Bill Witte

ALASKA GOVERNOR UPDATE: Auntie JKT on track to become Alaska's next Governor. Alaska Survey Research October 23-25, 2026 N=1,068 likely Alaska voters MOE: +/-3.5% Fielding: Text-to-online + ASR survey panel It's Rolling Thunder! >500 samples each day for the last 2 weeks! 🧵1/11

Okay, that will get a few peoples attention... Yes South Australia you did just feel at 5.2 earthquake. #EQAUS

Thelma Buchholdt was elected to the Alaska state house in 1974 becoming the 1st Asian American elected & actually the 1st Filipino elected to any state legislature. Her grandson Ryan Buchholdt is UAA’s Vice Chancellor. Listen to East Anchorage Book Club Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Remember the Catholic archbishops praying over Trump? The White House duped them into posing then sent out the video they didn’t know was being recorded without their knowledge. apnews.com/article/dona...

Disastrous flooding along the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. Here’s some of what I saw today in Shiprock, on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico.

Protest works. Organization is decisive. Draw your own conclusions. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

NGOs Call on Nordic Council To Adopt AMOC Resolution and Make Good on Polar Fuels Promise cleanarctic.org/2026/10/26/n...

🌪️ Another tornado in New Mexico!! This one was just south of Shiprock Sunday afternoon. You can even see Shiprock at the beginning of the video! 📹 Katie Tache #NMwx

A look at the damage from Saturday's tornado in Santa Fe. The tornado has been rated a high-end EF-1, with 110 mph winds. It traveled 1.4 miles, damaging 10 homes, power poles, and trees. This was Santa Fe's first documented tornado in 55 years. 📸 PNM, City of Santa Fe #NMwx

🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canadian company Telesat is offering Ukraine an alternative to Starlink and is beginning construction of its Lightspeed low-Earth-orbit satellite network, which is expected to become fully operational in January 2028.

I’d call this road officially washed out.

Trump creates constitutional crisis by interfering in Alaska U.S. Senate election to ban Mary Peltola from winning. www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

Gray believes the lawsuit falls outside federal jurisdiction. “Our elections are state controlled; they are not federally controlled, and really, President Donald Trump’s opinions of what should or shouldn’t happen in our elections should not matter,” Gray said. www.adn.com/politics/202... #akleg

Great piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what's happened to Venezuela since Trump kidnapped Maduro (and the two major earthquakes)

Alaskan voters helped Lisa Murkowski win a write-in campaign in 2010: www.reuters.com/article/worl... Murkowski isn't necessarily easy to spell and yet, voters here did just that. That voters would be confused by a middle initial seems specious.

Health care is a human right! As a New Mexican, born and raised, who grew up without access to healthcare—this fight is personal for me! youtu.be/GFaLAlRl9Go?...

Today's Tornado Watch in western New Mexico is EXTREMELY rare! This is the first issued for San Juan County since at least 1998, according to the Storm Prediction Center. It's also the first on record for McKinley, Cibola, and Catron Counties since at least 2008. #NMwx

The San Juan River is rising quickly in Shiprock, NM. The river is forecast to crest at 17.6 feet Friday evening before falling below flood stage late Saturday night. Officials are urging those along the river to EVACUATE NOW. A shelter is open at McGee Park. #NMwx

Another round of severe weather is possible across New Mexico Friday. A Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) is in place, with large hail, damaging winds, and even a tornado or two possible. Multiple rounds of storms are expected from early afternoon through late tonight. #NMwx

Don't say "let me know if you need anything." Nobody has ever taken anyone up on that. Ask directly: "Do you have a way to get to the polls?" If no: 888-858-3421. Free, round trip, 2 hours notice. Early voting open through Nov 3.

“Hey that’s a nice volcano observatory you have there … it’d be a shame if anything happened to it.” It’s extortion. www.adn.com/politics/202...

☀️ is the only way it's a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Anything I can do to help provide context, inform about, and break down - just ask. The more of us who understand the complexities, the better we can do to advocate for the best policy approach that lifts all boats.

Launch window opens tonight: youtu.be/_LpHj-9AbqI

Happy early voting (opening) day, Alaska! So many important decisions on the ballot! Big h/t to @helga-jannelle.bsky.social for sharing a mailer I actually wish we got more of! A D and N candidate in HD37 advocating to rank each other against the top R vote-getter!

Eric Wohlforth served as Gov. Egan's Revenue Commissioner & was responsible for managing Alaska’s $900 million for the oil lease sales on the North Slope. He also created the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC). Listen to the East Anchorage Book Club Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea (northwest of Alaska) as of October 17 would be typical for the first week in November relative to the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. This is the highest for the date since 2001. Beaufort Sea ice extent is the highest for the date since 2005. #akwx #Arctic #Climate

Such a surreal experience visiting the Trinity Site today, where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested in 1945. The green glass I’m holding is Trinitite, formed when the explosion melted desert sand. Hard to wrap your head around the impact on New Mexico and the world.

NO KINGS FAIRBANKS!! Great turn-out and great signs. A happy crowd with many horns and much waving to and fro. Even saw what I assume was the Sun for a moment. Best part was cammo guy slugging a NAZI flag carrying fool! Cammo guy is today's hero. May he escape for good.

Quiz: Name the animal and the place.

This feels like a better form of patriotism: www.reddit.com/r/AlbertaNow...

Part of mitigating wildfire risk is modifying the natural environment around our Homes, but modifying the built environment is important as well. wildfireprepared.org

Good job! Hats off to you, Lori, and Wil for asking good, topical questions, making the candidates stay within their time limits, and asking followups when debaters failed to answer a question. And for using videos of voters with their own questions — a practice used in past Debates for the State.

🧪🛰️ A nice clip from the #NASA Goddard's visualization studio explaining #smoke, its properties and how it is detected from space. Beautiful animation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9svk...

Very good discussion of issues, thank you KTOO! www.youtube.com/live/smpoX_J...

Remember, kids: Electric trucks can't tow long distances.

Valley fog in Goldstream Creek at dawn. Ester Dome in the background and a hint of kelvin helmholtz instability at the top of the fog layer.

Video shows at least two men attacking the woman, who wore a “Release the Epstein Files” shirt. One pushed her down, while another repeatedly punch her, pull her hair, and put her in a headlock.

No arrests have been publicly confirmed following the attack on a woman at Trump’s rally in Youngstown, Ohio, last night. Today, Youngstown’s mayor spoke out, condemning the confrontation as “senseless.” Hopefully, arrests will follow.

Brava, Kacey 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