Post New Article

Begich Flips Alaska's Lone House Seat
for Republicans

Original Article

Posted By: Imright, 11/21/2024 1:35:59 PM

Republican Nick Begich defeated incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District. The results came Wednesday evening after a ranked-choice tabulation was completed. (X) Results of the race posted Wednesday showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, who first won the seat in a special election in 2022 after the death of Republican longtime Rep. Don Young. Peltola had been the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress, and the first Democrat to hold the seat since Begich’s grandfather, Nick Begich, won the seat in 1972.

Post Reply

Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”

Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.


Reply 1 - Posted by: jayjeti 11/21/2024 2:10:55 PM (No. 1840091)
There are some contested House races that ended in razor thin margins in favor of Republicans. It's good another House seat was added but the Dems are still trying to flip the House. It's odd how Trump won overwhelmingly but the down ballots don't show that, with the House losing ground. Fortunately 2/3 of senate seats up for grabs this election were Democrat.
13 people like this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: bpl40 11/21/2024 3:42:07 PM (No. 1840132)
More than two weeks have passed since the election. Yet only 433/435 results are declared. Why are the last two taking so long?
14 people like this.

Reply 3 - Posted by: TheCommish 11/21/2024 5:22:26 PM (No. 1840197)
That a classy way to concede an election.
4 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: Venturer 11/21/2024 6:16:02 PM (No. 1840231)
If Alaska would just unload Murcowski.
18 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 11/21/2024 7:27:10 PM (No. 1840299)
Good news.
8 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 11/21/2024 7:28:21 PM (No. 1840301)
Yet Alaska voters kept ranked-choice voting.
7 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 11/22/2024 5:37:07 AM (No. 1840488)
The election smoke is clearing, and the Republicans lost House seats, while Trump trounced Kamala. Very strange.
7 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: Zigrid 11/22/2024 10:16:53 AM (No. 1840680)
WE'll take the win...add it to the collection of wins WE have had...thanks to Laura Trump and the republicans....keep the lawyers on the books...the rats are desperate now and I don't trust them to walk quietly into the sunset.....President Trump visiting the White House was used to give credibility to the democrats' claim for a peaceful transfer of power...anyone believe that?...they aren't through yet and I'm expecting more turmoil...
4 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: NotaBene 11/22/2024 11:06:17 AM (No. 1840736)
Will he push for finally pumping out ANWAR ? Once the North Shore Alaska pipeline runs empty it has to be disassembled by law for the caribou/ reindeer. That is all that matters. I can’t believe a Democrat Indian beat our Sarah Palin in the land of drill baby drill.
2 people like this.

Reply 10 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 11/22/2024 1:19:11 PM (No. 1840852)
What's wrong with Alaska voters? They kept rank choice voting.
0 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: danu 11/22/2024 2:50:15 PM (No. 1840901)
do we get salmon with that, mr begich? as for ranked choice.... highly doubtful such rubbish was agreed to by the voters in AK or NY; it's a commoonista tactic to win-illegally. a Murky tactic, surprise, to protect herself . her dad must be spinning in his grave.
0 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Omen55 11/22/2024 5:11:57 PM (No. 1840986)
Great!
0 people like this.

Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Imright"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by Imright"
Elon Musk Delivers a Telling Response
When Donald Trump Jr. Suggests He Buy
Failing MSNBC as Comcast Looks to Spin
Off Channel
3 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:54:54 PM Post Reply
The most disgraced media news network could soon be under conservative management if the world’s richest man turns his sights on it. As Jim Hoft previously reported, MSNBC’s ratings have completely collapsed since President Trump’s historic victory in the 2024 elections. For example, Andrea Mitchell is down 39.7%, Joy Reid’s Reidout is down 54.6%, All-in w/ Chris Hayes is down 47.2%. Alex Wagner Tonight is down 53.6%, and Lawrence O’Donnell is down 60.6%. On top of this, several of the network’s biggest ‘stars‘ are facing massive pay cuts as a result of the falling ratings.
Trump taps Oregon Republican congresswoman
to lead Department of Labor
8 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:52:28 PM Post Reply
President-elect Donald Trump selected Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) on Friday to serve as his secretary of labor. “Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,” Trump said in his announcement. (Photo) “I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for America Worker, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs,” he added.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Trump Economic
Boom Is Already Beginning
1 reply
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:48:54 PM Post Reply
The Trump Transition Is Winning Good Marks. If the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory on Election Day feels joyous and tranquil, you are not alone. American households and businesses are much more serene and hopeful this time around. Polling released by Pew Research on Friday shows that 70 percent of Americans are very or somewhat confident that the transition to the Trump administration will go smoothly. Similarly, a majority of Americans say they have a positive evaluation of Trump’s post-election conduct.
Melania Trump announces her first major
hire for the White House
2 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:44:03 PM Post Reply
Melania Trump announced her first major hire for her return as first lady, naming a longtime Trump loyalist as her chief of staff. Hayley Harrison, who worked in the East Wing during the first Donald Trump administration and joined the Trumps in Florida after they left the White House, was named to the position. Harrison, along with her husband William 'Beau' Harrison, are Trump White House staffers who joined the first couple in Mar-a-Lago for their post-presidency life. Hayley and Beau traveled on Marine One with the Trumps from the White House on January 20th, 2021.
Elon, Vivek Say DOGE Will Cut Funding
for ‘Progressive Groups like Planned Parenthood’
2 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:40:37 PM Post Reply
Federal funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider could be on the chopping block under the direction of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a joint op-ed in the Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, Musk and Ramaswamy laid out their plans to cut federal overspending and to return power to the “people we elect [to] run the government” rather than unelected bureaucrats. Part of this plan involves slashing millions in funding awarded to “progressive groups like Planned Parenthood,” they wrote.
'Last Man Out of Afghanistan' Has Promotion
to Four-Star General Scuttled Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
1 reply
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 7:37:45 PM Post Reply
Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin has blocked the promotion of the "last US soldier out of Afghanistan" to get his fourth star and become commander of US Army Europe. Lieutenant General Christopher Donahue is currently the commanding general of the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and once and future Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Tellingly, his was the only one of nearly 1,000 military promotions not approved as the Senate recessed for Thanksgiving. Someone familiar with the affair confirmed Mullins removing Donahue from the promotion list was directly related to Donahue's role in Afghanistan.
GOP Senators Hand Mitch McConnell Power
to Derail Trump’s Agenda with Two Key
Senate Roles in 119th Congress for the
Next Two Years
23 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 3:29:12 PM Post Reply
Senate Republicans have once again enabled RINO Mitch McConnell, gifting him the chairmanships of the Senate Rules Committee and the powerful Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense for the 119th Congress. Despite concerns over McConnell’s mental acuity, his new roles position him to obstruct President Trump’s conservative agenda from within. McConnell will now chair both the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense—roles that could give him significant influence over key legislative priorities. RINO McConnell wasted no time declaring his intentions.
Is There a Place in Team Trump for Alaska's
Favorite Rogue?
10 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 3:10:44 PM Post Reply
In 2008, then-Senator John McCain made the interesting choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate in the presidential election. It was an interesting choice, but the problem for John McCain was that the charismatic and attractive Sarah Palin quickly overshadowed him on the campaign trail. Like a lot of people at that time, curious about the Alaska Governor, I decided to go to the source and bought a copy of her book "Going Rogue." It was an interesting read. I won't go into detail; this isn't a book review. Suffice it to say that I agreed with Mrs. Palin on many things and disagreed on a few.
