The Sunday Minefield – April 5, 2026

Happy Easter! It’s finally April. I am back in Anchorage and it finally feels like the long and cold winter is coming to an end. I was in Sitka on Monday and Tuesday getting the full experience at the Alaska State Trooper Academy. It was a short week in Juneau as several legislators and staff went home for Easter. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska) gave her annual speech to a joint session of the Legislature. The House Finance Committee moved the operating budget out of committee after adopting an amendment that perpetuates the dividend delusion. The price of Alaska North Slope Crude went up by $11/barrel to $115/barrel – the highest its been in nearly four years. And some more people filed to run for the Legislature. 

The Anchorage election concludes on Tuesday, April 7. There are six Assembly seats, two school board seats, and a variety of bond propositions on the ballot. We will be providing live coverage of the election on Tuesday night from our Anchorage studio! You can watch live on YouTube, Facebook, and X. I will be joined by Anchorage Assembly member Chris Constant and former Anchorage Assembly member Kevin Cross. We will be providing analysis, results, and interviews with candidates.   

House Finance moves budget with full PFD and $1.6 billion deficit

The following is an excerpt from this week’s edition of the Alaska Political Report. You can click here for more information about the Political Report. A subscription is $1,299/year per organization. Discounted pricing is available for non-profits and government entities. Our coverage of the budget starts with the governor’s proposed budget, and we track everything in detail through the entire process. If you have any questions or would like to subscribe, please email jeff@akpoliticalreport.com.

This week the House Finance Committee heard and deliberated amendments to the operating budget. Through their amendments, they made a net $2.45 billion Unrestricted General Funs (UGF) addition from the previous version of the bill.

The biggest add was adoption of a Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) payment following the legacy calculation included in statute. Assuming a bare bones capital budget, the changes made by the committee leaves a $1.6 billion deficit and draws over half the available balance in the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR).

PFD Complexities

The committee has faced challenges in determining a PFD amount in recent years. The problem is exacerbated due to the narrow committee divide: 6 majority and 5 minority. 

Two majority members, Nome Democrat Neal Foster and Toksook Bay Democrat Nellie Jimmie, favor a larger PFD, though Jimmie has backed off of that. None of the minority members have been willing to cross caucus lines to approve a PFD that fits within available revenues.

This year the committee adopted an amendment that funds a PFD under the statutory formula, approximately $3,900 per person. All minority members plus Foster, a finance co-chair, voted yes on the amendment.

However, the amount isn’t fully funded from the percent of market value draw (POMV) from the Permanent Fund. Instead, the budget directs that $1.5 billion of the $2.5 billion required will be sourced from the CBR. If that CBR vote fails, which it is likely to, the remaining PFD will be a 25/75 split from the POMV draw, $1 billion total or about $1,500 per person.

As-is, failing a CBR vote would leave the remaining budget about $100 million underwater – leaving no room for capital or oil volatility. It seems likely the split between UGF and CBR funding for the PFD will be amended on the House floor. Such an amendment could ensure that a CBR vote failure would only impact the PFD rather than the budget as a whole.

The committee also adopted an amendment to direct 50% of any surplus in FY2027 to be paid out as a supplement to the PFD in FY2028, up to $250 million. The other 50% of surplus is deposited into the statutory budget reserve, which replaces the explicit $50 million deposit in the previous version of the bill.

If you would like to see the rest of this section, as well as a comprehensive breakdown of the legislative candidates’ APOC reports, please consider subscribing to the Alaska Political Report. Email jeff@akpoliticalreport.com for a copy of the latest special report. 

Other Happenings 

Senator Murkowski gave her annual address to the Legislature on Tuesday (3/31/2026). You can watch it here.  

I was not in Juneau for her speech. I was in Sitka attending the Alaska State Trooper Academy for two days. It was quite an experience. Big thanks to the Troopers for letting me visit the academy and get a glimpse into their rigorous training. You can read all my visit here, “The Full Experience: Two days at the Alaska State Trooper Academy in Sitka.” 

ANS crude went up by more than 10% on April 2. The last time it was over $115/barrel was in June 2022. 

Two Republicans, including the very loose Willy Keppel, filed for the open Senate seat Senator Lyman Hoffman (D – Bethel) is retiring from. This makes three people in the race, not including Speaker Bryce Edgmon (I – Dillingham). Edgmon has less than two months to decide if he will run for the open Senate seat or his House seat. The filing deadline is June 1. 

