Dr. Nass will present on “The Attack on Farming, food, and our Health”.  

Other presenters will give you information about healthcare legal and legislation successes; parental choice in education and the new Federal Tax Credit Scholarship program in the Big Beautiful Bill; Artificial Intelligence and its effect on your children’s critical thinking; and the stakeholder economy and its threat to the American economy.  Our very own Dr. Farr will discuss medical topics relevant to medicine in Alaska.  

Interested?  We have phenomenal nationally recognized speakers.  Tickets are only $55 for an all-day event including lunch.  Go to https://ak4pf.org/2025-conference/  to purchase tickets.  And students are free with student ID—just no lunch. Hope to see you there!

And if you would like to help PA Miller with his legal fees, please consider purchasing his book, The Most Dangerous Man in Washington and donating to his GiveSendGo.

Linda Boyle, RN, MSN, DM, was formerly the chief nurse for the 3rd Medical Group, JBER, and was the interim director of the Alaska VA. Most recently, she served as Director for Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She is the director of the Alaska Covid Alliance.

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Bob Bird: Alaska’s GOP must drop the dead weight — or ranked-choice voting and Democrats win

By BOB BIRD

The 2026 “open primary” is shaping up to be a very crowded field for Republicans. This will undoubtedly please the Left, who will run only one candidate. In the general election, which is when ranked-choice voting comes into play, a de facto canceling of RCV could happen — if the GOP survivors swallow their pride and Dahlstromize the general election.

This is a compliment to one of the actual candidates, Nancy Dahlstrom, who inspires about as much authentic enthusiasm as Mitt Romney eating boiled mutton, but she deserves credit for putting Nick Begich into Congress.

The Dahlstromization of the likely remaining three conservative candidates, whittled down to one, would guarantee that whatever pro-abortion, pro-NEA, pro-child mutilation, pro-communist Democrat is in the general election would be flattened like ribbon pasta in November. 

The candidates will all be talking about resource extraction, the Green Lobby, DC bureaucrats, how fish management should not be politicized, opening ANWR and the Naval Petro Reserve. They will tout Donald Trump as a good guy. 

Like the rest of us, every single conservative candidate has their flaws, but that’s OK. Yet every single one of them will miss the obvious and most important bull’s-eye, like a Thanksgiving turkey sitting atop a fence-post with a sign around its neck, saying “Shoot me!” Unless, of course, the conservative media and the voters keep up the full-court press.

The “people” are used as an abstract every election cycle. It is not much different than Marxist talk about “the masses”. Of course, it is impossible to believe that we all are on the same side. In the War for Independence 250 years ago, about a third of “the people” favored secession from the British, a third were loyalists and a third conveniently changed sides, depending on whose army was in their neighborhood.

After winning an election, the awarding of one faction’s preferred status is the usual outcome. Thus, someone is going to come out a loser: does the Left celebrate the drag-queen, Green, abortion lobby’s victory, or does the Right celebrate prolife resource extraction with school vouchers? And how about commercial, sport and subsistence fishermen? Trawlers, set-netters, drifters or dip-netters?

There is one solution to this, and it is just possible that we can force them to stop sweeping this filth under the rug, which is no longer hidden, but presents a bulge in the rug the size of elephant dung, with the accompanying stench.

What issue is it, then, that can actually unite “the people”?

It is not to promise any of the things listed above except our liberties. Freedom enhances all economic classes, and costs the beleaguered state budget absolutely nothing.

Tell me, what person does not want honest elections? What person does not give lip-service to the state or federal constitutions? What person does not want to empower the people and their instrument, the Grand Jury?

All sides brag endlessly about how free we are, even though it is increasingly obvious that it is not true. They talk about how our constitutions and Founding Fathers were so wise, but they have not read either the Federalist Papers, or the notes of Alaska’s constitutional convention. 

Now, we are going to argue over the meaning of the two constitutions, and here is where the teaching moment happens. It happens when ANWR, RCV, BLM, DEI, LGBTQ, NPR-4, etc, take a backseat to what really matters: constitutional talk. 

We cannot expect the citizenry to have read those documents, but those sworn to uphold them should, and they ought to understand them properly. Conservatives don’t even understand them, but most should have the integrity to begin doing so.

We do not have “three co-equal branches of government.” The legislature, as a body, is superior to the executive and judicial branches.

The constitution is not whatever the judiciary says it means. They can give advice. It may or may not be enforced. Take care of that, and the tyranny of the absurd judicial council will be emasculated, with or without a change in how we appoint judges.

It would immediately end RCV, abortion funding. And it would release home-schooling from the Judge Zeman tyranny.

