Tom Anderson Show

HOUR 1 Tom S. talks about Gov. Dunleavy's appointments being approved, the passage of E-bike legislation, & Suzanne LaFrance files to run for Mayor of Anchorage.  Joe calls to talk about State Mining Day and what he found yesterday as he was helping with the city wide cleanup. Dr. Sharon Ford from Focus on the Family calls in to talk about National Foster Care month and gives listeners so...

HOUR 1  Tom S. gives an update on the CBI GFA World Mosquito Net Campaign.  Give today at 1020KVNT.com and click on the GFA World Mosquito Net Campaign button.  Joe calls in with an update on his experiences with the City Wide Clean-up and his encounters with the homeless. Tom talks about tonight's Mat-Su Borough Assembly Meeting and tonight's Anchorage Assembly meeting and how you can p...

HOUR  1 Tom Steigleman hosts today's program for Tom Anderson. Joe calls in and talks about his experience with the city wide clean up this weekend and chats about what he found.  Tom talks more about the city wide clean up, more information can be found at AnchroageChamber.org. Tom talks about the mass shooting in the mall in Texas and names the shooter and talks about how Federal officials...

HOUR 1  Prince Charles coronation to King is tomorrow / ( Morning Brew ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/04/britain-s-economy-rains-on-charles-parade? Bud Light continues to face backlash more than a month after its polarizing pact with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney prompted outrage from conservatives that an industry guru believes was one of the biggest social media misf...

HOUR 1 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for sports cycling, defended Austin Killips after the transgender female cyclist picked up an overall victory in the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico . / ( FOX News )  Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for sports cycling, defended Austin Killips after the transgender female cyclist picked up an overall v...

HOUR 1 Police discover 7 bodies at sex offenders home / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173302125/oklahoma-teens-mcfadden-webster-brewer-henryetta A newlywed bride is dead and a groom is in serious condition after a woman who is accused of driving under the influence and more than double the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said....

HOUR 1 Screenwriters go on strike / ( AP ) https://apnews.com/article/writers-strike-hollywood-wga-926179281803e10b1d501dcab93e305d? Illinois interstate pile up kills 6 people and over 30 people injured / ( FOX News ) https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-interstate-crash-involving-72-vehicles-leaves-six-dead-more-30-injured-horrific Gordon Lightfoot / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/13346427...

HOUR 1 A Mexican national – reported to be an illegal immigrant – wanted for the Texas shooting of five neighbors including a young boy, remained at large Monday morning.  More murders across America are going unsolved, exacerbating the grief of families already reeling and worsening the largely cracked trust between police and the public, especially communities of color most affected by gun viole...

HOUR 1 This week, the Republican National Committee used artificial intelligence to create a 30-second ad imagining what President Joe Biden's second term might look like. / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172387911/how-can-people-spot-fake-images-created-by-artificial-intelligence Rep. Kevin McCabe from Juneau with a legislative update  Jennifer Yuhas on Workers' Memorial Day  H...

HOUR 1 The U.S. government hit the legal limit on how much money it can borrow yesterday, prompting fears that the country soon may not be able to pay its bills. / ( NYT ) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/briefing/debt-limit-default-congress.html? The U.S. government hit the legal limit on how much money it can borrow yesterday, prompting fears that the country soon may not be able to pay its bi...

HOUR 1 GOP uses AI for video again Biden / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/ai-generated-republican-attack-ad-2024-election? White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday confirmed the death of a second American citizen in Sudan / ( FOXNews )  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-american-dead-sudan-white-house-national-security-council-spox-john-kir...

HOUR 1 Joe Biden announces his bid for re-election for President and with Kamala Harris as VP / ( FOXNews ) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-2024-campaign-low-support-party Vivek Ramaswamy: Is it a myth Biden is running for re-election / ( FOXNews ) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-2024-campaign-low-support-party Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafon...

HOUR 1 Due to the ongoing violence in Sudan that has left hundreds of people dead, it is unsafe to conduct another coordinated evacuation for remaining U.S. citizens, John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, told "CBS Mornings" on Monday / ( CBS News )  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-news-americans-not-safe-another-evacuation-attempt-khartoum-em...