Brent Johnson, a former Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president, filed to run for the House. Representative Sarah Vance (R – Homer) beat him by 3.5 points in 2024. Vance has still not declared whether she will run for her House seat or the open Senate seat Senate President Gary Stevens (R – Kodiak) is retiring from. 

Representative Nellie Jimmie (D -Tooksok Bay) picked up an opponent. 

This Week’s Loose Unit

This week’s designee includes too many people to name them all, but you will get the drift. This week’s Loose Unit are the members of the House that are obsessed with the stupid fucking dividend, also known as the dividend delusion. 

I was having a conversation yesterday with an acquittance in Anchorage. He’s not a politico but follows the Landmine. He told me, “So I heard the Legislature passed a full dividend. That’s good, my family could really use the money.”

I spent the next few minutes explaining to him why that is not the case. He got a bit confused when I tried to explain to him the mechanics of a Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR) draw and how six members of the House Finance Committee are playing games. I went on to explain that the amount will be lowered by the full House when they fail the CBR vote, and ultimately when the House and Senate agree on what the conference committee does. 

He asked me what I thought the dividend would be. I said between $1,000 – $1,500. We then had a conversation I have had hundreds of times about what it would cost to pay a mega dividend and how it is beyond impractical and irresponsible.  

As I was talking with him I got angry that so many of our “leaders” know better but still continue to perpetrate the dividend delusion. They do this either because they will say anything to get re-elected or don’t appreciate how their games affect how the public views the dividend issue. Telling the truth or leading is sometimes hard. It’s easier to tell the lie. 

What these Loose Units do not seem to understand is that their stupid games send a message to the public: it’s possible to spend billions every year on mega dividends. It’s not, and they all know it. 

This issue is why our state has been stuck in neutral for ten years. We will never be able to move on our fix our problems until our leaders start telling the public and their constituents the truth about the cancer that is the Permanent Fund Dividend. 

If you have a nomination for this week’s Loose Unit, or if you have any political news, stories or gossip (or any old pics of politicians or public officials) please email me at jeff@alaskalandmine.com.

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Willy Keppel
7 days ago

Willy

Joe Geldhof
7 days ago
Reply to  Willy Keppel

Ultra loose posting by Willy.

Willy Keppel
7 days ago

Thanks for the mention Jeff!

Hate to break the news to you, but you’re a lot looser unit than those of us that plans to not only follow the law, but get the budget back under control.

Nemo
7 days ago
Reply to  Willy Keppel

You’re a murderer and everyone in the YK Delta knows it.

HAHA
5 days ago
Reply to  Willy Keppel

Your plans shouldn’t include anything related to the Legislature, since you’ve proven to be incapable of winning a race.

Jeff is Wrong on the PFD
7 days ago

Legislators advocating to appropriate a PFD based on what the LAW SAYS (the one that’s been in statue books since 1980 not the POMV law of 2018 that as newer and not as legitimate) = “delusion” now huh Jeff? Just stop talking about the PFD, could you please?

You know not of what you speak and it pisses people off who enjoy reading about what you cover otherwise lol

Reggie Taylor
7 days ago

“……….appropriate a PFD based on what the LAW SAYS (the one that’s been in statue books since 1980 not the POMV law of 2018 that as newer and not as legitimate) = “delusion”……..”
Yes, it is. First, that “law” was ruled unconstitutional ten years ago, and a whole bunch of folks simply can’t hear it, even if you draw them a picture. Secondly, we can hear a crowd of people talking about creating an income and/or sales tax in order to fund government while simultaneously mailing out a “dividend”. That right there is as delusional as it gets.

Steve-O
7 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

The PFD statute language “was ruled unconstitutional ten years ago”? Who ruled that? The AK Supreme Court in 2017 found that “…the 1976 amendment did not exempt the legislature’s use of Permanent Fund income from the Constitution’s anti-dedication clause…The legislature’s use of Permanent Fund income is subject to normal appropriation and veto budgetary processes.” They didn’t rule the statute language of the PFD unconstitutional. There is also considerable reason to question whether the AK Supreme Court got that ruling correct since they had to essentially ignore the fact that the PFD was created as a dedicated fund to begin with.

