Thanksgiving is on Thursday! I hope everyone has a great time with friends and family. The legislative session is less than two months from beginning. Senate vacancies left by the resignations of Mike Shower and Shelley Hughes should be filled soon, which will likely leave two Republican vacancies in the House. The Republican House minority is dealing with some serious internal issues, including the ouster of Representative Mia Costello (R – Anchorage) as minority this week. And longtime Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority board member Dana Pruhs, who served as chair for years, is off the board as of this week for reasons that are not yet known.
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Last night, Senator John Kennedy (R – Louisiana) spoke at the Sheraton in Anchorage for an Alaska Republican Party gala event. It was a packed room that included Senator Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska), Representative Nick Begich (R – Alaska), Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska), and dozens of legislators and gubernatorial candidates. Rick Green (Rydell) did a great job as emcee. Noticeably absent was Senator Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska), whose name was not uttered once by any of the speakers. On a personal note, this was the first time in many years that I was either not kicked out of an Alaska Republican Party event or told I would be kicked out if I filmed or took pictures. So that was nice! I switched to Nonpartisan in 2020. But everyone was super nice and it was a great event. Minus a few of the introductory speakers who droned on for way too long (looking at you Senator Sullivan, big fan but 30 minutes was way too long!), it was a super fun event. Senator Kennedy killed it with his funny jokes and sharp wit. It was truly enjoyable watching him speak.
Senate Republicans could vote on both vacancies at same time
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.
Mat-Su Republicans from Districts 25 and 26 are set to meet on Sunday to decide on up to three names to send to GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy to choose from to replace Shelley Hughes. Hughes resigned her Senate seat last week to focus on her campaign for governor.
Note, they met today and sent the following names to Dunleavy to choose from: Cathy Tilton, Tom Bergey, and Gerrie Deal.
Hughes‘ most likely replacement will be Wasilla Republican Rep. Cathy Tilton, who is already running for the open seat. Palmer Republican Rep. DeLena Johnson told the Political Report she is not applying for the vacancy, and is running for re-election to her House seat.
Mat-Su Republicans from Districts 29 and 30 met last week to send names to Dunleavy to replace Mike Shower. The three names they sent are Sutton Republican Rep. George Rauscher, Big Lake Republican Rep. Kevin McCabe, and Ryan Sheldon. Rauscher, who is already running for the seat, is the most likely replacement.
Both replacements will need to be confirmed by a majority of Republicans in the Senate. With nine total (five majority, four minority), a minimum of five votes are required. The majority Republicans are in an interesting position as at least one of their members is required to confirm the replacements. If one is confirmed first and then immediately sworn in, the next replacement would need six votes as there would be ten total.
But Kodiak Republican Senate President Gary Stevens told the Political Report he would prefer to have both nominees voted on at the same time. Stevens said the vote will be in-person and conducted by secret ballot. It would be easier for everyone to meet once instead of twice to vote on confirming the replacements.
Stevens said he recommended this to Dunleavy, but acknowledged it’s ultimately up to him to decide if he chooses both replacements at the same time or separately. A source in Dunleavy’s office told the Political Report it is likely Dunleavy will choose both replacements early next week.
Stevens said he does not want to drag out the process and prefers to meet sooner than later. If Dunleavy chooses the replacements on Monday, it’s possible the vote could take place the weekend after Thanksgiving, according to Stevens.
If Dunleavy does choose Rauscher and Tilton, even with the majority advantage, neither should have an issue being confirmed. They are both respected and share similar political positions as Shower and Hughes.
If Rauscher and Tilton are confirmed to the Senate, both of their House seats will become vacant. Republicans in their respective districts will then need to decide on names to send to Dunleavy for their replacements. It’s important to note that Dunleavy is not required to choose from the list. It’s feasible he could go off list if he is not happy with the names that are sent to him.
We are watching the process closely and will have updates as they become available.
House Republican drama
Representative Mia Costello is no longer the minority leader of the 19-member Republican minority. Costello told the Landmine she was approached by Representatives Will Stapp (R – Fairbanks) and DeLena Johnson (R – Palmer), who told her they had the votes to replace her. Stapp said that was true, but they were hoping she would make some changes. Regardless, it’s clear they had to votes to oust her and she decided to voluntarily step down. This is significant. Other than the speaker coup in the early 1980s, no one I spoke with could remember a time when a minority or majority leader was ousted in the middle of a Legislature. The House minority is severally fractured and it’s not clear who will be their new leader, and how they will keep the group together. It could get very loose next session!
Here we go. Getting very loose, folks! #akleg https://t.co/1DFdFW5kBR pic.twitter.com/1wcOzGv93W
— The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) November 22, 2025
To add more fuel to the fire, seven House minority Republicans had their names removed from an invitation to a fundraiser for Representative Frank Tomaszewski (R – Fairbanks). Their crime is they voted to override Governor Dunleavy’s veto of the education funding increase. They even removed Senator Mike Cronk (R – Tok), one of the most solid and Alaskan people in the Legislature! So much for a big tent.
Well this is fascinating. The original co-hosts for Rep. Tomaszewski’s fundraiser had a lot more Republican legislators. In an updated version, Sen. Cronk and Reps. Stapp, Coulombe, Elam, Ruffridge, Saddler, Bynum, Costello, and Nelson were all removed! They all voted to override… pic.twitter.com/WRScqdFWdS
— The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) November 22, 2025
And to add even more fuel to the fire, three House Republican minority members showed up to a fundraiser for Republican Nick Capozzi, who is challenging Representative Jamie Allard (R – Eagle River), who is their colleague. Imagine just how lit those caucus meetings are going to be next session, that is if their group even holds together. If they lose just one member, they lose one of their five seats on the 11-member finance committee. If they lost three or four members, they will lose seats on committees with seven members.
This one is very loose. Republican Nick Capozzi, who is challenging Rep. Jamie Allard (R) held a fundraiser last night in Eagle River. Republican Reps. Julie Coulombe, Dan Saddler, and Jeremy Bynum all showed up! They all serve in the minority with Allard. 🤡 #akleg
— The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) November 22, 2025
This Week’s Loose Unit
There was a lot of competition this week, but one stood out. And it’s about as loose as it gets. This week’s Loose Unit is the lunatic and grifter Dorene Lorenz. After enjoying a nice state paid trip to Switzerland as chair of the Human Rights Commission (how or why Dunleavy put her on there is anyone’s guess but what an absolute joke), Lorenz threated to sue the Landmine for mentioning the scam she ran on blowing millions in state funds on the Jesse Lee Home, some that enriched herself. Lorenz threatened to sue me if I did not take this post down. I told her nope!
