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This week, we review the substantial decline in Alaska's federal workforce and the planned increase in the U.S. icebreaker fleet. We also play "Who Said It?" and discuss President Washington's advice on constitutional prudence.

This week, John and Rachel review how the Department of Justice might be trying to butter up Alaska to improve the confirmation chances of Trump’s nominee for attorney general and how federal support for the Alaska gas line is going unclaimed. We continue our review on what George Washington had to say about the need of civic virtue to restrain the power of political parties, and we play "Who Said It?'.

Join us this week as we look at the federal connection to increasing rates of congenital syphilis and taxes on hockey gear. We also play Who Said It and read what George Washington said about political parties in his Farewell Address.

This week, Rachel and John take a break from their usual format and bring you interviews with Alaskans attending the Mat-Su Pride festival. Listen to hear how changes in federal policies are affecting people in our community.

Join John and Rachel this week as they review how congressional resistance to Trump has saved Alaska’s Ocean Station Papa and how it might also improve Alaska’s housing supply. We also discuss how the Supreme Court’s lifting of limits on political party assistance to federal candidates will likely land in Alaska.

This week, in honor of July 4th, we focus on the meaning of our nation’s founding. We review news items from 1776, some quotes of the Founders, and consider why we celebrate July 4th, and not some other important day, as the birthdate of America.

This week we take a break from analyzing how the federal government effects Alaska in order to review some relevant American history, especially the Dred Scott decision, the problem of judicial supremacy, and the election shinannigans of 1876 and 1877.

This week we review Trump’s plan to require grants and scientific research to pass his political litmus tests, we discuss the dismantling of Ocean Station Papa, the most sophisticated deep sea monitoring system off Alaska’s coast, and we consider the Constitutional basis for federal funding of science.

Join us as we discuss how millions of dollars in federal coal subsidies could cost Alaskans billions in higher utility bills, and how the Trump administration is trying to stifle public workers. We also play “Who Said It?” and wonder what the American Founders would have thought of the expansion of ICE.

This week, we discuss new medicaid rules, new proposed mail-in ballot rules, and new threats to Alaska’s tourism industry. We also host two special guests for this week’s rendition of "Who Said It?'