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In this episode, Rachel and John review changes to post-office policies, the ownership of submerged lands in Alaska, and recent statements by federal officials. We also discuss the Constitution in light of the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

Rachel and John review how new federal support for rural hospitals contrasts with medicaid cuts and why the Interior Department is considering changes to membership on subsistence councils. They also play public policy pursuit and discuss aboriginal title.

Rachel and John  discuss the prospect of a new Canadian consulate, federal pressure to stop states from keeping medical debt off credit reports, and federal threats to deport Alaskans due to errors by Alaska’s DMV. We also see who Mike Johnson works for and how Trump’s threats to Greenland are especially relevant to Alaska.

Rachel and John discuss disappearing federal health insurance subsidies, disappearing federal atmospheric research, and disappearing manufacturing jobs. We also discuss the how the Constitution’s ban on religious tests was intended to protect religion, not just the government, from hypocrisy.

John and Rachel review some surprising facts about Alaska’s history of Hepatitis B and discuss celebrations of autocratic birthdays. They also play Public Policy Pursuit and review the Constitution’s Nobility Clauses.

This week , we look at new TSA fees, drug education, and possible oil and gas leases. We also play public policy pursuit and discuss the Pardons Clause. 

Rachel and John  discuss the  new Coast Guard icebreakers and changes in federal homeless policies, play Public Policy Pursuit, and review the Constitution’s Oath Clause.

John and Rachel discuss what a less capable federal workforce might mean for Alaska, the craziest statements to recently come from the White House, and the meaning of the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause.

What’s been landing in Alaska? SNAP chaos, shortened public comment periods, and ICE enforcement. We also discuss the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and play public policy pursuit.

John and Rachel review how the shutdown is affecting food stamps and heating subsidies, why the Constitution staggers the terms for Senators, and what bizarre statements federal officials now consider appropriate. 

This week, we review weakening vaccine requirements, the legal arguments surrounding national guard deployments, RFK Jr.’s continued fascination with chemtrails, presidential term limits, and much more.

On this week’s show, John and Rachel discuss the implications of a free speech case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and the global strategic importance of Alaska. They also revisit the 10th Amendment in light of recent National Guard deployments.

On Home to Roost, Rachel Levitt and John Robertson review ICE enforcement and contracts in Alaska, uncertainties regarding rural air subsidies, and the significance of having a separate judicial branch. John also tries to win at Rachel’s Public Policy Pursuit. 

This week, we review federal cuts to technical education, the implications for an Alaska LNG line, and growing South Korean doubts about investing in the US, as well as the concerns that the Founding Fathers had about irresponsible monetary policies. John also tries to answer another of Rachel’s news quizzes.

John and Rachel discuss vanishing appropriations, the significance of H1B visas for Alaska’s school districts, the big military meeting, and the Oath Clause of Article VI.

This week, we review federal cuts to technical education, the implications for an Alaska LNG line of growing South Korean doubts about investing in the US, and the concerns that the Founding Fathers had about irresponsible monetary policies. John also tries to answer another of Rachel’s news quizzes.

Rachel Levitt and John Robertson review federal grant cuts to University of Alaska, how a heavy-handed ICE raid in Georgia undermines federal encouragement of South Korean support for an Alaska LNG line, and what the US Constitution says about scientific progress. Rachel also tries to stump John in Public Policy Pursuit. 

Rachel and John review changes at the CDC, an increase in the number of Coast Guard icebreakers, and how reaction to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 might parallel reaction to current immigration enforcement.

John and Rachel discuss the Railbelt's looming energy crisis, play public policy pursuit, and contemplate the grand jury clause of the 5th Amendment.

This week John and Rachel review cuts to solar power, a drop in Alaska tourism, and the fears that some Anti-Federalists had about presidential power. Rachel also introduces a new quiz game for John to play. 

Rachel and John discuss National Guard deployments to Washington, DC, play two truths and a lie, and review the Census Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Join John and Rachel this week as they discuss gerrymandering, the Trump-Putin summit, play two truths and a lie, and discuss recent controversies about the 19th Amendment.

Rachel and John discuss the termination of grants for some vaccine research, the firing of a top federal statistician, and the significance of the Constitution’s State of the Union Clause. Also, John wins Rachel’s challenge in Two Truths and a Lie.

Please join John and Rachel this week as they discuss how federal changes are likely to impact drug treatment, rural radio, local schools, and the power of Congress.

Rachel Levitt and John Robertson discuss Federal actions that impact Alaska on Home to Roost. This week on Home to Roost, Rachel and John discuss the July 14th headline from the PBS News Hour titled "Big Beautiful Bill Could Accelerate the Private Education Shift." Every week in the Plain Reading section, they review a portion of the Constitution. This week's topic is the First Amendment Clauses 1...