HOUR 1

• Tom & Tom catch up after the weekend
• Elon Musk wants. out of the Twitter purchase deal / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110539504/twitter-elon-musk-deal-jeopardy
• President Trump comes to Alaska - how was the event? Tom & Tom overview / https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/07/09/in-alaska-rally-trump-bashes-murkowski-and-glorifies-palin-tshibaka-and-himself/
• Trump's rally brought protestors for and against abortion rights / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/10/anchorage-rally-draws-both-anti-abortion-abortion-rights-crowds/
• Eagle River Assemblymember Jamie Allard on her attending the Trump Rally 

HOUR 2

• The homeless problem persists in East Anchorage and across the city / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/07/09/is-anchorages-sanctioned-campground-part-of-homeless-response-bronson-officials-say-no-creating-gap-in-responsibility/
• Biden ratings going down / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/politics/steve-bannon-donald-trump-executive-privilege/index.html / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/politics/biden-approval-polling-2024.html?
• T & T talk about how Trump's visit boosted Palin in Alaska
• Mark from East Anchorage says he thinks Murkowski and Palin will win their races

HOUR 1

• Rick Whitbeck with Power the Future discusses PTF's media alert yesterday relating to President Biden selling 1 million barrels of oil to a Chinese oil company / (PTF) https://mailchi.mp/372d6a1d46e4/icymi-epa-nominee-michael-regan-profile-6243163?e=[UNIQID]
• Japan's Shinzo Abe assassinated / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shinzo-abe-death-shooting-former-japanese-prime-minister/
• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially resigns / (Axios) https://www.axios.com/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-resignation-speech-uk-prime-minister?utm_campaign
• Brittney Griner's fate soon to come regarding imprisonment in Russia / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/brittney-griner-russia-pleads-guilty/index.html?
• James Caan passes away at age 82 / (Variety) https://variety.com/2022/film/news/james-caan-dead-godfather-misery-1235311096/
• Gary from East Anchorage asks if the GOP will go after President Biden on China 
• Trump to visit Alaska / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/07/07/trump-set-to-lead-alaska-rally-for-palin-dunleavy-and-tshibaka-and-against-murkowski/
• Sen Murkowski announces $2.4 million secured for the Ted Stevens Aiport
• Joe from South Anchorage on the complexity of the special election in August and on the Interior wildfire carnage

HOUR 2

• Five Alaska coastal communities are set to share $15 million in grants from the state to help replace and improve their small boat harbors / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/08/five-alaska-coastal-communities-set-share-15m-harbor-grants/
• LeAnn Rimes to perform at the Alaska State Fair / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/arts/music/2022/07/07/leeann-rimes-comedy-show-complete-alaska-state-fairs-2022-entertainment-lineup/
• Barenaked Ladies performing at the State Fair / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg
• Adam Holtz from Focus on the Family on Top Gun 2's momentum in sales; Minions now have the "The Gentle Minion" TikTok movement; Thor "Love and Thunder"
• Dave Stieren on the deposit date of the PFD this year 
• Tom recaps headlines 

HOUR 1

• WNBA player Brittney Griner pleads guilty in Russia on drug charges / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/europe/brittney-griner-trial.html?
• British Prime Minister Boris Jonsom agrees to step down / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/07/07/world/boris-johnson-resign-news?
• Boris Johnson resignation speech / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-johnson-resignation-uk-prime-minister-conservative-party/
• Small businesses try to stay afloat in the U.S. in the face of high inflation / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6309235869112#sp=show-clips
• Tom & Tom talk about small businesses and hand grenade bath bombs 
• IVR the next target for pro-life policymakers / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/post-roe-v-wade-ivf-fertility-industry?
• New data released yesterday showed 11.3 million open positions in the US in May / (MB) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/06/jolts-job-openings-may-2022-.html?
• Tom & Tom talk about working at home
• Dalton from Mat-Su on the fuel being sent to China by Biden 
• Democrats unhappy with Biden / (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/05/biden-democrats-newsom-pritzker/

HOUR 2

• Mat-Su Mayor Edna DeVries on the July 12th Borough Election / For more info: https://www.matsugov.us/g/g-2/elections/july-2022-election
• Tom overviews PIP Printing and the forthcoming voter data lists 
• Gary from East Anchorage on Centennial Park being a new homeless camp and the bears killed
• The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed four black bears this week at Centennial Campground, an East Anchorage campsite where Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration directed unsheltered people to go as it shut down the Sullivan Arena for use as a mass shelter last week. A female, two cubs, and male were shot / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/07/06/4-bears-killed-in-east-anchorage-campground-now-being-used-by-homeless-residents/
• Tom S talks about a new show called "Pirate Gold of Adak" / https://www.leisurebyte.com/3-shows-like-pirate-gold-of-adak-island/
• Alaska’s inflation rate continues to soar as it reached 7.2% in December of 2021, according to a report from the Department of Labor issued this month.
  Gasoline prices in urban Alaska have risen 52.2% from April 2021 to 2022, according to the Department of Labor. Over that same time, transportation costs rose 23% and food costs saw an uptick of 11.3% hike / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/07/rising-inflation-rates-hit-alaskans-gas-transportation-food/
• Tom A talks good deals at KVNT and KAFC and Optima in the face of inflation
• Evacuation order near Clear (near Fairbanks) with 7:30 PM meeting tonight in Anderson / (ANS)  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/06/evacuation-order-still-effect-clear-fire-burns-almost-53k-acres-interior-alaska/

