“Instead of voting for the DISCLOSE Act and cracking down on the dark money in our democracy, Republicans blocked it,” said Sen. Patty Murray. “Shameful.” Proponents of democracy responded with disgust Thursday after Senate Republicans filibustered the popular DISCLOSE Act, which seeks to expose the super-wealthy donors who are spending unlimited amounts of undisclosed money to ensure that […]
WASHINGTON — Recent instances in which former U.S. President Donald Trump appears to embrace the QAnon conspiracy theory are raising concern among some lawmakers, veteran law enforcement officials and cult experts. Trump shared a picture of himself wearing a Q lapel pin, overlaid with the QAnon phrases “The Storm is Coming” and “WWG1WGA,” (an acronym for […]
by James Brooks, Alaska Beacon September 15, 2022 Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola intends to prioritize the renewal of a federal fisheries law and wants to “move the ball forward on Willow,” a major North Slope oil project, she told attendees of a regional political and business conference Thursday in Ketchikan. Peltola’s brief remarks to […]
More than just a political “stunt,” said one critic, this is “about inhumane and illegal conduct toward vulnerable people that is an affront to the values of every decent human being.” As Republican Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas continued over the weekend to defend their plot to put refugees and migrants […]