Murkowski gets her acquittal vote payoff from Mrs. Mitch McConnell

[EleanorR]

Anchorage municipal manager Bill Falsey called Tuesday a "good day" after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $20 million infrastructure development grant to the Port of Alaska.

Municipal leaders say the Port Infrastructure Development Program grant is on top of a $25 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant DOT awarded last November.

https://www.ktva.com/story/41689774/dollar20m-infrastructure-development-grant-awarded-to-port-of-alaska-for-modernization-project

[Laelth]

1. Yep. She brought home the bacon.

Nothing to see here.



-Laelth

[malaise]

8. Ahem

You mean bought - right?

[Laelth]

21. This story even got a Friday news dump.

It smells to high heaven.

-Laelth

[usaf-vet]

18. And left us with the meat processing scraps including lard, hair and gristle in the WH.

NOT a fair trade at all.

[2naSalit]

2. Well, well, well...

would you look at that. A grant issued by the Dept. of mrs mcturtle.

Funny how that works. This should be exposed far and wide.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Shame on you Murkowski.

[SCantiGOP]

15. I wonder if she and Collins

can look Doug Jones in the eye?

He'll probably be out of Congress after the election, but when the three of them are old and reflect back on their lives, I think Jones will have a much higher level of satisfaction and contentment.

[LakeArenal]

4. Who traitors better? Collins or Murkowski?

Quid pro quo. Pork. Bribery.

Murkowski you are even more slimy.

Alaska already has the highway to nowhere.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. it's the Grifting Oligarchs Party at work

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. You SOLD yourself, Lisa. What does that make you?

Fill in the blanks.....

[Butterflylady]

14. It makes her

Mr. And Mrs. McConnell's _____.

[Under The Radar]

9. $20 million is all it takes for her to sleep at night?

[colorado_ufo]

33. She probably thinks that she drives a hard bargain.

After all, in the past, it only took 30 pieces of silver to sell out. But with inflation and all . . .

[mountain grammy]

10. K&R

[LaMouffette]

11. In 2019, 2.9 million acres burned in Alaska . . .

. . . and yet they keep voting in members of the Republican party, the party of climate-change deniers and members of the "oil-a-garchy." I guess the infrastructure development shows foresight on Murkowski's part, though: Alaskans are going to need good highways on which to flee from the fires when Alaska is ablaze on the same scale that Australia was in 2019–2020.

Link to Guardian article on Alaska's 2019 fires:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/aug/23/there-is-no-silver-lining-why-alaska-fires-are-a-glimpse-of-our-climate-future

[benld74]

12. Alaska SHOULD have received the grant $$$ WITHOUT her vote,,,,

BUT this leads to another ?

Perhaps, the grant $$$ were being HELD UP(akin to tRump Ukraine funds) UNTIL she voted,,,

THAT'S what I think happened

nt

[mjvpi]

24. Bingo

That is an astute call.

[ramen]

32. It would certainly be in character

with the way this party behaves now.

[thesquanderer]

35. "Sure, you'll get your money. I'd like you to do us a favor though." n/t

[IronLionZion]

13. Money is honey

Republicans can be bought so easily

[llmart]

16. Republicans worship the almighty dollar...

That's their form of "religion".

[Midnight Writer]

25. Putin knows this. Notice he always partners with the GOP. Democrats don't sellout as readily.

[Olafjoy]

17. There you have it....

The price of choosing a maniac over the good faith and constitution of the United States of America, $20 million. You are revolting, Murkowski...absolutely revolting.

[volstork]

19. Bought and paid for

just like they all are...

[johnnyfins]

20. How disgusting and very discouraging. How do you fight this?

[hibbing]

22. What a coinkydink n/t

[titanicdave]

23. ....Follow The Money......

.......ALWAYS !!!!

[Generic Other]

26. Quid Pro Quo?

Is this connected to the bridge to nowhere?

[Luciferous]

27. It's always about the money with Republicans

[Rider3]

28. Nothing corrupt there

Criminals stick together.

[SunSeeker]

29. K & R for exposure.

[Buckeyeblue]

30. Wow. That was quick. They didn't even wait for the body to start stinking.

[Backseat Driver]

31. You fix it by not allowing married couples to work in any agencies

where a vote on funding for a project can be held hostage by one of them since spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other regarding their private secret "deals."
""

[B Stieg]

34. And the wheel of graft keeps on turning...

and turning...