Trump Thinks He’ll Win Alaska. What Voters REALLY Want Will Surprise You.

[@vipahman]

So Alaskans are independents who mostly vote red but prefer progressive blue policies. That, in my opinion, is the definition of oxymoron.

[@maxstrong1999]

Like the southern states that sued FEMA to subsidize flood insurance for their constituents.

[@gorkyd7912]

These aren't blue policies. This channel is pro-DNC media hacks and here they're trying to take credit for what Republicans and Independents are doing on their own as if Democrats have some kind of monopoly on worker policies. Teddy Roosevelt was the first progressive president in US history and wasn't a Democrat.

[@lastmanwalking2793]

Welcome to our state

[@bobbibaker5877]

​@@lastmanwalking2793exactly. I lived in Anchorage until 2021.

[@thisdude1286]

Because Jesus demands Duh

[@afterhourscinema782]

Labor is the KEY to uniting the people ✊🏾 Without us, the elites have nothing

[@imacmill]

And you miss the greater point of how insane it is that we all live under a system that divides us into classes, and further, you've be tricked into believing that being a member of 'the working class', and having a 'strong work ethic' are admirable and virtuous traits, while the wealthy leisure class laugh at us from their mega-mansions, private planes and yachts. It's a crazy world.

[@wakeupamerica2024]

@@imacmill so you don't work because you don't think there is any virtue or good that can come from hard work? Typical victim mentality.

[@Gobbldeegoo1]

@@wakeupamerica2024that’s a straw man. Re-read their comment and try again.

[@wakeupamerica2024]

@@Gobbldeegoo1 it reads like they think working is useless. Not hard to comprehend.

[@mrschwartzmc]

@@wakeupamerica2024 That's not how I read it.

[@deds326]

The flight attendant said it best, “no one is free if you’re living in poverty”

[@billmoore6884]

True. But, why? Because corporations control their economics.

[@Terika-]

As a flight attendant myself , I fully concur with her.

[@briandmossier]

Trump is not for unions and will not lower real estate. He only cares about himself and the rich

[@christinegott3699]

True! Most of us live in poverty. We just live from pay check to pay check .

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

That’s true and flight attendants always used to make a lot of money but a lot of people that made decent money are now having money problems since Joe got in office

[@cindylandham4337]

We need more journalists like YOU. You were genuinely not judgement - so refreshing and informative. Thank you!!!

[@shauntikayvette]

A union guy who wants a union buster and vendor stiffer 🤯

[@randibgood]

They cannot ever make me understand that part. A lot more than that, but that part in particular.

[@alexthefae]

They are just dumb

[@cathyvattimo5200]

Right!!!! Can't make this up!

[@daigonaticsgulapanatics2556]

I'm a dem. And I think that's ni99a analogy

[@bobbobbington3615]

Like when Biden prevented railroad unions from striking and ended oil union jobs?

[@whimsicalhamster88]

The funniest thing about Alaska, born and raised there, is that they are mostly incredibly ignorant about everywhere that ISN’T Alaska. To say they’re “provincial” is the understatement of the century. They all talk about how independent they are and don’t want people from “the lower 48” to tell them what to do while they pay practically no taxes and the feds pay for all of the infrastructure for them to get to their cabins in the woods. I had to leave the minute I could.

[@hairychote]

Hahah! Absolutely spot on! Born and raised there too, currently living in the “lower 48”. I love and hate that place.

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

@@hairychote But, the thing you love about AK is not the same that you hate about living anywhere else, right? Because, I was born in the Territory, and raised there, but I would go back there in a heartbeat, if my children and spouse would go. I left for college, married, and settled in South 48, and have all these nearly 50 years remained AK in heart, and tricked my imagination about living on Knik Arm coast in the Chugach when surrounded by old oaks here in the midwest, or that there was an ocean on the other side of the Rockies when living in WY. I've always imagined there are folks like those when I was a kid growing up in AK, people that aren't going to say 'Get off my property' or 'You can't pick currants from that bush' or look at someone and judge them unfit or unworthy, or that I have nothing to say for myself.

[@mikewashburn1207]

There are allot more ignorant people in the mid west and the south! Wait if Trump gets in he will drill, drill drill! Your state will become a dump! The fish will die and the wildlife will head to Canada!

[@sabrinasmileyevans3252]

​@engletinaknickerbocker5380 moved for college 2001, married, and have wished since I was at least 30 that I could move back.

[@hairychote]

@@engletinaknickerbocker5380 People will definitely tell you to get off their property. I know how you feel though, Alaska was calling me back in my early thirties so I sold my house in the PSW and dragged my wife and first kid up! Still love it, but only from June 1st to August 31st! Winter drags on too long for me.

[@pnw_jordan]

I just want to thank you for the respect and dignity you showed to Alaskans in this reporting. So often, Alaskans are painted with way too broad of brushes.

[@duskrider1724]

Like having one of the highest crime rates in the nation?

[@LethalLemonLime]

It's barely painted at all whether good, bad, or neutral. It's the forgotten state. People think of and talk about Hawai'i much more than people coming consider Alaska.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

​@@LethalLemonLime I have seen stereotypes about Alaska.

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

@@duskrider1724 You can say that, but what does it mean? You don't really know what you're talking about if you can say that without any sort of qualification.

[@duskrider1724]

@@engletinaknickerbocker5380 What qualifications do I need to be able to read a crime rate map?

[@iancarrey4123]

New York trust fund babies known for not paying contractors are really known for taking care of the little guy.

[@cyndeeh]

Dripping sarcasm...lol

[@Liam-zw1ek]

Trump's business model is ripping off contractors. People are naive.

[@tw8464]

Yep. And it's not like this "maga" grift / fraud is "hard" to figure out, but yet a lot of people seem to be having "difficulties" maybe if they turned off the "reality" Delusion tv and billionaire owned screens for a few minutes, they'd quickly be able to solve this "puzzle"

[@f-86zoomer37]

You can’t expect the median voter to understand the big picture

[@morganoox3838]

Democrats have a great record of helping the little guy right? Especially the last 4 years. Hope u like living in a tent

[@ColAuctioneer]

To the Young Lady who did this. Nice Work Well Done Thanks

[@ElfieBrown-i6s]

And thanks too to her team behind the camera. ❤

[@Angelfishworld]

So hes GOOD With unions but is for a party thats against it??? What a genius 😂

[@breezytrees]

He's not alone. The Teamsters polled their 1.3m members 2 weeks ago, and 60% are voting for Trump. It's why they didn't endorse either candidate this year. Sure, perhaps those 800k members are are all idiots voting against their own self interests, but what I think is more likely is that the DNC is losing touch with working class America as a whole, and this disenfranchisement is starting to reflect in the polls.

[@swampsprite9]

And why do Republicans think liberals want to TAKE AWAY their guns?! Do they purposefully brainwash themselves by only listening to right wing media? (Yes)

[@eldrago19]

Over the last 8 years, that picture has got much more mixed. Trump has been much less anti-union than basically any Republican since before Reagan while Biden's treatment of railway workers didn't go down well. There's been almost no pro-worker legislation from the Democrat side over the last 4 years, and yet people still have this knee jerk "Union = Democrat". But for a lot of union members, that's no longer true.

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

Against Unions and Overtime pay!

[@emtaylor597]

He hates unions. He was on a live on X telling Elon Musk it was great that Elon just sacked striking workers (which is actually illegal).

[@Yourmission9]

Unrelated to this story it’s rather incredible you guys went from roughly 300k subs to almost a million in the year I’ve been watching this channel, well deserved and I wish you guys continued success!

[@Sane_Man11]

Indeed, so happy to see this channel thrive. The reporting and content has been top notch. Not mention the production value... its incredibly high quality.

[@moreperfectunion]

thank you 💜

[@susanadams-wauro6716]

Agree 100% excellent reporting

[@Wiseolegranny]

Giving tax breaks for the rich just widen the wealth gap.

