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New: A Clark County judge has denied an anti-SLAPP motion filed by the executive director of the , Alida Benson, in the defamation case brought by 3 Republicans who endorsed AG ahead of the 2022 election. More soon
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A bill that would increase pay for state workers, including state police, has been in legislative limbo for more than a month.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro says it's because Gov. Lombardo's staff has indicated they are unable to implement it.
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This is quite the Rosen scenario.
(I'll be here all week.)
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I actually think Cruz probably starts out as the 4th-most vulnerable Senator, after Manchin, Tester, and Brown. I could be convinced he's the 3rd. A slight underdog in my mind.
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Here's a direct example of national media picking up a story because of local reporting. Please remember to fund your local news sources or support in whatever way you can, especially during a time of layoffs and budget cuts.
Original story here:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/qa-tre
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NEW NEVADA POLL:
--Putting abortion rights in the Constitution: 62%
--Legalize lottery: 71%
-- Raising the minimum age to purchase a shotgun or long gun to 21: 68%
--Cap drug prices in the state for all Nevadans at the price Medicare negotiates: 71%
has details.
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A new @TheNVIndy/@NoblePredictive poll shows most Nevada voters support big-ticket items before state lawmakers, including a state lottery, drug price caps, codifying abortion access in the state constitution and expanding gun control. @tabitha_mueller: thenevadaindependent.com/article/poll-m
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1866, a year and a half after Nevada became a state, Congress transferred most of what is now Clark County from the Territory of Arizona
Days 'til special session: 32
Days 'til NV primary: 277
Days 'til 2024 election: 550
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AND: "We have been pushing for answers,” Baier responded. “I have pressed them to slow. And I think they will slow walk Nevada. The votes don’t come in until tomorrow.”"
I knew NV would come up in the FOX texts eventually?
Why?
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EXCLUSIVE: Previously unreported text messages show Tucker Carlson dropping the misogynist “c-word” again, and elsewhere scheming with newsman Bret Baier on how to win MAGA viewers back. trib.al/MFOQAHf
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Field note on $RRR land and the stadium site:
Red Rock execs say the ballpark would “increase the value” of the rest of the site.
However, the company is under a confidentiality agreement.
thenevadaindependent.com/field-notes
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A Washoe County court is requiring the private investigator who put a GPS tracker on Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve’s car to name his client.
Bert Johnson reports as part of our collaboration with :
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Wow. This is huge news, and I bet someone in Reno is very nervous right now.
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BREAKING: A judge has ordered a private investigator to turn over documents that would identify the person who paid him to track Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and Vaughn Hartung. mynews4.com/newsletter-dai
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1988, explosions rocked the Pacific Engineering plant in Henderson killing two people, injuring 370. The largest was 3.5 on Richter scale.
Days 'til special session: 33
Days 'til NV primary: 278
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New: Facing an unspecified “directed security threat,” Nevada officials have taken down the public-facing website for the state’s online timekeeping and payroll system.
@tabitha_mueller, @rileysnyder report:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/state-
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Excellent state of play on school choice, via , .
Dem speaker suggests they have already compromised while gov will call any expansion of Opportunity Scholarships as school choice victory, even though far from universal.
Bargaining chip for endgame.
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A proposed increase to the "Opportunity Scholarship" program backed by state Republicans would be Nevada's largest school choice expansion since 2017.
But Democrats have shown little appetite to move the proposal forward. @jacobsolisnv, @tabitha_mueller: thenevadaindependent.com/article/propos
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And just yesterday Gosar shared a stage (via video) with Nevada GOP Senate candidate Jim Marchant, who, like Gosar, is handled by bottom-feeding, election-denying consultant Rory McShane.
The ties that bind...
They are not sending their best.
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After condemning Nazism, Rep. Paul Gosar to share stage with members of Austrian party founded by Nazis.
The CPAC Hungary confab is featuring many with antisemitic and white nationalist ties forward.com/fast-forward/5
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here’s the ad Climate Power / LCV are running against Amodei on this point
youtube.com/watch?v=CGKhvD
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good analysis from @RonBrownstein on House Rs with lots of IRA-spurred clean energy in their districts voting to repeal the credits
Amodei (the rare R OK w/ electrification) said the rate Biden is pushing it "borders on suicidal"
bit.ly/3ANji3t
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good analysis from on House Rs with lots of IRA-spurred clean energy in their districts voting to repeal the credits
Amodei (the rare R OK w/ electrification) said the rate Biden is pushing it "borders on suicidal"
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Possibilities for A's deal to get public money:
1. Nothing passes.
2. Something is jammed through at the end.
3. Special session.
For those unfamiliar, regular session must end by June 5.
