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Peltola votes with Democrats to allow illegal aliens to vote in Washington D.C.

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Peltola votes with Democrats to allow illegal aliens to vote in Washington D.C.

Alaska’s Rep. Mary Peltola, staying true to her theme of voting with the most extreme members of Congress, this week voted in favor of allowing illegal aliens to vote in Washington, D.C.

The vote came as she opposed House Joint Resolution 24, which would nullify the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia in October. That act allows noncitizens the ability to vote in local elections in the district.

The House resolution passed by a 260-161 vote, as 42 Democrats joined Republicans on Thursday to try to override the D.C. Council. But not Peltola, who voted with the farthest-left representatives such as Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jerry Nadler, against the bill, which now heads to the Senate.

Read the bill at this link.

An estimated 21,000 illegal aliens live in the nation’s capital, with 12,000 of them from Mexico and 7,000 from El Salvador, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

Republicans introduced HJR 234 last month, shortly after they took the majority.

“Voting is a pillar of American democracy and a constitutional right that undeniably needs to be protected and preserved for citizens of this country,” said House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, who sponsored the bill.

“The D.C. Council’s reckless decision to allow non-U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants the right to vote in local elections is an attack on the foundation of this republic,” Comer said. “This move by the Council is irresponsible and will only exacerbate the ongoing border crisis, subvert the voices of American citizens, and open the door for foreign adversaries to peddle influence in our nation’s capital. It should go without saying: only Americans should have the power to influence local policy and guide their hard-earned taxpayer dollars to important initiatives. All Members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, should strongly oppose this radical effort by the D.C. Council and support this Joint Resolution.”

The D.C. Council can pass local legislation, but its laws can be overridden by Congress, since D.C. is not a state. The resolution must also be passed by the Senate and signed by the president to override the local council’s actions.

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Peltola votes ‘no’ to resolution condemning attacks against crisis pregnancy centers and churches

Peltola votes with Democrats against medical care rights of babies born alive during or after abortion

Peltola votes with Democrats against medical care rights of babies born alive during or after abortion

House Republicans vote to defund the doubling of IRS, but Alaska’s Peltola votes with Democrats against it

House Republicans vote to defund the doubling of IRS, but Alaska’s Peltola votes with Democrats against it

Peltola toes line, votes for Respect for Marriage Act

Peltola toes line, votes for Respect for Marriage Act

Top Gun: Pentagon Pat reveals details about UFO shot down over Alaska

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Top Gun: Pentagon Pat reveals details about UFO shot down over Alaska

It’s a balloon, or it’s not a balloon. It was the size of a car. But we’re not sure what size of car. If the Pentagon knows what it shot down over the Arctic Ocean, it’s not saying. At this point, it’s still in the category of an unidentified flying “object” that was north of Prudhoe Bay until taken down by an F-22 out of Elmendorf.

The Department of Defense did give at least a few more details about the nature of the mission, which took place this morning over the Arctic, while it was still dark in northern Alaska. As revealed by Must Read Alaska earlier on Friday, the military had detected the object on Feb. 9, and determined it was unmanned. A jet from Anchorage to Red Dog Mine was rerouted toward Nome to avoid the item on Thursday.

“The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. President Joe Biden ordered Northern Command to shoot down the object. Civilian airliners typically fly between 40,000 and 45,000 feet.

The object, whatever it was, fell onto sea ice off the coast of Alaska and U.S. Northern Command has begun recovery operations, Ryder said.

“U.S. Northern Command’s Alaska Command coordinated the operation with assistance from the Alaska Air National Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” he said. 

Breaking: Air Force shoots down item over Prudhoe; temporary flight restriction over Deadhorse, as Air Force C-130 circles Prudhoe Bay

The object was about the size of a small car, the general said, and does not resemble in any way the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this week. “We have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin,” he said. 

Two F-22s flying out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, took down the object. The one missile shot was an AIM-9X Sidewinder. “We have HC-130, HH-60 and CH-47 aircraft participating in that recovery,” the press secretary said.

