The Weekly Top 3 (6.8.2026)

Why running the risk of getting stuck in Phase 1 of #AKLNG should be unacceptable, what the limited bidding on ANWR tells us & why the #AKGov candidates seem oblivious to the economics of many #AKfams

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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of June 8, 2026.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. I join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:10–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the potential of ending up stuck in Phase 1 of the #AKLNG project poses an unacceptable risk to Alaskans (2:11), 2) we discuss what the lack of interest in the ANWR lease sale last week tells us about the North Slope oil situation (22:02), and 3) we explain why we think most, if not all, of the candidates for Governor seem oblivious to the signals Alaska consumers are sending about their economic situation (38:47).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those who prefer the audio version, it is available on our *Spotify and [Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/brad-keithley/sets/weekly-top-3) pages. And for those interested, a rough draft of the transcript of each show from July 23, 2024, forward is available through our [Buzzsprout](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1946589/) *page.

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