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Folks it is important to review, research, and challenge directions our elected leaders take. Blind faith is not a sign of strength, nor is burying your head in a hole. Have courage to ask the hard questions or point out concerns. Be Brave.

@BasedMikeLee Yes

Should we get rid of voting machines?

Trump: “Whether people like Israel or not, they have proven to be a GREAT Ally of the United States of America.”

@RapidResponse47 @AP4Liberty

@trendywhisper1 @GuntherEagleman No I don't think so. The party has lost its way. Terminal cancer

@AkChris4U @GuntherEagleman Rinos!

🚨 Sen. Tommy Tuberville was spot on! “We gotta get rid of these voting machines. There’s a half dozen people here in the House and Senate that did not get elected. It was all bogus. We’ve seen the evidence.” Voting machines need to go! Paper ballots!

Pilot's view from the A-10 Warthog providing Close Air Support during the War in Afghanistan. The ground team requested fire, marked the target area with smoke, and multiple Hogs delivered good guns. All in a day's work!

🚨 IRAN LOSING IT, Trump says he’s quietly making progress on a deal with Iran… Meanwhile the IRGC is freaking out, firing on tankers and threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s warning is simple: Try it and bombs will fly.

@AlaskanRants Be Brave. You run. Get put from behind the keyboard and give Alaskan voters a better option. This is exactly why we have the open primary!

What do I mean when I when I say Alaska is a “gatekeeping work colony” that is exactly the right frame for Alaska’s deeper dysfunction. It’s not just a crowded 2026 gubernatorial field or a numerically Republican legislature that keeps failing conservatives, it’s the entire structure of state government operating like a managed outpost where the permanent class (bureaucrats, unions, contractors, regulators, and federal money pipelines) extracts value while ordinary Alaskans get the scraps. So, let’s drill into the mechanics of this colony and why a governor alone can’t dismantle it without a committed legislative majority. The Crowded Field Is Symptom, Not Strength. As of this mid-April, the nonpartisan top-four primary (August 18) already has 17-18 declared or active candidates, with a heavy Republican cluster Wilson, Dahlstrom, Bishop, Bronson, Crum, DeVries, Treg, Heilala, and others) alongside Democrats like Tom Begich and Matt Claman, plus independents like Destry. Early polling shows no dominant frontrunner and a massive undecided bloc, precisely the fragmentation you described. Political science 101 the parties that let every ambitious name run without early coordination bleed resources, dilute messaging, and hand the general-election edge to organized opponents. Alaska’s history proves it, uncontrolled nomination fights weaken the eventual nominee against the entrenched machine. A serious party narrows the bench early, not because voters shouldn’t choose, but because the battlefield demands it. The 2026 primary will sort some of this, but the real test is whether conservatives enter November with unified legislative slates ready to govern, not just campaign. The Musk Ox/Muskrat Coalition Legacy. Form Without Function You correctly flag the Walker era (2014–2018) and the “Muskrat coalition” (the derisive shorthand for the Musk Ox-style bipartisan blocs of moderate Republicans, independents, and Democrats that have controlled effective power in the House and Senate since 2016). Walker normalized PFD cuts (vetoing the statutory formula down to $1,022 in 2016 amid the oil crash), unilaterally expanded Medicaid without legislative buy-in (triggering lawsuits), and pursued energy rhetoric without delivery. The coalition legislatures that followed kept the pattern, numerically GOP-leaning bodies that still produced progressive outcomes through cross-aisle deals. Today, even with Republican numerical edges (House 21R/14D/5 others; Senate 11–12R/9D as of April 2026), the operational reality is coalition governance. Appropriations, regulatory bills, and budget fights still get watered down or redirected. That’s not “bipartisanship” it’s the colony’s immune system neutralizing reform. Gatekeeping Work Colony. How the Permanent Apparatus Actually Runs Alaska. This is the core you want to expand. Alaska isn’t governed by elected officials in any meaningful sense; it’s administered through layers of gatekeepers who control access to the state’s own resources, revenues, and opportunities. Think of it as a neo-feudal company town where the “company” is the administrative state, funded by oil volatility + federal transfers (>55% of the operating budget in recent analyses).

@awkwardgoogle Keeper

I’ll never get over this throw of Kelsey Plum, absolutely incredible!👏

@MitchConnorJLo @scotthortonshow @MisesChair @RealAngelaMc @michaelmalice @ComicDaveSmith Beautiful

Hope you all enjoy. @scotthortonshow @MisesChair @RealAngelaMc @michaelmalice @ComicDaveSmith

Better yet.... Alaskans if your are tired and frustrated with Juneau and DC because your party is ignoring you or they've strayed off the plot.... You have the one thing, one advantage that no other electoral body has... the open primary. You, personally can run to provide your fellow Alaskan voters with a better option than those feckless incumbents and cookie cutter repud and dem candidates. You have the open primary. Be Brave. Use it. Alaskans need Representation. Be that lone voice from the wilderness.

Opinion: Alaska GOP Needs Better Political Strategy By Michael Tavoliero Currently, the Alaska’s 2026 governor’s race fields at least 16 candidates, including a large cluster of Republicans, while polls showed no dominant consensus candidate and a very large undecided vote. Sadly, our state house and senate races are overshadowed by this gubernatorial beauty contest. Don’t get me wrong. I applaud every candidate for having the strength, courage, and endurance to run, but at a time when Alaska needs a true champion as governor, it also needs a legislative majority clearly prepared to support that champion’s reforms. Full story in reply. @MichaelTav42509 @akgop

@EskimoLiberty @Gnome4308 @LibertyCappy @1864Memes @MadDog4Anarchy @RealEdFriendly @Nicksdankmemes3 @FinalCutTile @adolfelmer @MagneticNorse @SageOfScoob @TonyMichaelX Yeah

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@Countcristo44 All hat no cows

I'm pretty sure this is Catturd.

@SGTWipper1Each OG Apache

Apaches always have the right of way. That's not the AH-64D... any ideas which variant it is?

Nighthawk Brewery & Pizza, one of the closest pizzerias to the Pentagon, is reporting high traffic. As of 2:40pm ET

@Rothmus It's snowing there now. You sure?

Why isn’t MAGA dunking on Panicans today? What happened?

@Mrgunsngear Touch down!

Guy attempts to parachute into the Virginia Tech spring game but it doesn't go as planned 👀 Conduct airborne/HALO operations accordingly.... 🇺🇸 #VirginiaTech #fail #parachute #parachute #airborne #AATW #hokies #FAFO

These are the words of a man.

Is there any other industry that sows nothing, is based on the largest catch possible and if it tanks the population of its harvest, US taxpayers are on the hook for bailing them out? So an industry can create conditions where your recreational harvest and subsistence harvest are illegal, but they can continue to harvest and if they jack it up too bad, you get to fund their recovery. This is right here is why RCV and the open primary is important Alaska. So YOU can run against asinine policies like this.