File this one in the super loose and bizarre category. Dorene Lorenz was recently in Switzerland for a UN meeting. She was there in her capacity as chair of the Alaska Human Rights Commission. She opened with a land acknowledgment for the… Swiss! 😂
This woman is an absolute…
— The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) November 17, 2025
She then filed a lawsuit for defamation, slander, and libel. She is representing herself, like a true idiot. She is suing me, the Landmine, Scott Jensen, and Paxson Woelber, co-owners of the Landmine. True psycho. No one has been served but she posted the complaint and her bullshit affidavit on Facebook, like an idiot. Note, anyone can sue anyone even for stupid and frivolous reasons. Just filing a lawsuit means nothing. If the actually ever serves me and this becomes real, I cannot wait to depose her and a lot of others who were involved in the Jesse Lee Home scam.
There will be a lot more to come on this absolute Loose Unit Dorene Lorenz. But to get a complete picture of how looney she is, you can watch the following Landmine Live streams. This one starts at 12:12, “Another Republican Vacancy in the Senate and Dorene Lorenz Threatens to Sue the Landmine.” And this one is the whole thing, “Dorene Lorenz is a Lunatic with a Tenuous Grip on Reality.” This level of loose is rarely reached.
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.
-Landfield, above.
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Yep. That’s a direct result of completing a dishonest transition to the business model of that far-right blog produced out of state. Definitely nothing to be proud of, and laughable for Landfield to claim to be nonpartisan. If he and this sight were truly nonpartisan, he would not have been accepted into a Republican event with open arms.
I’ve gotta’ wonder:
As a former editor, publisher, and still vociferous noisemaker, why aren’t you doing what Landfield is doing here so you can continue to fix the world? Why be a voice in the comment section with bums like Reggie when you have all that experience and know-how?
Curious minds want to know…………
Oh just you wait Reggie, Marky boy here is just one more silly civil lawsuit victory away from doing a full launch of the next “Blue Alaskan” or “The Mud Flats” to continue doing his thankless work at full scale articles and won’t have acknowledge peons like you and I anymore!
“……..Marky boy here is just one more silly civil lawsuit victory away………”
Him (the “journalist”) and his lawyers installing their politicians, but this time he doesn’t have somebody else’s newspaper to abuse to do it, so he’s polluting the comments section of somebody else’s blog to do it. Maybe he needs to build some creds in order to launch so those who fell off the left edge can find him?
If the actually serves me…..
Grammarly would catch these
The [State grant] termination letter from July of 2015 says, “it has become painfully apparent this project will not be successful.” It points to nearly $700,000 in improperly documented spending and lists expenses on 1) travel and 2) a film festival, as well as 3) alcohol, an 4) office remodel and 5) stereo equipment sent to a home address.6) There was even a tub of bikini wax. [Dorene] Lorenz has explanations for some of the spending and she said an audit later found some of the expenses to be justified.For example, the wax was needed to develop a possible lesson… Read more »
Sounds like the Alaska House minority is likely to become even more of a minority. That would be good news for Alaskans who care more about problems being solved than they do about the performative culture-war nonsense favored by the election-denying extremists in that caucus.
So… protecting high school girls from having to compete against biological males (and subsequently have to share a locker room with anyone of the opposite sex) is mere “performative culture-war nonsense” being pushed by “extremists” to you?
Try that mindset in future elections and see how that works for you!
Agreed.
That mindset worked just fine this month in elections held in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Florida, California, Ohio, Michigan, Maine . . . .
Good comment, fake name!
“…….That mindset worked just fine this month in elections held in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Florida, California, Ohio, Michigan, Maine……….”
This isn’t Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Florida, California, Ohio, Michigan, or Maine. Increasingly, it isn’t Anchorage, either. As Anchorage dies, Alaska lives.
Long live Alaska…………
After further review, I apologize for being a hypocrite and proving your point with my first response. Wasting public time to fix a virtually nonexistent problem, just to beat my chest, pat myself on the back, and mock any reasonable person who might have a more nuanced point of view is really bad behavior. There are so many more pressing problems in Alaska that affect a much larger portion of families and businesses here. And voters have been clear that they expect legislators to work together to solve problems. It also occurred to me how much of my hypocrisy,… Read more »
Well even though I’m the bigger coward who couldn’t hold a job anymore at the local rag that is the Frontiersman, and all I can do now is let right leaning politicians take up acreage of real estate in my head, I accept your apology.
“……… While the president and Republicans in Congress aggressively block the release of the Epstein files………”
What are you talking about? The release of that evidence were blocked by federal judges, not Trump and Congress. And now, after loads of social bullshit, Trump and Congress actually passed a law mandating the release of the evidence, and guess who is getting caught up in ugly emails so far?
You need to do your homework…………..
Common sense and all available evidence argue strongly that you’re the one who could use some research skills. Trump’s name is in the recently released emails more than 1500 times. Just like he’s mentioned “multiple times” in the DoJ’s Epstein files. That’s why he was stonewalling their release for so long, despite promising to release them when he was campaigning. He had nothing to do with the new law, and did not even need a vote of Congress to order the files released. Everyone paying attention even a little knows how hard he tried to keep them secret, even to… Read more »
You do realize the evidence and list referenced in the Epstein files has alleged bipartisanship right? From A-List celebrities (who are democrats) to the current and former Presidents of the U.S. (again, of BOTH parties), you name it. To assert that one party is trying to protect its own because only themselves are named in these files is to be in complete and absolute denial of the truth, or just pure ignorance, either one is inexcusable at this point if one is going to claim to know anything about this story.
Do you make shit up, “Reggie” or “Chad” or whatever your name is this week, because you know you can’t dispute the truth? The only thing I asserted was that Trump, with a big assist from Johnson, blocked the release of the files for months. I also asserted, factually, that Trump’s name is all over both the recent emails from Epstein’s estate, and the original Epstein files. The business about who else is named has nothing to do with my post. Only partisan hacks like you seem to think party-affiliation is relevant to determine guilt or innocence. Again, you are… Read more »
“………Do you make shit up, “Reggie” or “Chad” or whatever your name is this week……..”