Joe Geldhof
6 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

Sound comments by Steve-O.

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……..The PFD statute language “was ruled unconstitutional ten years ago”?……..” That is not what I wrote, Steve. Read it again, please: “………. that “law” was ruled unconstitutional………” Specifically, the statute that everybody wants to believe mandates a specific amount for a dividend cannot constitutionally do so. The amount of the dividend must go through the budget process like all other appropriations: it must be passed annually by the House and Senate and signed by the governor. There can be no preset “formula” that the state is mandated to pay. If the legislature or governor wants to buy votes, they can posture… Read more »

Reggie is Wrong on the PFD
6 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

So you’re anti-PFD and for increased government spending huh Reggie boy? You’re just as bad as all the other liberals you’re always quarreling with on here, you realize that yes?

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago

“……….So you’re anti-PFD and for increased government spending huh Reggie boy?……..”
Yes and no. I’m anti-PFD and anti-huge social spending…….but more than anything, I’m anti-tax, especially if the state is going to send out free cash. Go ahead, spin that.

Reggie is Wrong on the PFD
6 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

I hope you realize that being “anti-PFD” is being pro “huge social spending” whether you like it or not. By advocating for no more “free cash” you’re condoning increased spending on education, welfare, etc. by the State government; there is no way of “spinning” that any other way than what it is, an endorsement of less $ out me and my wifes pockets and more toward useless govt. programs that you’re evidently okay with. Jay Hammond and the Legislature designed the PFD to ensure govt. would never take too much of our oil $ and keep the appropriators accountable, I… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago

“……..I hope you realize that being “anti-PFD” is being pro “huge social spending” whether you like it or not……….”

No, it isn’t, “whether you like it or not”. I oppose both a PFD and “huge social spending” (which is EXACTLY what the PFD is).

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago

“……..an endorsement of less $ out me and my wifes pockets and more toward useless govt………”

Six of one, half dozen the other. Your pockets do me as much good as $25K school funding per student in the Aleutians. It’s wasted state funding. You can cry like the education industry, but I’m not moved.

Steve-O
6 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

The statute is the law. I quoted you directly, I did not quote “law” because it would be redundant. Saying statute instead of law in no way changes what I said. Section 7 of Article IX of the AK Constitution says: The proceeds of any state tax or license shall not be dedicated to any special purpose, except as provided in section 15 of this article or when required by the federal government for state participation in federal programs. This provision shall not prohibit the continuance of any dedication for special purposes existing upon the date of ratification of this… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“………The Alaska Supreme Court had to ignore the definition of words……..”
Okay, Steve. You quoted me “directly”, and the Alaska Supreme Court “ignores the definition of words”……….but the ruling stands. Too bad for you and yours, but there will be no more giant-and-growing-PFDs without a trip through the budgetary process. Period. Don’t like it? Keep whining, or try to get yourself appointed to the Supreme Court and overrule Wielechowski v Alaska with the proper definition of words.
Good luck.

Steve-O
6 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

It’s actually too bad for the judicial system, the rule of law, and society as a whole…but it’s good for you to beat your drum with and damn the rest!

All the legislature has to do is change or replace the statute, the AK Constitution says it in it as clear as day, it’s right up there^ if you care to inform yourself…it’s the whole “unless otherwise provided by law” part.

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……….All the legislature has to do is change or replace the statute, the AK Constitution says it in it as clear as day, it’s right up there^ if you care to inform yourself……” Thanks, but I’m not interested in “informing” myself with you as a legal professor. But you might try informing yourself. Governor Dunleavy foolishly proposed a constitutional amendment to enshrine the “statutory” PFD formula early in his first administration. THAT is the only way to “fix it” in accordance with your wishes………but good luck with that one. First, it has to pass both chambers of the Legislature with… Read more »

Steve-O
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

We were talking about the statutory PFD, now you are talking about a proposed PFD Constitutional Amendment, those are two entirely different subjects.