The shoot-down of a China spy balloon six days earlier has drawn criticism from many observers, who note that the White House didn’t acknowledge the spy balloon until it was photographed and reported by a newspaper in Billings, Montana. Only then did the Biden Administration admit it knew about the balloon, and it has changed stories about the timing and nature of its decisions ever since.

Gold medallion Alaska social worker sentenced for jabbing flight attendant on Delta flight in January

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Gold medallion Alaska social worker sentenced for jabbing flight attendant on Delta flight in January

A Nebraska man on business as a consultant in Alaska was sentenced Feb. 3, 202 to time served for assaulting a flight attendant during a Delta Airline flight from Minneapolis to Anchorage on Jan. 29.

Denis McCarville, 70, who is the former CEO of Alaska Child & Family social service agency and who now lives in Omaha, while working as a consultant in Alaska, was a passenger aboard Delta Flight 2236, when he became angry because his tray table was stuck. He also inserted his foot into the aisle of the jet every time a particular flight attendant came by, with the apparent intention of tripping her.

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested McCarville when the jet landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

McCarville pleaded guilty to an Information charging Assault in the Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 46506 and 18 U.S.C. § 113.

The airline flight attendant who was struck was working on the first beverage cart service of the flight, beginning with the front of the cabin and working to the back of the plane, when she came to row 12 where McCarville was seated in the aisle seat, 12C. When she asked McCarville what he wanted to drink, he stated “I can’t have a drink because my tray table is broken.”

The flight attendant tried to assist in getting the tray out of the arm rest, but she could not get it out either. She apologized to McCarville and pointed out the middle seat was empty, and he could use its tray table instead.

McCarville was still upset, so the flight attendant offered to give him some SkyMiles for the inconvenience, but he responded that his entire flight ticket should be refunded. The attendant said she couldn’t do that but he could ask a Delta representative to refund his ticket once the flight landed in Anchorage.

As the flight attendant turned to the other side of the aisle to serve beverages, McCarville jabbed her so hard that the attendant nearly was knocked into the passenger opposite McCarville. The flight attendant turned to McCarville and said, “That was not okay, please do not touch me again, let’s keep our hands to ourselves,” to which McCarville replied, very loudly, “Fuck you.”

At this point other passengers got involved, including a passenger in 12A, who told McCarville to stop behaving badly.

That didn’t go over well with McCarville, who stated, “I’m a Gold Medallion; I can do whatever I want. Fuck you,” and “Shut the fuck up.”

The flight crew followed protocol with de-escalation by switching positions and job responsibilities. That flight attendant was no longer to work that part of the cabin’s beverage service or interact anymore with McCarville. Another flight attendant took the assaulted attendant to the back of the plane to inspect her rib area where McCarville had jabbed her.

Later on the flight, whenever the attendant walked by McCarville, he stuck his foot into the aisle. Since it was a red-eye flight, and since McCarville didn’t do that to any of the other attendants, it started to look like he was singling her out again.

Toward the end of the flight, McCarville got into a dispute with the passenger in 12A, starting to swear at him several times: “Fuck you.” McCarville would not let the passenger get by to use the bathroom, the court document shows.

The flight attendant said she had served one alcoholic beverage to McCarville, but she didn’t believe he was drunk. However, the flight attendant wore a mask and has a deviated septum, which makes it hard for her to smell anything. She has been a flight attendant for eight years and has never before been pushed or prodded like that, she told the court.

McCarville is a social worker and does clinical work with children. He was CEO of Alaska Child & Family until 2018.

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Breaking: Air Force shoots down item over Prudhoe; temporary flight restriction over Deadhorse, as Air Force C-130 circles Prudhoe Bay

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Breaking: Air Force shoots down item over Prudhoe; temporary flight restriction over Deadhorse, as Air Force C-130 circles Prudhoe Bay

The skies are empty over Deadhorse, as a highly unsual Federal Aviation Administration flight restriction has been placed around Prudhoe Bay, Deadhorse, and Kuparuk, as a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft, a Combat King II, circles the area at an altitude of 3,225 feet. (Update: The C-130 has dropped in altitude and is traveling at 170 mph.)

