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KUAC
December 22, 2017
After statehood, Coghill served three terms in the state Senate before being elected in 1990 as lieutenant governor on the Alaska Independence Party ticket with legendary Governor Wally Hickel. Except for that brief fling with a third party, Coghill was known throughout his political career as “Mr. RepublicanÃâà...
The Cheat Sheet
December 13, 2017
it's probably high time someone decides to separate from the federal government. Surprisingly, there are many active separatist movements throughout the United States that seem like they could work. Ideally, these would be peaceful and legal secessions from the United States and everything wouldÃâà...
Reason
November 7, 2017
Stossel: Let Them Leave! Regions around the world are fighting for independence. If people want to secede, let them! John Stossel & Maxim Lott | November 7, 2017. EMAIL Ãâ÷ SHARE Ãâ÷ Facebook; Twitter; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Digg; Delicious; Reddit; Google; Linkedin; Kindle. PRINTÃâà...
KTUU.com
November 9, 2016
Grenn ended up with a 223 vote advantage over Vazquez, helped in part by a third-party candidate, Dustin Darden, an anti-flouride activist who ran for the Alaska Independence Party and picked up 654 votes. Democrat Justin Parish, a first time candidate for political office who teaches special education atÃâà...
Alaska Public Radio Network
November 7, 2016
While most Alaskans are nonpartisan or undeclared, most of the new voters are Republicans or Democrats. The Republicans added a little more than 6,000 voters since 2012, while the Democrats gained just over 5,000. Among third parties, the Alaska Independence Party gained registered voters over theÃâà...
Huffington Post
July 4, 2016
When Great Britain surprisingly voted to leave the European Union, the eyes of the nation quickly turned to Texas. With its unique history as an independent Republic, Texas seems like an American Quebec, the most likely state to want to strike out on its own. Liberal Americans might be glad to see it go,Ãâà...
Huffington Post (blog)
October 9, 2008
In 2004, America's malleable mainstream media allowed itself to be manipulated by artful Republican operatives into devoting weeks of broadcast attention and drums of ink to unfairly desecrating John Kerry's genuine Vietnam heroics while obligingly muzzling serious discussion of George W. Bush'sÃâà...
New York Times
September 3, 2008
In the mid-1990s, the Alaskan Independence Party was experiencing a boom of sorts. A governor had been elected on its ticket in 1990, when the party was not even a decade old. And membership was swelling. Among the new recruits was Todd Palin, whose wife, Sarah, would later become governor ofÃâà...
CBS News
September 2, 2008
THE ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY.... What may prove to be the single most damaging angle to Sarah Palin's role on the Republican Party ticket? There are quite a few contenders (ethics scandal, earmarks, inexperience, outside-the-mainstream views), but following up on Hilzoy's item from last night,Ãâà...
Juneau Empire
March 14, 2008
It was not long ago that Joe Vogler terrorized Alaska politics with his demands for Alaska's independence from the United States. Vogler's cragged face, lined by Alaska winters going back to 1942, would appear from under a ruffled gray fedora as he spat hot acid onto politicians who wanted the same old,Ãâà...
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