I am waiting to hear the arguments about how the Trump trade war, which has the backing of Alaska Republicans not named Sen. Lisa Murkowski, will be great for Alaska.

That it will be great for the export of Alaska fish and that Trump’s attempt to blackmail countries in Asia is just what is needed to get the Alaska gas pipeline built.

This, after all, is the Golden Age of Alaska, brought to us by the great and powerful Trump, according to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich 3.

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The Senate bill to close the glaring loophole that enriches billionaire Jeff Hildebrand to the tune of $100 million a year or more moved out of the Senate Resources Committee Wednesday.

The Legislature should have closed the Hilcorp loophole in 2019 when he bought out BP. Since then many hundreds of millions that could have gone to state services, including the Permanent Fund Dividend, went to Hildebrand’s pockets in Texas.

The oil industry propaganda, which is thoughtlessly copied and repeated year after year, never mentions this high-stakes cash flow Outside.

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