Update: Must Read Alaska can confirm that at 1:45 pm Eastern Time, the military shot down another unidentified object at 40,000 feet offshore near Deadhorse, Alaska.

The TFR is listed as pertaining to security, rather than hazards or VIP movement. Aviation sources are speculating the Air Force has its eye on a submarine.

Flight pattern of C-130 from Brooks Range to Deadhorse this morning. Top image shows later flight patterns.

Alaska Airlines Flight 5131 passengers, with workers for the North Slope, were holding at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Friday morning.

“The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of the civilian flight,” National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said at a press briefing at the White House, adding that the object was a reasonable threat to civilian flights. “Out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to down the object, and they did, and it came inside our territorial waters.”

The object was much smaller than the China spy balloon that was shot down on Saturday off of Myrtle Beach, S.C. It’s the side of a small car, he said. A recovery effort is expected, which may explain why two Blackhawk helicopters are en route.

Yesterday, another unusual activity occurred in the skies of Alaska, as a commercial jet from Anchorage to Red Dog Mine was diverted to fly nearly to Nome before it was able to swing back to Red Dog near Kotzebue. Normally jets take a straight line from Anchorage to Red Dog. It is unknown if these two aviation anomalies are related.

Flight pattern of an Alaska Airlines jet from Anchorage to Red Dog on Thursday.

The temporary flight restriction around Prudhoe Bay today is the same as the TFR was posted along the South Carolina coast before the China spy balloon was shot down last Saturday. The TFR is from the ground to 60,000 feet, the altitude of the spy balloon.

The Department of Defense has put a lid on all communications with FAA, Must Read Alaska has learned.

Sullivan says Arctic Warriors scrambled jets in Alaska and could have shot down the CCP balloon, if allowed

Sullivan says Arctic Warriors scrambled jets in Alaska and could have shot down the CCP balloon, if allowed

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Sullivan says Arctic Warriors scrambled jets in Alaska and could have shot down the CCP balloon, if allowed

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Fox News said America’s Arctic Warriors intercepted the communist China spy balloon before it entered American air space.

“To Alaska Command’s credit, we scrambled F-16s and F-35s and intercepted the balloon before it entered our airspace. We clearly could have shot it down,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan’s remarks came Friday morning, hours after President Joe Biden went on record Thursday saying that the China spy balloon was not a major security breach, and brushed it off as not a big deal.

“‘”It’s not a major breach. Look, the total amount of intelligence gathering that’s going on by every country around the world is overwhelming,” Biden said to a Noticias Telemundo reporter on Thursday.

The State Department, however, also disagrees with the president, and says the airship shot down over the coast of South Carolina, after it had traversed the entire North American continent, was part of a vast surveillance network by the communist China government that spans 40 countries and five continents.

Sullivan said that America needs to send a message to the CCP.

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“We need to reestablish deterrence,” Sullivan said. “Right now, the Chinese believe they can do this any time they want. They have been doing it any time they want to us and to other countries. What I pressed administration officials on yesterday was making a public announcement that the next time they do anything like this, particularly over my airspace in Alaska. we’re going to shoot them down. To Alaska Command Military Authority’s credit, we scrambled F-16s, F-35s. We were tracking this balloon before it came into our airspace. We clearly could have shot it down, and next time we need to just tell them, we will shoot it down. That will reestablish deterrence. But right now we don’t have deterrence. They believe they can do this any time, any place, in America and the rest of the world.”

On Monday, the said Pentagon did not shoot down the Chinese balloon as it approached Alaska in late January because it was not a military threat to the United States. The Pentagon also said it was worried about debris hitting people on the ground, although Alaska is a vast and largely unpopulated state.

