The Alaska Landmine
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The Alaska Landmine delivers non-partisan Alaska news that other media outlets don’t always report, and we do so in a fun, entertaining and high energy way!
Joined October 2017
BREAKING: High level sources are reporting that U.S. District Judge for Alaska Josh Kindred is resigning. Kindred was appointed by former President Trump in 2019, and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2020. There’s been rumors for the last year about a scandal involving.
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It sounds like the letter, which was sent to the White House counsel, was only two sentences. His resignation is effective Monday.
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Not even sure what to say here. Rep. Eastman says it’s a benefit to society when children who are victims of abuse die “because there aren’t needs for government services over the course of that child’s life” when they die as a results of abuse. #akleg
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Whoa! A source just sent this video of Sen. Reinbold at the Juneau airport. She was refusing to wear the mask and the police got involved! She’s also filming @AlaskaAir employees and asking for their names. Hyper loose. A second video is below. #akleg
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Maybe he was attempting to make some pro-life point here, but wow did it sound horrible. It’s really hard to understand why he said that. #akleg.
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Things are getting really loose in Anchorage.
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Yesterday, the Landmine received a tip that U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred was resigning. The Landmine has since learned that Kindred was under investigation, and that several people in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alaska may be involved. #akleg
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Trump saying we will build the gasline. LFG! #akleg.
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BREAKING: With more votes counted by the @ak_elections, the repeal of ranked choice voting is now losing by 192 votes. #akleg
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This video was sent to us. It’s not Los Angeles or Chicago. It’s Anchorage, Alaska. Full on gangland style shootout behind the Boys and Girls Club in Mountain View a few nights ago. Multiple shooters with multiple weapons. What the fuck has happened to Anchorage?
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OMG a Native Peoples Action candidate forum today was zoom bombed with a drawing of a large penis while @SarahPalinUSA was speaking. THIS IS A MUST WATCH. #akleg
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Whoa. @GovDunleavy invited @elonmusk to speak at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage next May. #akleg
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Someone should offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Anchorage Assembly meeting. That would be lit.
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This is the manager of corporate communications for Chugach Electric. Julie, maybe focus more on keeping the lights on during the workday and less on your TDS. #akleg
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OMG all the freshman House members, which total 19 (9R, 9D, 1 Ind.) are trying to organize a majority with a few other House members. But one of them accidentally sent their proposed org chart to the wrong legislator! Who was not part of the plan. Dear god that is loose. #akleg.
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Dying here. @TedNugent and some woman were photoshopped out of this @SarahPalinUSA campaign mailer. They even photoshopped his hand off her shoulder!
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BREAKING: We have obtained the voicemail. "I will personally kill you and Mara Kimmel my goddamn self you Jewish piece of living fucking shit. You have met your match mother fucker!”.
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The new Senate bipartisan coalition is holding a press conference today at 5:30 pm to announce their membership and leadership. It should be 16 or 17 members, 9 Democrats and the rest Republicans. #akleg.
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.@realDonaldTrump just signed an executive order concerning Alaska and unleashing our energy potential. #akleg.
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Great bill from @GovDunleavy. All of these bullets are the precise things that need to happen so Alaskans can know election results on election day or very close to it. Opposed to waiting weeks to know what the hell is going on. #akleg
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This post was deleted. She’s the president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center. This kind of alarmist nonsense should be called out by everyone.
More Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is the president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida.
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WOW! After an update, Ballot Measure 2, the repeal of ranked choice voting, is now losing by 664 votes. #akleg
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From a high level politico:. “If @realDonaldTrump gets the gasline built we should rename Mt. McKinley to Mt. Trump.” . #akleg.
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It’s now listed on the Federal court website under judicial vacancies.
BREAKING: High level sources are reporting that U.S. District Judge for Alaska Josh Kindred is resigning. Kindred was appointed by former President Trump in 2019, and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2020. There’s been rumors for the last year about a scandal involving.
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Just sent to us from the Midtown Anchorage @ak_elections office. The line is wrapping around the building! #akleg
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Legislators and @GovDunleavy, what did you get done last week? Please provide five bullet points. #akleg.
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Just a reminder that a Libertarian Alaska State Senate candidate on the ballot in Palmer chased down a man and executed him gangland style on Sunday after a fender bender. And that’s a footnote in Alaska news. #akleg.
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Read former FBI agent @tyler_vose detail examples of misconduct and retaliation within the @FBIAnchorage office and why he thinks Sen. @lisamurkowski and @SenDanSullivan should vote to confirm @Kash_Patel to lead the FBI.
