Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter

DC correspondent, Alaska Public Media. On BlueSky I’m lizruskin. Newsletter: Alaska At-Large @AKpublicnews News tips: [email protected]

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

@WillMuldoon @Blake_Allen13 Mayor Dan Sullivan never ran against Sen Dan Sullivan, afaik. The 2014 primary was that Dan S Sullivan - Treadwell - Joe Miller race. Mayor Dan ran for Lt gov that year.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Senator Dan on the left, Not-Senator Dan on the right:

[Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim]

In a victory for science advocates, a federal court blocks the Trump administration’s push to dismantle NCAR https://t.co/El2W5faw8c #copolitics

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

Sen. Murkowski strongly hinting she could be a “no” on reconciliation regardless of how weaponization fund issue shakes out, saying she remains concerned about using reconciliation to fund agencies for multiple years outside the normal appropriations process

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

June 1 Election filing deadline day is better than Christmas for Jeff @alaskalandmine

[The Alaska Landmine @alaskalandmine]

Hunter’s voter registration lists him in District 26. That’s Rep. St. Clair’s district 😂 🤡 #akleg

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Bipartisan all-women Senate delegation to the Arctic made a stop to a U.S. base in Greenland

Murkowski (unsurprisingly) looks most comfortable, joined by Shaheen, Gillibrand, Cortez Masto, Hassan, Lummis, Britt, Hyde-Smith

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Alaskans seeking Sen. Sullivan, Rep. Begich stance on Trump compensation fund get silence https://t.co/riU6RD1NS9

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Oil industry has an idea to speed permitting on western Arctic leases. BLM likes it. https://t.co/LGAEHJtIAu

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

@ProfVemsani @JohnOleske @republicofspin @NYTimesPR @amanpour Incorrect, Prof. David is right: A hyphen is not to be used in compound modifiers with an adverb ending in -ly.

[Lisa Desjardins @LisaDNews]

Folks should understand this is a significant moment. Not as much in terms of Republicans/Trump.

More so about Congress asserting its power after 16 months of Trump repeatedly sidelining and avoiding them on major decisions, including things under their purview.

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

@lord__mike @MaryPeltola Too late for that! Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski were both born in Alaska.

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Trump wants a more loyal Senate. @lisamurkowski says he’s sabotaging that. https://t.co/gSkbFk8y34

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Also attending that dinner: @lisamurkowski.

[Joshua Siegel @SiegelScribe]

Scoop now free to read @politico: Key senators meet over dinner to discuss permitting deal https://t.co/18ICQsvEIa

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

.@lisamurkowski says Trump's endorsment in the Texas Senate race probably makes it tougher for Rs to beat Democrat James Talarico.

“How does that help strengthen the president’s hand when we lose a state like Texas?” she says, per @alexanderbolton
https://t.co/dh5sKdFYEb

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Sen. @lisamurkowski is open to funding the Iran War even as she's trying to end it.

Her stance reflects her frustration that the Trump administration is keeping Congress in the dark as it pursues a war that has already cost nearly $30 billion.
https://t.co/GvsHn9Ajax

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Democratic group plans to spend $10M on TV ads in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race https://t.co/MwJSJOjC2Q

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

Just an observation. I didn’t mean toward me.

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

People seem extra mean on this platfom today.

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

@KerryDonovanCO @caitlynkim

[Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter @lruskin]

U.S. Marine Corps expands Alaska footprint https://t.co/KLqpGpsCyq