Glacial lake outburst flooding begins on the Mendenhall River below the Mendenhall Glacier on Aug 11, 2026. Officials issued an evacuation advisory for roughly 5,000 residents in the area. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
Alaska’s capital city has issued an evacuation advisory for the densely-populated Mendenhall Valley area on Wednesday as glacial outburst flooding begins.
Officials and the public are closely watching the Mendenhall Glacier, where climate-change driven melting results in water filling an ice-dammed lake called Suicide Basin each year. That lake eventually bursts and billions of gallons of water are released down the Mendenhall River, threatening suburban neighborhoods nearby.
The National Weather Service forecasts the flooding in the Mendenhall River will peak on Thursday morning between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m.
“Evacuating is absolutely the best way to keep yourselves, your neighbors, and first responders safe as we respond to this flood,” said Ryan O’Shaughnessy, emergency manager for the City and Borough of Juneau at a news conference on Wednesday.
Ryan O’Shaughnessy, emergency manager for the City and Borough of Juneau, Ginny Nadolny, commander of US Coast Guard Southeast Sector (center) and Sabrina Grubitz, public safety manager for Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (left) speak at a news conference ahead of the glacial outburst flood in Juneau on Aug 12, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
Scientists with the National Weather Service estimate the flooding to peak between 16.1 to 16.6 feet. That’s similar to last year’s flood where the river peaked at a record-breaking 16.65 feet.
The scale of flooding is uncertain, and depends largely on whether sand bag barriers erected along the Mendenhall River hold.
In the event that water bursts through the barriers, CBJ will issue an emergency flash-flood alert to all local cell phones, similar to an Amber alert.
Last year, local, state and federal agencies erected the new barriers along the river, where they largely prevented major flood damage. Thirty-five homes were affected by the flood, with six sustaining major flood damage. Some homes had up to five feet of flooding water in living spaces, according to city reports. In 2024, there were no barriers and flooding damaged nearly 300 homes.
This year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local partners worked to fortify those sand bag barriers along the Mendenhall River. In some areas, the barriers were constructed higher, up to 16 feet. They were extended in other areas across 1.8 miles of additional riverbank, said U.S. Army Corps Brigadier General Joseph Goetz at a news conference on Tuesday. The Army Corps has also installed roughly 40 industrial pumps to control seepage, and distributed an estimated 225,000 sandbags.
But this year officials issued an evacuation advisory for an area nearly double the size of last year’s — including roughly 1,900 homes — in case the barriers fail. Officials are calling that a worst case scenario.
Ryan O’Shaughnessy said census data shows the evacuation area includes an estimated 5,000 residents.
“I know this community has experienced this flood before, but we can’t be complacent,” said Ken Murphy, a safety officer with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, on Tuesday. “What happened last year may or may not happen this year.”
Residents are asked to evacuate the area by 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
Sand bag barriers newly constructed this year in the lower part of the Mendenhall River below Brotherhood Bridge are seen from Meadow Lane in Juneau on Aug 8, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
Officials said there is a risk of tree-strikes damaging the barriers and causing major flooding, and urged the public to take extra precautions, evacuate and avoid the river area entirely.
“The risk is real,” Murphy said. “Debris, erosion, unstable banks, changing water levels, and hidden hazards make the river dangerous. If you’re near the river or within the flood zone, you’re in danger. There is no safe reason to approach the water during this event. This is not a normal event, even though it reoccurs.”
Officials said they will be monitoring the river and barriers by livestream cameras and by drone throughout the flood, with emergency crews staged nearby ready to respond.
Residents can monitor Suicide Basin through a National Weather Service monitoring page. Officials recommend signing up for emergency alerts and reviewing Mendenhall River inundation maps. KTOO Public Media has set up several livestreams to monitor the flooding event. There is an emergency shelter at the former Floyd Dryden Middle School staffed by the American Red Cross.
The Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Alaska’s most-visited tourist destination, surrounding the Mendenhall Glacier and Mendenhall Lake below is closing on Wednesday afternoon.
