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Matthew Beck

@thebluealaskan.com

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Former (recovering) Anchorage political blogger. More active on Facebook 🤮 https://www.thebluealaskan.com

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · Nov 27

We should ban book bans.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 15h

Losing bigly. Good riddance.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 16h

Don’t know, but it got UAF’s attention - and since the post was geared to target this guy and the university, I suspect they were deluged with emails from MAGA cancel-culturalists.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 16h

Wow. Four hours later, she left the post up and made the below edit.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 16h

Suzanne Downing just got fact checked (bitch slapped) by UAF over a post she made in an attempt to cAn3el someone and make their life hell. 👀 #journalismz

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 20h

It’s my favorite walking spot!

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 1d

Both.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 1d

She’s going to lose that race bigly if the polling is right.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 1d

They already let them all go, so they’re ready for next time.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 1d

Whelp.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 2d

I'm watching The West Wing again, hoping to delude myself into believing there are competent people in government.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 2d

I’ll say it again. We need to ban book bans.

James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 2d

In Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Borough, a new censorship board is up and running at the local library. Members can flag new material if it's deemed inappropriate: www.matsusentinel.com/mat-su-polic...

Mat-Su policy update gives volunteer board first review of new library purchases

The update follows requests for more oversight of library collections.

www.matsusentinel.com

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 2d

But in April, the Trump administration canceled Antaki's federal grant as part of a sweeping punishment of elite colleges and universities.

That should’ve been the headline.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 2d

Now do Texas AG Ken Paxton.

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Tom Hewitt @tomhewittnews.bsky.social · 3d

If Alaska could have levied a production tax/royalty on sales of ranch dressing like we did Prudhoe Bay oil, we wouldn’t have the fiscal problems we do now 🤔

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 3d

I hope Libs of TikToKKK doesn't see this 👀

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 3d

Is Crum still a candidate, and if so - why? 🤔

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 4d

This is what it looks like when a hate organization sends you a rejection letter. #Fairbanks, you dodged a bullet. Wow!

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 4d

We need to stop using “appears to contradict” and just say they lied.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 4d

Not former Rep. Eastman tho?

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 4d

This all better make the news. Honestly - this was presented as an emergency months ago.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 5d

Is Todd Smolden speaking on behalf of Governor Dunleavy in the comment section of today's insane DEED Facebook post? Super weird.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 5d

The revisionist history posted today on DEED's state Facebook account reeks of panic and desperation. WTF.

Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 5d

After getting roasted by parents, educators, and just about anyone who cares about public schools, DEED Commissioner and hapless shill Deena Bishop slammed the brakes (for now) on her regulation to defund SROs, mental health staff, student transportation, and other critical education resources.

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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 5d

I don't know who over at the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development authorized this batshit post, but...let's unpack: 1/3

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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 5d

Huslia today.

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