Wow. Who else is on this tele-town hall with Sen. Lisa Murkowski? Because it's really something. She's directly critical of DOGE and Trump. She says Congress has to speak out, and it can't just be her and a coupla other Republicans ... anybody live-tweeting this? - ThreadSky

lizruskin.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Wow. Who else is on this tele-town hall with Sen. Lisa Murkowski? Because it's really something. She's directly critical of DOGE and Trump. She says Congress has to speak out, and it can't just be her and a coupla other Republicans ... anybody live-tweeting this?

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akbumpkin.bsky.social•4 days ago

A bunch of us were unable to get in. Glad to hear that she's speaking out.

davesnider.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you, @lizruskin.bsky.social !

rickirobin.bsky.social•4 days ago

do you know if there will be a recording available? lots of us can't get through

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'll share mine with y'all if you like

rickirobin.bsky.social•4 days ago

thank you, super appreciate it!

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Anybody who wants a recording can email me [email protected]. I'll do my best to get it to you.

akneuron.bsky.social•4 days ago

Will do! I ran late with patients, couldn't call in. That was one Town Hall I wanted to participate in. I figured the other two would be rather pointless. Thanks for the offer.

gwennw2nz.bsky.social•4 days ago

She was firm and consistent and managed to promise nothing.

ozymomdias.bsky.social•4 days ago

We listened in and husband left a message - he was in queue to speak the whole time but never got called on

artiobishop.bsky.social•4 days ago

I missed due to work. It sounds more productive than the Begich call.

dianainalaska.bsky.social•4 days ago

I low tech live posted...want it?

dianainalaska.bsky.social•4 days ago

I sensed ( or hope I sensed, deep down) she wanted the permission to start speaking quietly to her R colleagues...that is exactly what needs to happen NOW

thelostintent.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm so glad to hear this! I tried to get on the call, but it kept giving me an error message.

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

For those of you who couldn't get through, did you get a busy signal or what?

helga-jannelle.bsky.social•4 days ago

It would say “this caller doesn’t exist” or something like that, and then it would say “make sure the number you have dialed is entered correctly”. It would say this twice and then say A X E 1 and the call would drop.

scottcrass.bsky.social•4 days ago

It just hung up on me over and over. Occasionally I'd get a "this number cannot be dialed" message. I called for a solid 45 minutes trying to get in.

akmk.bsky.social•4 days ago

she posted her e-mail contact for those who didn't get through..

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

LM says more than 1,000 people called in (and I know a lot of you couldn't get through) She's inviting people to stay on and have your message recorded.

dianainalaska.bsky.social•4 days ago

low tech recording pinned to my page after seeing online folks couldn't get through...

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

A caller asks about Trump's turning on Ukraine. LM: " we were all more than a little stunned, really concerned about just this radical switch. ... to now hear President Trump's very derisive ocmments about President Z were wrong and uncalled for .... Putin invaded Ukraine and started the war ..."

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Takes a call from Dottie who says her son was fired after 25? years at Lake Clark NP, four years shy of retirement, because he was recently promoted to supervisor of maintenance ...
LM says she knows this guy's case, and he's the perfect example of why this process is "so wrong & so foul." ...

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

... LM says this termination might violate the local hire provision of ANILCA and she's going to bring it up to the Interior Sec. She said she's already brought it up to OMB.
"Isn't this just wild what we have to do ... that literally you have to call your mem of Congress" to get recourse for this.

krazytheealaskan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Dammit. Im joining as it ends. Did she address
King Donald?

lizruskin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Murkowski said from the start that no question would be too hard and that no one would be cut-off. That's seemingly a direct response to Rep. Begich's tele-towner Monday night, where q were heavily screened and moderated. https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/washington-d-c/2025-02-19/begich-town-hall-meeting-yields-gripes-fury-and-sprinkles-of-praise