But on Thursday, the Biden Administration story changed. Assistant Secretary of Defense Melissa Dalton told a Senate committee that the military’s decision not to shoot down a Chinese balloon as soon as it entered Alaskan airspace was because of the difficulty the cold weather in Alaska posed to recovering and examining the surveillance equipment.

The decision to not shoot it down over Alaska was in part due to “the ability to salvage, understand, and exploit the capabilities of the high-altitude balloon,” Dalton told the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee. “And we look forward to sharing that with you in a classified setting and openly as we learn more.”

Dalton said that Alaska waters in the Bering Sea, being cold, deep, and covered with ice would mean “a very different recovery operation” that she said would include additional risk and could have been “extremely dangerous.”

On Thursday, the House voted unanimously to condemn China for its “brazen violation” of U.S. airspace and for deceiving the international community through “false claims about its intelligence collection campaigns.” The vote was 419-0.

Granny’s Guns ringleader sentenced for 2019 theft of 22 guns in smash-and-grab

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Granny’s Guns ringleader sentenced for 2019 theft of 22 guns in smash-and-grab

An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for stealing 22 firearms from an Anchorage gun store in 2019.   

According to court documents, Gian Carlo Clemente Pangilinan aka “G,” 26, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to stealing 22 firearms from Granny’s Guns, a federally licensed firearms dealer located in Anchorage, on June 6, 2019, along with three co-conspirators.

Pangilinan and the three others drove a stolen Chevy Trailblazer to Wrightway Auto Carriers in Anchorage where they broke into the building and stole license plates, filing cabinets and a GMC Sierra pickup. Pangilinan and a co-conspirator then got into another stolen vehicle, a Chevy Suburban, and drove it through the front window of Granny’s Guns. The two other co-conspirators drove the stolen pickup alongside the broken window and loaded 22 firearms into the back of the truck and drove away. They later transferred the stolen firearms from the truck into a black GMC Denali and lit the stolen GMC Sierra pickup on fire in an effort to destroy evidence.

Later the same day, officers with the Anchorage Police Department tried to stop the GMC Denali and an associated gold pickup when multiple shots were fired from the gold pickup, occupied by Pangilinan and a co-conspirator. On June 18, 2019, Pangilinan and two co-conspirators attempted to recover an impounded vehicle which contained one of the stolen firearms from the Granny’s Guns burglary. All four co-conspirators were indicted in October 2020 and subsequently arrested on the charges. Pangilinan is also facing charges in state court.

“Stolen firearms are a threat to the safety of all Alaskans,” said U.S. Attorney S. Lane Tucker for the District of Alaska. “The blatant disregard for public safety and law enforcement both during and after this series of violent crimes by Pangilinan and his co-conspirators show just how dangerous they are to our community. We will continue to work closely with local, state and federal law enforcement to fight violent crime and keep our communities safe from people who endanger our neighborhoods.” 

“All of the involved defendants demonstrated a complete indifference to the safety of others through their actions in their violent crime spree,” stated Police Chief Michael Kerle. “From the theft of multiple vehicles, to firing shots in public, driving erratically on our streets, and stealing multiple firearms; it is imperative they are held accountable for their behavior. Pangilinan’s sentencing is a big part of that. We are grateful for the efforts of all our law enforcement partners who were involved in seeing this case through.”

Co-conspirators in this case include:

  • Muna Junior Rode, 23, pleaded guilty to stealing firearms and is awaiting sentencing.
  • Kao Chiang Saelee, aka “Robbie,” 40, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal firearms from a licensed dealer and was sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. 
  • Hans Mikaele Wells, aka “Mika,” 26, pleaded guilty to stealing firearms and was sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment.

The Anchorage Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Ivers prosecuted the case.

Dozens of firearms stolen in brazen smash-and-grab heist

Haines man sentenced for grooming kids for child porn

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Haines man sentenced for grooming kids for child porn

A Haines, Alaska man was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors. Christopher Panagiotou-Scigliano, 41, pled guilty to one count of production of child pornography, involving coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography.

