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media is filled with unscrupulous cohorts, but because it’s filled with human beings who have inescapable worldviews of their own. Regardless of why, the social media sea change and the rising distrust of corporate media has created a world where this publication is more at home than ever. Not only do we publish in print, but also online. In fact, this company has grown to a multi-medium media company. We have video production services, a commercial radio station, print services, web design, event production and more.

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We’ve worked hard over the years to grow the company, but even harder to remain true to our core principles.

Contributed by Josh Fryfogle In the last 13 years, I’ve seen a revolution of sorts. When I began this publication in May of 2007, it was a different world. We presented the pages of the publication as an open platform for public expression, and as a result, we found a foundation to build a media company. The philosophy is key. Let the people in Alaska decide what we print, let them express themselves, and increase the number of people who actually use their First Amendment

right to freedom of the printing press. Pretty straightforward, and easier to understand today than it was 13 years ago. Social media has changed the way we communicate, much to the chagrin of the corporate media. Mainstream narratives are now challenged, online, by whomever chooses to express difference or dissent.

The philosophy of free expression has been championed by every champion of anything, either explicitly or implicitly. By expanding access to media services, driven by a consistent philosophy of facilitating free expression of others, we’ve made a media company that is on-call to the community.

That’s the spirit that drives social media, and it’s the same spirit of free expression that this publication is devoted to.

We continue to push back against the corporate media concept, reminding our community that freedom of the press, and freedom of expression, belongs to all of us.

Fake News is nothing new at all, and since the days of Yellow Journalism, we’ve had good cause to doubt what the media tells us. Not because the

Thank you so much for reading, and for writing, this publication for 13 years! We literally couldn’t have done this without you.

failed quite miserably, the leader of the prosecution in this congressional trial did all that he could, after his failure to prove his case, to stop the release of the very evidence he had gathered during that same investigation. (Big “Why?”) Still, it was released a few days ago, and now we have to reckon with that information as a People, putting aside our partisan perspectives. Had it remained hidden, as the lead prosecutor preferred, we would have no moral obligation to reconsider. Now we do.

The Mueller investigation was predicated on a theory, not empirical evidence. This was admitted years ago, in private, and the documents were suppressed until early May, 2020. Now, we have the documents that admit there was no, none, zero evidence to base their investigation. They had a theory about conspiracy that was just as baseless as any other illogical illusions imagined by idiots.

I didn’t vote for this administration. But just because I didn’t vote for someone doesn’t mean that they should be the victim of institutionalized criminal conspiracy. In fact, regardless of who I vote for, I accept the democratic results of the elections we have. Even though I utterly disagree with the Left and the Right, and even though I’ve never voted for a winning candidate, I still accept the results of the election.

Their ‘conspiracy theory’ was disputed repeatedly, even from outside of the Trump universe. Left-leaning commentators warned of the damage being done to their political paradigm by allowing such abuses of the system. The were simply ignored by the mainstream media.

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OPINION Contributed by Josh Fryfogle (Josh Fryfogle is the owner of this public forum called The People’s Paper. This article does not reflect the opinion of The People’s Paper, because only people have opinions, and The People’s Paper is devoted to all Alaskan people who choose to express their perspectives and use their first amendment right of freedom of the printing press.) All of the resources of the federal government were at their disposal, all to prove that the current administration’s campaign conspired with Russia. After all of that, they failed to prove to Congress, the bicameral body that we elected democratically, that any collusion occurred. Their prosecution failed, despite all of the interviews they did with witnesses, despite their best efforts at investigation. However, in the process of that investigation, documents were created. Evidence was created, powerful in that it was created under the watchful eye of officers of the court. They documented the interviews done in the course of these investigations, in hopes that they might use it as evidence against the new administration. Now that they

The outgoing administration did not accept the outcome of that election, and according to all new evidence released in the last couple of weeks, they conspired to prevent the lawful transition of power in our democratic elections. CONSPIRACY IS AN ACTUAL CRIME Conspiracy is a crime of collusion. Conspiracy theory is the idea that a crime of collusion has occurred.

They lied to all of us. Not just Trump supporters.

PARTISAN DIVISION I appreciate that the partisans have been having this bickering battle, back and forth, for years now. It’s hard to let go. However, this affects us all. Most Americans count themselves as independents. We do not, by a majority, consent to either of the two major political parties, and describe ourselves as independent from them. Keep that in mind. We, the actual people who are lawful voters and who have Liberty, need to deal with some actual treason.

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