A joint emergency incident command has been established to monitor and respond to the flood. That includes the National Weather Service, City and Borough of Juneau, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
The City and Borough of Juneau are planning to issue a larger evacuation advisory for the 2026 glacial outburst flooding event. (Screenshot of CBJ evacuation advisory map)
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LOS ANGELES – The optimism leading into Blake Snell’s first start back in nearly three months went beyond the usual confidence one might expect when a two-time Cy Young Award winner returns to action. It was as if both Snell and his manager knew he’d come out looking like a completely different version of the pitcher who allowed five runs in three innings in his only previous start of the season. “It’s the best I’ve felt in three years, by far,” Snell claimed 12 days before his return. “He’s on a mission,” Dave Roberts added assuredly. It certainly looked that way Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 49,958 fans at Dodger Stadium, where Snell exhibited no signs of rust in his return from elbow surgery as he lifted a scuffling Dodgers club in need of a pick-me-up. Even after two comeback victories on Monday and Tuesday, the Dodgers have won just 13 of their last 30 games. Their bullpen has been unreliable. Their bats have been inconsistent. Earlier this week, Roberts lamented the way his star-studded offense had gotten “bullied” by fastballs far too often over this stretch of substandard play. And yet, Snell’s 10-strikeout return provided a reminder of why any potential concerns about the Dodgers’ aging roster might not matter if this rotation is upright and whole by October. They have Yoshinobu Yamamoto, last year’s World Series MVP. They have depth arms in Roki Sasaki, Justin Wrobleski and Eric Lauer, who could shift to bullpen roles in October. Shohei Ohtani continues to play catch with the hopes of returning to the mound before season’s end. Tyler Glasnow has started his rehab assignment and could return by month’s end. And, of course, they now have two two-time Cy Young Award winners after their deal for Tarik Skubal at the deadline. Skubal labored through five innings in his home debut Monday but kept the Dodgers close enough to storm back for the win. Snell, meanwhile, overpowered Kansas City’s lineup one day later. “We needed to win tonight, and we needed to win a series, and it started with him,” Roberts said. “So I thought from pitch one, you know, he exuded that, and we fed off of that.” Roberts’ goal was to get Snell through five innings, but Snell was thinking bigger. While texting back and forth with Roberts before the start, he assuredly told his manager he could go six. And then he did. The optimism before Snell’s outing was justified. He struck out the side in the first inning, maintained velocity throughout the night, walked just one and surrendered soft contact when the Royals did manage to put the bat on the ball. With the game still tied after five innings, no one was getting warm. Amid the team’s slump, Roberts demanded more urgency, both from his club and himself. Tuesday night provided the latest example of it. Roberts knew Snell was his best option to return for the sixth, even if pushing him beyond 80 pitches wasn’t part of the plan. The left-hander made quick work of his final frame, needing just 13 pitches that inning and 84 pitches in total to navigate through six. The Dodgers’ offense then responded in the late innings again, making up for more shaky bullpen play. It was another instance of the urgency that had been lacking. “The last two nights,” Roberts said, “is what we’re looking for.” Snell was calmer than he thought he would be in his first start back at Dodger Stadium since May 9, when he labored through three innings on 77 pitches against the Braves. Soon after that start, he underwent surgery to remove loose bodies from his sore elbow. The procedure seemed to do more than simply address that compromised body part. Snell believes the bone chips in his elbow were also contributing to pain in his shoulder, which had caused him problems most of last year, and pressing on a nerve. For the last couple of years, the ring finger and pinky finger on his throwing hand had felt numb. “They took [the loose bodies] out, and I could feel my hand completely,” Snell told me. “My shoulder pain went completely away.” Shortly after the procedure, he started to regain his range of motion and the extension in his arm that had been lacking. That led to more swing and miss at the top of the zone with his fastball and the ability to consistently finish his curveball and tunnel it in a way he couldn’t before the surgery. On Tuesday, after laughing off a poor rehab appearance in Salt Lake City — during which the elevation wreaked havoc on his secondary offerings — Snell bounced back by getting 15 swings and misses from Kansas City hitters. The Royals swung eight times at his curveball and whiffed on five of them while watching another five breaking balls go by for strikes. “That’s me having the range to move the ball how I want,” Snell told me. “I just haven’t had it in a couple years. Everyone’s like, ‘Oh the changeup.’ I’m like, ‘If the curveball’s on….” Snell believes that pitch in particular could be much more of a difference-maker this season. “The curveball’s finally coming back to how I remember it being,” he said. “It was always a pitch that was a wipeout. I could throw it, but now I’m finally releasing it where I need to release it, and I’m kind of releasing everything in the same slot out in front.” The performance served as a reminder of his dominance when he’s right. “I think the biggest thing was just being aggressive,” Snell said. “Be in the zone, attack. I know how good my stuff is, so I don’t want to just be nibbling and then complaining like, ‘Oh, that’s a strike.’ I didn’t want to do any of that again like I did versus Atlanta.” “That’s the Snell that we’re used to seeing,” added Max Muncy, who walked the Dodgers off with a win Tuesday night, “and hopefully we have him for the next two, three months, for the long run.” It’s the version Snell is expecting to see from himself, as well, no longer concerned about his health or pitching through pain, the way he did through much of last season while still displaying flashes of brilliance. “I can just pitch and focus on pitching,” Snell said. “That’s pretty cool.”Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
Karoline Leavitt is saying goodbye to the White House.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his press secretary will leave her position at the end of August, bringing an abrupt end to Leavitt’s tenure as one of the most visible members of his administration.
Trump shared the news on social media, praising Leavitt as one of his “most trusted aides” and making clear that her departure will not be the end of her political career.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers remarks during a news briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
According to the President, Leavitt is stepping down so she can spend more time with her family.
The 28-year-old recently returned to work following maternity leave after giving birth to her second child, a daughter, in May. She and husband Nicholas Riccio, 60, also share a two-year-old son.
Leavitt’s departure is one of many recent personnel shakeups in the Trump administration.
And in May, Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation as U.S. Director of National Intelligence, also citing a desire to spend more time with family.
Leavitt addressed her decision in a statement of her own, describing it as a “bittersweet” choice.
“The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary,” she said.
“And that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life.”
Leavitt has served as Trump’s press secretary since he returned to the White House in January 2025.
She previously worked as a press aide during his first administration and later became a prominent member of his 2024 campaign.
She made history as the youngest person ever to serve as White House press secretary.
Her departure comes at a particularly important time for the Trump administration, with the 2026 midterm elections approaching.
Still, Trump indicated that Leavitt won’t be disappearing from the political scene.
He said she will remain one of his top outside advisers and continue to be an “influential voice” within the Republican Party as the administration works toward the midterms.
For now, however, Leavitt appears ready to trade the White House briefing room for more time with her family.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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Megan Moroney surprised fans at her Cloud 9 Tour stop in Arizona this week when Kameron Marlowe made an unexpected appearance onstage for a special performance of their collaboration, “Fix You Too.”
The country sensation set the moment up by reflecting on the song’s history before inviting him to join her onstage at the Desert Diamond Arena. She told the packed room of fans that when she first wrote “Fix You Too” with Becca Rae Greene and Adam Wheeler for her debut EP, Pistol Made of Roses, they had penned several different versions.
When it came time to select tracks for the deluxe version of her 2023 record Lucky, she opted to bring that song to life in a new way with the addition of Marlowe’s vocals and perspective.
Kameron Marlowe, Megan Moroney; Photo Courtesy of TikTok
As Marlowe made his way to the stage, Moroney went on to express her longtime admiration for his voice.
“I’m sure y’all are already very familiar with him but I’ve said for the past however many years he has one of the best voices in Nashville and as most of you know this song came out on my debut EP but when we wrote it we wrote like several versions,” she stated. “The only voice I heard on it was Kameron’s and he was nice enough to sing it.”
She explained how rare it is for artists to find themselves in the same place at the same time, so when she heard Marlowe was nearby, she told him he had to make a surprise appearance to deliver the track.
