Alaska's Advocate Writer - DONNLISTON.NET

DONN Liston lives in Eagle River, and attends church regularly.

DONN LISTON is an independent journalist who has lived in Alaska since 1962, and Eagle River since 2010. He was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News during pipeline construction, and a certified teacher who taught Adult Basic Education. He was selected as a 2013 BP Teacher of Excellence for work with Nine Star teaching adult basic education classes in a basement classroom at the Mountain View Boys and Girls Club, and the Mat-Su Job Center. DONN was a member of three State Education Commissions.

Thank You for visiting DonnListon.net!

I write Alaska non-fiction stories in historical context about things regular Alaskans need to know and possibly act upon. If you are looking for a place where they scare you, tell you what you want to hear, and patronize you with happytalk sensationalism to distract you from reality of our failed Alaskan institutions, go to ADN.com.

I am an Independent Journalist. I tell Alaska’s story through my lens of 60 winters living an active politically charged Alaskan Life: No rose-colored glasses. Based on information I provide, you may find a meaningful way to contribute to improving our state for people who are NOT just passing through.

Plenty of people come to Alaska for the wrong reasons and leave nothing of value when the door doesn’t hit them in the ass. Some of those people work in our schools, non-profit corporations, and state government.

Thank you for taking time to read Alaska’s stories!

Alaska is a beautiful and vast state with great potential. We want to share our amazing story since statehood with the world!

Please support independent journalism through a financial contribution!

Latest Posts:

Alaska Meat Packers’ Pig in a Poke
by DONN LISTON
November 5, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa *THIS OCCURRED IN FRONT OF AN INSPECTOR!* From the USDA Notice of Suspension issued October 30, 2024: The decision to institute this enforcement action is in accordance with Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Rules of Practice 500.3(b), based on the determination that your establishment did not handle or… Read more: Alaska Meat Packers’ Pig in a Poke
Why Should Dr. Obermeyer Care what is Happening to Alaskans Now?
by DONN LISTON
November 1, 2024
One Gauge of a Person is How their Kids Turn Out. Tom and Theresa Obermeyer have been active Alaskans and taken a lot of abuse from The Beautiful People and Entertainment News* media, but their story of how AK Courts operate is relevant today. Local Spenard entertainer, Mister Whitekeys performed a mean-spirited skit about the Obermeyers over at least two years in the mid-1990s as the Obermeyer children were growing up in East Anchorage. The Obermeyer family was defamed relentlessly by Anchorage Daily News when previously owed by McClatchy Newspapers between 1993-2003. [1] *What is Entertainment News Good for?, DONN… Read more: Why Should Dr. Obermeyer Care what is Happening to Alaskans Now?
Food Security Scam Hurts Alaskans
by DONN LISTON
October 16, 2024
And AK Judges SHOULD Care Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in multiple languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Bill Borden and Greg Giannulis were in high spirits after announcement in November 2021 that the only USDA-Certified slaughterhouse in Southcentral Alaska had been sold. Spirits changed when Giannulis learned Borden had cut himself a 14% interest in the company making the purchase offer, without revealing this… Read more: Food Security Scam Hurts Alaskans
China Virus Corruption; This AK Native Left State and Should have Never Returned
by DONN LISTON
September 21, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Mother of three and accomplished in her career ladder, today Brenda Boudreau is homeless and struggling to survive—constantly harassed by Anchorage Police like a common criminal. Her story could happen to anybody in Alaska, but Christian Faith in God has allowed Boudreau to stand up for her rights and truth over Alaska’s… Read more: China Virus Corruption; This AK Native Left State and Should have Never Returned
Anchorage: Where EVERY Officer-Involved Shooting IS Justified…
by DONN LISTON
August 29, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa [1] The Tough Cops of APD Use of deadly force to try to stem the crime epidemic in Anchorage, Alaska, has gotten so out of control that cops didn’t hesitate recently to use deadly force on a 16-year-old girl brandishing a steak knife, surrounded by family in her home. Police were called… Read more: Anchorage: Where EVERY Officer-Involved Shooting IS Justified…
Proposed Legislation for AK Corruption
by DONN LISTON
August 3, 2024
By DONN LISTON & Jessica Pleasant Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Alaskans are no Strangers to this Cancer Proposed legislation introduced by Juneau legislator Sara Hannan last session, considers new protections for public officials who violate Alaskans in their official positions. Watch for it to return in some version in the next session. Previously, ordinary Alaskans could… Read more: Proposed Legislation for AK Corruption
Dillingham City Chaos
by DONN LISTON
July 14, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Hick Alaska is alive and well in Dillingham, where everybody knows everybody and community governance can quickly descend to the lowest common denominator. Who you are, who you are related to, and your place on the totem pole can result in melodrama when one group decides to divert local government for its… Read more: Dillingham City Chaos
Who Trusts China?
by DONN LISTON
July 5, 2024
Let’s Look at Asian Military Buildup! By Eddie Burke and DONN LISTON Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Video clips included Terms of an agreement 70 years ago–between China and India signed in 1954–has re-emerged as a cornerstone of China’s National Defense Policy in the New Era, as conflict with Philippines and other Asian neighbors continues with regard… Read more: Who Trusts China?
How Scammers Prey on the Elderly
by DONN LISTON
June 26, 2024
Alaskan Seniors Under Siege [1] Confidence Game, New World Encyclopedia As an Alaska I have seen con artists come and go over decades and intellectually understand their game. After all, Jefferson Randolph “Soapy Smith” was a world-renowned scam artist who plied his crimes against Goldrush Argonauts in Skagway, AK. But Soapy was small-time compared to the Borden Plantation Scam in 2018, orchestrated by Bill, Brenda and Waneta Borden, dba High Caliber Realty, Inc. (sic). Based in Atlanta, GA. Bordens entangled this long-time professional truth-teller in a complicated scheme with the goal of breaking me emotionally, financially and stealing my home.… Read more: How Scammers Prey on the Elderly
8th Grade at Yakutat, AK
by DONN LISTON
June 16, 2024
Life Lessons about Alaska Public Education This writer’s longest time away from Alaska over 60 years living there was when I went to Tonasket, Washington to attend some high school. This was necessary because Yakutat had two K-8 schools but no high school. I attended three Tonasket HS semesters–coming home between each–before our family moved back to Anchorage. Dad was stationed at this northernmost community of Southeast Alaska as a civilian contractor. Ocean Cape was one site where employees could have families living in the vicinity–he was able to bid on this workstation. Sister Vanessa, brother Scott and I began… Read more: 8th Grade at Yakutat, AK
West vs East in A Dangerous World
by DONN LISTON
June 11, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa For Americans liberty is in our blood. This is a western benchmark of commitment to enduring USA freedom. The Elks Club gained recognition for Flag Day during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The stated purpose of the service I attended this year is to honor our country’s flag, to celebrate the anniversary… Read more: West vs East in A Dangerous World
Champion for Military Women
by DONN LISTON
June 9, 2024
Mary Louise Rasmuson By Jessica Schultz Pleasant Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa January 5, 2022, marked the day Alaska’s VA Healthcare System (AVAHS) facility was renamed to Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus. The focus is to bring attention to VA care of female veterans. VA also holds an annual Women Veteran’s Conference. This year’s event is June… Read more: Champion for Military Women
Alaskans Deserve to Elect Our State AG
by DONN LISTON
June 2, 2024
Currently the Governor’s Henchman… Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa [1] Alaska’s Mental Health Crisis Predates Statehood, DONN LISTON, May 16, 2023 Alaska’s Attorney General is expected to do too much. Every other department of AK State Government is run by a Commissioner. The Department of Law’s Attorney General (AG) is our top law-enforcement officer AND Commissioner of… Read more: Alaskans Deserve to Elect Our State AG
Life Keeps Getting Better (in PH)
by DONN LISTON
May 28, 2024
Because God is So Good! Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa It’s Saturday morning in Antipolo, PH and the motorcycles are starting to wake up with a roar, blasting up the wide two-lane thoroughfare leading from the entrance of this gated community where I have lived since leaving Alaska for fear of my life, December 6, 2022. I… Read more: Life Keeps Getting Better (in PH)
The Naked Truth About Alaska Courts
by DONN LISTON
May 12, 2024
