Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola and a handful of other Democrats who are too fearful to show up to support their presidential nominee in Chicago have become the subject of a billboard being driven around the downtown convention area of the Windy City, where the Democratic National Convention starts today.
The National Republican Congressional Committee doesn’t want Democrats to forget that Peltola is their fair-weather friend, and will not be seen with her fellow delegates in Chicago, even though she is an Alaska delegate and the highest elected Democrat from the 49th state. She’s also the darling of the Democratic Party because of her half-Native heritage. Today, she’s an indigenous woman who is simply gone missing in Chicago.
Along with Peltola, four other Democrats in Congress are staying away from Chicago because they are in tough races. They include:
Yadira Caraveo (CO-08)
Matt Cartwright (PA-08)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
“These swing-district Democrat frauds want to pretend like they won’t be enablers of San Francisco liberal Kamala Harris’ dangerous agenda if reelected,” said NRCC Communications Director Jack Pandol. “Yet despite not being in Chicago, they support everything Kamala Harris stands for with their voting records.”
Last year in August, Peltola also went missing, telling Alaskans she was traveling the state, but actually showing up in places like Colorado for fundraisers for Democrats. Her Aug. 29, 2023 town hall was done via Zoom from somewhere.
This year, however, she doesn’t want to be seen with Democrats during the days leading up to the Alaska primary, Aug. 20.
Why do the leaders of Alaska Gun Rights attack conservative, obviously pro-2A legislators such as Representative Mike Cronk, Speaker Cathy Tilton, Representative Kevin McCabe, and many others?
Alaska Gun Rights (AGR) is a local offshoot of National Association of Gun Rights (NAGR), an organization which considers itself to be to the right of the NRA. Their board consists of L. Richard McClure, Jerad McClure, and Pat Martin.
Jerad McClure is David Eastman’s legislative secretary, and Pat Martin is Eastman’s best friend and stalwart defender of anything Eastman does, no matter how ridiculous or unethical.
AGR is particularly angry at a group of legislators who have decided they do not want to support some of the silly amendments that Representative Eastman puts forth, and they have chosen HB61 as their vehicle to beat up on these legislators. See my previous article about the tactic of punishing legislators who do not march in lockstep with the “champion:”
It was known as the anti-Berkowitz bill, and was intended to prevent mayors and officials from closing down gun stores in an emergency, such as what happened in Anchorage during the Covid pandemic in 2020. What AGR takes issue with is that this bill (now law) does allow for the closing of gun shops and ranges. However, what AGR and McClure neglect to say is that the resulting law only allows for such closures if all other businesses are closed as well. The rest of the bill put into statute that the government cannot otherwise interfere with your firearms rights.
So what happened? Why did AGR and Eastman remove their support of this bill? The apparent answer is that they didn’t care as much about the bill or, in fact, your 2A rights, but rather they seek to publicly punish Republicans that they feel do not align with Eastman in everything he does.
Their goal is to protect their “champion” at all costs, even if this gives the election to someone like Savannah Fletcher, a far left liberal, running against Rep. Mike Cronk for the Senate seat “R” vacated by Sen. Click Bishop. Interesting to note that another opponent of Rep. Cronk in the race for Senate seat is James Squyres, who is the spouse of Eastman’s former staffer, Pamela Goode, who is (also) running for House seat 36, currently occupied by Representative Cronk.
AGR and Eastman came out with their opposition to HB61, which contained verbatim language of a bill which they had previously very vocally supported, after Eastman was not included in the Majority Caucus, and after he was removed from the Judiciary Committee. The result of these decisions were a reduction of points allowed for Eastman’s staff forcing him to decide on number of positions and staff pay. Candidate Pamela Goode lost her job when Eastman excluded himself from the majority; Jerad McClure retained his position.
The opposition to Tilton’s bill, by AGR and Eastman, was pure retribution. They sought to punish her over staff and committee reductions, even though those decisions were not hers to make. Committee assignments are made by the Committee on Committees, and staff decisions are made by individual legislators based on points they are given. Those points are based on committee assignments and caucus membership. Every single legislator knew AGR’s concerted effort to destroy HB61 was punishment for decisions made with respect to Eastman. The blatant political skullduggery by the father of Eastman’s secretary may have actually helped the bill pass.
