Writer, retired newspaper editor, strategic media and marketing consultant, Pulitzer Prize winner, Nieman Fellow, licensed fishing guide, wing shooter.
Anchorage, Alaska
Joined February 2008
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pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
In any normal world, the candidate who did this would have to resign and step aside for another candidate. It would be a career-ending moment.
But it’s Trump and American in bizarro 2024 so it’s all fine and we will quickly move on from this.
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pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Bill Ackman used to be a serious person. Now he credulously accepts unsourced tweets from notorious MAGA influencers as statements of fact. It's genuinely embarrassing.
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Nearly every Senate Republican voted against my legislation that would have required insurance to cover IVF.
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Flip-flop on abortion. Flop-flip on abortion. The only issue on which Trump is consistent: his subservience to Putin. On that, Trump never wavers
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
This one is more revealing than most. Ordinary @politico behavior would be to highlight the savvy choice of making Trump smaller by not dwelling on his insults. "Evades questions" is a bizarre description on its face, but it's also strange behavior for the Politico newsroom, and had to be deleted.
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pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
It is a *little* weird that "age concerns" have disappeared as a constant focus of campaign reporting and discussion even though the GOP nominee would be the oldest man ever sworn in to the office and is very obviously sharply declining before our eyes.
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
"Border crossings, inflation and violent crime have all declined.
"The US economy remains the strongest among Western countries.
"The media has given greater attention to the problems and their political consequences than to progress in addressing them." niemanreports.org/articles/w…
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
My problem with the @nytimes election coverage is not mainly the dopey op-eds
It's that on one substantive story after another--Egyptian payoffs, Arlington cemetery, etc--they've failed to do the serious investigative work they're capable of.
Trump effectively gets a pass
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Sullivan's selective outrage about using the military as political props: Posts from Reporting From Alaska for 08/30/2024 - eepurl.com/iX3OZs
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
In Florida, the top 1 percent pay only 2.7% of their incomes on taxes.
Meanwhile, the bottom 20 percent pay 13.2% of their income on taxes — nearly five times more.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged for the rich.
In Florida, the richest 1% of earners get the biggest benefit from the state's tax code.
Florida could be doing far more for low- and middle-income families.
31 states offer EITCs & 15 offer credits for dependent children. Florida offers neither.
governing.com/finance/are-fl…
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
For anyone living in Anchorage, this is a piece you really should read. Emotionally wrenching though. Very well written.
adn.com/opinions/2024/05/09/…
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Bill to expand definition of ‘village’ qualifying for water funds passes Alaska House, reports Yereth Rosen (@YJRosen) of the @AlaskaBeacon: alaskabeacon.com/2024/05/09/… #akleg
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
You don't negotiate with cancer. You don't keep the cancer alive with tiny doses of medicine when you can wipe it out or cut it out. Stop acting like the status quo is coming back. It's a war, so fight to win. Give Ukraine everything now.
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
OPINION: Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority squanders public funds on failed ventures while essential services languish.
bit.ly/3JUW3sM
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
813 US billionaires control a record $5.7 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.
When ~800 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Catching up on yesterday's Senate Finance Committee hearing on the AIDEA jobs report by self-described "geriatric economists" Gregg Erickson and Milt Barker, which found that the firm has created far fewer jobs than claimed.
📺: ktoo.org/video/gavel/senate-…
#akleg
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
I’m running to represent all of Anchorage and to bring a low-ego, problem-solving culture back to City Hall. I hope to earn your vote in the May 14 election. Read the full op ed here:
adn.com/opinions/2024/05/05/…
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
Happy #TeacherApppreciationDay !
Did you know that public employees in Alaska (including teachers) don’t get social security?
They don’t have the option to retire with dignity.
If we want to retain and reward qualified teachers, we should offer them a modest pension.
#akleg
pdougherty (truenorth61.org) retweeted
“a former employee turned porn performer has gone rogue”
How do you guys always get these stories? I knew from just that phrase that this was a Daily Beast scoop.
Right-wing operative James O’Keefe has a big new problem: a former employee turned porn performer has gone rogue, revealing the names and tactics of O’Keefe’s undercover agents at Project Veritas. thedailybeast.com/ex-employe…