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NEW: Assembly speaker @SteveYeagerNV puts the clock on the A's deal, says they are running out of time to get deal through before session ends.
“If something was going to happen, it really should have been in place last week,” Yeager said.
Great team reporting. twitter.com/TheNVIndy/stat…
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NEW: Assembly speaker puts the clock on the A's deal, says they are running out of time to get deal through before session ends.
“If something was going to happen, it really should have been in place last week,” Yeager said.
Great team reporting.
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Nevada's Assembly speaker says the Oakland A's have not presented "concrete" language requesting $500 million in public money to help construct a stadium in Las Vegas, and if a proposed bill doesn't materialize soon the Legislature could "run out of time." thenevadaindependent.com/article/assemb
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1999, Sheldon Adelson opened the $1.5B Venetian on site of the iconic Sands Hotel. Actress Sophia Loren christened one of the gondolas.
Days 'til special session: 34
Days 'til NV primary: 279
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2012: “They’re hiring, but it’s not like big-time jobs. You’re getting small jobs, menial labor, a lot of illegal immigrants. We saw a lot of illegal immigrants on the street passing out strip club cards, people doing menial labor.”
m.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/
Plus ca change…
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Jesse Watters: "Now, I saw on the way in to work an illegal immigration family digging through the trash looking for recyclables."
Jessica Tarlov: "How did you know they were illegal?"
Watters: "You can tell."
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Marchant keeps referring to "Silicone Valley," which seems appropriate for a Vegas candidate, amirite?
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Sorry every other state,(yes, including Florida):
Nevada politics>any other state's politics
#WeMatter
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"Marchant suggested in a 2022 debate that Nevadans’ votes have not counted for years, and alleged in a January interview with The Guardian that a global 'cabal' has been manipulating voting machines for years."
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Jim Marchant, a former Republican state assemblyman and one of the state’s most prominent election deniers, is planning to run for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024. thenevadaindependent.com/article/former
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Dick Morris looking strong, running Marchant's campaign.
"Some mornings I get inspiration, sometimes I think it's from God."
Is this the real life, is this a fantasy?
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On the ground at a MAGA rally inside “Bible-teaching” Fervent Church where “Jim Marchant U.S. Senate Nevada" signs are up as he awaits his turn to speak:
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Ladies and gentlemen, your GOP Senate candidate.
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Here's the live presser -- Root is sputtering now about demonic attacks, communist takeover of US and defunding FOX News. (Also, Clark and Washoe GOP chairs are there.)
Nightmare for GOP.
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So 3 election deniers walk into a presser. Pictured:
Marchant
Wayne Allyn Root, ex-Review-Journal columnist who said Vegas massacre done by ISIS and Obama was foreign exchange student.
Rory McShane, a consultant who specializes in election deniers and losing general elections.
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Let’s be clear here:
1. Marchant is not an recruit, of course.
2. National GOP insiders prefer , who got crushed last cycle in the Senate primary by Adam Laxalt.
3. If Marchant is the nominee, and that would not surprise me, this race is over. Period.
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Republicans were already struggling to recruit top-tier candidates to run against Jacky Rosen. Marchant is one of the state’s biggest election deniers and lost a very close race for Secretary of State last year, when he ran on overhauling the election system. twitter.com/RalstonReports…
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ICYMI, Marchant the conspiracy kook with his campaign team.
They are not sending their best.
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This looks fascinating from one of the sharpest observers out there.
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Proud of my wife for not just choosing a new career but becoming an advocate for best practices and transparency.
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I deeply care about the poker industry and will continue to work on bringing more transparency in Nevada’s online space. It’s crucial to protect the integrity of the game and its growth. twitter.com/ericraskin/sta…
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On 5/2/08, Gov. Jim Gibbons filed for divorce, asking a court to eject Dawn from the mansion as he felt "locked in a phone booth with an enraged ferret."
Days 'til special session: 35
Days 'til NV primary: 280
Days 'til 2024 election: 553
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NEW: Poll shows DeSantis much stronger in NV than Trump, who already is 0 for 2 here.
Yes, it's early, but...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/biden-
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If you build it, they will spend it.
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Nevada lawmakers will have $251 million more than previously projected to build into the state budget.
On top of the extra revenue, the state will enter the upcoming fiscal year with about $2 billion in surplus. @s_golonka reports: thenevadaindependent.com/article/econom
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I may have lit the fuse, but Ramona and Josh have fired up the Spotlight and made it into a leader in nonprofit journalism.
So wonderful to see them.
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Tonight @joshbarousse and I met so many inspirational nonprofit news leaders at @JournalismProj’s AJPalooza conference in Cleveland. And I got to catch up with my mentor who inspired @SJSpotlight, @RalstonReports. Thank you AJP.
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