The senior McClure is active in Alaska Republican Party politics, and his son Jerad is very active in Valley politics. One cannot help but wonder how gleeful the Democrats and anti-2A legislators must be to see his attacks on conservative Republicans. When trying to understand these reprehensible attacks on fellow Republicans, it is important to know the back story; while the feud between NAGR and NRA is part of it, the “punish-those-who-disagree-with-the-champion” mentality seems to be the impetus for this latest round of excoriation of legislators who are all candidates for election or re-election.
In light of the recent decision by the NRA, to endorse Rep. Mary Peltola, candidates/legislators are reluctant to use any NRA affiliation, where it had formerly been worn as a badge of honor. AGR leadership likely feels that they can now attack pro 2A legislators for past NRA support, and especially for HB61.
However, despite the NRA support of HB 61, and despite the new opposition to anything NRA, HB 61 made sense. It makes sense now, and it also made sense to AGR and Eastman three years ago because it prohibits the singling out of gun stores, ranges, and sporting goods stores. So what is the major malfunction of AGR?
Linn McCabe is a nearly life-long Alaskan, and has been a conservative political activist since 2008. She is married to Representative Kevin McCabe of Big Lake, who is currently running for re-election in House District 30.
Three crisis canine teams arrived in Juneau last week, with dogs that are trained to provide comfort and emotional support to residents after the Aug. 6 flood created varying degrees of disaster for 290 homeowners.
Juneau is already the home to over 9,000 dogs, so what’ three more?
The comfort canines, not to be confused with therapy dogs, will be visiting the flood-impacted neighborhoods in the Mendenhall Valley, going to schools, disaster assistance centers, and any shelters that remain open. The dogs will be in town until Aug. 21.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Forest Service wrote an “acknowledgement” of the event, which occurred out of a well-known hazard that could have been mitigated over the past years, rather than allowed to continue to seasonally create flooding. Suicide Basin is a geologic feature where water and ice get backed up in a large pond, and then releases in a gush when the pressure is great enough. The local, state, and federal governments have taken no action to prevent this disaster, although they have had years to do so.
All the areas that were closed in the Mendenhall Glacier area that are under the Forest Service’s jurisdiction are are now reopened, and campers, tourists, and locals are returning to the places that were recently underwater. Nearby, homeowners are tearing out sheetrock and insulation in a race against time as fall approaches.
The Forest Service is also focused on “supporting emotional and mental well-being of our employees and has organized a team ‘check-in’ that will include a mental health counselor for those team members who feel they would benefit from information about stress, trauma and grief,” the regional forester said in a statement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s law that limited residents of California to purchasing no more than one firearm per month has been put on hold by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal district court in March had struck down the law as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, but the state government fought for and obtained a stay on the ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals pending further legal review.
On Thursday, a panel from the 9th Circuit reversed the stay in a one-sentence ruling until the matter of Nguyen v. Bonta goes through its appeal.
“This order allows our hard-won injunction to take effect and, unless the Ninth Circuit issues a new stay, Californians may now apply to purchase multiple firearms within a 30-day period,” said Firearms Policy Coalition President Brandon Combs. FPC brought the case. “FPC intends to make Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta respect Second Amendment rights whether they like it or not.”
The Nguyen case was filed in December of 2020 as part ofFPC Law strategic litigation programto eliminate immoral laws and create a world of maximal liberty, the FPC explained. The coalition was joined in this case by four individual members and two retailer members as well as San Diego County Gun Owners PAC and the Second Amendment Foundation.
The ruling came just one day after the court heard oral arguments on the challenge of Senate Bill 61, which banned the purchases of any hand gun or semi-automatic centerfire rifle from a licensed dealer, if the buyer had already purchased or obtained such a firearm in the previous 30 days. California extended its restriction in 2022 with Assembly Bill 1621, which added purchases of firearms parts.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, who took office in July, has shown her leadership style. After an officer-involved shooting last week, she has taken a stand against Anchorage police in a case where a 16-year-old was shot and killed by an officer, while the youth was threatening others in her family with a knife during a domestic dispute.
Easter Leafa was shot and killed in that Tuesday incident. On Thursday, Mayor LaFrance apologized profusely to the Leafa family, saying, “We cannot, and we will not accept this as a new normal in Anchorage. We lost a young person in our community who should have been starting her first day of school today. We cannot take back the pain associated with this loss, but we can do everything in our power to make sure this doesn’t happen again in Anchorage.”