[@asjaosaline5987]

Tax breaks are for everyone. Difference is Rich are capable to manage it well and increase they position. Other people just have extra money to spend. Wealth cap happens just because some people are not capable to manage they money correctly and more time passes the more significant it becomes. Even if person earns 15k in year he still have choices. Where to live how much to spend and if he manages money correctly might even be able to save few thousands and now it matters how he will invest that few additional thousand. Next 20 years will make a difference

[@Milaandmooshka]

Trickle down economics was the downfall for the lower and middle class.

[@Wiseolegranny]

@asjaosaline5987 1. If one lives on a shoe string budget and still has no money leftover then there's no money to manage 2. Most lower to middle class has no clue on how to invest and neither did their parents/family, when I first started investing I got burned badly and stayed away from it for years.

[@xxcelr8rs]

40% of population pays no taxes.

[@angelikaopland7880]

@@asjaosaline5987 You write well but know nothing. 15K a year is barely enough for shelter in many places. What about food? Medicine? Transportation? Clothing? Etc., etc....Bottom line, anyone surviving on 15K a year has nothing to invest, never mind raise a family. Don't be absurd.

[@davidalearmonth]

Independent, but always votes Republican. Loves unions, but also Reagan? Yeah, I don't believe them.

[@Start.Here2day]

Believe

[@patriot9487]

double think

[@tom_demarco]

Republicans that like to cosplay as libertarian

[@gothic_ace2037]

Im definitely pressing F to doubt, Reagan was the biggest union buster this country ever had

[@adiuntesserande6893]

@@gothic_ace2037 Not to mention, he was an *air traffic controller.* The air traffic controllers' union was broken by Reagan. He's lying through his teeth.

[@kevinsullivan4156]

I gotta admit, the gaslighting the GOP and right wing media has done is pretty impressive.

[@louishermann7676]

Really rich considering the left has manufactured false news stories, suppressed real ones, and lied to our faces about Biden's obvious cognitive mental decline.

[@bwenluck9812]

@kevin Yes, those backing the red are riding in the caboose, but they've convinced them they're riding in first class.... 🥴

[@Metalbass10000]

They are very skilled at fear mongering. They're very skilled at making complete falsehoods seem like facts, and making facts disappear. They said for two years before he was elected, and eight years after he was elected, that Obama was coming for their guns. Never happened. They give HUGE benefits to the wealthy and make the rest of us subsidize those benefits, and turn around and tell us that they are for the working people. Our housing costs have skyrocketed as investment firms have bought up houses, apartments as investments and raised their prices. Only one party has ANY intention of addressing this, and it's NOT the right wing. I'm NOT a supporter of either party, a life long independent, but have watched the Republican party move farther and farther to the extremes away from helping the 99% of Americans who actually work for a living. The man wants the minimum wage raised, and CLEARLY only one party supports this, and it's NOT the Republican party.

[@nathanbrady8529]

Like the "they're going to take your guns" bull. The only way to undo a Constitutional Amendment is with another Amendment, which requires a crap ton of agreement among the states.

[@lizzy-wx4rx]

@@nathanbrady8529 But no one "in NY and CA" even WANTS do that! No one is trying to take away that guy's guns, unless he's carrying around AR-15s in his holster, which didn't seem to be the case.

[@shy_shi22]

I live in Anchorage Alaska and I work as a delivery driver. At the beginning I saw a whole bunch of Trump signs. Now they’re being replaced with Harris-Walz. VOTE BLUE💙💙💙

[@lunam3411]

That’s awesome! Kamala 2024 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@The_Hagseed]

Well.... remember.... People didn't vote FOR Biden in 2020. They voted AGAINST Trump. There's actually an option this time.

[@rdelrosso1973]

People always talk about "The Big Blue Wall" (WI, MI & PA), but no one mentions "The Big Red Wall". It seems from Alaska to Iowa, Kamala is making some cracks in "The Big Red Wall"!

[@SilverSurfer5150]

Insanity is alive and well in Alaska then. Vote blue if you want to lose America and embrace Venezuela. Harris and Walz are Dumb and Dumber.

[@SilverSurfer5150]

@@lunam3411 A few truths about Harris: She is pro choice! She is okay with killing babies - even late term. 😰😰😰 She opposed Trump and Tim Scott’s justice reform proposal - simply because it came from Republicans. Harris was selected due to affirmative action, only selected because she’s a woman and because she’s a person of colour. NOT black. She called Joe Biden a racist in the presidential primaries. She believes in socialised medicine. No choice for anyone. Radical. Incompetent. Ban assault weapons by executive order. Ban fracking. Get rid of your private insurance. Decriminalise illegal border crossings. Freedom of religion to the private sphere. Undocumented illegals are NOT criminals. Supporter of (AOC’s) Green New Deal. Backs illegals receiving Medicare. She thinks ICE is akin to the KKK. Endorses AOC’s 70% top tax bracket. Went after Brett Kavanaugh in his hearings. Presented some Jane Doe letter without explaining who the woman was who said she had been raped, no way for anyone to pin down any of the allegations Harris made. She said only a year ago that she believed in Tara Read and others in their allegations against Biden but now she’s his running mate! She got an initial career boost by being the girlfriend of Willie Brown and dated him while he was still married and he was 30 years her senior! As soon as she got into office she threw him over. She said 18-24-year-olds are stupid and that is why they are kept in dormitories. She went after a guy called David Daleiden for investigating and taking a video exposing the sale of body parts resulting from plans by Planned Parenthood because she got 81,000. dollars from them for her coffers. She did not prosecute Catholic priests believed to be involved in criminal activity.

[@custos3249]

"More should be done for people on the bottom." Agreed, but that's not possible with "small government." If there's no regulatory ability, laws are just words.

[@07Flash11MRC]

It's also not possible when they keep voting for the same party; which literally exists to keep the working class poor and enrich only the owner class, for 75+ years with the exception of one guy one time.

[@custos3249]

@@07Flash11MRC Sure, given we not be so dense as to ignore blue contributions to that same problem. They've had control of every major institution more than once since FDR and, even if we ignore their actions, they're inaction allows red policy to remain.

[@JVLeroy223]

Regulations don't matter when it's not the government setting them, but the lobbying done by corporations. They have an equal interest in "leveling the playing field" if it narrows the competition. It's in their interest to do so.

[@JVLeroy223]

​@@07Flash11MRC Both do, contrary to what one or the other would have you believe. Both are for putting you down. It's just one isn't as open about it.

[@visax8550]

You think big government helps people on the bottom? 😂😂😂😂 Big government puts forth the illusion that they are helping people on the bottom, but what they really do is make sure those people stay on the bottom so they continue to vote for democrats.

[@Phil9874]

the concerning thing is that they think trump will care about them or help their situation out the democrats aren't great but they are less likely to demolish worker protections like trump will

[@jrand2148]

Exactly, it's sad to see so many misguided folks.

[@SecretMarsupial]

How anyone could think eother candidate of the major parties actually cares about the average/working person is beyond me. They can barely hide their contempt where-not lack of care.

[@bulletsandbracelets4140]

@@SecretMarsupial one is talking about providing home care options, lowering unnecessary requirements for federal jobs, lowering drug prices, eliminating medical debt, helping out parents. The other is talking about deportation endlessly. How anyone can equate these two things is beyond me personally

[@Valentin-oc5nh]

they’ll raise the minimum wage, the democrats. and they will certainly not enact a gun ban. idk whzt their problem is…

[@AM-br4ix]

You are either Brainwashed; Truly ignorant or totally stupid to vote for Hyena Harris?!!! Wow… idiots abound in America and you wonder why we are Screwed

[@jbridendolph1559]

Lol. Been an Alaskan for 40 years and like every state we have people who say they do their research but still manage to vote against their own interests when it comes to candidates. I hope Harris wins. I don’t understand anyone who votes for Trump. Never have and never will.

[@Kim-h4m8m]

So refreshing that Alaska is blue, with all the $ going to fake red rolls it’s hard to know the truth when it’s so far away!

[@ragingmoderate6791]

Because everyone who pays actual attention knows that Harris is a big government war mongering psychopath who laughs at Yemeni children being bombed.