There’s just another example of your delusions. Somebody disagrees with you, and it’s everybody in the universe (aliens included) attacking you with different names, shape shifting. A vast right-wing-conspiracy of one guy with a million names. What a fantasy world!
Call me Zorro, Moron. Superman and The Hulk, too. Whatever. It’s a waste to discuss anything with morons like you. It’s all in your head, and it’s packed tight. Talk about somebody making shit up…………….
That sounds a lot like projection, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc. Your anger betrays it.
Do you think no one will notice how often you use lame deflections to avoid discussing how you support people that cover for pedophiles? Have you always had a hard time accepting truth that you don’t like? Do you think pretending something else is true will magically make it true?
Where is “Chad” anyway? Keeping a low profile since his/your obvious lies were exposed last week? Has he/you gotten all the egg off his/your face yet?
“………Do you think no one will notice how often you use lame deflections to avoid discussing how you support people that cover for pedophiles?……..” Well, people certainly don’t notice that I don’t support the people they say I support. If I’ve typed it once, I’ve typed it 100 times. I don’t like Trump. Period. He’s an asshole, and he always has been. I remembered back in the 19890’s that sportscasters or talk show hosts were asking him if he was going to run for the presidency, and I wondered if they’d lost their minds. When he announced his candidacy in… Read more »
“……..Do you think no one will notice how often you use lame deflections to avoid discussing how you support people that cover for pedophiles? Have you always had a hard time accepting truth that you don’t like?……..”
Would you “like” to discuss the Larry Summers/Jeffrey Epstein emails, Editor? Or would you prefer to “deflect”?
“Face it, the GOP is now the Guardians of Pedophiles. That’s the “sick and disgusting” stuff you support.” That was the last sentence of your initial comment – so bringing up the partisanship as it relates to the Epstein files is entirely and wholly relevant, I know reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit since you frequent bars during happy hours (as you stated previously). Your alcohol ridden brain can’t put two and two together like the rest of us, but it is all fair and relevant to reference party-affiliation. The Biden administration did exactly what you claim Trump is doing… Read more »
“……… everyone of all sides has something to gain and/or lose with the release of these files (if it ever does)………” The reason why grand jury testimony and investigative notes are always sealed from public release is because it isn’t cross examined by the accused. This is Jurisprudence 101, but the folks addicted to soap box opera entertainment couldn’t care less…………..until they get caught up in such a court of public opinion. Frankly, I think the law just passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump mandating the release of such material is unconstitutional. We’ll see if it’s challenged and… Read more »
The only “sides” are right and wrong, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc. Those on the side of right — the vast majority of Americans — don’t care who’s in the files, just that the pedophiles are exposed and held accountable. Those on the wrong side, like you and the rest of MAGA, continue to make bogus excuses for Trump and fall back on pathetic whataboutisms to justify your support for people who cover for pedophiles.
Amazing how something so fundamental escapes some people.
“………The only “sides” are right and wrong, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc………”
Another guy living in an either/or world. My way or the highway. This or that, and nothing else………..and this is what I say.
You want pedophiles brought to justice? You don’t have to go to the Virgin Islands to find them. There are plenty right here in Alaska. Go get ’em………..
“………The only “sides” are right and wrong, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc………..”
So, JJ/Jj/Kark/Mark/etc., is Larry Summers right or wrong?
“The reason why grand jury testimony and investigative notes are always sealed from public release is because it isn’t cross examined by the accused. This is Jurisprudence 101 …” Your already exposed profound ignorance of the First Amendment makes me chuckle at your attempt to lecture about basic jurisprudence. You know what else is Jurisprudence 101? When appeals are exhausted, the case is closed. Epstein is dead and GMax’s appeals are exhausted, so unlike during the Biden administration, there is no more case ongoing that requires that the files remain sealed. How much of a dishonest hypocrite and obvious partisan… Read more »
“……..How much of a dishonest hypocrite and obvious partisan puke are you now for trying to use the no-longer-applicable “ongoing case” defense for Trump to keep the files sealed, while simultaneously trying to tar the previous president for applying it properly?……..
“
WTF are you talking about? I have never mentioned any “ongoing case” defense or any mention of Biden whatsoever. I specifically cited judicial seals on grand jury testimony and investigative notes. Are you imagining words like you’re imagining names and entities? Do you hallucinate all day long?
“……… Epstein is dead and GMax’s appeals are exhausted, so unlike during the Biden administration, there is no more case ongoing that requires that the files remain sealed……….” Dude, a lot of names get into investigator notes and interviews who are innocent, never even suspected of things, or are leveraged to cooperate due to other circumstances. All kinds of stuff gets into investigator notes. You might be there simply because you were in the area when something went down in the vicinity. That stuff doesn’t get aired out like laundry. It isn’t yours to try in a public court of opinion. That’s… Read more »
The “Epstein Files Transparency Act” (H.R. 4405) was signed into law on November 19, 2025, by President Donald Trump. This law requires the Attorney General to release all unclassified documents and records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in the possession of the Department of Justice within 30 days. Exceptions to release can be made for information that would compromise an ongoing investigation or violate personal privacy, or to prevent the release of sexually explicit content. Key provisions of the law Mandatory release: The Attorney General must release all unclassified documents, records, communications, and investigative materials related to Epstein and… Read more »
You’re right, I clearly can’t get away with the fact that people of my ideology and party affiliation are just as guilty as any republican may be in covering up the Epstein files at this point, my ilk and I are no better than you guys.
Additionally, I probably should stop going out and drinking too, it’s making me paranoid and obsess over who I’m actually arguing with online and their identities, especially since I myself don’t even use my real name like a coward, how crazy is that! #nomoredrinksforme
“………Trump’s name is in the recently released emails more than 1500 times. Just like he’s mentioned “multiple times” in the DoJ’s Epstein files………” Yeah, as Epstein and the Demonrats plotted against him. Indeed, there is now proof that Epstein was communicating to Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D- Virgin Island, representing the famous island) during a 2019 hearing with Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, coaching her on what to say and ask during real time. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer: Blocked the release of grand jury testimony that led to Ghislaine Maxwell’s indictment, stating that federal law generally prohibits the release of such… Read more »
Most people don’t find it so difficult to condemn pedophilia, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc. Then again, most people don’t dishonestly troll message boards with multiple IDs pretending they’re something they’re not, living somewhere they obviously don’t.