HOUR 1

• Norway oil workers to strike
• California fires inching into Sierra Nevadas
• Utah uranium mill affecting local Indian tribe
• Joe from South Anchorage on Mt Marathon race
• German bailing out energy companies absent Russian oil/gas
• Euro falls sharply

HOUR 2

• Veco's Bill Allen passes away at 85 / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/07/05/disgraced-alaska-oil-executive-bill-allen-dead-at-85/
• AK Democratic Party Executive Director charged with DUI and three misdemeanors
• Mark from East Anchorage calling in from Central Washington 
• Mat-Su Election info / (ANS)
• Capstone Clinic reopens testing sites / (ADN) 
• Jodi Taylor from Alaska Policy Forum on correspondence school hybrid and funding opportunities for students / https://alaskapolicyforum.org/csap/

HOUR 1

• Tom & Tom talk Independence Day holiday weekend activities
• The new Minions draws records / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/minions-offer-memes-and-hope-for-movie-theaters
• Suspect in Highland Park shooting yesterday had been posting disturbing imaging previous to carnage / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109793161/highland-park-chicago-july-4-shooting-latest
• Huhnkie Lee from Mat-Su on the Highland Park shooting
• Woodcarver Mike in Mat-Su on the Highland Park shooting and American values 

HOUR 2

• President Biden is seeking oil/gas production from foreign countries rather than domestically and may lift import tariffs (because of unfair trade practices) / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6309151672112#sp=show-clips
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom pokes at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with a TV ad encouraging Floridians to move to California / (Epoch) https://www.theepochtimes.com/desantiss-team-responds-to-newsom-ad-saying-florida-residents-should-move-to-california_4576130.html
• Oil prices are high but jobs in the oil patch - not so much / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2022/07/03/oil-prices-are-through-the-roof-heres-why-job-numbers-in-the-alaska-oil-patch-are-not/
• Mark in Central Washington  on gun rights and oil industry jobs 
• Alaska surpasses over 2 million acres burned in wildfires / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/05/alaska-surpasses-2-m-acres-burned/
• Tom S gives an Al-Can update 

HOUR 1

• President Trump to visit Anchorage on July 9th / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/29/former-president-trump-hold-rally-anchorage/
• Hells Angel founder Sunny Barger passes away at age 83 / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2022/06/30/sonny-barger-biker-outlaw-and-founder-of-hells-angels-dies-at-age-83/
• R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison and music platforms weigh keeping his music or not / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/platforms-grapple-with-how-to-handle-r-kelly-s-music?
• Starbucks shops are seeing more efforts to unionize across the nation / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1106884406/coffee-shop-starbucks-baristas-union-election-cafe
• Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks pitcher Chinooks player Kalen Haynes joins Tom (listen to this kid's voice - is he the next James Earl Jones?) 

HOUR 2

• FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr tells Apple and Google to get rid TikTok / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/fcc-commissioner-tells-apple-and-google-to-get-rid-of-their-most-popular-app?
• Dalton from Mat-Su on the lack of trust of media and government and re what political offices he'd serve in (answer: U.S. President or AK Governor)
• U.S. Supreme rules to curb the E.P.A.'s powers and oversight on climate change / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/30/us/supreme-court-epa?
• Woodcarver Mike on EPA overreach 
• Dave Stieren from the Governor's Office
• Former State Senator Bill Stoltze on the Chinooks, Lion's Club, and Senior Center events in Chugiak-Eagle River this weekend

HOUR 1

• Tom Steigleman is back from Oklahoma and details his drive through Canada
• Finland and Sweden formally join NATO with unanimous approval / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/world/europe/nato-sweden-finland.html
• CRISPR is helping cure diseases through genetic modifications and also enhancing vitamins in vegetables among other scientific advances / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/10-years-of-crispr-how-it-s-being-used-today?
• Tom S talked about his drive through the Dakotas and Canada and the worry about vaccine-related rules (he's unvaccinated) and the requirement that within a 3-day COVID test of negative
• Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61970358?
• National elections Primary update / (NYP) https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/darren-bailey-wins-gop-primary-for-illinois-governor/ & (Oklahoman) https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/06/28/oklahoma-governor-election-primary-results-republican-kevin-stitt-democrat-joy-hofmeister/7697828001/ & (Bloomberg Government) https://about.bgov.com/news/three-more-congressional-incumbents-lost-primaries-on-tuesday/
• Job cuts are rolling in - here's who's feeling the pain / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/06/29/1108109505/job-cuts-layoffs-economy-recession