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BREAKING: Rep. Gary Knopp has left the new Rep House Majority, ending it. Knopp said, “A 21 member caucus cannot succeed. It’s doomed for failure and I’m not going to be on that train. I’m not joining the Democrats either. I’m doing this to try and force a true coalition.” #akleg.
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Just sent to us. Some kind of big protest happening outside the Peterson Tower in Downtown Anchorage. Definitely some hard TDS going on!
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2/2 The Assembly audience broke into sustained cheering and applause. APD has made multiple arrests, including the arrest of one man with a firearm. Tonight's meeting may go down as the most chaotic Assembly meeting in recent history.
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This. Is. Loose! Suzanne Downing at a Republican fundraiser on the Hillside tonight. As she walks in @GovDunleavy, who’s taking a picture with someone, gives her a full wave off and tells her to turn the camera off. The lady in the picture immediately masks up! #loose #akleg
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Finally got the Liz Cheney contract from UAA. In addition to her $151,000 fee, she also gets 2 first class round trip tickets from D.C., ground transportation for D.C. and Anchorage, and hotel and meals for two. #akleg . Here is the full contract:.
The Landmine has learned that @uaanchorage booked former Wyoming Rep. @Liz_Cheney for a $151,000 speaking fee. They initially refused to disclose the fee, but a source in the University gave it up. Ticket sales will likely cover her fee. #akleg
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.@GovDunleavy with @SarahPalinUSA at the @realDonaldTrump rally at Madison Square Garden. That private suite tho! #akleg
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Statement from Sen. @lisamurkowski on Republican Nick Begich's defeat of Rep. @MaryPeltola, and about how Ballot Measure 2 was narrowly defeated. #akleg
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1/2 Pictured: A man at the front row at the Anchorage Assembly taunts Assemblymember Forrest Dunbar, who is Jewish, with a Star of David. Shortly after this photo was taken, a man giving testimony called Assembly Member Christopher Constant a "cocksucker."
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BREAKING: @FLOTUS will be in Anchorage next week on her way to the Olympics in Tokyo. She will be hanging out in Anchorage for a few hours. Sounds like she will leave the airport and check out a few spots in Anchorage.
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Wow. This was just sent to us. The early voting line at the @ak_elections in Anchorage is so long people are being told it’s an hour and a half wait! Someone else reported City Hall is an hour wait. #akleg
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Taken this morning on the Campbell Creek trail near Taku Lake. There are many homeless camps back there in close proximity to hundreds of homes, townhouses, and condos. If a large fire devastates Anchorage this sumner, it will almost certainly start like this.
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These vote @kanyewest for President signs have been popping up around Anchorage since the initial sighting on Sept 1st. Although Kanye is not on the ballot in Alaska, it appears he has more signs up than any other candidate. We’ve located at least 5 4X8 signs. Very loose! #alaska
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Alaska lobbyists, what did you get done last week? Please provide five bullet points. #akleg.
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.@JoeBiden is beating @realDonaldTrump in Anchorage. Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Anchorage in 2016.
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On the Park Strip in Anchorage. An Israeli flag for each victim of the brutal Hamas attack one year ago.
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A good source reports that Kelly Tshibaka is being seriously considered for Alaska’s new U.S. attorney! Which makes perfect sense because she ran against Sen. @lisamurkowski in 2022 and was endorsed by @realDonaldTrump. #akleg.
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HOLY GOD. Read this letter we got that @GovDunleavy sent to Sen. Reinbold. Big Mike has gone full honey badger. He says she "abdicated the tenants of your oath as a public servant" . He directs all executive branch staff to not cooperate with her. #akleg.
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Overheard in Juneau: “The threshold for impeachment is less than the threshold for overriding budget vetoes.” #akleg
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After years, they are finally abating Davis Park in Anchorage. Now let’s see where they all go and if @MayorLaFrance will start enforcing the law and stop people from destroying our public spaces.
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Hitler reacts to Anchorage's first snowfall of the 2023/2024 season and the ensuing failure to properly plow the roads. #akleg
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BREAKING: A source familiar with the @DrAlGrossAK campaign reports Gross plans on withdrawing from the special general and regular primary elections. The withdrawal deadlines are June 26 and June 25, respectively If he withdraws, Tara Sweeney will get bumped up. #akleg.
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Kristen is from Homer, Alaska. Her dad, John Faulkner, owns the Land's End and @MustReadAlaska. She's also the cousin of @youngjakeinc, who writes for the Landmine! . Congrats to her on her amazing win!. #akleg.