Ik it bothers you so much that I live in the same state as you, but you’ll just have to accept it, the truth hurts!
Why on earth would I be someone not living in Alaska and wasting my time on a comment thread for an Alaska based article with people like you anyways?
Happy Thanksgiving!
“……..Why on earth would I be someone not living in Alaska and wasting my time on a comment thread for an Alaska based article with people like you anyways?………”
I don’t know, but it appears that our “buddy” Dan Svatass is at least a winter resident of Vegas. There have always been “those folks”. This is especially common now with cheap flights, cheap communication, greater anonymity, and free money for being a 181 Day Alaskan.
Google “Svatass” and enjoy reading about his Las Vegas life…………….
“……..Most people don’t find it so difficult to condemn pedophilia, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc………”
I have no problem condemning pedophilia, JJ/Jj/Mark/Kark/etc. My problem is condemning people as pedophiles or “pedophile protectors” as political attacks even after there is more than ample evidence that the accusation is pure bullshit. In fact, I’d prefer attacking the monsters using such tactics than attacking people who clearly aren’t pedophiles or “pedophile protectors”.
“………Noticeably absent was Senator Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska), whose name was not uttered once by any of the speakers. On a personal note, this was the first time in many years that I was either not kicked out of an Alaska Republican Party event or told I would be kicked out if I filmed or took pictures…………”
I wonder if those two facts were related or just coincidence?
Either You have changed for the better or the Alaska Republican Party is more moderate so you are not as much of an annoyance
Giving that the gubernatorial race is too many Republicans and they don’t seem to care at all, I’d think the the AKGOP is moderate and agrees on very much the same ideas as you
Dorene Lorenz just humiliated Alaska by how clueless Alaskans are on the world stage, like They care about land acknowledgments of native peoples a whole world away or about our native women disappearance, WHILE Switzerland has legal prostitution. How many of their women gone missing!? They aren’t talking about their own women and girls in prostitution going missing, they could less about Alaska women and girls.
Hi, Tina.
Can you provide us a link to one credible source reporting that Swiss women and girls have “gone missing” due to Switzerland’s decriminalization of prostitution?
I ask because you haven’t seemed reliable here. To me.
Just one.
Thank you.
Hi Tina, (through Dan)
Don’t feel the need to reply back to him, if you ever ask him of similar information on (name the issue that leans left) he won’t provide you anything but will instead obfuscate and take personal jabs at your intelligence as he boasts about landmine article to article to overcompensate for his personal shortcomings.
Just a helpful thought as you’re considering his comment to you!
I expect no substantive responses to my question.
Which proves my point.
So bravo lol.
Well you were provided one below and (as expected) you still don’t accept it, your arrogance paired with ignorance won’t allow you to accept anything, not even a truthful and substantive response, but please, go on badgering everyone to do exactly what you’ve never done, which is back-up what you claim.
Nope.
Nothing about the disappearance of Swiss women or girls.
Nothing about Switzerland’s decriminalization of prostitution having caused any Swiss women or girls to disappear.
Read.
“but please, go on badgering everyone”
Sure, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc. Only you are allowed to badger people, right?
Yes, JJ/Mark Kelsey/Dan Svatass/Reverend Paradox Mustachio Downingfield, whoever you are, that is correct. Glad to see you finally got one!
“………Only you are allowed to badger people, right?………”
If you can do it better than the editor, go for it. You’re both easy peasy………..
“………Can you provide us a link to one credible source reporting that Swiss women and girls have “gone missing” due to Switzerland’s decriminalization of prostitution?…….
……..Just one……….”
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/four-arrests-in-raid-against-human-traffickers-from-romania/89452406
None of those women were “Swiss women or girls.”
Nothing in that article says their abuse was due to Switzerland’s legalization of prostitution.
So a perfect Reggie Taylor nonsense comment.
Of course, I knew you were going to come back with both of those bullshit excuses, Dan. I waited. You don’t give a shit if women disappear, as long as your stupid comment can be defended with the lawyeresqe wording you used in complete ignorance to make a point that not only doesn’t exist, but is purely evil to boot. European women are being disappeared and smuggled into the legal Swiss prostitution market to be used like sacks of meat, Dan. It was happening in the U.S openly on Craigslist until Trump put an unceremonious end to it with a… Read more »
Egads, such foul language, substituting for cogent thought.
You grew up without a mother or soap for your mouth? lol
I get it, it’s all you have. You have my pity.
I’m not interested in your pity. You and your ilk make me sick. In addition to “legalized prostitution” (as if that’s going to solve any problems) we have to put up with sexual freaks roaming public toilets in search of sick thrills at the expense of our women and children. “Debate” with you sick stacks of shit is a limited exercise, Dan. Your sexual theme park experience will run out of time, so feather your hidey hole under the rocks in preparation for the inevitable end.
Pretty sure no one is interested in your fake outrage, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc. Do you think people who understand right and wrong are sickened at all by those hypocrites like you who claim to be great defenders of women and girls, but who support people who cover for adults that raped children?
“………Pretty sure no one is interested in your fake outrage, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc……..”
It sure has you going on. Do you get this exercised in everything you have no interest in?
“………Pretty sure no one is interested in your fake outrage, Reg/Chad/Jon/etc………”
Here’s another monster more concerned with his imagined political conspiracies than the criminal realities proven to exist and thrive. It’s open season on women and girls if enslaved and sexually used and abused by faceless consumers, but if there is a hint of it being done by a Republican or Trumpist (or if we think we can pin it on them), it’s a universe-wide dragnet. Not to worry: if we catch Demonrats in our nets, we can just let them go, and justify it in our sick minds.
Sure, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. The Epstein files are a made-up conspiracy that excuse you from being a hypocrite over your support for people who are protecting pedophiles. Is that the BS you’re slinging now?
It really shouldn’t be that difficult to condemn pedophilia and demand accountability for ALL the predators in the files.
“…….Is that the BS you’re slinging now?……..”
Nope. You just did. Straight from your keyboard, and pretty much accurate. A Republican Congress and President just passed a law mandating release of all info (in a way that will pass judicial objections), and you still won’t be satisfied. It’s a political/ideological witch-hunt.
Works for me. My bet is that more Demonrats and RINOs get netted than anybody else.
