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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer

Anchorage, AK
Joined October 2011
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Ivan Hodes
2 months
Fight Likud as if there were no antisemitism and antisemitism as if there were no Likud
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1 year
A West Point graduate turned Oath Keeper is having an eligibility trial, where Joe Miller and John Eastman were his attorneys and Stewart Rhodes called in from prison as a witness for the defense. How was this not national news??
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@egavactip The Holocaust began way before 1942.
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2 years
Mary Peltola’s great success may lead to a bunch of people trying to be as much like Peltola as possible next time. But she was successful because she was her real self. If you’re thinking of running for office, don’t try to be like anyone else. Be yourself. Voters dig it.
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1 year
Tell our legislators to speak out in the Alaska State House.
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2 years
Breaking news: a Republican elected official—from Wasilla, no less—has signed the petition to expel @davideastmanjr
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1 year
"Which is more satisfying: Alaskans from all over the state showing up to support LGBT kids, or Jamie Allard getting humiliated, again?"
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1 year
If you are disgusted by @davideastmanjr , here’s a short thread about what you can do about it, but the bottom line is to call Rep. Sarah Vance’s office (907)465-2689 and demand that she remove this man from the Judiciary committee. #akleg #davideastman (1/10)
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1 year
When @AlaskaNative101 these Alaskans went to visit @davideastmanjr , he was in his office but did not have the decency to even meet face to face with them. That should tell you everything you need to know about the man’s courage and character.
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2 years
Just a reminder that this woman is running for state senate in Alaska
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5 months
A good day in Juneau @davideastmanjr removed from the only committee he sat on and replaced by my friend @JesseMSumner #akleg
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5 months
Eastman appeals the ruling of the chair. Speaker Tilton tells Eastman to sit down. Then we get a 39-NEASTMAN to uphold Tilton's ruling that his effort to amend the report is out of order.
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2 years
There's a bit of confusion about the legal implications of the Eastman case, so I made a handy graphic organizer.
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2 years
Weird that when I start discussing the Eastman case I’m suddenly being name-called by like 5 different anonymous accounts each with 20-ish followers and all saying the same shit. That you, David?
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1 year
Hey Juneau Twitter: come stand in solidarity with Alaska Native women protesting against Alaska’s most racist representative. #akleg #davideastman
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2 years
Why are people confused about Palin? She’s a Trumper in a Trumpy state with colossal name recognition.
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Here’s the thing: Anchorage, Alaska is by some measures the most ethnically diverse country in America. When people say Anchorage isn’t the “real Alaska” they imply (with or without meaning to) that the real Alaska is not diverse.
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Alaskan conservatives suddenly understanding the importance of funding in education
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@JudgeofCShack @SenDuckworth He didn’t support it by picking up a rifle and pack, though, did he?
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1 year
The world is wide and so is Alaska, and there are doubtless people who found ranked choice voting confusing. But very many people who *say* they found it confusing actually just mean that they didn't like it.
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Would you like to get this guy expelled from the Alaska State legislature? Here’s what you can do Monday to help! (Be sure to retweet this whole thread, to begin with!) (1/18)
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@Viror12 @justinamash Because that’s what his relatives are?
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2 months
It is endlessly hilarious to me how obviously socialist the PFD is and how deeply in denial the “conservatives” who love the PFD are about this fact.
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@FischerKing64 Not anachronistic at all; they were routinely referred to as traitors during the war.
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1 year
A group of young, fit Americans who look like the citizens they’re defending? Fuck yeah it is.
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Is this actually what our military looks like?
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Q: Hey Ivan, why do you care about public education if you don’t have any kids yourself?” A: I’m a national defense guy and have been since I was a teenager. Educated populaces win wars. I want a well-educated populace because it makes our national defense stronger…
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Can some reporter somewhere please draw attention to the fact that Sarah Palin is actively campaigning alongside @davideastmanjr ? @DermotMCole @Nat_Herz @lruskin @mattbuxton @AK_OK
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Ivan Hodes
1 year
Props to @AndrewGrayAK and @RepSaraHannan for Standing in solidarity with those who have had enough of David Eastman’s ghoulish behavior
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
I wish that all of the national media reporting on #oathkeepers today would mention that there is an effort underway, currently before the courts, to disqualify @davideastmanjr —the only Oath Keeper in public office in Alaska—based on his violation of the AK constitution.
