Idiotic saber-rattling. The governor has zero authority here at all. Under section 15.15.450 of Alaska Statutes, the Division of Elections certifies winners for statewide office. The governor doesn't even appoint the Director of the Division of Elections; the Lieutenant Governor does.

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Trump gets distracted by helicopter mid-sentence: " They're good people and— Is that a helicopter? Oooh! Do you want to see a nice helicopter? How do you like the helipad?"

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The NYT reporter who did the Alaska hit piece did a long sympathetic story on rural white Republicans facing California Dems’ new House map. It barely mentions the many more new GOP gerrymanders—mostly targeting Black & Latino Dems—at the end. Many other examples, like this sexist portrayal of AOC

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What the nonstop “scandal” coverage of a marginally effective tactic that’s sleazy, legal, and bipartisan is enabling. “We’re just asking questions” (which only Dems seem to relentlessly face) is willful naivety given the GOP’s long record of seizing on any pretext to reject legitimate defeats

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“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, "look them in the eye, "and say "'No, you move'.”

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