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

The subject is a huge and growing PFD free of the annual budgetary process, Steve. You and yours continue to hang your hat on a statute that has been fully neutered by the Supreme Court. You won’t successfully argue or cry your way back to huge “dividends” with that statute. You are fully at the mercy of the Legislature and governor each and every year. If you want a funding formula free from the annual budget process, you will have to successfully pass a constitutional amendment. That’s why Governor Dunleavy proposed it. I don’t understand why you’re having such a… Read more »

Steve-O
4 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

I understand the situation just fine. It’s OK for you and your socialist/communist brethren to prefer that government be funded to excessive levels using funds that were purposely set aside to be kept from the long grasp of government spending. It’s not OK to support and cheer on the lawlessness that led to it being taken from every Alaskan man, woman, and child. If you want government excess then do it lawfully instead of by relying upon a system and a ruling led by the socialists/communists you pretend to denounce. Change or remove the statute, it should be an easy… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……… It’s OK for you and your socialist/communist brethren to prefer that government be funded to excessive levels using funds that were purposely set aside to be kept from the long grasp of government spending………” Steve, you’re getting desperate. Your last comment was literally full of untruths, and some intentional, the rest just foolish. First, I do not like the obscene amounts of money funding social programs in this state. It is fully out of control. But that cannot and will not be fixed by funding a Guaranteed Basic Income scheme which makes Medicaid and primary school funding look like far… Read more »

Steve-O
4 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Reg,

Your continued refusal to accept the reasons the Permanent Fund was established and what the law says has left you in a position which you have no choice but to support excessive government spending, since you would rather government spend than the private individual. Until you accept some very basic facts your support of excessive government spending will continue until the very fund designed to limit government spending is exhausted and your income will be taxed, along with every other dollar you have in one way or another.

Reggie Taylor
3 days ago
Reply to  Steve-O

Steve, the Permanent Fund was established to protect resource revenue from annual spending……….which is exactly what a “dividend” is. And my opposition to the distribution of state assets includes an opposition to “excessive government spending”, which is (again) exactly what a “dividend” is, especially when your beloved “statutory” amount (ruled unconstitutional a decade ago) requires a withdrawal of half of the Constitutional Budget Reserve. So what are you going to do next year in order to continue your “dividend” (welfare) check? If you pull this demand again for a “statutory” amount, you’ll drain the Reserve. No more savings. You’ll have… Read more »

Steve-O
3 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

What you are talking about has nothing to do with following the statutory language and illustrates the problem that was created by the good Governor Walker and the faulty AK Supreme Court ruling. Had the statutory language been followed that calculated the PFD by taking the net income of the PF investments from the last five fiscal years, multiplying that number by 21%, dividing by 2, subtracting prior year obligations, expenses and PFD program operations, then dividing by the number of qualifying Alaskans. The money grab that continues to this day would not have occurred. There would be no raid… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……..,What you are talking about has nothing to do with following the statutory language……..” I’ve repeated stated that the Wielechowski v Alaska decision has ruled that the statutory PFD amount calculation has been ruled unconstitutional. It cannot be “followed” legally. You state that the decision is “faulty”, but you have no authority yo “rule” that. The Supreme Court does. Sorry, but that’s just the way it works, Steve.

Steve-O
1 day ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

And once again I will remind you that you are wrong. AK Supreme Court in 2017 found that “…the 1976 amendment did not exempt the legislature’s use of Permanent Fund income from the Constitution’s anti-dedication clause…The legislature’s use of Permanent Fund income is subject to normal appropriation and veto budgetary processes.” They didn’t rule the statute language of the PFD unconstitutional, no matter how often you claim it to be so. The Legislature can legally follow the statutory language, they chose not to. The Legislature can legally change the statutory language, they choose not to. The governor can veto the… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
18 hours ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……… They didn’t rule the statute language of the PFD unconstitutional, no matter how often you claim it to be so……….” Steve, I’ve never once used the term “statute language”, and I have no idea why you insist on forwarding that term, except to try to manipulate “language” to mean something that it doesn’t. The bottom line is that the annual PFD payout amount is subject to budgetary debate and gubernatorial veto, and it cannot be established by formula and paid out outside of the budgetary process. https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/2017/s-16558.html “……….. The thrust of their argument was that a 1976 constitutional amendment creating the… Read more »