Kristen Faulkner didn't start cycling until after school at Harvard. In 2021, she quit her job as a venture capitalist to pursue it. She wasn't even supposed to race today until a teammate resigned. She's now the first American to win gold in the women’s road race in 40 years.
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BREAKING: After the recount, Ballot Measure 2 still failed to pass. In fact, the no vote increased by 6 votes. #akleg
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🚨🚨🚨 Rep. Rasmussen has confirmed she has left the Republican minority, but has also not joined the majority. So she’s now a free agent. The Landmine just spotted her walking with Rep. Merrick outside headed to lunch. Things are about to get beyond loose! #akleg.
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Landmine fan Phil sent us these great photos and video taken today from his 172 over Mount Spurr. Mount Spurr, an active volcano, sits approximately 80 miles west of Anchorage. It has been on watch since last year due to seismic activity, but increased activity in recent weeks
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Whoa. The Iditarod restart has been moved to Fairbanks due to lack of snow.
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Laurie Wolf from the Foraker Group is testifying before House Judiciary about the potential pause on federal money for nonprofits. #akleg . Rep. Underwood asked her if they have looked at duplication in the nonprofit world and if there could be any consolidation. Wolf basically.
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Damn, Grok is pretty spot on when asked to explain why the Alaska Legislature is so dysfunctional. #akleg . The Alaska Legislature's dysfunction stems from a mix of structural, political, and economic factors that create gridlock and hinder effective governance. One key issue is.
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On June 22, the 30th annual Coal Classic, a charity golf tournament to benefit Alaska Resource Education, was held at Moose Run. Thanks to an informant, the first place team was later disqualified for cheating and banned from future tournaments. #akleg
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Lots happening in Alaska right now. City of Anchorage declared an emergency for homelessness. Ferry workers striking. #akleg is a mess. All while @GovDunleavy is in Aspen for RGA retreat, his leg director is in the Cayman Islands, and OMB dept director is in U.K at a graduation.
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Sen. Reinbold was told to leave floor this morning by Sen. President Micciche. He went over and informed her that her mask wasn’t appropriate and asked her to wear a normal one. She refused and left! She was told earlier that clear mask wasn’t appropriate. Super loose. #akleg.
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Received this cease and desist letter in the mail yesterday from a Washington law firm on behalf of Skip Myers (his infamous photo @paxsonwoelber took is included in this post, the video of @JeffLandfield interviewing him is posted below). This is our response.
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Nick Begich working those votes at the State Fair!
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Records obtained by the Landmine show North Slope Borough Mayor Josiah Patkotak and his family have enjoyed opulent travel including international business class, first class, and multiple stays at luxury hotels in New York City and Washington D.C.
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Suzanne Downing got more PPP money forgiven than what Pell grant recipients are being forgiven and more than twice as much as what other student loan borrowers are being forgiven. 😂
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This was sent to us. Just disgusting what our city tolerates and allows to happen to our parks, trails, and creeks.
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OMG @RepNickBegich in his #akleg speech just answered a question about Medicare from Rep. Mina. He talked about adding work requirements for able bodied people. He said they need to work or volunteer 80 hours a week. He said it twice! . Then he realized what he said and said he.
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Maximum loose. Anchorage Assembly member Karen Bronga has gone full Handmaid's Tale at the Assembly meeting! She’s ostensibly upset about Donald Trump’s big win yesterday. This is next level loose behavior.
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House Judiciary Committee very awkward right now. Rep. Gray just got Rep. Eastman censured. Now they are sitting next to each other. #akleg
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BREAKING: According to the @ak_elections Democrat @MaryPeltola won the special U.S. House special election for Alasks’s sole House seat, defeating @SarahPalinUSA by a few points.
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Just crazy that Carol Beecher, the director of the @ak_elections, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R), who oversees elections, were not on camera for the live stream to speak or take questions from the media after all that has happened the last two weeks. #akleg.
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The absolute irony of a group of people marching in support of people who would literally have them killed. This was filmed today at the Anchorage Pride Parade.
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Not satire 😂
More Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is the president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida.
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Wow. Former Mayor Dave Bronson is the new director of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airpot. Congrats to him! #akleg
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Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Defense Secretary by a vote of 51-50 thanks to a tie break from @JDVance.
Sen. @lisamurkowski is a no on Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary. Hegseth can lose 2 more senators and still be confirmed with a @JDVance tie break. If he loses three more he won't be confirmed.
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