“mandating release of all info”
Reggie, you are not this stupid.
The law excludes info involved in active DOJ investigations. And so Bondi immediacy announced new investigations.
Come on Reggie, even you . . . .
Ridiculous isn’t it? It’s almost as dishonest as him claiming it’s Trump and Republicans voting to the release the Epstein files after they’ve stonewalled for months and only voted when forced by the bipartisan discharge petition. Shameless gaslighting. Or maybe it’s just ignorance.
“………It’s almost as dishonest as him claiming it’s Trump and Republicans voting to the release the Epstein files……….”
The House vote was 427-1, Editor. Some journalist you are.
“……..The law excludes info involved in active DOJ investigations………”
Of course it does, as well as classified information, redactions for certain information such as the personal information of victims, etc. This should be obvious, but is just going to be used by people like you to continue your games. You aren’t fooling anybody.
“…….You grew up without a mother………”
Mom was Swiss, so your argument is mute.
You don’t know words.
Moot, not mute.
100% Reggie Taylor.
Mute is what you should be. Are you a Swiss sex consumer?
“…….100% Reggie Taylor………”
Not “Chad/Jon/etc”? How do you know? How do you NOT know elsewhere?
Actually I take back what I just said in the comment above, I’m sorry. We both know I’m the one in need of soap I think Suzanne and all of MOA is doing a great job cleaning up our poop ridden streets after all!
I win.
No, I win.
You need chemical disinfectant, not mere soap.
“………None of those women were “Swiss women or girls.”………”
In accordance with the Leftist ideology of which you reside, they were undocumented Swiss women or girls smuggled into Switzerland to be used as sexual slaves. Or, if you prefer, they were sexual slaves of other nationalities smuggled into Switzerland to be used and abused by Swiss men or sexual tourists, and since they weren’t Swiss, no foul. Nothing to see here, says Dan sFatass, and the monsters who up-plussed his post.
“………Can you provide us a link to one credible source reporting that Swiss women and girls have “gone missing” due to Switzerland’s decriminalization of prostitution?………
……..Just one…………”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Unterweger
Ms. Lorenz explained (on Facebook) that her comments in Switzerland did not constitute a land acknowledgement. I recommend that you read her explanation rather than, or before, relying on Landfield’s characterization of her comments in Switzerland.
“I would first like to do a land acknowledgement, which is the tradition of our people. I’d like to acknowledge that this is the land of the Swiss people…”
That was literally her opening quote when the other chairperson deferred to her, word for word, that is what she said… so what on earth are you talking about?
JFC, these comments are bonkers.
Surely the FNG Attorney General deserves an honorable mention for the Loose Unit® for his ginned up kulture battle with ASD
If Landfield did that, no way he gets an invite to Bernadette Wilson’s Holiday Hot Tub Hoedown!
I ain’t gettin’ in that hot tub, no way José
Oh who I’m kidding, I’d 10/10 attend that Hoedown too if I were invited! All we got on our side of the aisle is another old lameduck candidate who is probably gonna get less votes than his own younger MAGA right fascist nephew running for his reelection, how crazy is that huh Reverend!
Speaking of Reverends, if we can’t win back the Governor’s Office next year, at least we got you running against Nick and you’ll defeat him right?! You as our next Congress person, Suzanne running our city to the ground, we’ll be unstoppable at this rate!
I win.
No, I win.
Glad to see that Gov. Dunleavy did not appoint McCabe to the Senate seat. As an honest and genuine conservative, Rauscher is more deserving of the appointment. McCabe was the one who engaged in lawfare against two of the only true conservatives in the legislature a couple years ago when he filed that vindictive and petty ethics complaint against Reps. Eastman and Kurka. It’s been almost two years to the day since the complaint was quickly dismissed as completely baseless. It’s shameful that McCabe was never punished for wasting public time with that. It’s doubly shameful that someone as dishonest… Read more »
Yeah good luck with that Pat. While you and the Nick Fuentes lite ultra-right continue to harp on honest conservative Republicans who are actually pro-life and fighting for those principles, like Rep. McCabe, the day-to-day Valley conservatives like myself can see right through it.
Here’s the link to the Alaska Watchman story about McCabe’s lawfare against fellow Republicans. I meant to post it earlier.
https://alaskawatchman.com/2023/11/30/rep-mccabes-ethics-complaint-dismissed-against-rep-eastman-and-former-rep-kurka/
Hey Pat, NOBODY CARES. McCabe is going to get reelected next year, a true pro-life conservative who honestly and genuinely represents District 30, sorry that upsets you so desperately so.
Lots of people care.
For someone who has claimed repeatedly that he doesn’t like McCabe, you sure are defending him vigorously and in a way that demonstrates others’ opinions upset you in a very personal way. Why is that?
When have I ever said I don’t like him? This is my first time commenting on here, I know who Pat Martin and his cronies are, I saw his comment, I decided to speak-up. That’s all there is to it. Take care!
“……..This is my first time commenting on here……..”
JJ sees only two commenters here; the imaginary one that agrees with him, and all others, commenting under different names.
When they all sound like you, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. and you’ve already been busted for three different user names and multiple lies, its no great leap to figuring out why that’s so.
How come you’re not badgering me to have coffee with you anymore so you can show off your Sealaska card?
“……..When they all sound like you, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. and you’ve already been busted for three different user names and multiple lies, its no great leap to figuring out why that’s so……….” You’ve busted nobody, Inspector Clouseau. It’s all in your spinning mind. “………How come you’re not badgering me to have coffee with you anymore so you can show off your Sealaska card?………” Because I never did, I have no desire to spend time with you, and I’m not Alaska Native. Indeed, the Editor (who you appear to have an interesting “relationship” with………….yeah, I googled you two up) has vociferously accused… Read more »
Classic gaslighting. You were accused of racism because you express racist sentiment. It has nothing to do with your hypocrisy over the Chickaloon tribe and your own reliance on other people’s money to fund your law enforcement.
Thanks for sharing the Watchman link and your personal observations. I have seen enough of McCabe in action in Juneau to know that him sitting on the ethics committee is an insult to decent, honest Alaskans. The stories from the halls of the capital are not pretty. His anger issues and related bully behavior are legendary. He does not deserve another term any more than he deserved the Senate appointment.
The tens of thousands of constituents of that House District certainly feel a lot differently about him and his character than you and Pat do, any explanation for that?
