This was definitely a weird week for Alaska politics. Contentious Anchorage Assembly meetings continued over the proposed mask mandate. They culminated in a meeting on Friday being cancelled due to two members of Mayor Dave Bronson s administration testing positive for
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The Alaska Stalker – July 24, 2021
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape.
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Well, this week sure started out with a bang.
This is wild. “The Guardian’s investigation has triggered a review in the Alaska department of law, where the lawyer works.” #akleghttps://t.co/d3xzFerCOG
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Anchorage Assemblymember Allard defends “FUHRER” and “3REICH” license plates
On Sunday, Anchorage Assemblymember and Alaska State Commission for Human Rights Commissioner Jamie Allard defended Alaska vanity license plates “FUHRER” and “3REICH,” arguing on Facebook that the words are innocuous translations of German terms for “leader or guide” and “realm.” The word Fürher is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler, who served as Führer of Germany from 1934 to the end of World War II in 1945, and who presided over the Holocaust. The term “Third Reich” was the Nazi Party’s official designation for its fascist regime. Both terms are heavily incorporated into neo-Nazi and white supremacist subcultures in the United States and abroad.