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Dougherty
@pdougherty.bsky.social
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Musk-hating Twitter refugee. Former editor of the Anchorage Daily News. Pulitzer Prize winner. I post things I think are accurate and interesting, with occasional commentary. Reposts much appreciated. Let’s build an Alaska community. Welcome.
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Just for fun . . .
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Jon Stewart on Tucker Carlson’s Putin Interview & Trip to Russia | The Daily Show
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If you’re interested in the current journalism business, this is very, very good.
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Tina Brown on Epstein, Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi, and the Future of Media
YouTube video by Breaker Media
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December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Lives with his mother?

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FBI arrests Virginia man in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case
Federal officials arrested Brian Cole Jr., a Virginia man who is accused of planting pipe bombs in D.C. the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Alaska state utility regulators approve secrecy orders for billionaire’s takeover of GCI
John Malone, one of the wealthiest people in the United States, is preparing to take control of a majority of GCI Liberty’s voting power.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Ten years after Alaska-B.C. mining agreement, environmental group says state is falling short
Environmental advocates say Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has walked away from key pillars of that agreement — but state officials say they remain committed to keeping cross-border rivers clean.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Dunleavy appoints John Crowther to lead Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Former Commissioner John Boyle said he is eyeing opportunities in the private sector after resigning in October.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Opinion: Alaska doesn’t need another boom, it needs a backbone
Political courage, not wishful thinking, is the missing ingredient in building the durable fiscal plan Alaska has avoided for decades.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Alaska House Republicans choose Rep. DeLena Johnson as new minority leader, sowing discord
Rep. Kevin McCabe accused his GOP colleagues of choosing Johnson without giving him a chance to weigh in.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Alaskans can thank Lisa Murkowski and that coward Dan Sullivan for this dangerous idiocy.
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RFK Jr. Taps Preacher Who Blames Vaccines for Cancer, Compares Covid Tracking to Nazi Germany
Kirk Milhoan has claimed without evidence that the covid-19 shots caused spikes in cancer and miscarriages. Now he's helping shape the country's vaccine policy.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Text SIGN PPQXDJ and write your #akleg to use any means of law in Alaska to block #PebbleMine and #SaveBristolBay
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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When Donald Trump Fired David Rubenstein
The private-equity billionaire spent decades building influence in the capital. Then his philanthropy collided with the president.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Anyone heard how Hegseth's plan to court-martial Mark Kelly is going?
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Reporting From Alaska- Conflict of interest dooms state gasline consulting contract
The Alaska Legislature should ignore any and all advice from GaffneyCline on the gas pipeline because the consulting company has a conflict of interest—it is owned by a Texas firm that has just signed...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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They were saving up Alaska Air miles. Then their accounts got drained
Fraud has dogged airline loyalty programs for years. The problem goes beyond Alaska Airlines: Customers have reported fraud for other U.S. airline loyalty programs this past year.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Column | Think stores get the tax break? The truth about checkout donations.
Incorrect information about donation requests at store checkouts is proliferating on social media.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Utilities say Alaska needs an LNG import terminal. Here’s how consumers could end up paying for not one, but two.
Planning for two separate projects is currently moving ahead.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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State-orchestrated murder.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Compare the coward Dan Sullivan to someone of integrity, say Mark Kelly. www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
Reporting From Alaska- Dan Sullivan blames Democrats for Trump calling for execution of elected officials
Sen. Dan Sullivan is constitutionally incapable of even hinting that Donald Trump is wrong about anything.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is criminal insanity.
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Great headline:

“OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says”
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Quite the Thanksgiving Day story.
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Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane
A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy
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November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Texas Carpetbagger and 4th appointed AG of Alaska in the Dunleavy Administration, Steven J. Cox, is a self proclaimed Alaska expert after a few months. This putz needs to go back to Texas and serve his master Ted Cruz.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This series is blowing my mind. Well worth subscribing.

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Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Former Adak employee files lawsuit against city and city council members, alleging racism, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/26/f...
Former Adak employee files lawsuit against city and city council members, alleging racism | Alaska Beacon
The employee, who is black, says he was pressured to resign by city officials after filing a complaint against them.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM