I just got hacked on Mother's Day and today got a phishing or"fishing" attempt call saying they were from my bank's fraud department...they named my real bank. Thankfully, I did not bite and after they told me that AK meant "Arkansas", I hung up. That attempt had data not normally known, so I called my bank, a large members-only bank for former and current military. They told me that they have recently had many people calling re: data exposure and many have lost money. So, what do we do now? It's getting hard to tell the "bad" guys from the "good" guys. I had to get a new debit card and then will have to go through the lengthy process of reworking all the accounts that use my debit card automatically, make corrections, etc. The fraud department said this is first line of defense and a note to all here...watch your accounts carefully, never give data, take the phone number and name of anyone attempting to get your data and...a neat trick to get out of rotary computer calls...get a little whistle and blow it into the phone; this will interfere with the automation and put you out of the lists. Stay sharp!

So happy to see this planned training. Thanks to all who are part of this effort for our community and our neighbors.

I support protesting the issue of deporting anyone to a foreign country without their chance in court. Issue One: Our constitution states we are all equal under the law...commonly referred to as "innocent until proven guilty". Taking anyone off the streets without representation in our courts or without any professional legal representative to speak on their behalf is against our Constitution. Period. As of this weekend, Bloomberg Press and other highly credible press sources have found that 90% of those first plane loads of prisoners have no record of criminal offense. None! Issue Two: There is also the unethical issue of paying a foreign dictatorial government to hold our prisoners, both naturalized and those making their way through our naturalization process, in a high level prison, especially CECOT which is advertised as a torture establishment where no one ever leaves. How is it okay for our tax dollars to support a dictator of a foreign government, thus supporting a dictatorship, for holding anyone, either a U.S. citizen or anyone working on full citizenship, on foreign soil, much less in such an extreme prison and bypassing even short term incarceration. The implication here is that someone being imprisoned on foreign soil is not subject to humanitarian care or oversight to insure that they have treatment such as that of other prisoners being held within our borders; no oversight or accountability since they are no longer within our borders. As has been reported, even today in our local news, these prisoners taken outside the U.S. have not even been allowed meetings with their Congressional representatives who have flown to El Salvador on their behalf. Viewing yesterday's news film of the administration's meeting on Monday with the El Salvadorian president, it would seem our president has asked for another five such facilities so he could transport even birthright citizens to El Salvador. Speak now or hold your tongue? Issue Three: The very widely reported case of Kilmar's situation is extreme in that he had a court order forbidding him to be sent back to El Salvador from where he fled over 10 years ago to our country, and asked for protected status or asylum from those very gang members he is accused of belonging to. If anything, his case demanded a hearing in court on that point alone. he has also proved his citizenship responsibilities as he has held full time work and was raising a family for nearly ten years with no criminal activities. Protesting peacefully is one way you can get your voice heard...remember, Silence is not an Option in these times.

Dem. Susan Crawford won her race! She won the Wisconsin Supreme court race by fighting against Elon Musk, who threw over $81 million into her opponent's race, rather than her actual candidate. Finally, the tide is turning for those who have lost confidence in the GOP actions and against big money in our elections.

Senator Cory Booker, the fourth black person to be elected to the senate, just completed over 24 continuous hours on the floor of the senate, speaking out against the drastic threat to all of our government agencies and our social safety net programs. He has spoken out on so much more, including our history and those who have held offices in the senate before his own. Historical in so many ways. Finally, someone did something...something different.

Elon Musk is now paying folks $100.00 in Wisconsin to sign a petition against the liberal candidate and another $100.00 if that person also refers someone to sign the petition. He is also saying that the actual vote is not known and folks can vote either way, even after taking the bribe (oops, I mean gift as he calls it). This is called bribery in anyone's book! Beyond the cooperate money in politics, he is not hiding this bribe...just as he did in the presidential election last fall by offering $1,000,000.00 to voters to vote for Trump.

Lisa Murkowski fights for Alaska, listen to her presser on Elon Musk as a threat. https://x.com/metzgov/status/1902374460910457147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1902374460910457147%7Ctwgr%5E30ae6a15e6d60decfacefd23a6e0f64bfd55612c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Flisa-murkowski-elon-musk-1-billion-starlink-doge-criticism-2025-3

Thanks to those of you who were able to testify for all of us.....it matters and let's hope the board hears the pleas.

Music for #TheIdesofTrump campaign...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q82twrdr0U

I have seen things getting worse since DeJoy took over during the first Trump term....and now I think it was to make us want to privatize the USPS....it was fine before. I would like to see it managed better, and DeJoy has resigned, but not private mail system....if they could deliver our mail during the pony express, they can do it now...right?.

I have seen things getting arise since DeJoy took over during the first Trump term....and now I think it was to make us want to privatize the USPS....it was fine before. I would like to see it managed better, and DeJoy has resigned, but not private mail system....if they could deliver our mail during the pony express, they can do it now...right?.

One item that will really impact Alaska is rural delivery. The proposals laid out so far are restricting rural delivery in all areas and in Alaska that will hurt! I live 7 miles from the Annex in Wasilla, and I lease a mailbox 1/2 mile from where I live. Often items are kept at the annex in an outside locker even though it might be below freezing and I do not know until I find the key to that locker in my mailbox...I have had items freeze, glass break and a mess to clean up more than once. Important letters are not delivered on time, and the mail has become more and more unreliable. Without reliable mail service to all areas of the State, even one little outage of Internet connectivity that is supposed to replace paper mail, can then disrupt important information. We are marginalizing an entire population that has enjoyed a pretty good and reliable delivery system for some time. Alaskans depend on mail, as do most rural areas, especially since our access to Internet is, so far, not that reliable. Lots of Alaskans do not have funds to have Internet, ink and printers,...and delivery of supplies such as food or medicines require the mail in most areas.

Thanks to everyone that showed up (some of us cannot do what you did, but we are with you all the way)...and let's keep this up to show we are not supporting his agendas, women have come too far to go back now...we will be his worst nightmare. Strong women equal strong society!

So sad...and Alaskans will be further isolated without our neighbors in Canada. Hockey games, interfaith organizations, tourist travel...so many ways we have been good neighbors and friends with Canadians. Alaskans can become new U.S. ambassadors for this hurtful treatment done in our names. I also wonder about NORAD and other military and rescue services we partnered in with Canada for our mutual protection; although I wonder if we are now the entity to be protected from, thanks to 45/47. What a mess!

Another person to follow in Substack is Paul Wells. I also read that there is a petition to revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship. He holds both US and Canadian naturalized citizenship right now.

It is obvious that many of these actions from the White House(s) will spin off to hurt in ways we can only imagine right now. I am so impressed with the patriotic boycotts in Canada, and at the same time so sad for the Americans harmed by the fallout. I spent all my high school years in ND, and Canada was like a familiar "cousin" to us, especially the prairie states. A lot of my friends had dual citizenship, too, especially those in rural areas near the Border...few hospitals around that area, and even fewer OB docs.

I have tried multiple times to speak to my local rep, and have never gotten a call back. My suggestion to this excellent list is to log your calls, emails and letters. Also, obtain a copy of our State Constitution (can buy on Amazon) and read it...we must hold them accountable at every level of governance.