HOUR 2

• Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed the budget for the fiscal year that starts on Friday, announcing over $400 million in vetoes to a spending plan that is partly predicated on the continuation of high oil prices / (ANS) Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed the budget for the fiscal year that starts on Friday, announcing over $400 million in vetoes to a spending plan that is partly predicated on the continuation of high oil prices
• Todd Smoldon from Governor Mike Dunleavy's office on this year's budget and the positives (one of the largest PFDs in history; lots of money back into CBR for savings; paid off oil tax credits which signals to investors we pay our debts; Operating budget is lower beyond education and public safety)
• Former State Senator and Mayor Dennis Egan passes at age 75 / (ADN) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/28/former-juneau-mayor-state-sen-dennis-egan-dies-75/
• Alarming rural ballot rejection rate concerns AK Native current hoping for a curing process / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/28/alarming-rural-alaska-ballot-rejection-rate-sparks-expectation-legal-challenges/
• Tom & Tom talk about election processes and voter turnout problems
• Tom S announced 1020 AM will go off the air because of tower maintenance
• Mike Robbins with a Ukrainian update (helping bring over 200 displaced Ukrainians to Alaska during the Russian invasion) and an update on Anchorage Community Development Authority which he manages

HOUR 1

• Home mortgage employees being let go because mortgages are critically down / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/a-cooling-housing-market-means-the-mortgage-industry-faces-mass-layoffs?
• Russian forces bomb a civilian shopping mall / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61956711?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• At least 50 illegal immigrants found dead in Texas because of heat / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/28/dozens-found-dead-inside-a-tractor-trailer-in-san-antonio.html?
• Food trucks are getting hit by high inflation / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1107763089/food-trucks-higher-costs-inflation-gasoline-fruits-vegetables
• Steve Forbes speaks with Tom about his new book Inflation / https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/inflation/
• A Washington football coach's win in the U.S. Supreme Court will be another win for the faith-based in America / 

HOUR 2

• Republican gaining members
• Oregon may become less Democratic as Oregonians get sick of inflation, crime, and homelessness / https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/13/portland-oregon-crime-homelessness-gloom-election-politics/? / https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-covid-health-presidential-e50db07385831e67f866ec45402be8b9?
• Dalton in Mat-Su on the 50+ illegal aliens that died in Texas 
• State Senator Mike Shower on his race and the AK Legislature

HOUR 1

• Tom overviews his gardening weekend
• Hunkie Lee, U.S. Senate candidate, on fetuses and stem cells
• G-7 Summit meets in Europe / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/27/world/russia-ukraine-war-news?
• Woordcarver Mike in Mat-Su on Mr. Lee's poor answer to his thoughts on Roe v Wade being overturned
• The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a high school football coach had a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after his team’s games.
  The vote was 6 to 3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-coach-prayers.html?
• Dalton in Mat-Su on abortion (he was adopted) and supply-and-demand shutting down in Alaska
• Mega-donors supporting a super conservative so he'll lose to the incumbent billionaire Governor

HOUR 2

• State Rep. Kevin McCabe on social media lawsuits and his summer plans and events
• Helicopter pilot dies in crash near Anderson while fighting wildfire / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/06/27/wasilla-pilot-killed-in-crash-of-firefighting-helicopter-in-interior-alaska/
• Alaska's Federal lawmakers discuss the latest federal bill that passes and heads to President Biden's desk for signature / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/video/2022/06/25/alaska-senators-discuss-passage-gun-safety-legislation/
• Baby Wooly Mammoth discovered in Canada / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61936818?
• Top Gun 2 surpasses $1 Billion in revenue / 
• Airlines scramble to avoid further delays and cancellations as the 4th of July weekend nears / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/airlines-faa-spar-over-flight-delays-ahead-of-july-fourth.html? / (HR) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-maverick-box-office-billion-tom-cruise-1235172044/

HOUR 1

• U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/20/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court/roe-wade-overturned-supreme-court?smid=url-share
• Two major changes in gun rights from a U.S. Supreme Court decision and soon-to-be Senate/House bill / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/politics/senate-supreme-court-guns.html?
• Charles Steigleman (whose show airs at 5 PM tonight)
• Hannah Cox on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act / https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/s2992/
• Gregory Conley with the American Vaping Association / https://vaping.org/author/gregoryconley/

HOUR 2

• Juul ban will hurt big tobacco / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/FDA-juul-ban-in-US?
• Mars reveals $45 Billion / (FT) https://www.ft.com/content/302b67a6-5979-49f6-aa55-f288d5baee60
• John Hinkley (who tried to assassinate President Reagan) is attempting to perform music at venues in U.S. / (Twitter) https://twitter.com/JohnHinckley20/status/1539640610264535041?s=20&t=2f7oeYqAEe2ADDC2V29png
• Adam Holz from Plugged In reviews the movie "Elvis" / https://www.pluggedin.com/
• Dave Stieren from Governor Mike Dunleavy's office
• Charles and Tom talk about the new U.S. Supreme Court decision on guns and abortion (ending Roe v Wade)