This Day in Alaska History-January 13th, 1946
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House Democrats Who Want Stock Trading Ban ‘Disappointed’ by GOP Proposal
“Any bill that still allows members of Congress to own and trade stocks falls far short of what the American people want and deserve,” said Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Seth Magaziner, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A trio of Democrats in the US House of Representatives leading the fight for a congressional stock trading ban ripped Republican leadership’s proposal as […]
Trump Again Threatens to Bomb Iran as Protest Deaths Near 600
“Under the guise of caring about Iranian people, the US is suffocating Iran to justify bombings and regime change,” said one peace group. The White House on Monday ramped up threats to attack Iran while President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on countries doing business with the Islamic Republic, where the death toll from two weeks of protests against economic hardship exacerbated by […]
Measure-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Measure — Uspelluku Nuqaq usp’rkuta’aqa. – I am going to measure the atlatl. All measuring systems rely on uniformity, a standard way to record things like length, weight, and volume. Today we use rulers to measure inches and feet, or a scale to record kilos. Before the adoption of contemporary measuring systems, like the metric […]