In 2015 Panagiotou-Scigliano moved from Idaho to a farm in Haines. After his arrival, Panagiotou-Scigliano arranged for several children he had been grooming and abusing in another state to visit his farm in Haines multiple times.

When the children arrived, Panagiotou-Scigliano continued grooming and sexually exploiting them by taking numerous sexually explicit images and videos of the victims.

Anchorage School Board shuts down parent reading a passage from a sexting-porn manual in schools’ libraries

Panagiotou-Scigliano is also charged with the sexual abuse of multiple child victims in Idaho. That case is still pending.

“This office will continue to vigorously prosecute heinous predatory crimes such as this,” said S. Lane Tucker, United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. “Although no term of imprisonment can repair the harm caused to the victims, anyone engaging or thinking about engaging in grooming and sexual conduct with minors should take warning from this significant sentence.”

“In this unconscionable case, the defendant engaged in a years-long manipulation and grooming process to isolate and sexually abuse minors, all under the guise of being a trusted family friend,” said Special Agent in Charge Antony Jung of the FBI Anchorage Field Office. “The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to identify, aggressively pursue, and hold accountable those who commit these vile crimes against children.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case. The Haines Police Department, the Bonner County, Idaho, Sheriff’s Office, the Bonner County Prosecutor’s Office and the Alaska State Troopers supported the investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Ivers and James Klugman prosecuted the case.

Borrowing for benefits: Peltola says Congress must raise the debt ceiling

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Borrowing for benefits: Peltola says Congress must raise the debt ceiling

Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola suggests on Twitter that it would be irresponsible for America to reduce the national debt.

“The benefits of millions of Americans are on the line if we don’t raise the debt ceiling. Our health care, prescription drugs, Medicare, and Social Security are all on the chopping block. Not raising the debt ceiling is reckless and irresponsible. We have to do it,” she wrote in her policy statement about the money owed to foreign governments like Japan and China.

It’s borrowing for benefits: Raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which is already $31.4 trillion, so we can keep borrowing more to spend more on programs, putting America in a debt spiral. Peltola offers no cuts, only spending.

The United States hit the debt ceiling last month, which forced the Treasury Department to take extraordinary steps to keep the government from going into default. Some Republicans say that lifting the borrowing cap must be tied to budget reductions. President Joe Biden says that the matter is not negotiable at all — there will be no cuts to federal spending, a position that Peltola has appeared to adopt.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Thursday, informing him that the nation’s outstanding debt is at its statutory limit of $31.4 trillion and that the agency will implement extraordinary measures so it doesn’t default on its debt, which would have enormous consequences on the US economy, global financial stability and many Americans. She said the measures would last through June 5. Since she wrote to Congress, the U.S. debt is even bigger — it’s $31.544 trillion. The amount of debt per citizen (taxpayers and non-taxpayers) is over $540,000.

National debt snapshot from Feb. 9, 2023:

In plain language, the national debt is like using a credit card for purchases and not paying off the full balance each month, the U.S. Treasury explains on its website. The cost of purchases exceeding the amount paid off represents a deficit, while accumulated deficits over time represents a person’s overall debt.

On Dec. 16, 2021, the debt ceiling was raised by $2.5 trillion to $31.4 trillion, the largest dollar amount increase in the national debt in history, done under the trifecta leadership of Democrats in the House, Senate, and White House.

The largest holder of U.S. debt is Japan, followed by China.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is in a tight spot because his majority is so slim, and he could be rolled by just about anyone in the majority. But in January, he stated the need for a change in course with the national debt.

"We're six months away. Why wouldn't we sit down and change this behavior so that we would put ourselves on a more fiscally strong position?" he said.

Anchorage School Board shuts down parent reading a passage from a sexting-porn manual in schools’ libraries

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Anchorage School Board shuts down parent reading a passage from a sexting-porn manual in schools’ libraries

By DAVID BOYLE

On Tuesday, a parent of an Anchorage School District student read aloud from one of the how-to sex books that are accessible to children in Anchorage school libraries.

