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  1. 🇺🇦 Alaska Weighs In on Ukraine
    An Alaska senator is taking a clear stand as the war in Ukraine enters another year. What did she say about peace talks and sovereignty? 🌍
    Click to read who’s speaking out and why it matters.
    👉🏿 tinyurl.com/ycx8emh8
    #Alaska #Ukraine #Russia #NationalSecurity #LisaMurkowski #GlobalConflict #AlaskaPolitics #News

  2. 🌊 Alaska’s Waters in the Climate Debate
    Scientists and senators are looking to Alaska’s ocean for answers. What kind of research are they pushing and what could it mean for the state? 🌊🔬
    Dive into the details.
    👉🏿 tinyurl.com/ycx8emh8
    #Alaska #MarineScience #ClimateResearch #OceanScience #Arctic #AlaskaNews #Science #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #LisaMurkowski

  3. #GOP Sen. #LisaMurkowski comes out against #Trump's #ElectionBill, with a warning to her party

    The Alaskan reminded her fellow Republicans that they claimed to oppose any new #FederalElectionLaws just a few years ago, insisting that the issue should be left to the states.

    by Sahil Kapur, February 10, 2026

    WASHINGTON — "Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the first Republican senator to speak out against the SAVE Act, a sweeping election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of #citizenship to vote nationwide.

    "In doing so, the Alaskan reminded her colleagues on Tuesday that they roundly claimed to oppose new federal election laws as recently as Joe Biden’s presidency.

    " 'When Democrats attempted to advance sweeping election reform legislation in 2021, Republicans were unanimous in opposition because it would have #FederalizedElections, something we have long opposed,' Murkowski said in a statement. 'Now, I’m seeing proposals such as the SAVE Act and #MEGA that would effectively do just that. Once again, I do not support these efforts.' "

    Read more:
    nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/cWRoV

    #USPol #SAVEAct #Authoritarianism #VotingRights #VoterDisenfranchisement

  4. Returning to the US from Davos, home to the WEF, Sen #LisaMurkowski (R-AK) said the phrase she heard “over & over” was that “we are entering this #NewWorldOrder” as she described a sense of confusion among #allies.

    #Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #economy #law #InternationalLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MadKing

  5. DONT WORRY GUYS #LISAMURKOWSKI IS ON THE CASE AND HER STAFFERS SAY HER BROW IS FURIOUSLY FURROWED OVER ALL THIS #GREENLAND NONSENSE

    lol here we are hoping this nitwit doesn't sell out her american constituents AGAIN. We as a country would be in a much better place if ms murkowski was light years away from politics. She is such a let down.

    politico.com/news/2026/01/16/g

  6. photo by @LizRuskin @akpublicnews The sun peeks over the mountains at rubber boots, blueberries, and the whole state of #Alaska

    #LisaMurkowski #HandmadeOrnament

  7. #Senate passes resolution to end #Trump’s global #tariffs; 4 #Republicans side with #Democrats

    4 Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution to repeal Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time #allies such as the #EU, #Japan & #SouthKorea.

    Sen #RandPaul (KY), #GOP sponsor of the resolution, & Sens #MitchMcConnell (R-KY), #SusanCollins (R-ME) & #LisaMurkowski (R-AK) voted for it.

    #law #economy #AbuseOfPower
    thehill.com/homenews/senate/55

  8. @dollemore.com talks about a recent interview with #Alaska #Republican Senator #LisaMurkowski conducted by the #AnchorageDailyNews, she told the paper that she “feels cheated” by Trump and her fellow republicans after negotiating a deal in order to secure her yes vote AWWW! youtu.be/enijIEk1WJU?...

    Donald Trump DUPED LISA MURKOW...

  9. @DoomsdaysCW I've often found #LisaMurkowski to be one of the few republicans who actually will break party lines for the sake of the people. In this case, though, given how much of Alaska is rural and/or small-town, and doesn't have commercial local stations, it makes sense she'd vote against the PBS cuts.

  10. Only Two Republicans Voted Against #Trump Defunding #SesameStreet

    Senate #Republicans just took a wrecking ball to #PublicBroadcasting.

    Malcolm Ferguson
    July 17, 2025

    "Only two Republican senators broke the line to vote against their party’s plan to defund the #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting.

    "#Alaska’s #LisaMurkowski and #Maine’s #SusanCollins joined Senate Democrats in opposition to Republican cuts to organizations like PBS and NPR, and the smaller stations that they fund. While PBS and NPR would still continue at the national level, the cuts would likely devastate those local stations that rely on them.

    "The Senate approved $9 billion dollars of cuts early Thursday morning, with $1.1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and $8.8 billion from foreign aid programs like #USAID, which #ElonMusk’s #DOGE slashed earlier this year.

