Dysfunctional Congress + Fascist White House Isn't Good As of today, 218 Republican and 212 Democrats have been elected to the House with...

What Went Wrong In New York And New Jersey? The partisan split in the House is going to be incredibly close. MAGA Mike will probably have...

Bernie Speaks For Me Remember Jared Golden’s OpEd about how a second Trump term wouldn’t be so bad. He might not be in Congress to...

Alaska is a pretty red state. 1960— the Goldwater debacle— was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state. Even...

Also Poems "By" Billie Joe Armstrong, Mary Oliver, Alexander Pope, Allen Ginsburg... I’m still experimenting with what HAL can and can’t...

David Eastman is a wingnut from Orange County (California) who was first elected to the Alaska state House in 2016, where he represents a...

You’re surely aware that Alaska voters rejected Trump’s crackpot MAGA candidates Kelly Tshibaka, who was running against Senator Lisa...

Yesterday, a reporter in Alaska ran into Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski after a speech and asked if if she is planning to vote for...

If Walker Drops Out Now, Does The GOP Get To Stick Another Candidate On The Ballot? I always thought Trump picked Herschel Walker to be...

Tonight we’re seeing the last of the 2022 primary results— consequential Democratic results in Rhode Island and consequential Republican...

This morning, a trio of Politico writers, noted that “citizen-led initiatives have been used to legalize marijuana, expand Medicaid,...

That’s Congresswoman-elect Mary Peltola’s first ad for a fill term representing Alaska. She frames the abortion debate perfectly,...

Two well-liked Democratic congressional superstars live near me— Ted Lieu and Adam Schiff. Both are shoo-ins for reelection and have...

Is Palin A Worse Candidate Than Blake Masters? Dr. Oz? JD Vance? Herschel Walker? First a little context. Alaska’s PVI is R+8, same as...

Big Shocker For The GOP In Alaska-- Will They Wake Up Now? Alaska has a partisan lean of R+15. Let’s fantasize for a minute. Voters...

There was a time, when I was still a teenager, that long hair was a significator of something special. In the early to mid-60s if you saw...

Ready For Congressman Santa Claus? Alaska has the most democratic electoral system of any state-- and the newest and most reformed. And,...

Tshibaka Seems Like A Pretty Awful Candidate, Even For Trump Dermot Cole's Reporting From Alaska blog is a good way to keep up with the...

I just got a call-- a return call-- from the mayor pro-tem of North Pole, a deeply red small city near Fairbanks, Alaska. The mayor...

Michelle Cottle, a member of the NY Times' editorial board doesn't have much faith in Joe Manchin coming to the rescue of the Democratic...