[@mrschwartzmc]

@@Kim-h4m8m another Alaskan here. It doesn't look blue to me.

[@bikebudha01]

So much this... I would challenge Warren (the first guy interviewed) to NAME a single policy that trump enacted while president that "had things running well"... Because the ONLY significant legislation trump passed was to cut corporate tax rates from 35% down to 23%.... And the ONLY effect that had was to add 6 trillion to the deficit.

[@Yourmission9]

Same here (not an Alaskan but the same principle applies for me as well)

[@ffc1a28c7]

It's amazing how much rural people talk about things that sound legitimately socialist, then do a 180 and vote for the most pro-big-business party. I think it's really clear that so much of this is a messaging issue. Ultimately, these people are right in that both parties don't really represent the majority of Americans. The republicans are straight up fascist and would see the world burn, and while the democrats are for ostensibly better things (ie. maintaining the status quo), this is still fundamentally not enough and acts regressive when the climate (literal and political) is changing so much.

[@helene420]

Well said.

[@angelikaopland7880]

The Democratic Party is settling for maintaining the status quo for now because, compared to the GOP program, that will look like progress. At least we'll still be able to progress later.

[@rdlewis3616]

It is ignorance, they either choose not to do their research or there are no other media choices except conservative ones.

[@redwolfexr]

The real issue is that in reality we have 4 parties under 2 flags. The GOP are the near-fascist far right led by Trump, and the "true Republicans" who don't like Trump and are far more true "conservatives" -- but they still want the US of 20-40 years ago. Then the Democrats are the moderates who tend towards mostly wanting what we have now with minor tweaks (Biden/Harris are here), then the far right which are more for European style socialist (Sanders) Then there are the issues where both sides agree but still throw mud at each other like immigration. The "big donors" from both sides love their cheap labor sources. But looks like the Religious have hijacked the GOP with P2025, the big money donors are probably gonna get the "Night of Long Knives" if they can take over.

[@kandreasworld4374]

Trump did say he loves the poorly educated and this is why.

[@janis413]

And the poorly educated take it as respect. 🫡 🎉

[@prancerdi1]

I remember. SMH

[@joeiborowski9763]

Translation: "poorly indoctrinated".

[@Nitroscion]

Unfortunately, most cities are ran by democrats and every single one is worse off then they were. If democrat policies make things better for the average person, then all of the blue state would be growing and the red stateswould be shrinking. At some point people have to fight their cognitive dissidents and look at the facts. Housing/life affordability wont be helped by increasing the minimum wage. Thomas Sowell outlined this fact decades ago. Transparency and worker freedom along with Glass-Steagall act would help make life more affordable. Then a balanced federal budget wont erod that progress by high inflation.

[@B7NZ]

Puppet Joe cut US energy buying from Russia even after war funding both sides, pipe 2 to help invade, made cartel, Iran billions to fund Hamas. Treasonous Joe leaving 7 billion arms in Afghan like night vision.

[@dvdv8197]

"No one's free, when they live in poverty." Soooo true. Economic independence is vital. RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE! 👍👏🙏🙏

[@MartinBielkovic]

raising the minimum wage is a temporary solution. Eventually big chains such as walmart and kroger raise the prices of their groceries to make up for the new wages making it even more expensive than before, lessening the value of peoples savings

[@dvdv8197]

@MartinBielkovic which is why price gouging also needs to be handled. And that's what Harris promised to do.

[@julianrodrighugez5432]

@@MartinBielkovichm

[@mmarshfairc3]

You really think you’re spreading new information or something? Yes we know companies have been taking advantage of regular people, but the minimum wage has been stagnant for thirty plus years.

[@MartinBielkovic]

@@dvdv8197 harris promised alot of things, instead she made more problems and solved nothing, its not like she couldnt do that right now either. She is still in power and has been for 4 years yet still chooses not too. The administration of the last 4 years was a complete embarrassment to this country

[@scottsnyder2726]

It seems to me that an overwhelming majority of Americans are for worker’s rights and a fair wage. Yet they continue to be stripped away. And sadly, the Supreme Court has been as antagonistic to that as any court in more than a century

[@gorkyd7912]

The majority want the workers rights and a fair wage but about 70% believe what corporate media tells them.

[@donna8243]

this story didn't explain what Biden has done to piss them off. but if they think Trump will help them, it might be best they hold their breath.

[@ellieteller8090]

From what I've heard from most people around me they're mad he approved the willow project (oil stuff) they're mad prices are high (as explained we ship a lot of food so food prices are high, but also there's kinda double inflation there with the price of fuel to ship being passed down and food prices rising in general) they're mad that people want to tell them which guns to own (I have no explanation for this other than ooo big gun cool) I think if one of these was happening we wouldn't be as mad as Biden but to alot Alaskans it seems like Biden approved something that will hurt the environment but it's okay because it will provide jobs, then once prices started steadily rising and then just not going back down suddenly your not so happy about the job you have because you can't afford food or healthcare anyway, combine this with even the slightest bit of "propaganda" (rightfully pointing out the mediocre flaws in the Biden admin) also most people dont think trump will help them i think they think trump wants to spend less federally

[@tonimcclary1715]

No, they just want to own the libs, even if it costs them more

[@Somenite]

They would probably tell you a few reasons but it's about oil. Every citizen in Alaska is getting a check from the oil fund. The more development and drilling that goes on there, the more money they see both from jobs as well as a direct payout from the fund. Republicans have always been friendlier to big oil although I think there is a good subset that still doesn't want to overdevelop oil drilling in Alaska because at the end of the day, it still is the nations, reserve that we could tap if world events or shortages limited our ability to get it from other sources.

[@slushymatis]

Isn't oil production at an all-time high though?

[@_CoachW]

@@slushymatis Unfortunately that's not as simple for Alaskans. You have to go down the rabbit hole of the dividend and... ugh, lets just says the Shale boom didn't help what was already turning into a total cluster.

[@totoole346]

Bless his ❤heart, his "research " is leading him to voting against himself. 💙

[@Beth-sn9ip]

Why the hell would this guy vote for Reagan, who fired all the air traffic controllers?

[@manderly33]

“How dare people in Los Angeles tell us what to do?” I dunno, Warren, how dare you tell women in other states they can’t have abortion access? How dare you tell everyone they can’t have Social Security and health care when you have a house AND a cabin AND government handouts every year? You tell me these people care about each other, but they’ve barely given a thought to anyone outside the state.

[@edl6398]

And he enjoys belonging to a union but says Biden has screwed everything up.

[@joe1071]

Truth. These bastards just want everyone to live by their rules. No freedom in that. Bunch of bums

[@spyoon_]

what gets me is these people are saying they want privacy from the govt but the republican ticket is literally running on invading your healthcare! gods forbid you're an immigrant whose work visa expired :/

[@Newportbanking]

When did he say that? You are very out of touch with reality.

[@felixwankel1557]

Maybe watch the video... It's at 2:30

[@keithpalmer4547]

People do not want to help others but they LOVE getting helped themselves. It is that simple.

[@robertfeil1828]

The government takes our money and sends it overseas. They tell you you’ll be the one paying for student loan forgiveness but then they take your money and give it to both sides of a conflict. Wouldn’t you like it more if your money went to helping Americans instead of giving our money to politicians in other countries

[@pnw_jordan]

It’s really not that simple. You heard what you expected hear, rather than listening to what was said.

[@arcanondrum6543]

It's the insurance side of healthcare that gets most of the money. People who provide the healthcare don't do it to get wealthy. Firefighters don't run into burning buildings to look for cash, they do it to save lives. Social Workers are some of the lowest paid workers that have a college degree for their careers. Not every restaurant owner and/or chef will be recognized by Michelin and restaurants that don't serve liquor are rarely the big money makers. They do it because they want to make a living serving people the food that they enjoy. (Good) police men and women...

[@Hooorse]

I am sorry for you for what environment you must have and what your life must have been like to think that most people are like that.

[@manderly33]

@@pnw_jordan I can hear just fine, dude. These people get a government handout but can’t connect their own benefits to other people’s needs.

[@JohnBarron-s4c]

To the first guy Warren, no one wants to take your gun. Stop assuming you know what people in LA or NYC think.

[@sonandsanford4963]

Yes, you are correct. I assume they watch fox there also.

[@moneymattersmastery55897]

The proposed assault weapons ban proposed by the Biden administration wants to ban semi-automatic weapons, this would mean most pistols, a massive amount of rifles as well as lots of shotguns. Detachable magazines are also on the list to get banned, if you know anything about guns this means close to 99% of guns right now. There are much more stipulations that this bill includes that account for an incredibly broad range of guns. I'm tired of hearing the argument "we don't want to ban guns just assault weapons" but the definition of "assault weapons" in Washington accounts for essentially all guns Americans own excluding muskets. Please read the actual bill you're advocating for instead of regurgitating the brain rot you hear from the mainstream media. I also don't watch Fox news but I do read the specific policies that concern me.

[@milesbowen9433]

I have friends in California who have had to sell guns because they were legal in said configuration in California. Not the Republican Party that’s doing that

[@Limewire1984]

@@milesbowen9433 And your friends don't live in Alaska or need an assault rifle to take a stroll the wood.

[@JohnBarron-s4c]

@@milesbowen9433 So what? They can still own guns. Are they upset because they can't have a machine gun? Don't expect any tears. Everyone has a right to not be killed by some yahoo who didn't have to train or get any special license to own and operate a weapon of war. Get real.

[@PoggeB13]

No one has ever taken guns or even suggested they would.

[@Zyo117]

Trudeau passed that into law here in Canada iirc but it was so unpopular the government never actually did it.

[@Arasteele]

@@Zyo117 -- Not quite. He's never "come for everyone's guns", not ever. What he did was tighten certain restrictions and added several hundred models of firearms to the banned firearms list. The details of his every move on gun safety is easily googled, btw.

[@ichaukan]

It's just a marketing slogan invented by the arms cartel. They keep regurgitating it decade after decade because it works.

[@The_Hagseed]

The NRA lines the pockets of politicians. Those politicians repeat the NRA slogan, "They want to take your guns." And the irony is, it's the NRA that is illegally selling guns to the gangs in Central and South America. If you get rid of the NRA, the immigration issue would be reduced, but they don't want that because they want Americans to be paranoid because paranoia sells guns.

[@Jonasbarbury]

Listen to kamala's interviews in the 2020 debates. "Mandatory buy backs".😮

[@Barbara-jn2gw]

'The apprentice' was all fake

[@marthabrittain2442]

Of course it was. All Reality TV is fake. Producers even admit it. It's all scripted. But some people are just sucked in and believe any that is said. It's like they can't think for themselves

[@angelikaopland7880]

Of course. That's "reality TV". Like the show shot in Alaska, where they're always scrambling to "get ready for winter", "isolated" just a few miles down the road from Homer's stores...

[@travishartman5662]

​@angelikaopland7880 Trump is fake in every way there is

[@mikewolf-x6t]

Most reality shows are scripted. You should know that before watching them

[@josephcioppa1943]

sort of like Kamala finishing last in the 2020 primaries, but still selected for VP. Then, having no primary, and selected again for President. That kind of fake Barbara?

[@klang180]

So ridiculous that people like this associate big government with interference when in fact govt 'interference' provides healthcare, transport, schools etc in most countries outside of the USA.

[@hw-rg7gn]

The very things people take for granted...they will be impotent to protect under a Trump administration.

[@dhayes907]

People like this think that all of those things would exist with or without the government. People like that think that the government does it the most expensive and inefficient way. People like that think that the government will treat their departments like job programs and fill them with useless ideolouges.

[@rosethorns1893]

You guys really confuse me. If every other country around the world is providing all this great stuff, why does everyone keep breaking into our country and not into all of the great countries around the world?

[@cloudynguyen6527]

​@@rosethorns1893cause you guys sell the best propaganda in the world lmao. Even Americans still believe their country is the best, let alone other non-native trying to immigrate to USA

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

and are perfectly fine with all the interfering that corporations and billionaires do with every aspect of our economy, government and lives

[@douglasboyle6544]

"No one is free when they live in poverty" That says it all right there.

[@lucasokeefe7935]

I cannot fathom how people can vote consistently for one party every time and say they're independent any more than I can fathom how they could possibly believe a billionaire convicted felon with a very well documented history of exploiting employees would have the working and middle classes best interests at heart.

[@paulfustin6181]

Forrest Gump said it best about orange boy, "stupid is as stupid does". If people in this nation don't get it, I'm damn sure not here to get it for them .

[@user-mx9th2fx8r]

Right. Your life is so much better for these last 4 years.

[@tinagib466]

@@user-mx9th2fx8r it is

[@notacreativehandle]

Who’s the billionaire convicted felon?

[@freethinkinmelanin6795]

@@paulfustin6181 I say all of the time, his supporters are dumber than him.

[@rikachiu]

Trump's tariffs would absolutely wreck Alaska

[@martinfiedler4317]

Would they? Conversely, did Alaska benefit from the outsourcing of jobs to Mexico and China that happened since the 90s? Did it benefit from the American manufacturing industry being destroyed??

[@LafemmebearMusic]

@@martinfiedler4317many areas suffered from this especially rural areas. So put a dictator in office cus who cares right as longs as the poor country yt folk eat right? The same racist ones who attacked me and my black siblings growing up? Yup protect those precious yt folk at all costs give them trump yup 😅🤦🏾‍♀️ so tired same bs

[@NotSure-e8z]

@@martinfiedler4317 LMFAO Yes, tRump tariffs also cause an equal response from China who imports a lot of produce from the USA. It caused a loss of manufacturing and farming jobs state side, and the tRump administration had to subsidize American farms at cost to the American taxpayer. Unfortunately, these subsidies were only available to industrial farmers and many small family-owned farms lost their livelihood.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@LafemmebearMusic Why are you making up lies?

[@XraviaEdge]

@@martinfiedler4317 As they said in the video Alaska is a resource and tourism state, bottom line if trade is negitively impacted, things cost more, cost of living rises, people have less money to spend on tourism and such. without the follow up measures that would ensure local bussinesses thrive it all comes to naught. trump does not look like a follow up sort of guy, he would be to busy with his witch hunts and wont be able to do his appointed job effectivly, kicking problems down the line so that he can say his son or daughter would take care of it if they were elected like what happpened with the border. It is not in his best interest to actually solve these problems after all the entire time he was in office he spent most of it campaigning for the next election to help his dynastic election bids leaving us with even less of a choice it would be either a trump candi or other. I think this is the one oppotunity to save the republican party from another 20 years or more of the nonsense.

[@renaissancecyclist9120]

Proud Alaskan here. Voted enthusiastically absentee Kamala/Walz.

[@ohotnitza]

Thank you!!🩵💙🩵💙🩵

[@pamlewis1183]

Welcome Home! 🇺🇸

[@DawnRace-bh6tp]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@KM96875]

Same and same !!

[@drc512]

TDS

[@Wolfcamp555]

The State of Alaska owns its own oil and gas minerals and they share the cash they make with its residents. 85% of US production is owned by private landowners.

[@bobfg3130]

Sounds like "socialism". 😆 I wonder how long these dividends will last.

[@cbpd89]

So the people have control over the means of production?

[@Wolfcamp555]

@cbpd89 if the people come up with billions of dollars and lease land from the State, they can control 100% of the means of production.

[@angelikaopland7880]

Not private landowners; corporate mineral rights leaseholders. Mineral rights have been separated from land ownership for a long time. We have a gas dome under our property; it means nothing without the mineral rights.

[@angelikaopland7880]

@@cbpd89 Not exactly. Oil companies own the means of production & also have a heavy hand in state politics here. The dividend checks are a sop to prevent public resistance to continued extraction on Big Oil's terms. We take the checks because it's ALL we're getting; enough for some winter clothing & a couple of minor car repairs for a small family.

[@dvdv8197]

Alas...kan we just vote according to our own best interests, please? If that ACTUALLY were the case and MANY weren't duped into voting against their best interests, we'd have a much better country.

[@vacafuega]

That would be amazing but it requires people to be rational en masse, sadly a very difficult thing to achieve, especially in a short time.

[@orbatos]

That's exactly why ranked choice is important, and why some people want to get rid of it.

[@mrschwartzmc]

SLUGS FOR SALT! SLUGS FOR SALT!

[@beckettfitz1982]

@@orbatoswhat if you can’t be bothered and you just rank 1 candidate?

[@nicksurfs1]

​@@beckettfitz1982If you do that it works the same as the system we have now.

[@Cricketkaburlu]

As a progressive that lives in NY, I can guarantee you that no one wants to take your guns away my dude

[@rolandomoreno104]

Vote all Republicans out of office November 5th. Keep Congress safe no matter what happens. Republicans have forgotten how to act.

[@drc512]

TDS

[@noyb5815]

Democrats suck!!! Vote all blue out!!!

[@wildbillak]

I lived in Alaska for over 40 years, retired with a Union Pension, and never voted Republicon… Keep voting republicon alaskans, and eventually, they will take your PFD!

[@user-xe6pk1gf3o]

Why should other people pay for your pension?

[@maggie2sticks717]

So the state has been run by republicans and you never lost your pension. Why would it change?

[@Boris80b]

Ah yes, I love the "they haven't taken the pension so far so it's fine to keep voting for them"

[@minervasunset]

It's about the country not your pension. Unless you want to own nothing and be joyful 😂

[@MashoneNBK]

It makes me sad sometimes as a lifelong independent Alaskan that so many what I would consider smart, caring people have a huge blind spot when it comes to Trump. It makes me wonder if Trump told these people to their face that he wanted to take what little they have so that he and his rich friends could have more, would they say no, or would they give it up? When I look back at the Trump years, I do not see this perfect La La Land that these people seem to remember.

[@ronlee2776]

Im in Texas which is ultra red and I’ve been wondering the same for many years now!

[@TheBLGL]

Just shows how ignorant you are - you’re probably like the Trump supporter complaining that Biden took their jobs by not allowing more oil drilling. Those resources and jobs won’t mean sh*t when we are all dead from climate change, brainiacs. I can’t believe you would call someone like that “smart” and “caring”, says a lot about you.

[@homerthompson416]

@@ronlee2776 It's white identity.

[@ad2902]

Stop watching legacy media.....your being lied to. Democrats are the party of the rich

[@Missunderstood103]

Lots of different reasons for different people. Never just one. But what started it all was the corporations involvement in our government. Made us all feel helpless, like our government is more of a punishment than something that was created to serve us. So, naturally, the symptom of this is looking elsewhere -- until we get a government of the people, by the people & for the people again. That's how we got Trump. And that's how we'll get the next Trump wannabe. Until our government is once again a servant of the people instead of Corporate billionaires.

[@orbatos]

Republicans have been gaming the system in Alaska for decades and that's why they want to get rid of ranked choice, they saw that Alaskan Republicans won't just vote for the official GOP second pick.

[@chieftain5571]

If Demo leaders would just back TF off of guns. Guns aren't going anywhere until this place is nothing but rubble and a memory. About 40% of Demos own guns! But anything that smells of National Gun control losses Blue Collar Demo votes, select Other votes, and Moderate Repub. Obama, hated for being black, opened 85 million acres of Fed Land to gun owners. The National Parks were closed to gun owners he opened them. AND publicly stated nobody wants to take your guns, and that he recognizes that America's guns are part of our culture.

[@MAN-MILK]

We want to get rid of RCV in Alaska because it protects unpopular incumbents from primary challenges. It was forced upon Alaska by tens of millions of dollars in out of state money from a pac that was literally run by Evan McMullin

[@boris8301]

Then how come Californians and New Yorkers don’t want rank choice. Come on man, don’t be a hypocrite

[@MAN-MILK]

@@orbatos ranked choice voting insulates unpopular incumbents from being held accountable by the base

[@angelikaopland7880]

@@boris8301 Maybe they've never tried it. Ranked choice is how we have Mary Peltola & Lisa Murkowski in Washington. Instead of 3 MAGA a-holes, we sent one...

[@nycrandy]

Warren we aren't trying to take your gun away that you use to protect yourself from bears or moose.

[@bikebudha01]

Yeah, no dem ever said they wanted to take ALL guns away... Just the one specifically designed to kill humans en masse...

[@theprofessional155]

So you don't support banning the AR-15 that is used for hunting and target shooting right? Good gun rights are human rights.

[@petek2316]

@@theprofessional155 - "more on"...

[@bulletsandbracelets4140]

@@theprofessional155 y'all do realize that no one's guns would be taken away, right? It would ban sales. That's it.

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@theprofessional155Common sense gun laws are essential. You gotta be willing to jump through some hoops to save some kids. Sorry. -Proud gun owner, ninth generation McCoy, and 2016 Trump voter.

[@rukin4003]

Omg, the man doesn't understand gun control. No one wants to take his stupid guns away from him.

[@tulsacaupain2882]

They just use this standpoint to vote for trump.

[@CrushingObservations]

Harris is on record for supporting mandatory buybacks of guns

[@maryturner5188]

Harris does, she just lies about it while campaigning.

[@kayellai5278]

The cold made him so ignorant and perhaps he has been soaking up all the lies from Republicans.

[@JamesBondDZero7Mi6]

Propaganda works on humans.

[@Nahdley]

Union Alaska worker here! Hate Trump for ruining so many families and friendships.

[@truthseeker9688]

HOW....please explain your statement.

[@angelikaopland7880]

@@truthseeker9688 MANY Families & friendships have broken up over Trumpism, often by the Trumpists themselves becoming hostile to anyone who disagrees with them. How do you not know this? My own wife has had to make accommodations to keep 2 old friendships by suggesting NEVER to discuss politics.

[@monicaluce1]

Wait until the Dems take those checks

[@UpstateIndependent]

@monicaluce1 Why would the dems "take those checks"? They haven't yet. Very doubtful.

[@musictherapy141]

Reason over Emotion. Too much at stake

[@anitahiggins3948]

And Trump hates unions.

[@user-mx9th2fx8r]

Right. That is why they are backing him. Stop with the lying hate

[@69Wildcat]

It’s past your med time.. Pathetic

[@AnnieBland-x7u]

Sorry... Not a lie. Trump has run unions down in his rally speeches. In Project 2025... His handbook for running the Country, should he win... It stares that unions will be wiped out. If you don't believe me, or anyone else... You can read Project 2025 online. You seem to have forgotten, trump is an employer who doesn't has also stated he hates overtime on his rallies. You should also read the fine print on that as well You won't pay taxes on overtime... But your employer can FORCE you to do overtime and NOT PAY YOU... That's why there's no tax on overtime... No money, no tax

[@Jonasbarbury]

You've got to start getting your news from other outlets than MSNBC. Trump is endorsed by union WORKERS in not the unions themselves.

[@randibgood]

​@@SomebodyPickaName But only the president of the Teamsters. Individual unions across the country have disavowed that support and are supporting VP Harris. Along with almost every other union across the country. Try to keep up.

[@dilsadmeraler]

I can’t believe this guy at the beginning support unions and still vote for a scab 😢

[@iak706]

Alaska has this clause in it's constitution, "the right to privacy shall not be infringed." That is why abortion and weed is legal. It was legal to cultivate and consume in the privacy of one's home, but later made legal for commercial production through voter initiative.

[@d.m.3133]

So a nationwide abortion ban would not apply to them?

[@joncarroll2040]

​@@d.m.3133it 100% would. Federal law overrides the state constitution in most cases.

[@jmshrrsn]

If I could vote in the US election I’d vote for the party MORE LIKELY to support those people who’ve fallen by the wayside. While Tr*mp might say he’s for the little people, he’s anything but. Anti union. Anti abortion. Anti poor. As for Alaskans: they’re still living in the Wild West. Until America grows up it remains an arrogant teenager and one that is extraordinarily conflicted.

[@Kevin-s7s]

If you could vote in the us election you may pull your head out of your azz and figure out in 4 years inflation has increased 21% and everything is 3 times as expensive thanks to democrats rampant spending on non us interests.

[@angelikaopland7880]

Too true...& I was born here. I've watched it change over the decades. Alaska was once a more liberal place, before the oil boom & the Great Okie Immigration. In the 1980's, "Happiness is seeing a Texan leave the state with an Okie under each arm." was an oft-repeated sentiment. Now we've been thoroughly re-colonized, red as Hell.

[@Kevin-s7s]

@ good for you! So its like America and I may visit.

[@Angelwings886]

Well said.

[@drc512]

TDS

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

Clearly Alaska needs two things: *Huge investment in infrastructure (roads, train lines, logistics hubs, etc.). *Some incentive to attract some kind of technology industry, which could even include the production of high value-added goods for clean energy, such as wind turbines, electric motors, batteries. This is in addition to things like semiconductors, precision machinery, and son on. Food is expensive in Alaska because it is very difficult to obtain a good trade balance just by selling commodities. You need a high value-added industry to be able to produce wealth and quality jobs to be able to buy and distribute food logistically without taking too much away from the local economy.

[@angelikaopland7880]

First you have a problem: sell to an isolated community accustomed to their isolation the proposition that they will like a road running through their cozy little village, where they know everyone.

[@farrellware8399]

One last thing, remember it was Regan that killed the homestead act! 😢

[@drc512]

TDS

[@loudboomboom]

As one raised in Alaska, you got in there man. Well done.

[@andrewh3730]

Every vote matters! Go Alaska! From Texas! Vote Blue!

[@minervasunset]

Why? Give a smart reason to vote for a Marxist please.

[@JamesOwenMike]

*I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him,* $230k every 4weeks! I now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God’s work and the church.

[@JamesOwenMike]

Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!

[@RachelGulden684]

Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?.. I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@JamesOwenMike]

It's Ms. Evelyn Vera doing, she's changed my life.

[@JamesOwenMike]

I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.

[@GodSent559]

Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.

[@1zumbaholic]

I am so happy to find your video. What an amazing young lady you are! You are asking the right questions. You are taking your time to educate us and have an open discussion about everything! THANK YOU!!! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼✨️🔥🎊💞🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❣️😘🤗

[@TheLeftwheel]

The trouble is that currently, both parties are extremely anti-labor. Trump will say yes to ramping up production in oil, but if those workers face exploitation and strike, he'd be happy to send in the National Guard to keep the spice flowing

[@hw-rg7gn]

This is nonsense. The Biden administration has passed countless rules to strengthen labor's leverage. Unionization has risen steadily over the past 4 years. Criticism is fine, but facts can't be ignored.

[@jasons5916]

The result with Trump/Republicans in charge would be more jobs that pay less with fewer benefits while housing costs go up (because where are those new workers going to live?). All that oil money will be going to the corporations that own the equipment.

[@KesSharann]

Trump has no say in ramping up oil production. He can sell all the claims he wants, like Biden did, but oil drillers would be shooting their bottom line in the foot by putting barrels more oil on the market.

[@taln0reich]

pretty much. The role of money in politics has gone way to far, to the point where there is no real left (in terms of economics) left.

[@Benefacez]

How is Harris/Biden anti labor?

[@Rayna-gn3ni]

Ask the inut. Period. Ask them how they feel about a natural reserve state.

[@FascistTangerine]

"Independent" believes lots of liberal ideas, and then proceeds to make illogical jumps to justify voting for Trump.

[@Rockyzach88]

Independents are just cowardly right wingers

[@gorkyd7912]

Says "fascist tangerine." Hey, remind me again which side is trying to blast the other side's nominee in the head?

[@Rockyzach88]

@@gorkyd7912 1. That was a republican. 2. Assassination attempts != fascism. Fascism is a tool the rich and upper middle class use against the population and more specifically "out groups", in order to scapegoat and/or protect capital interests in hard economic times. It's a way of forcing people to comply and blaming minority groups on the economic issues. Also, democrat voters are not nearly as "fall in line" as right wingers so putting "lefties" as many of you people say who don't understand the political spectrum say, under one umbrella is not correct. This is one reason why it's often harder for democrats to win. They have to appeal to a much broader coalition of people. Often they exclude groups such as arabs and leftists (in today's case).

[@sajanpreetsingh9144]

@@gorkyd7912 both the shooters were republicans

[@jeffbeck8993]

@@gorkyd7912 Tangerine was right, therefore you ricochet into a completely irrelevant non-sequitur - known colloquially at the elementary school level as "WhatAboutism". Better to be thought of as a fool, rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt. To your point about half-baked Republicans taking pot shots at Trump..... first off you need to cut down on the Fox News junk food. Then realize Trump isn't out of the woods yet. He can act like a jerk all he wants, and he does. But when he crossed the line in the public policy arena, somebody WILL pull his card eventually, amigo. He did it to himself, but like he always does, tries to shift the blame elsewhere. "I've done nothing wrong", blah blah blah. OK kiddo, you keep that krap up, we'll see what happens. Karma's a bitch. Trump has a truck load of it waiting for him.

[@emtaylor597]

If it's expensive to live in Alaska now, Trump's broad strokes tarriffs policy is going to be devastating.

[@drc512]

TDS

[@johnygood5833]

I would like to thank Jesus Christ for not endorsing donald trump.

[@DIRTVLOG]

That is the MOST foolish thing I have heard all day😂😂😂

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

@@DIRTVLOGfym

[@johnnycotrel7413]

Your wrong on that dicksmack.

[@JohnBarron-s4c]

@@DIRTVLOG Your day must be filled with high level factual information.

[@Metalbass10000]

Yep. I ask people to look for evidence of the fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, in Trump's conduct, his words, actions, and attitudes, versus what is described in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. I ask people to watch the video of him after he was asked if he ever seeks the Lord's forgiveness, and his answer shows his complete lack of faith as well as a lack of any understanding of what the Communion represents to Christians. "Two Corinthians..." I thought he was trying to tell a joke. Or when he was asked to cite a favorite Biblical verse, or a verse that is in his heart, and he said "it's too personal." What kind of Christian doesn't have a verse that speaks to their faith and wants to praise God, to "sing of Your strength" "sing of Your love" to "praise His name, proclaim His salvation day after day, declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples," to advance the Kingdom, and possibly bring others (back) to His flock, bring people to the Good Shepherd? God bless and take care.

[@mesapysch]

Thanks for covering the political enigma of Alaska. Nicole, I totally relate to how you sit! I'm exactly the same.

[@ThePoliticalBulldog]

VOTE MARY PELTOLA FOR FISH & FREEDOM

[@arcanondrum6543]

? I cannot believe that you neglected to mention that Alaska has Ranked Choice Voting now.

[@carterburpee8499]

Hopefully we keep it too! Vote no on Ballot measure two to keep ranked choice voting in Alaska

[@timetodestination9538]

Utah and Alaska always amaze me. Their stance on policies is aggressive but they will continue to vote for Republican for Federal election. I really don't understand why.

[@_KungFuBarbie_]

Speaking as a Utahn, I get the sense that most voters here think voting Republican “keeps government small and makes the economy good” it’s simply just ridiculous.

[@Cardboard-boxes-are-fun]

No one wants abortion to be illegal except religious fanatics. Republicans down here cannot get elected without them. I dig Alaska and personal freedom.

[@bkgirl76]

The man was saying his life could be in danger without a gun. Women's and girls' lives, including an 18 year old girl, have already died after being denied medical care in states where they didn't have access to abortion care. In Ireland this caused an uprising. Where is the uprising here?

[@paperniceness]

Why do you call it abortion care instead is it gynecology care

[@paperniceness]

Gross abortion care you mean gynecology care

[@UpstateIndependent]

@bkgirl76 Hopefully the uprising will come on election day, Nov 5 th when most women Vote Blue! 💙

[@WillN2Go1]

So typical. "I used to be but...." There was this clerk at the Home Depot in Signal Hill, CA. I'd notice him pull this nonsense after he braced me with it, "6 weeks ago I was a lifelong Democrat, but then! (some outrageous statement by a Democrat that never happened) ...." I saw him doing this a few times. Two years later, midterm election cycle, same bunk, to a couple, "6 weeks ago I was a ..." That person might be sincere, but somebody flipped all his switches and his lack of critical thinking now has him voting for people who will do nothing for him, give even more tax breaks to billionaires. Musk is worth about $250 billion, says he pays a 55% tax rate. (And he does on the tiny part of his income that is income. The margin loans he mostly lives on? Tax free. (I do this too.) Capital gains? 25%. Unrealized Cap gains, the vast majority of the $250B? Zero tax. You own a home? You are paying at least 1% per year. Musk owns over $200B in Telsa stock. That's property too. 0% per year. (On my unrealized capital gains I get the same advantage.) Musk paid the biggest federal tax in history $11B. $11B against $250B is 4.4%. Do you pay a 4.4% tax rate? The independents who should be Democrats are independents because they have no understanding of politics. Politics is always a compromise. If a special interest loses an issue or vote, they bellow the loudest, tell lies. In California we have an anti Gay proposition cooked up by real estate interests because a Gay and Lesbian group opposed their anti rent control prop. Do you think anyone is going to support them wanting to jack up rents? No, so they hide it as something else. I'm a Democrat not because I agree with everything they do, but because they most closely represent what I think is right. If you think a party or candidate is ever going to get anything but 'close,' you have no clue. I've know many politicians, City council reps, Congress reps, State reps, a mayor of Los Angeles. The one thing that is true of all of them is that many times they've voted on an issued differently than I would have. I know enough to shrug. I respect them and know they are never going to do everything I want them to do. Often if I disagree it's because I don't have the information they have. So I shrug and continue respecting them and voting for them. On the flip side, I've never voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Politically I disagree with him, but I have tremendous respect for him. This is how it's supposed to work. And hate hate hate... com'on. No one needs to look any farther, this is a monster who will only destroy.

[@helene420]

I usually skip long rants but I loved yours, very interesting.

[@maxstrong1999]

Oil's inevitiable doom is not gonna be good for Alaska. Hopefully they can invest in alternatives before it's too late. More Production? WTI tanks. More refining capacity? WTI tanks. Dutch Disease/resource curse is hard to overcome.

[@wakeupamerica2024]

You CANNOT open your eyes without seeing a dozen things made from byproducts of oil. It isnt going anywhere.

[@orbatos]

Alaskans want to, but Republicans undercut these efforts constantly, usually with oil money.

[@maxstrong1999]

@orbatos at least the people on the ground get it.

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

Regardless of what happens, oil is too big for our modern society to let go of. Wind turbines require petroleum based lubricants to keep the gears running smoothly. Solar panels are made from oil and coal products. If we really wanted to be “green”, we’d use hydrogens derived from water and biofuels made from algae.

[@wakeupamerica2024]

The bots on this channel go hard

[@alexthefae]

The fact people still believe trumps lies are just dumb period

[@truthseeker9688]

The fact that people do not realize Trump's achievements FOR THE PEOPLE....are just misinformed.

[@haefner49]

Trump does not remotely respect his followers he is counting on them staying ignorant and uninformed how else can you explain the insanity that he spews and the fact his followers continue to support a fat old man? the more ridiculous the crap that comes out of his mouth the more they love him that’s the description and ability of a cult leader

[@mfa525]

30k plus lies told by Trump

[@Mr-ev4vn]

What lies?

[@gaden002]

@@Mr-ev4vn www.google.com/search?q=List+of+Trump%27s+lies&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1012US1025&oq=List+of+Trump%27s+lies&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEyMDIyajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@LizOliver-ym2hc]

To the gentleman who is a union air traffic controller, do you remember who busted up the air traffic controllers union? Hint: it was in the 80s. Another hint: his name was ronald reagan.

[@TotoIsWriting]

I was part of the Conference of Young Alaskans, I was 16, the youngest of 50 invited brought together to share ideas regarding the political future of Alaska. The largest sentiment shared among us was that the 2-party "culture war" politics is idiotic and destructive. Alaska gives me hope for a new Progressive Party.

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

I would love for you to reach out to the Democratic campaign office there and have them do voice recorded text messages they can even be a native language. Also if they're a door knocking to bring Flyers explaining the charts graph statistics so that they can see them in black and white. This can be done overnight explaining how Trump is a union Buster and it's bigger government to be peeking into your bedroom telling women what to do. I think it's more likely people would just push play then have to read a bunch of text writing or click to follow a link. That Kamala promises to address price gouging affordable housing and Tim is actually a union guy😊 Trump promises to help billionaires he ran up our debt 8.4 trillion dollars with nothing to show for it did not sign the immigration bill because he wanted hate to run on. As far as success Biden Harris brought us back after covid better than any other country in the world and that is a measure of Competency and a decidedly more serious knowledgeable governance

[@mikjb]

You can not try to bring a third party into being via a presidential election however. A third party needs to be grown from the grassroots over a period of years. 1 or 2 independents being elected now and then does not create a third party.

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

@mikjb I agree sadly that is the case.

[@TotoIsWriting]

@@mikjb I hope the internet will save us. The ability to share ideas and organize to this extent is a special power our generation has, and as more and more people realize the 2-party system is shit, we’ll get closer and closer to that grassroots movements. That’s just my hope tho. Yk the biggest attempt to create a third party was Teddy Roosevelt ? He felt that neither democrats or republicans could properly address the corporate agenda. That was 100 years ago… we live in the worst timeline 🙂

[@mikjb]

@@TotoIsWriting There is more to Teddy's switch to a third party than that. He was a Republican. But yes he did make ago of a third party bit only because people already knew him as vice president and then president. And then he ran on the bull moose ticket later.

[@MusicalPsycho]

More Perfect Union should have 300 million subscribers… if that was the case, our country would be much more educated and much more informed. And we wouldn’t be at the mercy of the oligarchs.

[@FredEdeXIII]

Soon buddy, soon... Unless Trump comes in and attacks KZbin 😅

[@Johnrl21]

If the bias here wasn’t so skewed to left I would agree with you.

[@bonescheffel7795]

@@Johnrl21 You realize this is a pro-union (ie leftish) channel?

[@Bruinschuss]

Some of the very best and very worst people I've ever met have been from Alaska. Hell of a state

[@scanman84]

It's 2024 and America has gone stupid. Our leaders have failed us! Vote Blue!

[@RobertMiller-ws7ou]

Alaska is mostly Conservative❤

[@samdegoeij6576]

There needs to be a way to unite workers and ecology in states like Alaska. Unions are the key to a better USA!

[@smcm9977]

"How dare some one in another state tell us how to live" coming from a person who also votes at the federal level and has an uneven advantage in the senate compared to more populated states.

[@mx_diva]

I like more stuff like this. Also I'd want to do more videos where there are more progressive areas in more conservative states. It seems like we never get heard from but we still matter despite being in a red state. I keep talking about MPU with everyone I know and they enjoy most of the videos.

[@melissabestvoice]

Move to a liberal state if you don't like the politics of a conservative state. Don't try to change our state to where you came from or to the misguided. Democrats that are trying to do a lot destruction to alaska and the united states by leaving in border, open and spreading lies to the american public

[@terrancekayton007]

@mx_diva Whats MPU?