HOUR 1 The Boy Scouts of America will establish a $2.4 billion fund for those in the organization who were victims of sexual abuse as it emerges out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the organization announced / https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171195077/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-survivors-fund A Weatherford, Texas, jury handed a sentence of life in prison to a man after he was convicted of his ninth DWI charg...

HOUR 1 Last Wednesday, the FBI arrested Josiah Garcia, a Tennessee Air National Guardsman who applied to be an assassin on RentAHitman.com / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/19/fbi-arrest-tennessee-guardsman-for-applying-to-be-a-hitman? Hunter Biden tax investigation / ( FOX News ) https://www.foxnews.com/media/hunter-bidens-irs-whistleblower-news-draws-intense-twitter-back...

HOUR 1 FOX News  pays a $787.5 million settlement million to Dominion / ( NYT ) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/business/fox-news-dominion-trial-settlement? Is NY in the grips of a crime wave? Democrats say no: Republicans say yes / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170771921/republicans-new-york-crime-wave-experts-disagreeFox News  NY crime rampant say Guardian Angel founder Curtis...

HOUR 1 Jalen Hurts became the highest-paid player in NFL history thanks to a five-year, $255 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles thanks to agent  Nicole Lynn / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/17/how-jalen-hurts-got-such-a-big-deal? Trump attacks DeSantis and Karl Rove weighs in / ( FOX News ) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6324603506112 Jens Heyke, Author...

HOUR 1 Tom S. couldn't travel because of the Russian volcano ash and gets a ticket from the Troopers FOX News vs Dominion / ( FOXNews ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/16/dominion-v-fox-news-defamation-trial-begins? Twitter CEO Elon Musk raised concerns of bias in artificial intelligence (A.I.), saying leftist programmers can use it to "lie" and "comment on so...

HOUR 1 Gov Andy Beshear in Kentucky on bank shooting / ( CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/04/10/louisville-shooting-governor-beshear-press-conference-nr-vpx.cnn Rick Whitbeck with Power the Future on Sen Wielechowski’s SB 114 / https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=sb%20114 Taiwan becoming intolerant of China / ( FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-warns-chinese-misstep...

HOUR 1 Gov Andy Beshear in Kentucky on bank shooting / ( CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/04/10/louisville-shooting-governor-beshear-press-conference-nr-vpx.cnn   Alex Gimarc on the recent Anchorage Election / ( MRAK ) https://mustreadalaska.com/alex-gimarc-what-just-happened-in-the-municipal-election/ Rick Whitbeck with Power the Future renewable portfolio standard, House Bill 1 Lower Ener...

HOUR 1 Pharma industry bigwigs are not fans of a Texas federal judge’s ruling last week invalidating the FDA’s decades-old approval of the abortion medication mifepristone / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/10/pharma-execs-want-overturning-of-fda-s-abortion-pill-approval-overturned? Local newsrooms haven't survived the cuts in the modern shift to digital media. Now, th...

HOUR 1 U.S. Intelligence leaks on the Internet / ( NYT ) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/us/politics/leaked-documents-russia-ukraine-war.html? / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/09/doj-pentagon-investigate-leak-classified-docs? A Home Depot customer was bitten in the face by a dog while shopping in Colorado last month, according to authorities / ( FOXNews ) https://www.f...

HOUR 1 Alan Dershowitz on the Trump indictment / ( FOXNews ) https://www.foxnews.com/media/alan-dershowitz-warns-chance-trump-acquitted-nyc-judge-jurors-courage House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday despite warnings from Beijing that the meeting would provoke "severe confrontation" with the U.S / ( Axios ) https://www.ax...

HOUR 1 Tom overviews the Anchorage Municipal Election results / ( ADN ) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/04/04/anchorage-election-results-show-strong-leads-for-candidates-aligned-with-current-assembly/ and ( ADN ) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/04/04/early-returns-show-strong-support-for-bonds-and-ballot-measures-in-anchorage-election/ Dr. Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D.,...

HOUR 1 Last day to vote in the Anchorage Election / ( ADN ) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/04/03/turnout-low-ahead-of-high-stakes-anchorage-municipal-election-on-tuesday/ President Trump to be arraigned today in NYC / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/03/trump-heads-to-the-courthouse? Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley joins 'America's New...