1. United States
2. Alaska
3. Letter

I am writing as an Alaskan and an American who is horrified by what is unfolding in this country and by the continued silence of those sworn to defend the Constitution. In Minneapolis, two American citizens have been murdered by federal agents in the streets. One was Renée Good, an unarmed mother of three. The other was Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans through the VA system. Their deaths come amid the deployment of masked, militarized ICE and DHS forces operating with impunity in a major American city. This is not law enforcement. This is political violence carried out by the state. This is what fascism looks like. Our country has seen this before. Americans died in World War II fighting regimes that used secret police, racial targeting, collective punishment, and terror to maintain power. Do you truly not recognize the parallels? Or do you see them and choose to look away? The Constitution you swore an oath to uphold is being shredded in real time. Due process is collapsing. The right to protest is being criminalized. Filming federal agents is treated as terrorism. Citizens are being killed in the streets by their own government, and Congress continues to fund the machinery that makes it possible. Silence is not neutrality. Silence is participation. You have a responsibility to act now. That means publicly condemning these actions, refusing further funding for ICE and DHS operations that violate constitutional rights, demanding independent investigations into federal killings, and using every legislative tool available to stop the deployment of militarized forces against civilians. History will remember who stood up and who stayed quiet. Alaska deserves leaders who choose courage over convenience and democracy over fear. Do your job. Stand up. Act now.