4,700 people voted for the corrupt, self-dealing McCabe last election. Did McCabe send you here to tell easily disproven lies?
“……..4,700 people voted for the corrupt, self-dealing McCabe last election……….”
And not a single one voted for you, proving the wisdom of the electorate.
What an unbelievably stupid comment, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. Not a single one voted for you, Chad, Jon, or anyone else not on the ballot either. But when your only task here is to deflect from your obvious lies and you have nothing else to say, I guess you need to say anything, no matter how outrageous. But thanks for conceding, in your own special way, that “tens of thousands” do not support McCabe.
“…….Not a single one voted for you, Chad, Jon, or anyone else not on the ballot either………..”
Yup. ‘Cuz me, you, Chad, Jon, and everyone else not on the ballot didn’t run………..but only you of that group are investing so much time and effort into controlling that House seat…………and you’ve failed, which is why you’re behaving like a savage.
Amazing how nicely the Repubs treat you when you roll over and become a sycophant for Trump, eh Landfield?
Let me guess, your litmus for what makes someone a “sycophant” is likely the mere fact of whether they voted for the incumbent president or not right? Can’t I argue the same of you but for the Democrats?
Not at all. It’s how little commentary they have about the words and deeds of the person, and how they snivel and cry things like “Trump Derangement Syndrome” when their guy gets criticized. No politician in history has driven as many people into full sycophantic devotion as Donald Trump. Even people who claim to be critical of all sides, like Jeff Landfield.
So you obviously weren’t living in the U.S. between 09′-17 when Obama was President, were you? Media did exactly what you described and the electorate that made him president imho.
“……….Amazing how nicely the Repubs treat you when you roll over and become a sycophant for Trump, eh Landfield?………”
Let’s hope the opposite is true for those “Repubs” who are destroying the party from within.
Or not. As the Demonrats destroy themselves, if the Republicans are stupid enough to follow suit, maybe a new society can arise to represent the majority instead of the noisiest?
I appreciate the good review here of what makes McCabe unfit for office. I’ll add my 2 cents … his flagrant violation of Alaska’s campaign disclosure laws. From the “violations of public trust” section of an APOC complaint against him: “Kevin McCabe’s failure to disclose campaign expenditures demonstrates a clear disregard for Alaskans and the rule of law and undermines public confidence in the integrity of Alaska’s electoral process. By concealing or delaying the disclosure of campaign spending, Kevin McCabe violated the fundamental principle of transparency enshrined in Alaska’s campaign finance laws. These actions erode trust in the electoral system… Read more »
Quoting a mere APOC complaint is hardly the same as citing an established fact.
Anyone can allege anything in an APOC complaint.
Do better.
Every complaint cited on this page is “hardly the same as citing an established fact.”
Do better……….
As ever, I have no idea wtf Reggie is talking about.
Citing your silly comment, yeah, it was as ridiculous as yours.
As ever, Reggie doesn’t know words.
He didn’t “cite” my comment.
He quoted it
100% Reggie Taylor.
BFD. Your comment was stupid. If it works for you, it works for all, even if it’s stupid, because it works for you.
In September, the APOC found that a complaint a “Mike” made against McCabe was largely untrue.
“Staff investigated the complaints and found that most of the allegations were unsupported.”
aws.state.ak.us/ApocReports/Paper/Download.aspx?ID=27242
I would never vote for McCabe. But I know what a vendetta looks like.
Sure thing Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. You “would never vote for McCabe”, but you’re willing to continue vigorously and often dishonestly defending him, usually in a way that sounds like you take valid criticisms of him in a very personal way. Why is that?
I asked this previously and you ducked it. Why is that?
“……..I asked this previously and you ducked it. Why is that?……..” I didn’t “duck” it. I ignored it, because it’s stupid. This isn’t an interrogation, you aren’t a representative of any authority whatsoever, and I’m not a defendant of any kind. I’ve already told you that I don’t give a rat’s tail about your stupidity, fantasies, or psychological problems. There are millions of you out there. Why concern myself with you individually? I “would never vote for McCabe” because he’s not in my representative or senate district. Hello, Moron? Anybody home? Now, with that said, if McCabe ran for governor,… Read more »
That’s a very long-winded non-denial. Again, your over-the-top emotion and very personal offense at legitimate, factual criticism betrays you as a liar. Considering how many of your lies have already been exposed here, that should surprise no one.
“……. legitimate, factual criticism…….”
You have nothing but lies and fantasy at people (who you’re stupid enough to believe is one person) who are still waiting for a reference of any official review, investigation, or charge of McCabe falsifying his APOC report. Produce the reference, or you’re a LIAR.
“Largely untrue” is not the same as completely untrue.
“Most of the allegations were unsupported” is not the same as all of the allegations being unsupported.
Sounds like for the second time in three election cycles, McCabe cheated on his disclosures.
Prove me wrong.
Related, do you think using the names of honest posters to make your dishonest points makes you appear more credible?
“……..Prove me wrong………”
Hey, Moron:
You’re the one making legal aspersions. The burden of proof is on you.
You’re a freaking moron. “Prove me wrong………….”
After so many of your lies have already been exposed, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc, do you think replying like an emotional child caught with his hand in the cookie jar makes you appear believable?
You alleged, without any proof, that someone else’s post about McCabe cheating on his campaign disclosures was false. Yet you shamelessly demand proof of something that’s in the public record already.
You’re not doing McCabe any favors with that kind of behavior.
“……..After so many of your lies have already been exposed, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc, do you think replying like an emotional child caught with his hand in the cookie jar makes you appear believable?……..” Back at ‘ya, Moron. “……..You alleged, without any proof, that someone else’s post about McCabe cheating on his campaign disclosures was false. Yet you shamelessly demand proof of something that’s in the public record already………” I posted my suspicion of said “proof” of illegal activity “cheating on campaign disclosures is a CRIME), I still have seen no evidence of such a crime or official statement of investigation of… Read more »
Oh my. Innocent people don’t act with such emotional hostility, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. Do you need to go to your safe space? Like most people familiar with goings on in Juneau, I’m familiar with McCabe’s blustering, bullying, and attempts to change the subject to avoid, at all costs, taking responsibility for himself. This sounds very similar. Are you taking direction from McCabe before you post? Do you think moving the goalposts and making a really lame semantic argument changes that McCabe was not exonerated? On the contrary, public record shows that he dishonestly tried to hide expenditures in two different elections.… Read more »
“……..Innocent people don’t act with such emotional hostility, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc……….”