Steve-O
12 hours ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

This is the part you seem to not understand: “The legislature’s use of Permanent Fund income is subject to normal appropriation and veto budgetary processes”. The statutory PFD amount calculation has NOT been ruled unconstitutional, the AK Supreme Court ruled that income from the PF is subject to the normal appropriation and veto process, the Legislature can absolutely follow the statutory PFD language, they just chose not to. The governor can veto the appropriation, as it has been three time. The statutory language has not been ruled unconstitutional…no matter how you say or how many times you say it, it… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
8 hours ago
Reply to  Steve-O

“……… The statutory PFD amount calculation has NOT been ruled unconstitutional, the AK Supreme Court ruled that income from the PF is subject to the normal appropriation and veto process, the Legislature can absolutely follow the statutory PFD language, they just chose not to……….” Ta Da!!!!!!!! Finally! Yes! The statutory “language” is not ruled unconstitutional. It has been rendered completely useless because it cannot be used a lever to force the dividend amount. It is meaningless because the Legislature and Governor can and must agree on the amount, regardless on how it is “calculated”. Thus, increasingly, each legislative session will be… Read more »

Steve-O
6 hours ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

I’m glad we finally got you to understand that the AK Supreme Court didn’t rule the PFD law, statute, and/or language is/was unconstitutional. Now we just need to get you to understand the reason the fund was created in the first place and how allowing government to seize the dividend of every Alaskan man, woman, and child to grow government has only led to the point where they’ve misappropriated the CBR and will continue to find “revenue sources” from all of our pockets…but that can wait for another day.

Mike
6 days ago

McCabe talking to himself here again.

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago
Reply to  Mike

Yet, you magically heard and responded? How so, Mr. Alexander?

tigertree
6 days ago

Every time an American bomb goes bing bong boom: an innocent child is left coughing blood, yelling for a dead mother and father. If they live, they will struggle through life with traumatic brain injury, deafness, blindness, missing limbs. If you have a uniform on – take it off: burn it. Throw it away.

Scott
6 days ago
Reply to  tigertree

You owe everything you have to the people who wear that uniform. Even your right to spew whatever garbage your filthy fingers choose to type.

tigertree
6 days ago
Reply to  Scott

Whatever – babykiller

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago
Reply to  tigertree

“……babykiller……..”
It’s like the 1960’s all over again. One would think that social maturity comes to a society with education. Apparently not.

tigertree
6 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

No its worse now. Those boys in the 1960s were drafted at bayonet point. The men and women in uniform today are blowing up UNESCO world heritage sites and grinding children into paste for a measly paycheck for a down-payment on a Toyota

Reggie Taylor
6 days ago
Reply to  tigertree

“………Those boys in the 1960s were drafted at bayonet point………
And we got pinheads like you. They stopped the draft in order to avoid the diaper changing. But, as you prove, the whining and carping from the parks and street corners never stops. So we ignore it.

darkhtbebar
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

They stopped the draft because so many officers were getting fragged in their tents by fed up GIs (I know I would have) and the civilian protests against an illegal war were verging on revolutionary. Since the start of the Iran war, conscientious objector inquiries have risen by more than 1,000% across the armed services. The Chaplain Corps is reporting similar trends, and there was even a rare public statement from the senior Catholic chaplain in the military suggesting that participation in this conflict is morally wrong. It’s also hard to imagine this is helping morale among Muslim service members,… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

“………The premise of the Iran war is farcical, and doing anything other than denouncing it’s immorality once more reflects the very blackness of your soul………”
You are not my god, and I couldn’t give a fiddler’s f**k what you opine. The Iranian theocracy has worked nearly a half century to firmly entrench themselves into the mire they now find themselves, and I encourage the current administration to finish them. Their friends do not include their neighbors……..just individuals like you and Tiger. Take your morality to your bank and deposit it. Go with Allah.

darkhtbebar
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

The God of Abraham and all his servants are the enemy of the entire human species.

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

Is Satan your god?

darkhtbebar
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness.