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2 years
When Betsy Peratrovich wrote this in response to @davideastmanjr 's creepy white-nationalist-dog-whistle Thanksgiving FB post, someone asked her "Why do you troll people who aren’t personally attacking you?" Her response is worth quoting (with her permission) in full. (1/14)
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1 year
If you claim to oppose trans kids in sports because of your deep concern with girl’s athletics, but support or don’t care about Dunleavy’s cuts to education—which will damage girls’ sports budgets all around the state—maybe you’re not being honest with yourself.
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5 months
So I got Rep McKay (R) and Rep Armstrong (D) to publicly commit to removing @davideastmanjr from the Judiciary Committee if it comes to a vote (and it will) AND I got to tell Judy Eledge, to her face, that she was a heinous bigot. #akleg
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@NuriaMKeel Someone forgot that ODE is obligated to comply with the Open Records Act. Records are literally made to protect the state and the people of this state, not the agency. 67 O.S. Sec. 206(A)(2). An agency is a caretaker of records, not the owner.
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Hey check out this essay asserting that the First Amendment does not protect membership in a seditious organization. It’s written by…*checks notes* Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla.
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1 year
I wish all the people who think AK is a “red state” could see the legislative town hall right now.
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5 months
I did not do this: the people of Alaska did. Thank you all for restoring integrity to the legislature
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A big part of the pressure campaign has been driven by @ChugachMtnBlues , who has refused to let Eastman's connections to the Oath Keepers and everything else slide. Eastman was at J6 but never charged with a crime. His eligibility to hold office was challenged but upheld.
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1 year
Note the date here. The House can, at any time it actually wants to, do this again.
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The House just voted 32-1 to remove Rep. Eastman from his committees #AKleg
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2 years
A lot of people are tracking that @davideastmanjr is a member of Oath Keepers but fewer seem to know that he’s a covert neo-Nazi who posts links to Holocaust denial websites (from his official account)
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Ivan Hodes
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As in North Idaho, so in Fairbanks and in Homer: engaged citizens are saying “enough” to the fear-mongerint, the teacher-bashing, the trans- and homophobia that has stained American education discourse for too long.
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Ivan Hodes
1 year
Does it offend you that Judy Eledge, probably the most overt racist in Alaskan public life right now, is set to represent Alaska on a national education advisory board? Do something about it. Call the office of @GovDunleavy today at (907)465-3500. Retweet widely! (1/4 )
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Well, it's official. The lawyer who represented @davideastmanjr , and argued that his conduct did not disqualify him for public office, has been indicted for felony lection fraud.
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Non-partisan political tweet: I cannot fathom walking into a voting booth and ranking Mary Peltola and Kelly Tshibaka first, yet thousands of people must have.
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1 year
One last thing: Sarah Vance is well aware that David Eastman is a white supremacist, because her (former) staff has seen the SS dagger he keeps in his office. She sees this as irrelevant and told me she wanted him on the committee for his strong legal analysis skills.
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#akleg failed in its duty to expel @davideastmanjr , member of a seditious militia. That means it’s up to we ordinary citizens! Here’s how we can do it. (1/21)
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@SketchesbyBoze @AKLibraryChick Display that mess as a trophy too
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@JudgeofCShack @SenDuckworth No, I’m simply saying that he claimed that “no one is more military than I am” and that that isn’t true and that, therefore, he shouldn’t have said it.
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1 year
What a bunch of absolute cowards. More to follow.
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For this whole century, Anchorage has swung back and forth between liberal & conservative mayors. Tick, Wuerch; tock, Begich. Tick, Sullivan; tock, Berkowitz. Bronson is the first mayor to lose reelection this century. I don't think we'll see a conservative mayor again.
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Never seen so much cowardice #akleg
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And Dunleavy's veto on the education bill STANDS. The #akleg fails to override on 39-20 vote.