I’m not under indictment for anything, so am (by definition) “not guilty” of anything. But I’m definitely not “innocent”. I’ve got a few closets full of skeletons. I am in my safe place at home, and am prepared for any invaders.
“……..public record shows that he dishonestly tried to hide expenditures in two different elections………”
Got a reference to the charges of the crime of filing a false APOC file? Because until you do, you’re just another LIAR.
“………Got a reference to the charges of the crime of filing a false APOC file? Because until you do, you’re just another LIAR……….” Hey, Dipshit; it took me all of 5 minutes to google up, read, and here link the vast crimes of Kevin McCabe: https://apoc.doa.alaska.gov/media/lqsnpcle/12-complaint-25-01-cd-widney-v-mccabe.pdf In sum: “……….APOC Staff recommends the Commission find the following violations: McCabe’s 2020 year start report filed February 14, 2020, did not violate AS 15.13.040 or 2 AAC 50.321(d) as it sufficiently detailed goods and services purchased through Optima Public Relations. McCabe’s 2020 30-day primary report filed July 20, 2020, violated AS 15.13.040 and… Read more »
“…….. public record shows that he dishonestly tried to hide expenditures in two different elections……….”
I googled up the APOC report on the complaint and read it completely. Your accusation isn’t true.
Want to try again using honest language?
And here we are.
Reggie Taylor reduced to his essence.
Remarkable, isn’t it? The link he posted himself makes it clear McCabe was not exonerated. Yet he’s willing to beclown himself insisting McCabe did nothing wrong when he clearly did twice, in 2020 and 2024. The details of those infractions are not pretty, either. But McCabe didn’t even bother trying to refute them. Instead he used the lamest of excuses — “everybody does it” — before launching into a typical fairy tale, with no evidence, about the motives of his accuser and about how he’s been targeted for his political views. As if any of that excuses wrongdoing. A normal,… Read more »
I was responding to a post by someone named “Mike”. He was saying some allegation against McCabe was true because someone named “Mike” asserted it against McCabe in an APOC complaint.
I merely pointed out that anyone can allege anything in an APOC complaint, even if it’s untrue. And indeed, APOC investigated the complaint and found most of the allegations in it untrue. I think in the end they fined McCabe $20.
I don’t support McCabe, or even know that much about him. Just trying to keep things factual here (a bad habit of mine).
“……..He was saying some allegation against McCabe was true because someone named “Mike” asserted it against McCabe in an APOC complaint………”
There are multiple “Mikes” involved in complaints with McCabe: a Mike Widney, and a Mike Alexander. In short, it looks like harassment to me, since the
APOC office responded to McCabe’s complaint that other legislators file similarly that there have been no official complaints filed about other legislators. Remember Andre McLeod?………..
“…….. The link he posted himself makes it clear McCabe was not exonerated………” From the staff report to the APOC Commission: “…….APOC Staff recommends the Commission find the following violations: McCabe’s 2020 year start report filed February 14, 2020, did not violate AS 15.13.040 or 2 AAC 50.321(d) as it sufficiently detailed goods and services purchased through Optima Public Relations. McCabe’s 2020 30-day primary report filed July 20, 2020, violated AS 15.13.040 and 2 AAC 50.321(d) because it failed to disclose in detail all services rendered by Optima Public Relations. McCabe’s 2024 7-day primary report filed August 13, 2024, violated AS… Read more »
“………he used the lamest of excuses — “everybody does it”……..” To which the APOC office responded with “yeah, but you’re the only one who got a complaint filed against him”. “………Contrary to Mr. Widney’s claims, these practices are not a “slush fund” but an approved and widely accepted approach to reporting campaign management – even my opponent used the same exact reporting procedures. Professional firms like Optima and Leading Light Advisors, manage complex advertising strategies, Block Space buys, and consolidation, that cannot be broken down to the granular level as Widney suggests. The public deserves transparency and accountability in campaign finance, and… Read more »
Wrong. Another blatant lie from the McCabe shill Reg/Chad/Jon etc.
What APOC said was just because McCabe claimed something as true, doesn’t make it true. If McCabe truly believed others cheated the same way he did, he could’ve filed his own complaint against them. That would’ve required actual evidence, though, not just the foolish insistence of a grifter.
But bonus points for you for finally conceding the obvious — that McCabe was not exonerated. You’d appear less clownish if you had done so up front instead of insisting for so long that he did nothing wrong when he obviously did.
“……..What APOC said was just because McCabe claimed something as true, doesn’t make it true. If McCabe truly believed others cheated the same way he did, he could’ve filed his own complaint against them……….” But it proves that McCabe had something to say about the allegations, and I found it, read it, and find it a bit more than credible, primarily because you didn’t mention it or provide a reference like I asked. I’m not going to suck up your crap any more than I will McCabe’s without looking into the situation for myself. I think that the details regarding… Read more »
Thanks for the good laugh, Reg/Chad/Jon, etc. You mentioning “legal aspersions” was humorous given your profound ignorance of the First Amendment and inability to distinguish between “moot” and “mute’.
“……… given your profound ignorance of the First Amendment………”
Hmmm……..that sounds like an editor I know………..
Here’s more detail on Rep. McCabes APOC violations. It is revealing about his true character or lack of it. The last four pages of the document are a letter from McCabe to the commission explaining why he believes he did nothing wrong. The last paragraph caught my eye because McCabe without evidence tried to paint his accuser as a liar and the complaint as meritless. He closed the letter by saying “there should be consequences for knowingly filing a false complaint.” Two years earlier McCabe’s malicious legislative ethics complaint against two fellow Republican legislators he envied for being true conservatives… Read more »
The hypocrisy is darn near breath-taking, isn’t it? I remember that incident with the bogus ethics complaint he filed. It was a really dirty and dishonest thing for him to do. Elsewhere in the APOC documents McCabe whines weakly about government agencies being “weaponized” against him. He claimed the same thing in a Must Read Florida propaganda piece, and again after that in an outrageous and deeply dishonest op-ed he penned for the Watchman, after he was outed for being a tax cheat or chiseler or whatever the Landmine called him. And just like he threw fellow legislators under the… Read more »
“………. McCabe whines weakly about government agencies being “weaponized” against him……….”