Alaska’s statehood vote was flawed, and we — along with Hawaii — ought to unilaterally claim the four options that Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands and the Philippines still exercise. You do not ask permission for exercising what is rightfully yours.

Federal control of 65% of Alaska’s land is obviously unconstitutional. We ought to begin by exercising what Utah and Wyoming are initiating: claiming the Bureau of Land Management lands for the state. It would only be a start, but a good one.

Election integrity is vital to re-establish confidence in government. This will involve not only cleaning up voter rolls, but also discarding the vastly distrusted voting machines and mail-in ballots.

The mysterious and unworkable system of boroughs ought to be discarded, and turned into what the Census Bureau already calls them: counties. And with it, all the anglo-saxon common law rights that pertain to sheriffs, who will be more likely to protect us from rogue FBI and IRS raids, no matter what administration is in power in DC.

And all candidates for governor ought to advertise that they will unhesitatingly wield the unique power the state constitution grants them, found in Article 3, Section 16, to end statutory and constitutional abuses by either the judiciary or the bureaucracy.

This would not turn a hypothetical constitutional governor into a tyrant, but would rather return the power of the purse, the power to define privacy, the power to limit the jurisdiction of the court, the power of the line-item veto and the power (shared with the people) of amending the constitution where it belongs — to the legislature.

Citizens, regain the power the state constitution gives us, by demanding that all conservative candidates for governor not wait for some fictional, future ideal time to fix this broken state. Make them promise:

  • To Dahlstromize the general election, by dropping out to the candidate that won the most votes in the jungle primary.
  • To wield Article 3, Section 16 in regards to the many myriad ways the judiciary has overthrown the constitution.
  • To restore election integrity with a lieutenant governor who will do so.

Yes, the mainstream media will squeal like pigs. Outside money will demonize all of you with insufferable ads and lies. It will be a good sign, because they know their stranglehold on our state would be threatened.

What’s wrong with that?

Bob Bird is former chair of the Alaskan Independence Party and the host of a talk show on KSRM radio, Kenai.

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High stakes on Douglas Island: Tlingit & Haida get green light for casino

The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s amended gaming ordinance, paving the way for the tribe to pursue a casino project on Douglas Island in Juneau.

In a letter to tribal President Richard Peterson, Acting NIGC Chairwoman Sharon M. Avery confirmed that the tribe’s ordinance complies with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and federal regulations. The approval is site-specific to the Jimmie George Allotment, a 20-acre parcel of restricted Native land on Douglas Island leased by the tribe for up to 50 years.

The allotment is part of a 220-acre land exchange finalized in 2003 and remains under federal restriction against alienation and taxation. According to the NIGC’s review, the land qualifies as “Indian country” under federal law, and the tribe has demonstrated both jurisdiction and governmental authority over the parcel.

The tribe’s lease agreement allows for development that includes a lodge, restaurant, gift shop, bingo, entertainment venues, and business enterprises, alongside tribal government facilities. The NIGC determined that these plans meet the requirements of IGRA because the tribe exercises substantial governmental power, including lawmaking, public safety, disaster response, and cooperative agreements with the City and Borough of Juneau.

The decision follows a shift in federal legal interpretation regarding tribal jurisdiction over Alaska Native allotments. A 2024 opinion from the US Department of the Interior’s Solicitor clarified that Alaska Native allotments are subject to the same principles as allotments in the Lower 48.

The approval marks the second recent decision by the NIGC allowing gaming ventures in Alaska. The Commission authorized the Eklutna Tribe, with roughly 70 members, to operate a casino near Birchwood in Anchorage. That decision is being litigated by the state and others, as many neighbors of the area object to a casino in their quiet residential area.

With more than 37,000 enrolled citizens, Tlingit and Haida would be one of the largest federally recognized tribes in Alaska. It’s membership claim is believed by many, however, to be greatly inflated.

Alaska Medical Board moves to ban transgender tinkering on children

The Alaska State Medical Board has released a draft regulation that, for the first time, formally defines boys as male and girls as female based on their biological sex at birth, and prohibits doctors from providing medical interventions that attempt to alter that reality in patients under 18

The Board has released a draft regulation that would bar physicians from performing transgender medical interventions on anyone under the age of 18, formally classifying such procedures as “unprofessional conduct” that would be subject to disciplinary action.

The board also approved a short statement that says abortions performed just prior to delivery are typically unethical. Alaska law currently allows abortion up to the moment of birth.

