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• Some Bernie Sanders Supporters Finding A New Home Within The Green Party

  07-08-2016 05:44 via ktoo.org
  
  A supporter of Green Party candidate Jill Stein holds a doctored Bernie Sanders sign at a rally at City Hall in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention last month.
  Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images
  At the Green Party national convention in Houston, Bernie Sanders may have been mentioned more often so far than the party’s own presumptive nominee, Dr. Jill Stein.
  The progressive third party has a rare opportunity to expand their reach by picking off disaffected supporters of the
  
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• Ketchikan man shares experience as Republican convention delegate

  07-08-2016 05:43 via ktoo.org
  
  District 36 Republican Chairman Trevor Shaw was one of 28 Alaska delegates to the Republican National Convention. Shaw spoke to KRBD recently about his experience at the convention and opinion of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
  The Ketchikan resident was one of two Southeast Republican delegates to the convention. The other is former District 36 Representative Peggy Wilson of Wrangell.  Shaw says he arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, a few days early and met with other members o
  
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• Former KKK Leader David Duke Says ‘Of Course’ Trump Voters Are His Voters

  07-08-2016 05:43 via ktoo.org
  
  Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke talks to the media at the Louisiana secretary of state’s office in Baton Rouge, La., on July 22, after registering to run for the U.S. Senate. “The climate of this country has moved in my direction,” Duke said as he announced his candidacy, one day after Donald Trump accepted the GOP nomination for president.
  Max Becherer/AP
  Editor’s note: NPR spoke with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who supports Republican presidential candi
  
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• Federal Health Official Praises Kenaitze Programs

  07-08-2016 05:42 via ktoo.org
  
  A “Łuq’a Nagh Ghilghuzht” sculpture by Joel Isaak depicts traditional Dena’ina life at fish camp outside the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s new Dena’ina Wellness Center in Old Town Kenai. (Photo by Patrice Kohl/Redoubt Reporter)
  Alaska got a glowing report in a checkup from a top federal health care official. Though there are issues that need further treatment and support, communities showed a healthy dose of innovation in delivery and integration of care.
  Mary
  
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