Editor, you’re all out on McCabe here, yet you still write for the Frontiersman. Why aren’t we reading all this hard-hitting reporting there? Is it because you’re no longer the editor or publisher there, and they’ve wisely put a muzzle on you and limit you to articles on the knitting guild?
(They probably fear you getting them into court)
Pat may be wrong about McCabe but he still has enough sense to know people like you are a foregone conclusion and not worth wasting too much breath on. Pat and people like him, have nothing for pro-choice (baby killing) Obama/Biden/Harris voting ilk like yourself, so I hope you remember that as you keep playing patty-cake together on this comment thread over your psycofantic obsessions for Rep. McCabe.
While the APOC violations of Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake are bad enough, it is worth noting that during the time APOC was considering the complaints against him, McCabe introduced an amendment to existing legislation that would defund the organization. The clear conflict of interest and attempt to once again abuse his position for personal gain was a gross breech of decency and integrity.
Dermot Cole wrote a very readable piece about it here: https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2025/4/16/8d5vdb4r70h15ksgbl07oz9wylwbo6
“……..Dermot Cole………”
‘Nuff said right there…………
When you can’t dispute the facts, attack the messenger. Typical dishonest behavior from an anonymous coward trolling a message board.
“………When you can’t dispute the facts, attack the messenger………”
Says the guy who converts every article and advertisement into an attack on McCabe and his wife……….
“……..Typical dishonest behavior from an anonymous coward trolling a message board………”
Nothing “typical” about you, Editor. Talk about “troil”? Here you are, on every Alaskan blog comment section out there, converting topics from whatever to vicious, ongoing, and relentless attacks on Kevin McCabe, as if he was Satan himself. Moreover, mysteriously, “JJ” follows you around like a lap dog with complimentary cues and accolades.
You’re a sick puppy, Editor. The Frontiersman was wise to limit you to reporting on restaurants and knitting groups. I hope they’ve referred you to therapy.
Yeah, nice try, anonymous coward. The Frontiersman is not “limiting” me to anything. I’ve been happily retired and calling my own shots for almost ten years. Are you bitter because you still have to work?
Hey, speaking of being limited on the job, I heard McCabe was forced into early retirement after being placed on proficiency watch by his employer, Atlas Air, following his meltdown during routine simulator training. Do you know anything about that? That’s gotta be devastating.
Also a quick reminder, anonymous coward, that the original comment above was about Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake abusing his position to benefit himself. Did you read the linked piece? It’s pretty astounding that an elected official could be such a blatant self-dealer, don’t you think? Also, his lack of knowledge about the subject he was pretending to be an expert about was embarrassing. I’ll link it again here in case you missed it.
https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2025/4/16/8d5vdb4r70h15ksgbl07oz9wylwbo6
From your reference:
“……….The first complaint was filed by Kevin McCabe against Michael Alexander, who put up campaign signs next to McCabe signs that called McCabe a “PFD thief.” McCabe said Alexander had failed to register.
Here is the APOC staff report recommending a $150 fine against Alexander.……..”
One of the “Mikes” harassing McCabe? Funny you didn’t mention this, Editor, what with all your commitment to accuracy in reporting and all………….
“One of the Mikes”, whatever that means, is not the subject of the conversation. Even if a complaint against Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake was “vindictive” it doesn’t change that McCabe violated disclosure rules by trying to hide expenditures in two elections. I can tell you know that because you’re trying so hard to avoid it.
Interestingly, McCabe also tried the “vindictive” argument, without success, in his reply to APOC about the charges. Interestingly, he also didn’t dispute the charges. Probably just a coincidence, right?
From the linked piece that exposes Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake as a self-dealer abusing his position for personal gain:
“Perhaps Kevin is clueless about all of these matters because his wife Linn prepares his APOC reports and he has never bothered to educate himself.”
https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2025/4/16/8d5vdb4r70h15ksgbl07oz9wylwbo6
“……….“Perhaps Kevin is clueless about all of these matters because his wife Linn prepares his APOC reports and he has never bothered to educate himself.”………”
Yeah, in addition to Cole’s attack on McCabe’s wife, I’ve read attacks from you and the “Mikes” on her, as well. You guys have a full scale, three year war going on, don’t you? Have you alerted The NY Times about McCabe yet?
This is also a good passage from the linked piece, which tells a sad tale of the legislative buffoonery and self-dealing of Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake:
“From watching and listening to the proceedings, it appeared that Kevin McCabe decided that he didn’t need to know anything about Alaska election disclosure law before pretending to be an expert.”
https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2025/4/16/8d5vdb4r70h15ksgbl07oz9wylwbo6
Thanks for the reminder about these accurate and very revealing observations of McCabe. I remember when this first came out it was widely shared in Juneau and provoked many a knowing chuckle. McCabe is not a serious person. He is considered a legislative and intellectual lightweight by most who have been around the halls of the Capitol for more than a session or two.
“……..Thanks for the reminder………” Probably a self-congratulatory note. We have “JJalaska”, “Jjalaska”, “JJAlaska” , “JjAlaska” on multiple website comment sections: Must Read Alaska, Alaska Landmine, Alaska Watchman, and other less known blogs and discussion boards. A simple google search pulls them all up. There are uniform characteristics, foremost among them is a consuming hatred of Kevin McCabe. I suppose this isn’t much of a big deal, but it is when one considers that one of these propagandists (Kelsey) was an editor/publisher of a local newspaper and still writes there, albeit apparently limited to non-political subjects now. This should be disturbing… Read more »
Cry some more, “Reggie”. Not that it wasn’t already abundantly clear to anyone who pays attention, but the events of the weekend should make it crystal clear that I’m hardly the only person in Alaska who has no appetite for extremist self-dealers like Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake.
“………I’m hardly the only person in Alaska who has no appetite for extremist self-dealers like Rep. Kevin J. McCabe of Big Lake……….”
No, you’re just the only one who calls himself a “journalist”, and who screams the loudest and most perniciously.
Wrong again, “Reggie”. I haven’t been a working journalist in nearly 20 years, so I very intentionally don’t call myself one. Your bruised fee-fees over truths you don’t like and obviously can’t dispute don’t make those truths “pernicious”. But your ongoing drama-queen hysterics and paranoia definitely make you appear really weak and fragile.