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@MaytalKowalski What about those of us who are enraged by antisemitism on the left *and* increasingly frustrated with Israel’s actions?
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Things are taking shape in real time as discussions happen in Juneau. If you're calling the Capitol tomorrow, you need to call the members of the COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES, starting with Speaker Tilton at (907)465-2199 (1/3)
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
More or less got Tilton’s staffer to admit that everyone knows David Eastman is a white supremacist. He tried to backtrack immediately, but still.
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The people who think public schools are dangerous factories for CRT propaganda and queer grooming but also really “outraged” that kids missed an hour of it to protest
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Thanks to all those who called today, but today’s development has turned tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1 into a critical day of action to work on getting this guy expelled from the legislature! No rest yet. Retweet this thread widely!! (1/14)
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1 year
If this is true why does @GovDunleavy still stand behind Judy Eledge?
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Ivan Hodes
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Just got kicked out of the Marston theater for calling this dude, who calls himself a professor but is not (he got fired) , a fucking fraud. Ah well!!
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@lisamurkowski If you want a Congress that will pass anything like this, you need pro-choice members, which means you’ll be endorsing and supporting @MaryPeltola for House, right? Right?
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@jasongesser @creation247 Yup, there was no government in America in 1957, no sir
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Oh look here’s @davideastmanjr opposing protecting a cemetery for a “mere” 30 Native elders and children because white people could potentially build a mine there in the future
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Psst, it’s *all* the “real Alaska.” Anchorage no more and less so then Fort Yukon, Wasilla no more and no less so than Klawock.
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Look, I don’t care that some people are aggressively assholish online. I’ve experienced online trolls since I was like 17. Free country. I *do* care when they’re being paid $120K/year of public money to be a policy adviser to the governor of a U.S. state.
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2 years
Here’s how @davideastmanjr responded when I reached out to him the day after his involvement in January 6th:
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Returning to Twitter to officially demand that this section of Southwest Anchorage, currently considered part of Sand Lake, be referred to as the Berry Patch.
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So @davideaatmanjr is pretending he believes every life is precious. Here’s what he said about a bill intended to protect a cemetery for Alaska Native internees, most of whom were women and children:
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2 years
Today, call House Majority Leader Chris Tuck: 907-465-2095 Say: "Article XII, Section 4 of the Constitution bars anyone in a seditious organization from public office in Alaska. When will the Majority take action against David Eastman, who is a member of the Oath Keepers?"
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@RonFilipkowski NB that when 70 other graduates of West Point and I called for the resignation of our fellow-graduate @davideastmanjr due to his membership in the seditious Oath Keepers organization, we were derided by his defenders as—you guessed it—Marxists.
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I’ve been accused of a lot of stupid things by a lot of stupid people but this is a new one. “Pho-anarchist”? Like I have no rules about how to eat Vietnamese noodle soup? (Technically true)
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1 year
Insisting that Oath Keepers support loyalty to the Constitution because it’s in their name is like insisting that North Korea must be a democratic republic.
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
LOL
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2 years
At the zoo to sing Christmas carols, all part of the Jewish plot to undermine Christian civilization and/or the globalist effort to attack and dethrone God
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11 months
@JudgeofCShack @SenDuckworth It’s actually this exact discussion.
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Ivan Hodes
2 years
Check out this weak-tea response to my eligibility complaint against @davideastmanjr . Can’t wait to hear SOA lawyers defend this nonsense in open court #nevercallretreat #akleg
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Look at this petulant response. And, no, Sarah, we won’t be happy until you get him off the committee you invited him onto.
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COUNTRIES THAT VOTED AGAINST CONDEMNING THE RUSSIAN INVASION —Russia —North Korea —Syria —Eritrea —Belarus ALASKA LEGISLATORS THAT VOTED AGAINST CONDEMNING THE RUSSIAN INVASION —David Eastman
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2 years
If anyone wants to see it "in the flesh," here is @davideastmanjr 's membership certificate in Oath Keepers, signed by Stewart Rhodes himself.