Moroney kicked off the performance by taking the first verse while dressed in a sparkling pink ballgown and playing a matching guitar that reflected off the stage lights. Marlowe then joined her for the chorus with the two voices blending beautifully on the emotional track that centers around two people who are clearly drawn to each other but recognize that neither of them is quite ready to take on the responsibilities of a relationship.
Using the idea of a “fixer-upper” as a metaphor, the pair of artists come compare their emotional baggage and personal struggles to things around a house that need repairing, noting how they have enough on their hands and can’t handle having to fix each other too. So, they take the mature route and realize they need to go their separate ways for the time being.
They sing, “Maybe we could be somethin’, somewhere down the road/ And I know that a younger me couldn’t sit here now and tell those green eyes no/ But you’re a fixer-upper if there ever was/ And I need some work mysеlf to tell you the truth/ I don’t wanna have to fix you too.”
The crowd erupted when Marlowe took over the second verse, giving fans a chance to hear the powerhouse vocalist bring his own talent to the song. After the performance, Moroney encouraged the crowd to show Marlowe some love before she swapped out guitars and continued on with the show.
“Please make some noise for Kameron Marlowe,” she stated, causing another roar of cheers to erupt in the venue.
The memorable crowd-pleasing moment took place during Megan Moroney’s first-ever arena run. The Cloud 9 Continues this week with a sold-out show in Dallas, TX on August 14, followed by performances in Oklahoma and Missouri to cap off the weelend.
Tucker Wetmore celebrated his third consecutive chart-topping single, “Brunette,” on Tuesday afternoon in Nashville, surrounded by the songwriters behind the hit.
Written by Chase McGill, Josh Miller, Blake Pendergrass and Chris LaCorte, who also produced the track, “Brunette” marks Wetmore’s third No. 1 at country radio, following “Wind Up Missin’ You” and “3,2,1.” LaCorte was unable to make it back to Nashville for the celebration due to travel issues, but he was there in spirit.
Ahead of the No. 1 celebration at BMI’s Nashville office, Wetmore opened up about his first reaction to “Brunette,” while the songwriters reflected on the track’s creation and how it ultimately made its way to Wetmore.
Photo Back Row L-R: MCA’s Damon Moberly, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, UMPG’s Missy Roberts, Hang Your Hat’s Jake Gear, Studio Bank’s Kari Barnhart, Back Blocks Music’s Rakiyah Marshall, Concord’s Matt Turner; Front Row L-R: Chase McGill (BMI), Josh Miller (BMI), Tucker Wetmore (BMI), Blake Pendergrass (BMI); Photo Credit Katie Mathis for BMI
“I love this song because it was weird, honestly. It was different. I’ve never heard anything like it. And right off the bat, I was like immediately I have to have this,” Wetmore shared.
“And I mean, I relate to it in a sense of the hair color thing,” he added with a laugh, “but I’ll let them talk about the creation process and where their minds were.”
McGill, Miller and Pendergrass explained that “Brunette” was born out of their desire to break the rules and experiment with something they hadn’t tried before. They challenged themselves to see if they could create a hit around a 220 BPM bluegrass-inspired sound, cycling through dozens of ideas before returning to the “Brunette” title. The song began to take shape when McGill played the distinctive riff that became a defining element of the track.
From there, the writers said the song came together quickly, becoming the fastest song they had ever written. While they had no idea what would ultimately happen with the song when they wrote it, they were thrilled to see it land with Wetmore.
As members of their teams, publishers, Wetmore’s record label, friends and family gathered inside for the official celebration and No.1 presentation, Wemore reflected on his journey in Nashville and thanked everyone for being with him on this ride.
“Music is a weird thing. It’s a crazy thing. It’s a beautiful thing,” he stated. “I think there should be no rules behind what we are able to create or what we think is good when we’re alone in our truck or what we get excited to share with our buddies. There should be no parameters on music. And I think this song is a huge testament of that exactly.”
Tucker Wetmore; Photo by Chase Foster
Addressing the songwriters, Wetmore continued, “Y’all are so good. Some of the best in Nashville. I moved here in 2020. I didn’t know anybody. I didn’t know anything. And the fact that I’m sitting on the stage with this amount of talent… it’s just a blessing. You guys, not only are just good songwriters, great songwriters, but you guys are better humans…Thank you for trusting me with this song.”
