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PODCAST | Remember The Pain Going Into 2024

Listen now | I want to kind of add more emphasis on something we talked about this morning’s episode and that has to do with the pivot that the Biden team and Democrats, in general, are going to make going into the election season for 2024.

"...you need to remember the pain. You have to dispense with the rhetoric and stop following the media narrative going into the elections. Do your own research..."

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BREAKING: U.S. Shoots Down Unidentified Object Over Alaska

The Pentagon says that a fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over the icy waters of Alaska. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said the object ̶...

We know it wasn’t Chinese because they shot it down.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Seward, Alaska city council laughs as member says "Jew them down" (video)

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

I don’t know why a single Jew is surprised about any of these things. Antisemitism didn’t get worse, it just became socially acceptable again. I’ve been in this situation myself-I’ve had antisemitic remarks yelled at me in a public place while everyone else there just laughed. American Jews, just like Jews everywhere in the world, need to wake up. Israel is the only place where we are truly safe, truly accepted, and are truly home.

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Palin Eyed as Murkowski Primary Challenger After Impeachment Vote

Alaska's GOP officials are eyeing former governor Sarah Palin as a potential primary challenger to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Murkowski has fallen out of favor with rank-and-file Republicans in her state for her vote to convict former-President Trump in

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Life in Alaska in the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night | The New Yorker

Coralie Kraft writes on the photo series “Polar Night,” by the photographer Mark Mahaney, which chronicles a two-month winter period of uninterrupted darkness in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

Yikes! This is definitely NOT for me.

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Alaska Over a Century: From Natural Wonders to Government Plunder

Retracing a famous environmentalist's journey almost 120 years ago, an author discovers a very different Alaska.

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New map of Alaska’s ancient coast supports theory that America’s first people arrived by boat | Science | AAAS

Study suggests Alaska’s costal glaciers melted at least 17,000 years ago

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In Alaska, pricey internet and nostalgia keep video stores alive

Blockbuster still has a few locations, and an independent store in Anchorage is even thinking about opening more branches.

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Obama Admin Takes Assassinated President’s Name Off Alaskan Mountain Peak

Say goodbye to Mt. McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain peak, and hello to Mt. Denali, instead. Upon his visit to the state, President Barack Obama decided to rename the Alaskan mountain peak

So there was no other way to make this kind of a gesture without removing a piece of American history?