LaFrance and the leftists on the Anchorage Assembly have called for various actions, including a community oversight council to keep an eye on the police. Actions like these end up making police hesitant about doing their jobs.
LaFrance has said that instead the investigation by Anchorage Police Internal Affairs, she is directing an investigation to be taken away from the department and assigned to a third party, as of yet to be named. She asked her city manager Becky Windt Pearson to figure it out.
In addition, although such shootings are routinely investigated by the State of Alaska’s Office of Special Prosecutions to determine if criminal charges against officers are warranted, LaFrance labeled this as a criminal investigation into the officer who shot the person with the knife. She presumed him to be a criminal.
“An outside entity will audit APD’s policies and practices and recommend changes to reduce officer-involved shootings. Unlike internal investigations or the courts, the outside entity will not limit its analysis to what is legally permissible. The entity will prepare a public report so that the community has visibility into the changes within the department,” LaFrance said, in announcing what may now be seen by police as a witch-hunt against them.
“We’ve got to figure out what is going on and these investigations are about getting a clear understanding of the facts and charting a path forward for the department and entire community,” said LaFrance. Since Thursday, there have been multiple violent incidences in Anchorage, including shooting deaths. Some of these violent incidents that police have had to respond to since Thursday include:
A shooting at 2nd and H Street on Aug. 17.
A shooting death at the 400-block of N Bliss.
A threat at Clark Middle School.
Lake Otis Parkway and Waldron Drive.
A suspicious death at Lake Otis Parkway and Waldron Drive.
There have been six officer-involved shootings this year, with four of them ending in deaths. From police reports, it appears Anchorage is going through a more violent phase, which puts both the public and officers in dangers
Although Anchorage Chief of Police Sean Case did not defend his workforce, the president of the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association was having none of LaFrance’s insinuations.
On Friday, Sgt. Darrell Evans said that not only are the families impacted when there is a police-involved shooting, but that officers involved are also impacted by the traumatic incidences.
LeFrance oversimplified the many officer-involved shootings, Evans said, saying that the mayor’s statements do “nothing to acknowledge the weight of each of those incidents.”
Here’s the full press statement by Sgt. Darrell Evans:
APDEA Statement on Recent Officer-Involved Shootings
Any loss of life is tragic. We acknowledge the pain Easter Leafa’s family is enduring.
We also acknowledge the immeasurable weight this incident has placed on our officers. We are mothers and fathers; wives and husbands; sisters and brothers. We value life above all else. And we spend the rest of our lives feeling the weight of having to take another’s life to defend our own or others. I can tell you firsthand that weight is never lifted.
I am dismayed by what City leaders have said and implied over the past few days. We have little fact-based understanding of what occurred on the night of August 13th, because a robust investigation is currently underway. Our justice system is built upon a gateway step; gather facts before taking further action. Yet many City leaders appear content with calling for action without knowing the facts. That approach does not lend to good policymaking. The investigation has only just begun, and the mayor is apologizing for the actions of an officer that has yet to describe and explain those actions.
We have also heard the oversimplified statement that “six officer-involved shootings since May is far too many” and how that somehow reflects a failure only upon the policing profession. That level of oversimplification does nothing to acknowledge the weight of each of those incidents. Does it acknowledge the civilian who was killed by a suspect outside a downtown bar? Does it acknowledge the significant risks faced by community members when an armed man with a shotgun advanced on officers, and refused to comply with their lawful commands? Does it acknowledge the fact that an armed man refused to comply with officers’ lawful orders, after firing a gun, following a domestic disturbance, placing those officers in danger? Does it reflect the fact that in one of these critical incidents the officers were shot at? Does it reflect that each of the officers who acted did so only as a last resort when all other tactics had failed? Does it reflect the weight that each of those officers and their families must bear? Each of these incidents are burdens on us all. And our collective reflection upon each of those incidents must honor the weight they carry for us all as individuals, police officers, and as a community. So, when we talk about “six officer-involved shootings,” there is vital information being left out of the narrative.
The APDEA and its members will always be part of sensible solutions that not only elevate our profession, but also elevate our community and public safety. For years, we’ve asked the city to invest in our workforce and training. We want to do our best. We strive to do our best. But like any profession, we can only learn and grow when we have real, robust, ongoing training. Policing is a wildly complex profession, and like any profession, we should spend our entire careers being exposed to the most thorough and thoughtful training out there. That’s what we want and need. But also know that even the most well-trained professionals can’t change outcomes when the entire event was set up for failure from the start.