“Alaska state law allows for elective late term abortions, up until the time of delivery,” the board’s statement reads. “The Alaska State Medical Board believes this is not ethical medical practice and does not embody the values of Alaskans. Many Alaskans and even physicians are unaware of this. We encourage Alaskans to engage with their representatives and to advocate for new legislation to bring state law into alignment with community values on this issue.”

The proposed rule relating to the chemical and surgical mutilation of children falls under the regulation 12 AAC 40.967 – Unprofessional Conduct, the section of state regulation that sets the standards for medical licensure in Alaska. The draft adds a new subsection, number 36, that specifically addresses medical treatments related to gender identity in minors.

The regulation states that “providing medical or surgical intervention to treat gender dysphoria or facilitate gender transition by altering sex characteristics inconsistent with the biological sex at birth” would constitute a violation. It lists as examples puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, mastectomy, phalloplasty, and genital modification procedures.

Two exceptions are included in the draft. Physicians would not be subject to discipline if providing treatment for congenital sex development disorders, sometimes referred to as intersex conditions, or if performing non-elective procedures required as a result of physical injury.

The board also introduces new definitions to clarify its intent. “Biological sex” is defined as “the male or female designation based on chromosomes, gonads, hormones, and genitals at birth, irrespective of psychological identity.” “Gender transition” is defined as “any process to align sex characteristics with a gender identity different from biological sex.”

By inserting the prohibition into the “unprofessional conduct” section, the medical board would gain authority to discipline licensees who engage in such practices, up to and including suspension or revocation of a medical license.

The draft rules are subject to the state’s regulatory process, which includes a public comment period before any final adoption. Once comments are received and reviewed, the board may make revisions before sending the regulation for final approval and implementation.

If adopted, the policy would put limits on what has become a profit center for some doctors — the gender mutilation of children and forcing them into a life of chemical dependency.

Earlier this year the medical board unanimously adopted a statement urging the Alaska Legislature to outlaw chemical castration and surgical gender transition treatments for minors, but the Alaska Legislature is controlled by Democrats and a few enabling Republicans who refused to act.

In June, the US Supreme Court sided with Tennessee’s law that bans medical treatments for minors whose parents are seeking gender transitions. The court said that such laws do not automatically violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. The change to the regulation in Alaska would likely be challenged by the ACLU in state court, with pro-mutilation advocates claiming that such a prohibition violates the Alaska State Constitution’s privacy clause.

Alaska Family Council joins Supreme Court case defending parental rights in gender transition dispute

The Alaska Family Council has joined a coalition of 50 amici urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, a case involving an 11-year-old girl in Massachusetts whose school allegedly facilitated her “social gender transition” against the explicit wishes of her parents.

According to filings, the child’s mother had instructed staff not to discuss gender identity issues with her daughter, yet school officials continued to affirm the transition. The school counselor reportedly sent text messages and online chats with the student about gender identity, without notifying or seeking consent from the parent.

Supporters of the petition argue that the case strikes at the heart of parental rights, which are principles rooted in Western legal tradition and recognized in America long before the Founding. “Parents should never have to worry that their child’s school will indoctrinate them while encouraging secrecy,” Alaska Family Council said in a statement.

The group pointed to last term’s US Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which upheld the right of parents to shield their children from compelled participation in gender-related activities that violated their religious convictions. Advocates now say the Court must extend those protections universally, ensuring that all parents, regardless of religious adherence, can prevent schools from facilitating gender transitions in secrecy.

Despite efforts by state legislatures and federal actions to bolster parental rights, local school districts continue to push back. The Anchorage School District, for example, has adopted “Administrative Guidelines: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students,” which advises staff that parental notification of a child’s transition is “unnecessary.” Critics say this encourages educators to deliberately conceal information from parents.

Alaska Family Council vowed to continue advocating on behalf of parents and to provide avenues for citizens to hold schools accountable.

Maxwell to DOJ: Trump always a gentleman, ‘Never inappropriate’

By SARAH RODERICK-FITCH | THE CENTER SQUARE

The Department of Justice released the audio and transcript interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, “in the interest of transparency,” in which she claims President Donald Trump “never” acted “inappropriate.”

During the two-day interview, Maxwell was interviewed by Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche about her and deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

Notably, Maxwell denied the existence of a client list. She also denied that Epstein was engaging in blackmail or had ties with any intelligence agencies.

In the interview, Maxwell described the president as a “gentleman,” and did not implicate him in any wrongdoing.

“I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects,” said Maxwell.

Blanche asked Maxwell about any interactions the president may have had with masseuses.

“Did you ever hear Mr. Epstein or anybody say that President Trump had done anything inappropriate with masseuses or with anybody in your world?” Blanche asked.