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

Ah, then you are your own god. And we are to obey and worship you. Got it.

darkhtbebar
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

Your religion, like every other religion, is an incarnation of primitive superstitions. There is nothing that dignifies your “God” over that of the civilizations which no longer exist; nor the deities our howling ancestors hallucinated in the primeval darkness. Our respective evaluations of human behavior and belief are rooted in our experiences of things. You believe there are those who deserve to die, or whose death can be outweighed in gold. You have spent your entire life attempting to rationalize your own enslavement and degradation at the hands of those you worship. So applying that same lens to strangers in… Read more »

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

“………Your religion, like every other religion, is an incarnation of primitive superstitions………” And your atheistic religion is an incarnation of your selfish, childish rebellion. You are welcome to it (along with, at most, 10% of the world’s population) every bit as I am welcomed to my Abrahamic religion (along with half the world’s population). You are also free to blame the world’s woes and wars on the religious, if you must, but you ignore the fact that non-religious creatures (from bacteria to moose, bears, orcas, etc) battle for assets and power just like religious (and non-religious) humans do and have… Read more »

Mark Kelsey
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Who is your god, when you support a vile sexual predator and convicted felon president who protects pedophiles? Do you imagine your Trump-worship pleases Jesus?

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

My religious faith has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this Landmine’s article, the war in Iran, a dead pedophile, my “pronouns”, your Trump Derangement Mind Virus, or anything else you or your atheist buddy might try to drag into this comment section. Frankly, neither does Islam. Run along, Editor. Don’t you have a cookie recipe to publish for us? I have a sweet tooth this morning………….

Mark Kelsey
4 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Your faith, and your obvious misunderstanding of it, have everything to do with your disgusting worship of a criminal president who is illegally protecting pedophiles. Have you always been okay with pedophilia, or just since Trump’s name turned up 38,000 times in the Epstein files he’s trying so hard to block?

etznimer
4 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

Habibi, you need to touch grass.

etznimer
4 days ago
Reply to  etznimer

oops. Not you MK. RT.

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  etznimer

“Oops!”
‘ana la ‘areaa, ya binay.

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“………Have you always been okay with pedophilia……….”
When did you stop beating your wife, Editor?

Mark Kelsey
3 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

What an idiotic question and really weak attempt to change the subject, especially from someone who’s been in and out of marriages as often as you have been. You remain the only one in this exchange who can’t say that all the Epstein criminals should be prosecuted. How pathetic is that? Remember when no one thought that was a difficult thing to say? Remember when character and integrity mattered more than sheep-like devotion to a corrupt president and immoral cause?

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“……….You remain the only one in this exchange who can’t say that all the Epstein criminals should be prosecuted………”
All the Epstein criminals should be prosecuted.
Yours truly,
Reggie

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“……… You remain the only one in this exchange who can’t say that all the Epstein criminals should be prosecuted……….”
Oh, oh…………prosecutions can be tough…………..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKjXHuoajk

bischofiajavanica
4 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Bro, we literally use you as a punching bag. Your predictable reactions are clay pigeons that hone the capacity to vilify and insult POS like you. The landmine comments section is a graffiti wall that you bash your face against with the abandon of an addict.

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago

“……..Bro, we literally use you as a punching bag……….”
Well, you obviously need the practice at the bag, because I don’t feel a thing. Don’t hurt yourself……….

Lord Captain Bukake Poundcake
3 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

When it comes to God, just like radio, humans invented it.

And, it’s all in your head.

Reggie Taylor
3 days ago

Humans did not invent radio waves. We invented radio transmitters and receivers in order to utilize the waves. And if you can’t hear the waves, it doesn’t enter your head.

“……..Whoever has ears to hear, let them listen………….” Matthew 11; 15

Reggie Taylor
5 days ago
Reply to  darkhtbebar

“……..They stopped the draft because so many officers were getting fragged in their tents by fed up GIs (I know I would have)……..”
Thanks for proving my contention, Mr. Frag. The U.S. military is finished with trash like you., and the past half century has proven that is the wise policy.
So tell us; how does it feel to be rejected even by the lowly military? You can’t even be trusted with a weapon in duty to your society. You must be proud.

Mark Kelsey
5 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Someone who hides like a coward behind a fake name because he lacks the integrity and decency to use his real name has no standing in any discussion about “social maturity”. Could you possibly be a bigger jerk?

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

LOL!!! Oh, look who’s back under his legal name! How fun! No, I’m not going to take off my mask for lunatics like you to harass my family. Not sorry. Am I a “jerk”? To monsters like you, most definitely. Run along now. Aren’t you giving McCabe a break while bothering with a common guy like me? It’s the legislative session! Grow thistle while the sun is shining!