We have for years called for more investment in our city’s social fabric. Help get those who are addicted or suffering from mental illness into treatment. Help them recover and grow. Find new or additional professionals to help us support those most in need. Don’t let our social fabric wear so thin that police are left to singularly deal with all of society’s ills and failures.
From tragedy comes opportunity. We look forward to actively engaging with all our community partners and City leaders to move our collective communities forward.
The Anchorage Police Department has some of the most professional, educated, highly trained, compassionate officers in the nation. It is unfortunate that our officers have been faced with six critical incidents in a short period of time, but don’t let that unfortunate fact diminish your trust in your police department. We will continue to strive to be the best police department in the nation and continue to provide the level of service and commitment to your safety that we always have.
American taxpayers are getting all the government they can afford, and then some. In the required annual report to Congress released by the White House in July, there are 515 employees listed. That’s down slightly from last year, when White House’s 524 employees cost taxpayers nearly $53 million.
“During President Joe Biden’s first three years, he spent $158.8 million on the largest White House payroll in American history, based on headcount,” according to the website OpentheBooks.com. White House staff for FY2023 collectively cost $52,775,234.
The most expensive employee last year was Deputy Monkeypox Coordinator Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis, who made $260,718. Although Daskalakis’ LinkedIn profile shows he is still in that position in the White House, he is not listed in the official report by the White House this year, which may mean he has been reassigned to an agency or that he has been left off intentionally. He is a high-profile and flamboyant gay activist, with many provocative photos of him posted around the internet in bondage outfits.
Highest paid Biden/Harris staffer is this freak. He’s makes $260,718 a year as their ‘Monkeypox coordinator.’ He’s a satanist that dresses in bondage.
Biden has set a new bar: No White House before Biden-Harris has ever employed 500 staffers. He employs over 100 more staffers than Trump during his four years. In 2019, Trump had 416 White House employees. Obama in 2011 had 454 employees compared to Biden’s 524, at the same time during their presidencies. (
There was 46% turnover in White House staff, from 2022 to 2023 and 39% turnover the year before. This year, the number of employees is sure to drop as some Biden loyalists start looking for other work before January.
The turnover in Biden’s third year in office was 10% higher than the turnover in 2019, Trump’s third year, according to the analysis by OpentheBooks.
Jill Biden’s staff more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, going from 8 to 20, the analysis said.
Although Vice President Kamala Harris already has locked down the votes to be the presidential nominee for the Democrats, there’s still the Democratic National Convention to get through, which will provide another surge of media hype for the Democrats. Already, the media has been doing the heavy lifting, pushing a “joy” theme for Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.
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More than 15,000 members of the news media will be in Chicago to cover the convention, the Democratic National Committee said. The party has credentialed and is paying social media influencers, as well. About 200 of them will be creating Harris-Walz-friendly content starting this weekend in the Windy City. The coverage will be wrap-around and gloriously positive.
It’s the first convention for Democrats in eight years; in 2020, the party did everything virtually due to Covid — Joe Biden was in his basement and delegates dialed into the convention via Zoom.
But as mentioned in Must Read Alaska earlier, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola is going to be missing in Chicago. She often ducks out on difficult votes or when she needs to take cover from media attention. She and other vulnerable Democrats are steering clear of the chaos on Chicago, as they try to look nonpartisan.
In addition to Peltola, Democrat Rep. Jared Golden of Maine and Yadira Caraveo of Colorado are staying away.
Those who do attend are being offered free vasectomies and abortions by Planned Parenthood, which is setting up to serve delegates and the media, as reported by the New York Times.
“The Great Rivers Planned Parenthood, which covers parts of Missouri and southern Illinois, will provide abortion pills and vasectomies at a mobile health clinic on Monday and Tuesday blocks away from the convention site in Chicago, exemplifying how abortion politics will dominate the Democratic convention this year, the New York TimesreportedFriday. According to the NYT, there is already a waitlist for free vasectomies,” The Daily Caller wrote.
Peltola has made abortion the centerpiece of her campaign in Alaska. Although Alaskans can get abortions on demand up until the date of the baby’s birth, the average age of Alaska women Democrats going to Chicago for the convention is over 50, so there won’t be too many abortions being given to them. There are a handful of gay male Alaska delegates who won’t need vasectomy services, either.
