Jo Ann Gruber
@jgruberak.bsky.social
Dogs, gardening, and quilting make me happy. "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." ~Desmond Tutu
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
PACs are spending millions to bolster fringe candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race in an effort to weaken the two leading contenders — Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola. www.adn.com/politics/202...
Millions pour into Alaska to boost fringe U.S. Senate candidates
More than $2 million has been spent in an effort to weaken both Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola.
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My HB 36 has gone into law!This bill ends an incredibly dark period in Alaska history where foster children ended up in psychiatric facilities for sometimes months at a time when they didn’t need to be there. Now, they get a hearing within 7 calendar days. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Mother Jones investigation helped spur a new Alaska law protecting vulnerable kids
HB 36 will require a review of foster kids' placements in psychiatric hospitals.
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The conference committee will also meet Saturday (wonderful, love it), Sen. Bert Stedman told me. He expects Saturday to be "eventful." "We'll have a pretty good idea by Saturday night where things lay," he said. He's hoping to finish next week, "but no guarantees in politics," he said. #akleg
Eric Stone@eriwinsto.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf, like me, you’ve been on pins and needles awaiting the conference committee on the #akleg gas pipeline bill, HB 381, you can expect the first meeting at 2 p.m. Friday, per chair Calvin Schrage. They’ll start with an organizational meeting and an overview of the Senate Finance version of HB 381.
101 former judges have asked New York disciplinary authorities to investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging ethics violations tied to his conduct at DOJ. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
101 Former Judges Ask the New York Bar to Investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
Today, 101 former judges filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission to “initiate an investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Registration No.
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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul."
"Authoritarians disregard the voices and needs of their own people, but they are even less constrained when they deal with people that are not their own." 1/2 www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-glob...
The US under Trump is a global scourge
We're the baddies.
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As Senate Reps demand $72 billion more for ICE & CBP, @ramirez.house.gov exposes DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin as yet another unqualified Trump lackey who is leading the crusade against immigrants & who is boosting inhumane conditions in detention facilities across the country. youtu.be/cLPKXv4Cm-w?...
🚨TOP Trump Official CRUMBLES During House CROSS-EXAM
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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We Need To Protect Wildlife, More Than We Need Gas ⛽️ And Oil......
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC@lauritadianita.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy dad was stuck in traffic & passed by a fatal accident on the Glenn Highway Sat morning. Today I drove by a dead body laying on the highway today after an hour in stop & go traffic. Then there’s this. What are we even doing? 😞 www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
i think the phrase "their cities" is interesting in that it expresses the republican belief that they are at war with their neighbors
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoMarkwayne Mullin: "We are currently drawing up plans to say, listen, in these sanctuary cities where the local radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities."
Honestly, if you showed this to someone in 2010 and said "This is the President of the United States", they'd tell you to stop pulling their leg.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoTrump: "I took three cognitive tests. Aced all of them, by the way. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don't think Obama could pass it. The first question is very easy -- it's a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. They say, 'Which one is the bear?'"