Breaking: President Trump Weighs In on
Mike Rogers Leading the FBI Following
Grassroots Uproar
6 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 3:02:24 PM Post Reply
The internet exploded this week with rumors that former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers was being considered as FBI Chief by President-elect Donald Trump in his second term. Mike Rogers recently lost his senate race in Michigan following a late night ballot dump that gave the race to unpopular Democrat Elissa Slotkin in Michigan. Rogers did not question the results and congratulated Slotkin in her win in a state that went for President Trump by nearly 80,000 votes. Maybe Rogers did not complain about his loss since he was very vocal trashing President Trump in 2020 for contesting the highly controversial and improbable results of the 2020 election.
Trump threatens to unleash Elon Musk on
rebel Republicans who refuse to fall in
line over his Cabinet picks
11 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 9:47:04 AM Post Reply
President-elect Donald Trump's team has warned Republican Senators that they will have to face primaries funded by billionaire Elon Musk if they vote against his Cabinet nominees. According to ABC Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, one Trump adviser said: 'If you are on the wrong side of the vote, you're buying yourself a primary. That is all. And there's a guy named Elon Musk who is going to finance it'. 'The president gets to decide his cabinet. No one else', the adviser added.The ominous threat comes after Trump's nominee to be attorney general Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination
MSNBC blasted for 'depraved' article that
sympathizes with Laken Riley's migrant
killer Jose Ibarra
8 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 9:38:04 AM Post Reply
MSNBC has faced widespread backlash after publishing an opinion piece sympathizing with the killer of Laken Riley. Legal analyst Danny Cevallos came under fire for his take on the Georgia nursing student's brutal murder and the trial of Jose Ibarra, 25, an illegal immigrant and member of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, published under a headline saying he 'never stood a chance.' Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday, as a judge found him guilty after hearing volumes of damning evidence, including Ibarra's DNA found under Laken's fingernails from when she fought for her life.
‘We’re Not Even Being Heard’: Bill
Clinton Complains About ‘Zillions’
Of ‘Right-Wing’ Websites In MSNBC Interview
27 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 8:58:39 AM Post Reply
Former President Bill Clinton bemoaned the presence of “zillions of new websites” in a Thursday interview with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, saying Democrats were “not even being heard” during the 2024 presidential campaign. Former President Donald Trump secured the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency early Nov. 6, while Republicans picked up four seats in the Senate and are projected to hold the House of Representatives. Clinton said Democrats were “not even being heard” in rural areas, saying he “tried to help.”“Politics is the only business in which you can prove your authenticity by not knowing anything. You know?
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman Demands Black
Jedi Lead Character in Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie
50 replies
Posted by ladydawgfan 11/21/2024 6:34:56 AM Post Reply
Outgoing Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) — a member of the far-left “Squad” — is demanding that the next Star Wars movie features a black Jedi lead character, saying he will refuse to watch and will even denounce the movie franchise if his demand isn’t met. The threat to the Walt Disney Company comes as the studio recently announced a new Star Wars movie trilogy in the making from X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who is set to leave Congress in January after losing his primary, made his demand known in an X post on Tuesday. “If the lead Jedi is not a Black [sic] man I ain’t messing with yall.
BREAKING: Rob Reiner Drives Himself Bonkers
Post-Election, Checks Into a 'Facility'
37 replies
Posted by ladydawgfan 11/21/2024 11:09:04 AM Post Reply
The left really is having a difficult time coping with Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 elections. Some celebrities have even "moved out" of the country. On Wednesday evening, we learned that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi have moved to rural England. It's not all that it seems, though, because they already owned the home in Great Britain. But they are selling their Montecito, Calif., estate. Not all celebs who claimed to be worried about a Trump dictatorship are leaving the country, though. Most are just leaving X/Twitter.
Breaking News: Matt Gaetz WITHDRAWS from
consideration to be Trump's attorney general
amid sex trafficking investigation
35 replies
Posted by Imright 11/21/2024 12:45:03 PM Post Reply
Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination as Donald Trump's attorney general amid a report alleging he had a threesome with one minor and one adult. Gaetz announced his shocking decision on social media. 'I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance,' he wrote on X.
McCabe: No part of FBI mission would be
safe with Kash Patel in leadership spot
33 replies
Posted by ConservativeYankee 11/22/2024 10:08:46 AM Post Reply
Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe said the bureau would be endangered if Kash Patel, a former aide to President-elect Trump, is nominated and confirmed to lead the agency. “No part of the FBI’s mission is safe with Kash Patel in any position of leadership in the FBI, and certainly not in the Deputy Director’s job,” McCabe told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday evening, adding that “The scope of authority is enormous.” “If you enter into that position with nothing more than a desire to disrupt and destroy the organization, there is a lot of damage someone like Kash Patel could do,” he said.