While the Jesse Sumner’s Must Read Alaska column presents a case for open primaries and ranked choice voting (RCV) as beneficial to Alaska conservatives, there are several reasons why I challenge this view, particularly from the perspective of preserving traditional conservative values and the integrity of the electoral process.
On one hand, Sumner advocates for “less regulation and smaller government” as the best way to ensure freedom and prosperity. This philosophy typically aligns with a preference for straightforward, minimalistic systems that limit government intervention and complexity. It is also a dog whistle for progressive ideology, which now overwhelms Alaska’s political fabric.
However, in the same breath, he supports open primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV). These are systems that introduce more regulation, complexity, and government involvement in the electoral process. These statements by Sumner may not appear disingenuous to him, but they contradict the fundamental principles he claims to uphold.
Open primaries and RCV are designed to modify how elections function, requiring additional rules, oversight, and administrative processes. This stands in contrast to the principle of smaller government, which would favor less regulation and simpler, more direct voting methods. Therefore, by advocating for these more complex electoral systems, Sumner contradicts his own stated belief in minimal government interference, revealing a lack of coherence in his reasoning. This dissonance suggests a self-delusion, as he fails to recognize how his support for these systems undermines the very principles of limited government that he claims to prioritize.
Open primaries and RCV blur the lines between political parties, allowing non-Republicans to influence the outcome of Republican primaries and erode both party integrity and conservative values.
This dilutes the party’s core principles and could lead to the selection of candidates who do not fully represent conservative values. A prime example is the current senior U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, for whom the open primary and ranked-choice general was designed.
In a closed primary, only registered Republicans would have a say in choosing their candidate, ensuring that the nominee aligns closely with the party’s ideology. Open primaries, on the other hand, can lead to the nomination of candidates who appeal to a broader, less ideologically consistent electorate, potentially weakening the party’s stance on key issues like small government and personal freedom.
Open primaries and RCV are susceptible to strategic voting, where voters may rank candidates from opposing parties lower or manipulate their rankings to ensure a less desirable candidate from another party wins. This could result in candidates being elected who do not genuinely reflect the majority preference of conservative voters. Traditional first-past-the-post systems, where the candidate with the most votes wins, are straightforward and less prone to such manipulation, preserving the integrity of the electoral process.
RCV can be confusing for voters, particularly those who are not well-versed in the intricacies of the voting process. The added complexity may discourage voter participation or lead to spoiled ballots, particularly among older or less educated voters who might struggle with the ranking process. In contrast, a simpler voting system ensures that every voter can easily understand and participate in the electoral process, maintaining high levels of voter engagement and confidence in the outcomes.
Sumner argues that RCV benefits conservatives by preventing vote-splitting. However, RCV could also lead to unintended consequences, such as the election of moderate or less conservative candidates, as it encourages candidates to appeal to a broader base, potentially diluting conservative principles.
In a state like Alaska, where the electorate is diverse and includes a significant number of non-partisan voters, RCV could lead to outcomes that do not fully align with conservative values, undermining the influence of the conservative base.
The 2022 U.S. congressional race was won by vote splitting because conservatives who chose not to rank had to split their vote between choices on the conservative side.
Sumner cites past elections where RCV might have changed the outcome in favor of Republicans, but it’s also important to recognize that conservatives have successfully won elections in Alaska without RCV. Traditional voting systems have allowed conservatives to maintain significant influence in state politics, even when faced with close races. There’s no guarantee that RCV would consistently benefit conservatives, and the traditional system has proven its effectiveness in electing conservative leaders who align with the values of their constituents.
Traditional primary systems foster competition within the party, encouraging candidates to clearly define their platforms and appeal directly to the party’s base. Open primaries and RCV, however, reduce this intra-party competition, potentially leading to a less vibrant and dynamic political environment. By preserving traditional primary systems, conservatives can ensure that candidates who best represent the party’s values emerge as the nominees, strengthening the party’s ideological consistency and appeal.
The notion that ranked-choice voting curtails the amount of dark money in Alaska’s election system is also problematic in the context of Sumner’s statement. While RCV was promoted as a way to reduce the influence of dark money by making it harder for outside groups to sway election outcomes through negative campaigning, the reality is more complex.