“Absolutely never, in any context,” Maxwell responded.

Maxwell was also asked about a report in the Wall Street Journal published in July alleging that Trump contributed a “bawdy” birthday letter as part of a leather-bound book compiled by Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday. The president denied any letter, prompting him to file a libel lawsuit against the publication.

“Do you remember President Trump submitting a letter or a card or a note?” Blanche asked.

“I don’t,” Maxwell replied.

“Do you remember seeing that book or any portion of the letters in your discovery in New York?” Blanche pursued.

“Yes… I remember there was – there were some portions of that book. But what surprised me – yeah. What surprised me was how few there were, because I thought if you had those, where are the rest? There was none of Mr. Trump,” said Maxwell.

Blanche pressed Maxwell further.

“And do you remember – but separate and apart from your discovery, do you remember one way or the other whether President Trump submitted a letter for his 50th birthday?” he asked.

“I do not remember,” she responded.

“And the article that references the letter talks about like a – sounds like either a naked – a picture of a naked woman or something like that. Do you have any recollection of that,” Blanche asked again.

“I do not. But just – no, I don’t,” Maxwell responded.

Maxwell was also pressed on the relationship between Epstein, herself, and the Clintons.

“Do you know whether, for example, President Clinton ever received a massage?” asked Blanche.

“I don’t believe he did,” she answered.

“And what makes you say you don’t believe he did?” Blanche asked.

“Well, because I don’t – so that’s a good question. The time that Epstein and President Clinton spent together, the only times I believe – well, obviously they traveled. There was that, you know, the plane, they went on the plane 26 times or whatever. That would be one journey. So they spent time on the plane together, and I don’t believe there was ever a massage on the plane. So that would’ve been the only time that I think that President Clinton could have even received a massage. And he didn’t, because I was there,” Maxwell claimed.

Maxwell was also asked about several other prominent figures, including tech leaders, Hollywood entertainers, scientists and royalty.

Linda Boyle: Dr. Pierre Kory and the War on Ivermectin: A life-saving medicine silenced

By LINDA BOYLE

Dr. Pierre Kory’s latest book, The War on Ivermectin, discusses the medicine that could have saved millions and ended the pandemic.

He practices telehealth through the Leading Edge Clinic (drpierrekory.com).  His clinic is solely focused on treating patients with Covid and its complications including “long haul,” post-Covid-mRNA vaccine injury syndromes and cancer.  

Additionally, he was a co-founder of the Frontline Critical Care Independent Medical Alliance. Additional information concerning him is at this link.

Dr. Kory was a critical care physician who was triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.  He had all three certifications revoked for his “publicly stated scientific opinions on a number of Covid topics that directly contradicted the supposed ‘scientific consensus’.”  

No dead patients. No malpractice. Just a physician strongly stating and writing on the importance of Ivermectin and corticosteroids in the early treatment of Covid.  

His early treatment could have saved countless lives had the scientific community and government not been so quick to dismiss this research. Instead, the government favored the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of brand new “vaccines” that led to huge profits for Big Pharma and their stakeholders.  Ivermectin had to be pushed aside; it was extremely cheap and effective. If that were allowed to be known, Big Pharma aka “Harma” would not have been able to get rich on its new “vaccines.”    

How frustrating it had to be for doctors like Kory who knew of a better way, saw Ivermectin used effectively in third world countries (India, San Salvadore) and was unable to get the medical cartel to move off the constant mantra of Ivermectin is just “horse paste”. 

How frustrating it was for our Alaskan doctors to be taken before the State Medical Board for effectively providing early treatment for Covid using Ivermectin with our Alaskan citizens. They were accused of providing “misinformation” by other Alaska medical providers. Fortunately, the State Medical Board did the right thing and their licenses were protected. That was not the case for other doctors in other states.  

Ninety-five studies were done that showed the effectiveness of Ivermectin. The studies that reached mainstream media and medical associations were those that stated Ivermectin was not effective. Several of these studies were specifically designed to have Ivermectin fail.  

To make it worse, it was almost impossible to obtain Ivermectin during the crisis. I was lucky enough to obtain it from a doctor who knew of its benefits and from a pharmacy that wasn’t afraid to dispense it. I continue to keep a stock on hand at all times.  

I was also able to get steroids and an antibiotic. My husband and I did fine. But how many people were told just to stay home until they couldn’t breathe and then go to the hospital where they were frequently placed on a ventilator. People were afraid to go the hospital because it was seen as a death notice.  

