Thread by @DermotMCole

1. Just before the pandemic, John Binkley, a political ally of @GovDunleavy, whose family owns @adndotcom, announced plans for a group to fight the recall, which had been illegally blocked by former AG Kevin Clarkson. #akleg #akgov
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2. Clarkson’s illegal stalling and the pandemic stalled the recall. Now comes @adndotcom with another high-handed defense of Dunleavy, linking his recall to Felix Rivera, claiming it is a similar situation. #akleg #akgov
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3. While keeping quiet about John Binkley’s leadership role in backing Dunleavy, the Binkley-owned paper sniffs that the Dunleavy recall grounds are trivial. Wrong. Refusing to follow the law on appointing a judge is the most important. That Dunleavy backed down is irrelevant.

4. Since Dunleavy announced plans to run for governor and revealed a laughable budget plan, @adndotcom has failed to explain his radical, reckless, unworkable plans.The paper should not be lecturing recall backers about educating Alaskans when it has failed at this task.

5. @adndotcom never examined the Dunleavy fiscal fantasy in real detail, including the false claim by Dunleavy that he would save $200 million by cutting 2,000 unfilled jobs.
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6. The recall movement, though it was illegally blocked and then stalled by the pandemic, had enough political power to force Dunleavy to retreat on nearly every aspect of his reckless Arduin-Babcock budget, a reversal never examined by @adndotcom. #akleg
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7. The recall succeeded in forcing change. What the movement could not do was force Dunleavy to offer a fiscal plan and a plan for state services, a massive failure unexamined by @adndotcom that threatens the survival of the Permanent Fund. #akleg #akgov
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8. There is no Dunleavy fiscal plan other than unsustainable spending, though readers of @adndotcom have not been given a clear portrait of the situation.

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