Dark money, political spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors, can still play a significant role under RCV. We are currently witnessing this potential with the huge amounts of money fronted by the National Republican Congressional Committee supporting the US Congressional candidate, Nancy Dahlstrom.
In fact, the need for candidates to appeal to a broader audience in multiple rounds of voting could increase the incentive for dark money groups to influence voters through targeted messaging across various rounds. This adds another layer of contradiction to Mr. Sumner’s argument, as his support for RCV, justified by his belief in less regulation and smaller government, overlooks the fact that RCV might not effectively reduce dark money’s influence and could even complicate efforts to identify and limit such interference.
While open primaries and ranked choice voting may have some benefits, they also pose significant risks to the integrity of conservative values, the electoral process, and the party’s ability to consistently elect leaders who truly represent the principles of small government, personal freedom, and traditional values.
Conservatives in Alaska should carefully consider whether these systems align with their long-term goals or whether traditional voting methods better serve the party’s interests and the state’s unique political landscape.
Michael Tavoliero is a senior writer at Must Read Alaska.
Following the Supreme Court opinion on Dobbs in 2022, Democrats decided to run on abortion every single election.
The technique is to terrify their core constituency of affluent white, female liberals (AWFLs) with endless lies about conservatives attacking their right to choose. Generally they use ads. Pro-abortion ballot initiatives enshrining abortion in state constitutions have been floated in the last two national elections.
The goal is to turn out the single, college-educated women in sufficient numbers to elect Democrats. The goal is never to actually solve the issue, so it ends up being a festering carbuncle on the carcass of political life for as long as the tactic works for democrats, and for as long as the seemingly mentally ill liberal women targeted, who all claim to be intelligent, put up with it.
We here in Alaska have been treated to a series of ads funded by a national group “Vote Alaska Before Party” all summer. While never mentioned, these ads all support Mary Peltola’s reelection bid for congress. hey uniformly bash Republican candidates in the primary.
Note that this is all Outside money, being spent by the group headed by political operative Jim Lottsfeldt, to help Peltola win the primary Aug 20 and the general on Nov 5.
While Lottsfeldt’s radio ads never mention Peltola, they do talk a lot about the three conservative candidates. They go after Nick Begich for supporting the Supreme Court Dobbs decision, which allows states to decide the abortion question. They bash Nancy Dahlstrom for taking over $160,000 from groups who want to ban abortion nationwide. Finally, they go after Gerald Heikes for wanting to defund Planned Parenthood. All three candidates are darkly labeled as too extreme for Alaska.
A deeper look into this uncovers the fraud Lottsfeldt and his national democrat backers are executing on voters in Alaska.
In the Begich case, Dobbs put the issue squarely back in the hands of elected officials in the states — legislature and governors. Courts are no longer players. Suggesting that some national abortion legislation – for or against – is possible is little more than a lie.
Lottsfeldt’s Democrats continue with their attack on Dahlstrom, claiming that taking money from people who don’t like abortion is extreme. Does this also mean that taking money from the pro-abortion world is likewise extreme? While it should, it is apparently not in the Democrat fever swamps.
The final, and most laughable claim is that defunding Planned Parenthood is somehow extreme. Note that this is the same Planned Parenthood that is currently running a nationwide chop shop for commercial sale of aborted baby parts.
Not ignoring a new revenue stream, Planned Parenthood managed to insert itself into middle of the burgeoning gender affirming care industry targeting young girls for their “services.” They used their position in the public schools to prey on pregnant teens as a vehicle to become the second largest provider of gender hormone therapies nationwide. Like with their abortion advocacy, this is usually done without the knowledge or participation of the parents of these minors.
Defunding these predators of young women would be a vast improvement in political life.
But Lottsfeldt’s Democrats who fund this and the candidates they support like Peltola aren’t interested in any compromise, any discussion, or anything else. All they want is the election win. And they are ready, willing, and able to terrify a bunch of women to do it, shamelessly feeding their fears and creating mentally ill people who will do their bidding every election.
It has worked well for them for years. It’s time to break up this game.
Alex Gimarc lives in Anchorage since retiring from the military in 1997. His interests include science and technology, environment, energy, economics, military affairs, fishing and disabilities policies. His weekly column “Interesting Items” is a summary of news stories with substantive Alaska-themed topics. He was a small business owner and Information Technology professional.