[@mrschwartzmc]

@@terrancekayton007 the channel, More Perfect Union

[@terrancekayton007]

@@mrschwartzmc thank you 😊

[@adamduncan5371]

As someone from Portland Oregon I looked at this video to see what was going on and I was shocked at the cost of living, the people building vacation homes. I don't like the idea of big businesses and rich people being greedy when theres hard working people who can hardly afford their own property. Im a Democrat but I think most people want the same thing. Thank you for the Informative video! -Adam

[@PuletuaWilson]

LET'S GO ALASKA WE ❤❤USA 🇺🇸 ALASKA, LET'S TAKE IT TO THE FINISHED LINE PERIOD OKS ❤USA 🇺🇸 PERIOD

[@watamatafoyu]

Wow, Alaska could pass as libertarian socialist.

[@d.m.3133]

And libertarian is the opposite of fascist.

[@armadilllo]

more like communists

[@austinhernandez2716]

I feel zero pity for the workers that complain but yet vote Republican. Let them struggle. That's their own fault for being so wilfully ignorant.

[@jmshrrsn]

I agree. There is today no excuse for such levels of ignorance. However, Trump’s shtick is attractive. He’s a salesman FFS and people are sooo easily duped. And . . . why are people still banging on about Biden? He’s yesterday’s man!

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@austinhernandez2716 At least Republicans get to vote for who their candidates are.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

@@user-zu5do6ri6r Doesn't matter if they're all insane enough as a collective to go 95%+ dictatorial clown. Might as well not had one in 2020, it was a joke.

[@donnewton2223]

@@user-zu5do6ri6r Unfortunately...

[@jeremybeck1239]

@@user-zu5do6ri6r LOL like both sides don't railroad us with candidates.

[@aurtisanminer2827]

Biden’s opened up so many drill permits in AK that all the good mechanics at my work in Anchorage and Wasilla have gone up to the oilfields. This job is a pretty damn good one, too. Our resources are definitely being taken advantage of.

[@THEPRESSTV]

Sure sure vote for the man thats gonna give your state to his best buddy putin

[@armadilllo]

that would be democrats

[@Mortthemoose]

​@@armadilllo you sound like an 8 year old! 🙄 Russian State TV literally has a map of the areas they want to take over, and Alaska is one of them!

[@armadilllo]

@@Mortthemoose so why are you voting for the dumbest and weakest person you can?

[@vraisairs9201]

I understood it in 2016. But it’s still hard to believe that anyone supporting Trump in 2024 isn’t a bigot

[@KaiForce]

Trump 2024

[@vraisairs9201]

@ irony?

[@CrystalNelson-tc9xg]

Kali-force -the president has nothing to do with the price of groceries.

[@glendapaul8040]

I really dont think he would. Many of the materials and parts that business use come in from overseas. Mr trump plans to put 20% to $1000% tarrifs on things that puts the price of manufacture up which means people pay more.

[@lexm17]

@@KaiForcehe’s not going to make your groceries cheaper. The top economists have all said his tariff plan is bad.

[@anirudh_s17]

Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Alaska are so interesting to me. Solid Trump states but vote for Democrat Governors and Senators

[@xTRUExiNsANiTYx]

Because they actually like Democratic policies, they just get fooled into thinking “big government” is coming for them. In reality “big government” is what’s keeping most of those people afloat.

[@The_Hagseed]

It's not really that interesting. It just goes to show how gerrymandering works.

[@markgerick3063]

To achieve the results that most of these Alaskans want, will require Democrats to control the Presidency & BOTH Chambers of Congress. VOTE Harris/Walz 2024 (...And ALL down-ballot Democrats!) 💙✌

[@crystalmartin8847]

As a 30+ year resident of Fairbanks, I am seriously unimpressed by your interview choices. I have been solo hiking in the wilderness 50 miles from town regularly for years and never needed a gun! He doesn't know how to be in the woods, that's why his life is in danger. And if the guy in Girdwood doesn't already pay his workers at least $15/hrs, then he is part of the problem he is complaining about. Too bad you didn't talk to one of the workers.

[@stevedoesnt]

Oh boy. Here come all of the stories of people who vote/voted against their own interests and now we’re supposed to feel sorry for them. Just like after 2016.

[@SomebodyPickaName]

I'm pausing at 90 seconds in to comment and say how much I appreciate this type of journalism. I've barely started and I can already tell how good this is going to be.

[@cyndeeh]

1st dude has no facts to back up his claims. None.

[@ManMountainMetals]

FACTS!! Where we are going, we don't need facts!! 😂 - doc Smith (kinda)

[@alsmellz]

I don’t think he even actually said anything 😂

[@Kim-h4m8m]

I think he just got misinformation ~ no one is trying to remove guns simply trying to restore a bill that existed that protected our major population from the most dangerous guns, not all gun. Since the old law was reverse our schools are no longer safe

[@user-fx4qz8pt3w]

You got that right

[@SlugSage]

They never do

[@ANDERSON-q8e-b8v]

I usually look up your videos for updates! Our government has no idea how people are suffering these days. I feel for people with disabilities not getting the help they deserve. Thank you Ms Rachael Campbell, imagine investing $12,000 and received $305,500.

[@HarrisCARL-m1]

GOOD CONTENT !!! Very engaging right from the beginning These are tough times and frankly I appreciate how you discuss global finances in such a delicate way . Business and investment

[@ChrisBirthmark]

Ms Rachael Campbell was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I did so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Rachael Campbell

[@AliciaShavon0]

She must be really dedicated and well trusted for people to talk much good about

[@TommyFranklin-m8k]

The first step to successful investing is figuring out your goals and risk tolerance either on your own or with the help of a financial professional but is very advisable you make use of a professional .

[@HollandRodriguez-d4u]

She is my family's personal broker and also a personal broker in many families I'm United State, she's a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in United states

[@HD82345]

As an Alaskan, always good to see a video about us. Usually an automatic click for me😂

[@LaurieCramer-y2e]

Alaskan here. I do not live in a blue part of the state. The state motto should be "You can't tell me what to do" yet they vote for politicians who want to tell women what to do. There is a big evangelical population upon whom hate politics works well. Luckily we only have 1 electoral vote and the presidential election is over before our polls close. I love living here but I don't like being afraid that I could be shot for a Harris yard sign or bumper sticker let alone knocking on doors. I am really tired of the hate and division.

[@mushtato1]

I wish democrats would go there and educate these people. They.would see that they are voting against their interests. So many people in America do just that and it is why we have the mess we do.

[@armadilllo]

yeah, teach them why boys need tampons

[@drc512]

TDS

[@cusman]

This was great. Really appreciate this kind of journalism that talks to people of different political leanings and doesn't just use them for soundbites.

[@Kiskadee8388]

It's a shame that Alaska is so close to living off the land yet sends food Outside to be processed and shipped back into the state. Crude oil is sent to lucrative foreign markets and has been for decades even though it had refineries on the Kenai / Cook Inlet. Local Beluga whales are a protected species but contend with warming water and drilling noise. All the oil and gas extraction in Alaska doesn't provide lower fuel costs to Alaska residents.

[@jr.leininger4109]

I just don't understand why they don't raise the minimum wage to $83.36 per hour? People would make a ton. There has to be a government worker or "expert" that understands what the "perfect" wage is correct?

[@rdelrosso1973]

At the 2:47 mark: We hear: "Warren moved to Alaska in the 80s to work as a Union Air Traffic Controller" Wasn't that AFTER Reagan, a REPUBLICAN POTUS, fired all the Air Traffic Controllers? But he's a REPUBLICAN!

[@scottsammons7747]

It is well past time for this program. Mark Begich - D, former Senator for AK, Lisa Murkowski - R ,ran as Independent when primaried by a proto maga candidate. Mary Peltola - D replaced Don Young - R after his death. Anchorage Mayors are often Democrats. Alaska protects the rights of minors more than other states. In terms of rights of disposition, minor children have equal rights as their adult siblings. Minor children receive shares to permanent fund dividends in their own names. Biden signing in the Willow firld did more for filling the Pipeline than Trump allowing leases in ANWAR. Leases that weren't taken by petroleum extraction companies. It is a shame that Democrats refused to campaign for Alaska's delegates. All Alaska contributions were shipped outside and spent in "Battleground States". Alaska is far more competitive than the Pundits credit.