Trump announces Pam Bondi as new attorney
general pick hours after Matt Gaetz withdraws
31 replies
Posted by ladydawgfan 11/21/2024 6:44:13 PM Post Reply
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his new pick for attorney general is Pam Bondi. The announcement came just hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore," Trump said in a post to Truth Social. "Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again." Bondi previously served as Florida’s attorney general.
Denver Mayor Suggests Police May Be Used
to Block Deportation of Illegals
31 replies
Posted by OhioNick 11/21/2024 4:14:59 PM Post Reply
What does “resistance” look like? When Denver isn’t busing illegal aliens to New York and Chicago, its mayor is trying to act like enforcing American immigration law and deporting illegal aliens is Tiananmen Square all over again. The mayor also takes heart that the people of Denver — not just the administration — would likely resist a mass deportation effort from federal forces. “More than us having DPD stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,” Johnston said. “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right?”
Bill Clinton: Democrats need to ‘talk
to people in ways that they can relate to’
28 replies
Posted by konocti95 11/22/2024 12:53:36 PM Post Reply
Former President Clinton suggested Democrats need to find a better way to relate to people, as the party searches for answers amid Republicans securing control of the House, Senate and White House. “Politics is the only business in which you can prove your authenticity by not knowing anything. You know, and I think that’s a problem, and we’ll pay for it unless we get over it, but that’s a problem for the Democrats too. We have to learn to talk to people in ways that they can relate to that explains that,” Clinton said in an interview airing this weekend on MSNBC’s “The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart.”
‘We’re Not Even Being Heard’: Bill
Clinton Complains About ‘Zillions’
Of ‘Right-Wing’ Websites In MSNBC Interview
27 replies
Posted by Imright 11/22/2024 8:58:39 AM Post Reply
Former President Bill Clinton bemoaned the presence of “zillions of new websites” in a Thursday interview with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, saying Democrats were “not even being heard” during the 2024 presidential campaign. Former President Donald Trump secured the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency early Nov. 6, while Republicans picked up four seats in the Senate and are projected to hold the House of Representatives. Clinton said Democrats were “not even being heard” in rural areas, saying he “tried to help.”“Politics is the only business in which you can prove your authenticity by not knowing anything. You know?
Biden administration informs Congress
it will forgive $5B in economic loans
to Ukraine
27 replies
Posted by Harlowe 11/21/2024 6:02:15 PM Post Reply
The Biden administration told Congress it plans to cancel $4.65 billion in debt owed by Ukraine, approximately half of an economic loan offered earlier this year. [Snip] In April, Congress passed a supplemental funding package that earmarked $60 billion worth of aid for Ukraine, including $9 billion structured as a loan, with a provision that allowed the administration to forgive it, according to Miller. [Snip] Biden has also vowed to commit the remaining $7 billion from the supplemental package to Ukraine before Biden leaves office. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced $275 million for Ukraine that would include more drones, artillery ammunition and mortars.
International Criminal Court issues arrest
warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
27 replies
Posted by FlyRight 11/21/2024 7:37:28 AM Post Reply
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory. The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a cease-fire to end the 13-month conflict. But its practical implications could be limited since Israel and its major ally, the United States,
Trump finally vanquished Obama 27 replies
Posted by FlyRight 11/21/2024 7:30:35 AM Post Reply
In his victory speech in 2008 — nearly a generation ago — Obama told the masses in Chicago: “It's been a long time coming. But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.” Upon reflection, Obama’s changes were far from transformative. Oh, the deep state got deeper. And the insurance industry received subsidies that over the years likely top a trillion dollars by now. Obamacare also enabled him to enable the transgender fad that has poured millions into a few doctors and children’s hospitals while spaying and neutering thousands of innocent teens who were struggling with teenage hormonal imbalances.
Raskin: DOJ staff worried it will become
‘Trump law firm’
24 replies
Posted by ConservativeYankee 11/22/2024 10:22:03 AM Post Reply
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) suggested in a recent interview that the DOJ staff is worried it will become a “law firm” for President-elect Trump during his second stint in the White House. His claim came shortly after Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the DOJ following former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) withdrawal from consideration. “So, she’s really presiding over the bureaucracy,” Raskin, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, told MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” in an interview Thursday. “That is where she will be the key transmission belt between Donald Trump’s orders and then making the bureaucracy move.”
Post New Article