They have Been Exposed but Nothing will Likely Change By Jessica Peasant You would be hard pressed to find an Alaskan journalist with as much Alaskan-specific experience as Advocate Journalist Donn Liston. Liston has lived in Alaska since 1962. He has watched Alaskan history unfold before him over those decades. He was a reporter for Anchorage Daily News during Alaskan pipeline construction and experienced the 1960’s Civil Rights Era. Liston worked as an aide to former University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor, John Lindauer, in the 13th Alaska Legislature and lived in the capital of Juneau 20 years. [1] Roy Peratrovich:… Read more: The Naked Truth About Alaska Courts
The Promise of *EaglExit*
by DONN LISTON
May 7, 2024
How Much Longer Must We Wait? Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa [1} Bio of John Asplund Responsible residents know detaching the sane part of Anchorage from the Mudflats is necessary. We who have lived in Anchorage proper–and also lived in the parts with representation not directly subject to crazy governance–know the difference. Those who elect the caliber… Read more: The Promise of *EaglExit*
Confessions Of An Alaska Boomer
by DONN LISTON
April 25, 2024
You CAN Blame Us! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Generation_timeline.svg&lang=simple My Baby Boomer generation grew up in the long shadow of the Greatest Generation–Americans who lived through the Great Depression and fought for the rights and freedoms guaranteed in our USA and Alaska Constitutions. My father was a member of the following Silent Generation by one year (Born in 1929) but was not gong-ho about having won WWII. He served his military duty honorably and moved on with his life, working his blue-collar gig until self-absorbed IBEW Union retirement. [1]The Greatest Generation USA Baby Boomers had it easy, all we had to do was get… Read more: Confessions Of An Alaska Boomer
Why SCO 1993 Must be Overturned
by DONN LISTON
April 25, 2024
Alaskan Families are Being Harmed… By Jessica Pleasant Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa One hallmark of civilization is governance by Constitutional laws instead of by tyrants. The most compelling reason Supreme Court Order 1993 must be Overturned strikes at the foundation of the entire statute. Once the foundation of a statute is found unconstitutional the rest of… Read more: Why SCO 1993 Must be Overturned
Alaska Courts Promote Viewpoint Discrimination
by DONN LISTON
April 13, 2024
Arguments Based on Case Law… By Jessica Pleasant Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa [1] Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee University Viewpoint based discrimination allows for only one group’s opinion over another. The U.S. Supreme Court believes this type of regulated speech the most egregious. A law allowing content-based regulation is exemplified by social media platforms banning… Read more: Alaska Courts Promote Viewpoint Discrimination
Thinking about China; 4,000 Years of Recorded History
by DONN LISTON
April 6, 2024
What’s Alaska’s Long-Term Plan? Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa China HAS a Plan Long-Term Thinking: One who fails to plan for 10 generations cannot plan for one time. Reflecting views of previous Chinese thinkers and dynasty rulers, current president, Xi Zinping has maneuvered China away from failed dogmatic Chinese Communist Party (CCP) short-term thinking toward Enlightened National… Read more: Thinking about China; 4,000 Years of Recorded History
Today is NOT Tomorrow
by DONN LISTON
March 26, 2024
So a little Real Estate and Philosophy – because your concerns about the future may be stopping you making a decision today. Will prices go higher? Will interest rates to down? Will you still have your job? There are so many unknowns that we speculate about that impact our hesitancy to make a decision today. It is the purpose of this article to encourage you to abandon fears about tomorrow and just get on with it. You want a new home, so go and acquire it. Once you make that decision I can most certainly make it happen. When thinking about Real… Read more: Today is NOT Tomorrow
USA in Philippines
by DONN LISTON
March 19, 2024
Buildup of our Asian Frontline Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Marcos Election Brings Back a PH Dynasty Former PH Pres Rodrigo Duterete, 2016-2022 soured USA relations with his response to Pres. Barack Obama’s expressed concern over human right issues related to Duterete’s War on Criminality and Drugs. During a press conference Duterte infamously called Obama “a son… Read more: USA in Philippines
Why AK Prosecutors are Afraid of Grand Juries
by DONN LISTON
March 6, 2024
It’s About Imperial Control, Baby… Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Maybe what we need is a grand jury investigation into judge investigator Marla Greenstein, said Haeg as he was sitting in the court building waiting for the opportunity to present evidence to the Grand Jury. You know she would never be convicted because 100 judges would be… Read more: Why AK Prosecutors are Afraid of Grand Juries
Legislative Task Force to Assure Alaska Food Security
by DONN LISTON
February 27, 2024
It’s under control, Folks… Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa This writer’s growing number of Asian readers know Philippine people have experienced starvation. This island archipelago has had abundant food but invasion by hostile forces has meant mass death of Filipinos by starvation. But at a time when Filipino people were dying in Manila streets, Alaska had true… Read more: Legislative Task Force to Assure Alaska Food Security
Philippine People Power
by DONN LISTON
February 18, 2024
Remembering EDSA – February 25 [1] Power to the People – The EDSA Revolution and the start of the Fifth Philippine Republic, February 26, 2016 The February 25th People Power Anniversary is a nationwide annual observance and school holiday in the Philippines. This event still holds a special place in the hearts of many Filipinos who remember a revolution that restored democracy to Philippines in 1986. A Failing Economy and Crooked National Election were the Last Straws February 25 falls on a Sunday this year providing a great excuse for the son of the former dictator to drop recognition of… Read more: Philippine People Power
Building an Honest Model for AK Property Tax Assessment
by DONN LISTON
February 17, 2024
Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa 2023 Alaska property tax assessment process failed the Haines community, causing local outrage and igniting a now statewide movement to amend State Laws currently allowing cutthroat bureaucrats to drive people off of their property to pay for more government. Previous story about this was in Mid-October: [1]Tyranny of the Powerful in Rural… Read more: Building an Honest Model for AK Property Tax Assessment
Who Should be Teaching YOUR Kids?
by DONN LISTON
February 10, 2024
Longstanding Alaska Dilemma Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Updated version originally published: February 28, 2016 NorthernRight.com Editor’s Note: As the Alaska Legislature is once again barraged by special interests insisting the State of Alaska must provide increased funding for Public Education factories despite our bottom-of-the nation academic outcomes in 50+ Alaska School Districts, perhaps it’s time to… Read more: Who Should be Teaching YOUR Kids?
AK Supreme Court Rules Against Internet TROLLS!
by DONN LISTON
February 2, 2024
Sen. Lora ReinBOLD took them on and won. Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng page para magpalit mula sa Credit where credit is due. The AK Supreme Court has ruled correctly by accepting and approving former AK Senator Lora Reinbold’s Petition for Review in the Lawfare Freedom of Speech case brought by Bobbie McDow and the Northern Justice Project, LLC (NJP). Lawfare is… Read more: AK Supreme Court Rules Against Internet TROLLS!