Wetmore is in the midst of his Brunette World Tour and will return to the road on Aug. 13.
In the days leading up to Alaska’s primary election, two super PACs have poured nearly $2 million into the U.S. Senate race.
The twist: Alaska’s unusual election format is likely to negate the spending campaigns’ efforts to tear support away from the front-runners.
With Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola comfortably leading in both fundraising and polls ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, outside groups are directing much of their cash toward secondary candidates in an apparent attempt to manipulate Alaska’s top-four ranked-choice system before the general election in November.
“People are kind of trying to pull the wool over their eyes,” said Deb Otis, the senior director of research and policy at FairVote, a nonprofit that advocates for ranked-choice voting and proportional representation.
Outside groups have become “pretty sophisticated” in the level of “gamesmanship” they deploy, she said. While those tactics often work in states with conventional election formats, Alaska’s system is built differently and may be harder to exploit.
“In most elections around the country, it really is effective,” Otis told OpenSecrets. “If you can prop up a lesser known candidate, they really can take away votes and deny the election to a front-runner. But with ranked-choice voting, when voters get a backup choice, the possibility to alter the outcomes is much narrower, so I think they’ll be disappointed with the impact here.”
All of the spending by the two super PACs took place in July and August, after the Federal Election Commission’s pre-primary reporting cutoff. And because Alaska’s anti-dark-money law doesn’t apply to federal races, voters won’t learn the original sources of most of that money until well after ballots are cast – if ever.
Fair Deal Alaska formed July 28 and within days began spending, dumping more than $768,000 into the race through Aug. 8. Most was spent in support of two frequent candidates from out of state: the Green Party’s Richard Grayson – who told OpenSecrets that running for public office is merely a “hobby” – and Democrat Carol Hafner.
Another super PAC, Right For Alaska, poured $1.2 million into the race between July 30 and Aug. 7, with much of it backing two other minor candidates.
“I think it’s a waste of money,” said Grayson, the beneficiary of more than $300,000 in outside spending by Fair Deal Alaska. Citing rules that prevent super PACs and candidates from coordinating, he added, “I can’t call them and tell them to stop it.”
In a clear sign of their broader strategic motives, Fair Deal Alaska also spent nearly $152,000 on negative ads opposing Peltola while Right For Alaska spent nearly $574,000 to oppose Sullivan. The race, which Democrats view as central to their aim of claiming control of the Senate, is rated as a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.
“I wonder if these tactics are just being carried over from organizations that have worked in other states, where this is a more well-established tactic,” Otis said.
None of the candidates supported by those super PACs reported any significant fundraising activity to the FEC. That leaves the money race dominated by the two heavyweights: Peltola raised $18.5 million and held $4.6 million in cash on hand, while Sullivan took in $11.7 million with a war chest of nearly $7.3 million, according to pre-primary filings through July 29.
How top-four voting complicates super PAC strategy
Alaska operates under a nonpartisan top-four system, placing all primary candidates on a single ballot regardless of party affiliation. The top four advance to the general election, which uses ranked-choice voting. In that system, voters rank candidates by preference. If no candidate earns an immediate majority, the lowest-performing candidate is eliminated and that person’s votes are redistributed to the voters’ next choice until a candidate clears the majority threshold.
The super PAC surge is intended to foster strategic vote-splitting. The more candidates on the ballot who appeal to the same ideological base, the greater the potential to dilute a front-runner’s support.
“The Republicans – I don’t guess, I know – they would like to see Sen. Sullivan on the ballot with Mary Peltola and two Democrats or two liberals,” Grayson said.
Such a maneuver typically doesn’t work as well in a ranked-choice system, Otis said.
“If one of these lesser-known candidates makes it into the top-four candidates and goes on to the general election, it looks like the hope here is that those lesser-known candidates will siphon votes away from one of the front-runners,” she said.
