You Pay for Internet Service in Empty Buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island — ProPublica

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc

The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move

When the permafrost under Nunapitchuk melts, it mixes with the soil, creating an unstable, muck-like substance that local people call "Alaskan quicksand". The phenomenon, along with rapid erosion from the coastline, has dangerously damaged key infrastructure in the village...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/alaska-nunapitchuk-climate-melting-permafrost

 

Putin envoy pitches Elon Musk on a tunnel connecting Russia and Alaska - The Washington Post

The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund is pitching Elon Musk and his tunneling business on an idea for a "Putin-Trump Tunnel" connecting Russia with Alaska...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/17/russia-alaska-tunnel-elon-musk/

War Correspondent Tim Mak on the War in Ukraine (Al Franken podcast)

Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin in Alaska last month and came up empty handed… No ceasefire, no concessions, nothing. So what does the future of the war in Ukraine look like? We turn to journalist Tim Mak who has been based in Kiev since the start of the war. Tim is the founder of The Counteroffensive, a Substack that chronicles life in Ukraine and the agony of this war.

Tim breaks down the current state of the war, and he’s not too optimistic about the possibility of peace anytime soon. 70% of Ukrainians believe the war will still be going on a year from now. And if a deal is struck, how does the world make sure that Russia doesn’t just attack again?

READ Tim’s work in The Counteroffensive: https://www.counteroffensive.news/

Interview: 

https://www.alfranken.com/listen/timmak250907

WHOA! CIA Leaders MAKE URGENT WARNING on Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KL9jgb5cYQ

 

Putin and Trump reach major deal in Alaska (humor)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q8hlzjFEvc4

 

Putin romances Trump in Alaska

Trump's humiliation was complete. But all was not lost. At least no one was talking about Jeffrey Epstein or the price of vegetables...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/love-in-a-cold-climate-putin-romances-trump-in-alaska-with-talk-of-rigged-elections-and-a-trip-to-moscow

 

Russia preparing for fresh offensives not a ceasefire, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says Moscow moving its troops for new operations as he attempts to shore up international support ahead of Trump-Putin summit. What we know on day 1,266…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/12/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-preparing-for-fresh-offensives-not-a-ceasefire-zelenskyy-says

 

Senate rulekeeper deals blows to revised ‘big, beautiful bill’ - POLITICO

A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the "Byrd bath" casualties...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/29/megabill-byrd-alaska-megabill-parliamentarian-00431730 

 

Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining | Trump administration | The Guardian

Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/trump-administration-alaska-drilling-mining 

 

Interior to open millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining - The Washington Post

Trump officials said that they would open up areas of Alaska that Joe Biden had put off limits to oil and gas production, and allow for a gas pipeline to be built across the state...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/20/alaska-drilling-trump-anwr/

Alaska judge strikes down law saying only doctors can provide abortions

"There is no medical reason why abortion is regulated more restrictively than any other reproductive care," Garton said…

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4864049-alaska-judge-strikes-down-law-saying-only-doctors-can-provide-abortions/

Billions of snow crabs in Alaska likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says

The crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/alaska-snow-crabs-dead-ocean-temperatures-climate-change

Torrent of Water From Alaska Glacier Floods Juneau - The New York Times

Residents in Alaska's capital, Juneau, were urged on Monday to stay away from the Mendenhall River after flooding from a glacier destroyed two buildings and eroded riverbanks in the city over the weekend. Local officials declared a state of emergency…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/alaska-juneau-flooding.html

Alaska Republican Argues Child Abuse Deaths Can Be a ‘Benefit to Society’

"In the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it's not good for the child, but it's actually a benefit to society because there aren't needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child's life," Eastman said...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alaska-republican-argues-child-abuse-deaths-can-be-a-benefit-to-society

Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola projected to win Alaska races, defeating Trump-backed opponents - The Washington Post

After the final round of ranked-choice voting, Murkowski had 53.7 percent of the vote to 46.3 percent for Tshibaka. In the House race, Peltola had 55 percent of the vote to Palin's 45 percent…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/23/alaska-election-results/

Warming waters cited as "key culprit" in mass die-off of Alaska snow crabs - CBS News

The "cold water habitat that they need was virtually absent, which suggests that temperature is really the key culprit in this population decline," she said...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-snow-crab-die-off-warming-waters/

Sarah Palin hints at Alaska Senate run against Republican Lisa Murkowski

…Palin said she would pray about a possible Senate run. She also said "America was dedicated to God" and said the US left was attempting to "fundamentally transform the nation that does belong to God". "How dare we take from God what is his and say we're going to do what we want to do with it?" she asked…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/01/sarah-palin-senate-run-republican-lisa-murkowski-trump

Biden administration reinstates roadless rule for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest - The Washington Post

The proposal would affect 9.3 million acres of forest, including vast areas of old growth, Bill Clinton originally protected in 2001…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/11/tongass-roadless-rule/

Trump's sale of Arctic refuge drilling rights earns just a fraction of GOP prediction | TheHill

... "The Trump administration railroaded this lease sale through amid a global pandemic and economic recession, and absent any real evidence that pursuing Arctic Refuge oil would provide any significant federal returns. Not surprisingly, today's sale generated significantly less federal revenue than the $1 billion promised by drilling proponents, resulting in a fire sale of some of the most valuable and ecologically significant wilderness remaining in North America," a coalition of major environmental groups like the Sierra Club and Earthjustice said in a release.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/532983-trumps-sale-of-arctic-refuge-drilling-rights-earns-just-a-fraction