Do you remember in 2021 how crazy and hostile the FDA and CDC were over Americans turning to Ivermectin to treat Covid?  People who could not get “human” Ivermectin resorted to “horse paste” Ivermectin, they were so desperate to treat Covid-19.  Later, the FDA settled a lawsuit and took down its derogatory comments about Ivermectin.  

Today it can be bought over-the-counter in five states. And Texas will be the latest state to approve over-the-counter Ivermectin. Bet it won’t be available in Alaska for a long time.  

Dr. Kory, a pulmonary doctor, realized early on that the pulmonary problem with Covid should not require a ventilator to fix.  The underlying disease was not Adult Respiratory Disease Syndrome (ARDS)– which does require  a ventilator to treat – but more frequently it was an organizing pneumonia (OP).  OP is not an infectious disease but a reaction to a lung injury and can be caused by a viral infection.  The use of corticosteroids is usually the only thing needed to resolve this issue.  

Dr. Kory wrote a research article for the world to be given this information during the Covid pandemic.  It took him four months, six rejections, and two peer reviews to finally get it published in a prominent British journal.  One rejection was from a peer reviewer in the American journal Chest. The rejection letter stated “a randomized control study of corticosteroids would need to be performed” (Kory, P., & McCarthy, J. (2023), The War on Ivermectin, Skyhorse Publishing, p. 76.)

A few years later, this became a standard of care.  How many lives might have been saved if this treatment had been tried earlier? What happened to the right to try?  

There are many more stories in his book. What became painfully obvious to him (and to me) was Big Harma’s war on generic medicines and how mainstream media and major medical journals worked hard to keep the lie alive. Once again, greed and profits were favored over people’s lives.  

Dr. Kory is a hero. He continues to fight for what is right. He doesn’t take the “convenient” way out.  He is passionate in his work and is deeply involved in using repurposed medications to treat Covid, long Covid, lung disease and cancer. 

We are blessed he is our keynote speaker at the Annual Alaskans 4 Personal Freedom (AK4PF.org) Conference.  Come join us for an all-day event on October 11, 2025 at the UAA/Wendy Williamson Auditorium.  The price for the event is $55 each—including lunch. Students with ID get in free (without a lunch).  

Click here for more information!  Hope to see you there.

Linda Boyle, RN, MSN, DM, was formerly the chief nurse for the 3rd Medical Group, JBER, and was the interim director of the Alaska VA. Most recently, she served as Director for Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She is the director of the Alaska Covid Alliance.

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Doug Burgum announces lease sales in Alaska, says state will lead in Trump’s offshore energy strategy

The Department of the Interior is rolling out a long-term offshore oil and gas leasing schedule in the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, delivering on President Donald Trump’s promise to expand US energy production and secure American energy independence. The program is a key provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1), signed earlier this year by the president.

“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a landmark step toward unleashing America’s energy potential,” said Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we’re putting in place a bold, long-term program that strengthens American Energy Dominance, creates good-paying jobs and ensures we continue to responsibly develop our offshore resources.”

The long-term leasing program marks a sharp departure from the Biden administration and former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who spent four years crushing Alaska’s energy potential. Under Biden, lease sales in Cook Inlet were canceled and delayed, access to federal lands and waters was restricted, and regulatory hurdles multiplied by the dozens, effectively shutting down opportunities for Alaskans to develop their own resources.

The Trump-Burgum approach flips that script, restoring certainty and signaling that Alaska’s energy wealth will once again be tapped to strengthen America’s economy and security.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tours Katmai National Park and Kenai Cook Inlet energy sites

The plan calls for at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf of America through 2032, reaffirming the Gulf’s role as the backbone of offshore energy. The region accounts for about 14 to 15% of US crude oil output, supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, and drives tens of billions in annual economic activity. By locking in a predictable sale schedule, the administration aims to provide energy producers with the certainty needed for long-term investment in offshore infrastructure.

The Trump administration is making clear that Alaska will not take a back seat in America’s energy future. Cook Inlet will see six lease sales over the next seven years.

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“Alaska has powered this nation for decades, and under this administration, Alaska will lead again,” Burgum said. “Cook Inlet development means more jobs, stronger communities, and less dependence on foreign energy.”

The inclusion of Cook Inlet in the leasing schedule is in line with administration’s recognition that Alaska’s strategic location as a gateway to the Arctic gives it a pivotal role in U.S. energy dominance. For Alaskans, the benefits are expected to reach beyond the oil patch, with local communities poised to gain from job creation and infrastructure investment tied to energy development.

The first sale under the new law, Gulf of America Lease Sale “Big Beautiful Gulf 1,” is scheduled for Dec. 10. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will issue a final notice of the sale at least 30 days in advance.

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