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Read this carefully. Contrary to his persistent lies that he had no involvement in Oath Keepers after paying an initial membership fee, David Eastman in fact travelled to DC *in his capacity as an Oath Keeper.*
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Not bad for a first stab at it right? Happy Alaskan Easter to those who celebrate!
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Gentle gentiles of Anchorage: where can one acquire an Easter basket in this town? (This is a real q, I’ve never gotten one before. Are they in supermarkets or like church gift shops or florists or ??)
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So: @davideastmanjr voted against making it illegal to ejaculate on someone without their consent; against outlawing marriage for 14-year-olds; and against requiring affirmative consent for sex. How the fuck more obvious does this need to be???
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Swung by Black Birch Books the other day. The owner (a disabled Air Force veteran) told me that sometimes (queer, mostly) kids will come in, ask if she’s “the book lady,” give her a hug, and then leave. She wondered what was going on “out there” that her space was so needed.
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Here go @Willismyname509 calling Judy Eledge out for her anti-public education nonsense.
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2 years
Imagine that the group David Eastman was in was called “Al-Qaeda in America,” 12 of its members were on trial for coordinating an attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Eastman had been in DC with them that day. Think folks would be defending his 1A right to free association then?
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I was at a high school in Juneau for work today. There is literally a moratorium on printing because their budget is so trashed. Call your legislator and tell them to support a BSA increase #akleg #raisetheAKBSA
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@steveplotnicki @nhannahjones The Holocaust was unique in many ways. But so was American chattel slavery.
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@KellyForAlaska 1) LaFrance isn’t on the Assembly any more, so this wasn’t her 2) Your husband literally described the Bronson administration as a “hostile work environment.” You’re not even *good* at lying.
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Blake Stieren was last seen leaving his job with the Dunleavy administration before he could be investigated for Tweeting out wildly anti-semitic memes, like the one below. Now he's getting paid thousands of dollars to coordinate @MayorBronson 's reelection campaign! #akleg
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“But whhhhy can’t my supporters and I be openly racist without getting pushback about it??”
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@JeffLandfield Have they tried raising wages and benefits?
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Now that there’s a solid candidate in HD40, the #1 priority task for those who support public education, reproductive rights, and a generally functional state legislature is to find someone in Eagle River to run against Jamie Allard Right, @AK_El_Jefe ?
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1 year
Florida woman demands Alaska legislator be censured for stating a fact.
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Ivan Hodes
3 months
Well, Tom McKay probably just lost his re-election bid. #akleg
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Rep. McKay, who won his seat by 9 votes in 2022, says that while he supports SB140, he will oppose the veto override. He says he has introduced "Senate Bill 140 Version 2.0," which he says will please Dunleavy.
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Also not making this up: David Eastman intended to call Stewart Rhodes as a witness, but he is "presently incarcerated, creating potential problems regarding testimony."
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It is just wild to me that Democrats who supported Gara/Cook for governor because he was the only “true” pro-reproductive rights candidate are totally OK with a mayoral candidate who is much more assertively anti-reproductive rights than Walker/Drygas
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2 years
Well, he’s officially running scared.
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2 years
Fun knowing that every time I drive through downtown Wasilla I’m in a district where the majority of voters knowingly chose a white supremacist.
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1 year
@davideastmanjr Weird that this isn't from a peer-reviewed journal.
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1 year
Just a reminder that the Alaska legislature has a member of the Oath Keepeers who has not only not been expelled, but continues to hold a powerful committee assignment.
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Hey Alaska: Does it bother you that @davideastmanjr , terrorist group member, had a seat on the powerful House Judiciary committee? You can do something about it! Please retweet and share widely, esp on other social media platforms! #akleg #caneastman 1/11
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Fun fact: David Eastman is under ethics investigation (for allowing an activist to use his offices in Juneau to conduct activism, a misuse of state resources) Funner fact: his staffers are refusing to comply with requests to speak to the Ethics Committee!
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@michaelharriot Lisa Murkowski and a surprising number of Republican state legislators in Alaska
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Seen at the local VA 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 #akleg
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