Jon Ralston

@RalstonReports

Editor, The Nevada Independent. Your State. Your News. Your Voice. ralston@thenvindy.com

Las Vegas, NV
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Joined April 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Nov 2016

    Thanks for the good wishes on The Nevada Independent. Many are asking how to donate to the new nonprofit. Info here:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    I won!

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Lovely.

    On air now meeting the 'Trump of Pahrump' brothel baron Dennis Hof. He told me he sees his sex workers as successful businesswomen but also compared them to pizza. "Why pay for the whole thing when you can just have a slice?"
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    3 hours ago

    . also said in light of news that Oakland may sue , he's had conversations with team about moving team to Vegas sooner than expected (including one yesterday). IDed 2 facilities for potential interim sites, including Las Vegas Speedway

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    3 hours ago

    . says he doesn't share view of that people in prison should be able to vote. Reason: because they haven't finished serving their time

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    3 hours ago

    . says in press gaggle after Holder event that it's "premature" to look at an attempt to repeal Nevada's status as a right-to-work state

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  7. 3 hours ago

    Vegas bookies on who wrote the op-ed: Sessions 5/2 Pence 7/2 Kelly 9/2 Coats 5/1 Mattis 6/1 Haley 10/1 McGahn 15/1 Javanka 20/1 Conway 20/1 Donald Trump 25/1
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  8. 3 hours ago

    When I first really discovered movies, Burt Reynolds was a huge star. "Deliverance," The Longest Yard," even the dumb Gator and Smokey movies. And he gave an excellent performance in "Boogie Nights." Still can see that smirk. RIP.

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  9. 4 hours ago

    The Vegas teachers union makes a TV buy in the gov's race, hyping and pounding .

    "Clark County teachers' union beefs up support for Sisolak with six-figure ad buy," via
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  10. 5 hours ago

    This is an obvious attempt by to continue to raise questions about Ford's fitness to be AG. But there is not much here yet except an anonymous source and a lawsuit. Body cam footage (irony because that is Ford's law) might reveal whether this is serious or nothing.

    New: "Republican AG group files lawsuit seeking police footage of interaction with Democratic candidate Aaron Ford and his child," via .
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  11. 7 hours ago

    No way would a president be that petty. This is an outrageous suggestion.

    Replying to @RalstonReports
    You guys voted for the losing presidential nominee — and the winner was Trump. Say hello to all of that nuclear waste.
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  12. 7 hours ago

    Heller to POTUS: Thank you, sir. May I have another?

    . and push back on a Dept. of Energy proposal to store weapons-grade plutonium at the Nevada National Security Site after a construction delay at a SC storage facility:
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    10 hours ago

    AFSCME is up with a new site/social media campaign attacking in race

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  14. 10 hours ago

    Check out this in-depth interview of Chancellor by . Lots of good stuff here, including something I did not know and not sure I have ever seen: An elected body has the option to dock a top appointee's salary. (Narrator: Ain't gonna happen.)

    . will be up for a high-stakes evaluation tomorrow that could come with a bonus or a pay cut. sat down with chancellor to discuss Year 1, tuition hikes & what's being done to improve in a state that's one of the lowest in higher education attainment
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  15. 12 hours ago

    High horse alert: “The sports leagues have called for so-called integrity fees to be added to each bet to help cover the cost of policing games to keep them fair, with the fees flowing to the sports leagues, though critics see this as a way for the leagues to directly benefit...”

    NFL could reap $2.3 billion a year from legal sports gambling, AGA study says reports:
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  16. 12 hours ago

    If you really want to understand what happened in the primary with those ballot glitches and what’s being done for November, you should listen.

    PODCAST - IndyMatters Episode 66: Securing the vote Editor and Managing Editor talk to Wayne Thorley, the man who oversees the election section of the secretary of state’s office.
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    13 hours ago

    One year since rescission of DACA, DREAMers, Democrats mark ‘discouraging anniversary’ and report:

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    13 hours ago

    . is going up on television with her first ad ahead of the general election highlighting her background as an education advocate.

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  19. 14 hours ago

    Wakes up. Sees Kim Jong Un has vouched for Trump. Realizes everything will be OK. (Checks Amalfi Coast listings again.)

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  20. Sep 5

    A joint appearance today in a key House district between two former congressmen vying for their old seat.

    Hardy: Pre-existing conditions protections 'probably the one thing I really like' about Obamacare reports:
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  21. Sep 5

    "If the price of defending democracy and rule of law is to destroy both, the price is too high."

    Many good points via : (Am I the only one who is having a hard time making up my mind about all this?)
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