In the past, Jay McDonald has been able to at least read a few lines before being told to leave. This time, the school board shut down him down almost immediately, telling him he could not read from a book during his three minutes at the microphone.

“Let’s Talk About It” was the book in question on Tuesday, and even though children at Romig Middle School and Bartlett High School can read this book that is on their shelves, it was not allowed to be read into the record for school board members to hear. The school board shut it down.

McDonald believes that, if the kids can read the book, then the school board can, too. The school board’s public participation rules have no such sanctions against reading passages from any book.

“”Let’s Talk About It” has detailed instructions on all kinds of sexual activities, including how to “sext,” which is sending nude photos through the internet. The book’s authors give children detailed instructions: Use the editing functions of their phones to remove any identifying features (piercings, tattoos, etc), before sending pictures to the entire world on the Internet, they remind the kids. The graphic book has drawings of anal sex, oral sex, homosexual sex, sex toys, and more.

The authors encourage kids to view pornography online, describing it as a healthy activity. They also encourage children to pay for the pornography they watch. The authors diminish the value of virginity, calling it an outdated term that has no real meaning.

As Jay McDonald began reading from the book on Tuesday, Board member Carl Jacobs, who was chairing the meeting, stopped him.

“I am going to interrupt you at this point. It sounds like you have a concern about a book that I’d be glad to get you connected to the superintendent to go through the appropriate process,” Jacobs said.

Board member Dave Donley objected to the interruption: “Mr. Chair, I don’t think he’s violated any rules.  I mean, he hasn’t used pornography.  I mean he hasn’t shown any pornography, any bad words”.

Chair Jacobs seemed rattled and told Mr. Donley that he could, if he liked, try to overrule the rule of the chair. He said that board precedence allowed him, as the chair, to stop the testimony.

Donley countered, “I don’t think he said anything that would cause us to cut off his testimony at this point.” Donley then appealed the ruling of the chair.

Five board members voted to uphold Jacob’s ruling: Pat Higgins, Kelly Lessens, Carl Jacobs, School Board President Margo Bellamy and Dora Wilson.

Only members Donley and Andy Holleman voted to allow McDonald to complete his testimony.

Watch Jay McDonald’s First Amendment rights violated at the Anchorage School Board meeting on Feb. 7:

Banning book reading at school board meetings?

This is not the first time McDonald has read books aloud to the school board. After he read a passage from “This Book Is Gay,” he was cut off by Board President Margo Bellamy. That book soon disappeared from several school book shelves, but is still available in at least one Anchorage public school.

Read aloud: Anchorage School Board gets treated to gay ‘how to’ sex manual that is in elementary school library

On Tuesday, after being denied his ability to peaceably redress his grievances to the government as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, McDonald returned to his vehicle and posted a video of his testimony online, where Facebook, which objects to the content, has throttled his account back to the point where it’s difficult to find.

He showed the book and, while blocking out the graphic pictures, described to people what is in middle school libraries in Anchorage. In spite of Facebook’s blocking of his account, the video went viral on Facebook, with more than 25,000 views in just a few hours. Here is a clip:

Watch Jay McDonald’s complete 16-minute video at his Facebook page.

A pattern of constitutional infringement has developed as the Anchorage School Board has incrementally reduced the freedom of parents and other citizens to attend and speak at its board meetings.

The board changed its meetings in 2021 from Monday night to Tuesday night, which conflicts with the Anchorage Assembly meetings, and reduces the number of people who can attend either meeting. The school board meetings had been held on Monday nights for decades so they would not conflict with the Assembly meetings.

Then the board decided to allow students to testify first in the allotted one-hour public testimony period at the beginning of the meeting.  If many students testify, then taxpaying citizens who wish to speak are forced to the end of the meeting, usually at about 10 pm.

Now, the school board has told a citizen he cannot read from a school library book.

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