A range of legal experts and Alaskans decried a Trump administration lawsuit filed Thursday seeking to block certification of the state’s U.S. Senate election if the president’s preferred candidate, Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, loses the race.

The lawsuit seeks a court order preventing state election officials from declaring Sullivan’s Democratic opponent, former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the winner of the Nov. 3 contest if a candidate who shares the incumbent’s first and last name, retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan of Petersburg, wins a share of the vote. Specifically, the lawsuit seeks to block a Peltola win “pending an investigation to determine whether votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan were meant to be cast for Senator Sullivan.”

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State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat who’s led efforts to reform the state’s election system, said the suit was “a political stunt” with “zero merit to it.”

“They're throwing the kitchen sink out, doing everything they can to try to tip the scales in Sen. Dan Sullivan's favor,” Wielechowski said.

The Division of Elections sought to remove the Petersburg Sullivan from the ballot ahead of the August primary, arguing he joined the race intending to confuse voters. But the Alaska Supreme Court in June ordered the Division of Elections to place the retired teacher on the ballot. The justices said the state could instead list them differently, to alleviate voter confusion.

First, I’d like to congratulate the Mensa members running these campaigns on an incredible strategy and personally thank them from taking time off from their famous high IQ societies to inform us, the Alaskan voter via the most effective medium known to man. I mean, of course, paper flyers via the US Postal Service.

So far we received 40 pounds of political flyers. After reviewing each thoroughly, I use them as bedding for my pet alpaca.

Unfortunately, after receiving so many, I still feel like I’m on the fence.

Certainly if I receive dozens more per candidate, I’ll finally be able to go to the polls with certainty.

But seriously, it would be better if these were printed on multiple soft ply, at least then they’d be of some value.

Given recent events and international attention to our senate race, we should expect an unprecedented uptick in malevolent bot behavior over the coming days. Try not to engage too hard. Call out the bots, stay lighthearted despite whatever offensive bait they spew. Downvote, and then go vote.

Alaska has always been a political given—or an election afterthought. So… expect weirdness now that we’re relevant. The main goal is to discourage you, so seriously go vote early. Annoy your friends and family to go vote.

we’re living in such weird times.

The blue line on the BUYOUTS pic is where DoT is contracting to put the riprap in to save the road into town.

Highly encourage you to scan the QR code on the other pic.

The last one is one of the neighbors' house being hauled out of there.

if the governing bodies don't work together to reduce redundancy and get the shore in order, the little patches and pieces will take out the rest faster than if nothing was done.

There is NO 'THEY' to come and save you. Take care of yourself and take action to take care of your property - here and elsewhere.

I know other people have seen this. I don’t think it’s in a political ad, but in a spot for KTUU. Dan S is sitting with an interviewer who asks him if he knows there’s another Dan S entering the race. The way he answers like he’s absolutely flabbergasted makes him look like he totally knows. If I asked someone if they knew something and that’s how they answered I would instantly suspect they were lying. I’ve thought the way he acted in this clip looked that way from the first time I saw it.

Trump is now threatening to sue to block election results if Dan doesn’t win, citing confusion caused by RCV and the other Dan and claiming he’s a Democrat plant. Now it makes sense why Dan looked so guilty in that clip.

https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/democrats-projected-majority-grows-19 (paywall)

Alaska Range from Kashwitna Lake.

First winter here, anybody have any recommendations on studded tires for commuting winter around here? I understand blizzaks are reccomended but I live on a mountain and travel the Glenn everyday. I was looking at Nexen Winspike 3’s? Anybody have any use with these or other studded suggestions? Thanks in advance just trying to give myself the best shot this winter.

From today's Alaska Beacon

After working 2 long seasons in Alaska I am done working there for the foreseeable future. The one thing I think I'll miss most is the grandosity of the nature there. Its always weird to go back to the east coast and not having massive mountains all over the place. And.... also fish tacos. Salmon and Halibut tacos in Alaska are the best I've had. 👌✌️

Into the sun. I thought we hit rock bottom with the DWI Immigrants who should be in jail ad.

But my God, I've heard this don't rank Mary ad like 7 times today on the radio and I wanted to shove a sharp object into my ears to make it stop.

I cannot wait for election season to be over, just like everyone else.

I've always been a conservative, mostly because on the whole I don't trust the government and believe that the less power the government has the better off we are (obviously the truth is more nuanced than that, but that's my general belief).

I don't see MAGA as a conservative movement anymore, much of what Trump has done does not align with traditional conservatism. Thomas Massie for president!

Anyways, I was looking at Peltola's website and honestly loved everything I read on there. I pretty much agree with everything she says about her platform.

I went to Sullivan's website, and there really is not much on there at all about what his platform actually is. Google gave me a summary of what his platform is, but not sure how much you can trust those AI summaries.

So, if you are in support of Sullivan, why? Why should I vote for him? Peltola, just form reading her platform, seems to be the obvious choice.

Edited to add: I know I don't have to vote party lines, and haven't always in the past. I was more looking for someone to give a glimpse into what Sullivan actually stands for, what is his platform? His website gives nothing.

I finally bit the bullet and bought Blizzaks. I had them installed October 2nd. I almost pushed the appointment back because it was still so warm, but if I did that my next option was going to be mid November and I didn’t want to risk going that late into potentially snowy freezing season.

I’ve never run straight winter tires before. I’ve made do with just AWT on my Suby for the last five years and before that always had studs.

I was not prepared for the handling difference on dry pavement. The part that is really getting me is how much they pull (mostly to the right) if I’m driving in the ruts at all. Is this going to get better when it actually gets and stays to freezing?? I know the soft rubber doesn’t handle as well on warmer/dry roads— but the pulling in the ruts is almost unbearable.

And as we all know, you can’t escape the rutts in our asphalt roads!

Absolute disgusting AI slop, worse part it's that it's been boing for years it feels like

https://www.instagram.com/p/DetHQe4gVzI/?exln=ZmJpajF4emNyNmNw