But, Otis continued, voters who place an underdog No. 1 on their ballots tend to favor a more prominent candidate as a second or third choice.
“Even if you do get your candidate into the general election, and you get some substantial share of voters to vote for them, most of those voters will rank a front-runner as a backup choice,” she added. “You’re not taking votes away in the same way that gamers can do in other states.”
Late spending keeps donors hidden
That hasn’t stopped the super PACs from pouring in big bucks in a relatively short period of time: During the 10-day window between July 30 and Aug. 8, Fair Deal Alaska and Right For Alaska combined to spend nearly $2 million.
Fair Deal Alaska began its spending spree two days after it formed as a quarterly filer with the Federal Election Commission. That timeline matters. Under FEC rules, quarterly filers must submit a pre-primary report covering spending through the 20th day before the primary that wasn’t included in the previous quarterly report.
For the Aug. 18 Alaska primary, the 20-day cutoff was July 29 – the day before the group’s first expenditure. While the super PAC must file 24-hour reports for its independent expenditures that aggregate $1,000 or more after that day, it will not have to identify its funders until well after the election.
And while state law requires disclosure of the “true source” of contributions greater than $2,000 within 24 hours, that requirement does not apply to federal races, which operate under FEC rules.
“It certainly is [timed] so they don’t have to release their donors ahead of the election,” Otis said.
Fair Deal Alaska is headquartered in a Wasilla office building that also houses a gun shop and two medical training facilities. A sign in a window visible on Google Street View advertises virtual office and mail services. OpenSecrets reached out to the super PAC’s treasurer and custodian of records, Sam Praytor, but did not immediately receive a response.
A bit more information exists about the money behind the other super PAC spending heavily on the race’s underdogs: Right For Alaska formed March 23 and is based in Hudson, Wisconsin. Its only disclosed contribution so far is a $100,000 donation on March 30 from William Harris, a retiree in Lexington, Mass. The address Harris listed in FEC records matches one used by the William H. Harris Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports higher education and medical research and disbursed $3.6 million in 2024, IRS filings show. OpenSecrets reached out to the super PAC’s treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, and to the email address listed in the foundation’s IRS filing for comment but did not immediately receive responses from either. Datwyler has served in a similar role for numerous other political entities, has been finedthousands of dollars for breaking FEC rules and was accused of being the “shadow treasurer” for the re-election bid for former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). FEC records also show a Thomas Datwyler of Hudson, Wisconsin, as a frequent donor to Republican-aligned groups.
Of Right For Alaska’s $1.2 million in spending through Aug. 7, nearly $574,000 went to oppose Sullivan with $410,000 backing Republican Gerald Heikes and nearly $219,000 to support Earl “Skip” Southworth of the Alaskan Party – the successor to the right-leaning Alaskan Independence Party. An Earl Southworth of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, donated to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in 2024 and to Democratic state Sen. Forrest Dunbar a decade earlier, FEC records show. OpenSecrets reached out to Heikes and Southworth but did not immediately receive responses from either.
Fair Deal Alaska started spending on July 30, pouring roughly $17,000 into mailers supporting Grayson and Hafner along with $34,000 into those opposing Peltola. Its largest expenditures came the next day: a $275,000 investment in media placement and production that consisted of $137,500 to back both Grayson and Hafner. In a statement to OpenSecrets, Hafner said she was “totally unaware” of any super PAC interest in her candidacy prior to the spending, adding that she has no involvement in its messaging, which she hypothesized was taken from her website without her knowledge.
Grayson said he has fielded calls from residents blaming him for mailers sent by Fair Deal Alaska, with one leaving a voicemail demanding removal from his mailing list “because my postcard has lies in it.”
He also shared a video ad to YouTube produced by the group that includes an image of him with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) alongside text saying he “will stand with Bernie and AOC” followed by an image of a red X covering President Donald Trump’s face. He characterized it as a “bizarre AI video ad” from a “mysterious” super PAC.
“There’s no false claims in it,” Grayson said. “The ad was not false advertising. I guess it’s the kind of advertising I would put if I were a serious candidate and had money.”
This article was originally published by OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. View the original article.