    " 'The vast majority of this funding, more than 70 percent, actually flows to local television and radio stations,' Collins said last month during an earlier stage of the deliberation. 'In #Maine, this funding supports everything from #EmergencyCommunications in rural areas to coverage of high school basketball championships and [a] locally produced high school quiz show. Nationally produced television programs such as #AntiquesRoadshow, #DanielTigersNeighborhood, are also enjoyed by many throughout our country.'

    " 'I understand … the concern about subsidizing the national radio news programming that for years has had a discernibly partisan bent,' she added.
    'There are, however, more targeted approaches to addressing that bias at NPR than rescinding all of the funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.' She backed up that thinking with her vote on Thursday morning, along with Murkowski."

    newrepublic.com/post/198063/tw

    #CPB #CommunityRadio #PublicTelevision #GOPHatesSesameStreet #TrumpHatesSesameStreet #GOPAreHaters #Fascism #Corporatocracy #FuckTheGOP #CommunityRadio
    #CollegeRadio #NativeAmericanRadio #SesameStreet #MisterRogers #ReadingRainbow #MollyOfDenali

  11. 'If I wasn't here, people could die': Trump public media cuts could hit rural America

    Thomas Copeland, BBC World Service
    July 15, 2025

    "A gale-force storm hit north-eastern #Alaska last winter. Residents of #Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000, are used to polar conditions, so Desiree Hagan still had to get to work.

    " 'The snow was so intense you could not see in front of you,' Ms Hagan remembers. 'I was walking backwards to work.'

    "Ms Hagan is a reporter at a public radio station, #KOTZ, which airs across Kotzebue and its 12 surrounding villages.
    She also happens to be the only US journalist stationed inside the Arctic Circle, so as the storm intensified, she had to get on the air.

    " 'It's go time, I have to report on this,' recalls Ms Hagan. 'We have to make sure we know where people can go. Oh, the electric is out. Okay, now the airport is flooded.'

    " 'Winter is not a joke here, it is life and death,' she tells the BBC. 'As a reporter I try not to make emotional statements like, if I wasn't here, people could die, but that is a reality.'

    "On the other side of the country in #WashingtonDC, however, a historic vote could bring federal support for KOTZ to an end.

    "The Senate must decide by the end of the week whether to claw back $1.1bn (£800m) from the #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting, the body that distributes federal funding to public radio and television stations.

    "While the #PublicMedia cuts are part of a broad spending package, which includes requests to rescind $8.3bn from the United States Agency for International Development and other foreign aid programmes, they are especially dear to President Donald Trump, who frequently accuses media of bias.

    "The president has now threatened to pull his support from any Republican senator who does not support the cuts.

    " 'It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,' Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night.

    "Executives at National Public Radio (#NPR) and the Public Broadcasting System (#PBS) reject accusations of bias and say they abide by all journalistic standards.

    "Republican voters, however, are about three times less likely than Democrats to consume or trust news coverage from either outlet, according to the Pew Research Center.

    "While the cuts will affect national broadcasters like NPR and PBS, more than 70% of federal funding goes to local media stations and about 45% of the stations that received funding in 2023 are in rural areas.

    "For half of those rural stations, federal grants made up a quarter or more of their revenue. At KOTZ in Kotzebue, public funding constitutes 41% of its income.

    " 'By no means is it assured of being passed in the Senate, where many of the Republican senators represent rural states that really do benefit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,' Democratic congressman Dan Goldman, co-chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, told the BBC World Service's Weekend programme.

    "Republican Senator #LisaMurkowski of Alaska has said she opposes the cuts to public media stations, warning that "what may seem like a frivolous expense to some has proven to be an invaluable resource that saves lives in Alaska".
    'Almost to a number, they're saying that they will go under if public broadcasting funds are no longer available to them,' Murkowski told a Senate hearing last month. "

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/c20w51rk

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/ltoA4

    #USSenate #BudgetCuts #CPB #CPBFunding #PublicRadio #PublicTelevision #CollegeRadio #CommunityRadio #TrumpSucks #TrumpHatesThePoor #USPol #Censorship #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SilencingDissent #TrumpIsABigUglyDespot

  12. Most #Senate #Republicans, despite previously voicing issues w/the substance of the articles of #impeachment against #Mayorkas, have echoed the lower chamber’s calls for the Senate to adhere to the rules of impeachment & hold a #trial.
    
At least one Republican — Sen #MittRomney — has said he plans to vote against a full trial. Several others who have been critical of the impeachment have yet to stake out their position, including Sens #SusanCollins & #LisaMurkowski.

    #inane #HouseRepublicans