Mark Kelsey
4 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Yes, it is well-established by now how triggered honesty makes an anonymous coward like you. You should learn to deal less reactively with people who don’t lack the courage and decency you do. It makes you look like a grade-school weakling with something to hide.

On the other hand, it’s a lot easier to support a pedophile protector like you do when you’re ashamed of your identity.

Reggie Taylor
4 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“………You should learn to deal less reactively with people………”
Says you. But I don’t accept advice from people like yourself. I like reacting to certain people. I think I’ll pick it up a bit.

Mark Kelsey
3 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

You don’t accept advice from anyone, anonymous coward. Malignant narcissists never do. Reminds of your buddy McCabe and why he’s so disrespected in Juneau. Imagine being so out of touch that you’re reduced to insignificance in the minority caucus?

Reggie Taylor
2 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“……….You don’t accept advice from anyone, anonymous coward. Malignant narcissists never do. Reminds of your buddy McCabe………” Yes, I love advice from the wise, but that certainly doesn’t include you. Oh, now I’m not McCabe in the flesh, but he’s my “buddy”? See, that’s why advice from you would be foolish to accept: you’re psychologically ill. You personify your voodoo dolls of hatred. The problem with the Reggie doll is that you have no idea what I look like………..and you’re consumed with it. So just buy yourself a Zorro doll, put a little sign on it that says “Reggie”, and… Read more »

Mark Kelsey
2 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Do you think there’s anything “psychologically ill” about hiding like a coward behind multiple fake names that you use to converse with yourself? Do you think there’s anything “psychologically ill” about being so obsessed with me you accuse any poster who hurts your feelings of being me? You seriously need help, psycho.

Reggie Taylor
2 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“………Do you think there’s anything “psychologically ill” about hiding like a coward behind multiple fake names that you use to converse with yourself?………”

But I don’t do that, Editor. I only comment under my name. I do, however, suspect that you might comment under “multiple fake names”.

I do not accuse any poster who challenges me of being you. Clearly most are not. But some? Maybe………….

Mark Kelsey
2 days ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Pathetic response from someone who has already admitted to not being Reggie Taylor and who is widely, and probably correctly, perceived to be Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake.

Reggie Taylor
2 days ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

LOL! Of course I’m Reggie! I’ve been posting online on websites far and wide for years and years as Reggie! And yet, here you are, again trying desperately to morph me into Kevin McCabe. I can only imagine that is because your only voodoo doll looks like McCabe (who, humorously, looks just like you, bald knob and all).

Yeah, Editor, you’re one sick puppy. Try getting some talk therapy with somebody who might be able to help you………if that’s even possible………

Mark Kelsey
1 day ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Again, Kev, you’re fooling no one. But by all means, troll away. It’s what you do best. And you certainly have a lot of time on your hands to do it with your lack of responsibility in Juneau.

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

I’m not trying to fool anybody. You are. Yes, my trolling caught a big, bald, suckerfish, and I have no intent on landing him in my boat. I’ll just drag him by the hook in his mouth.

Yup, I have all the time in the world. I have no job and nothing much to do but troll my lure………….

Mark Kelsey
1 day ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Right. The guy who posts honestly, with his real name, and who stands for justice for Epstein’s victims is trying to fool people. Meanwhile, the coward who trolls dishonestly, with multiple fake user names, and supports protecting pedophiles, is the normal one. Makes perfect sense. I probably should seek help. Loser.

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“………. The guy who posts honestly, with his real name, and who stands for justice……..”

……..and the American way?” Oh, is this the prelude to a Superman episode?

No, of course not. Superman was Clark Kent, an unassuming reporter, not Mark Kelsey, the assuming editor.

Mark Kelsey
1 day ago
Reply to  Reggie Taylor

Keep deflecting, Kev. I know it must be tough, even for an anonymous coward, to support pedophilia-protection.

Reggie Taylor
1 day ago
Reply to  Mark Kelsey

“……… I know it must be tough, even for an anonymous coward, to support pedophilia-protection……….”

Not nearly as tough as convicting pedophiles. Show us how to do it, Editor. Get ‘er done.

tigertree
6 days ago
Reply to  Scott

Also, no we don’t. That’s just mindless propaganda applied like a numbing salve to the wounded hearts of those whose proud sailor/soldier/spy never came home. The only thing we owe them is the biggest portion of our tax tribute every year so they can spend it on pew pews