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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told. This is the package: - CR thru Jan 30 - A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill - Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Titus, Rosen blast Trump plan to resume nuclear weapons testing • Nevada Current Donald Trump Wednesday announced on his social media site that the “process will begin immediately” to resume testing of nuclear weapons. “Absolutely not. I’ll be introducing legislation to put a stop...

Along with calling for resuming work on Yucca Mountain, Project 2025 said the U.S. should “restore readiness to test nuclear weapons at the Nevada National Security Site."

It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.

It didn't take a Reichstag Fire to shut down Congress - the cornerstone of the Founders' plan for an American democracy. Just a useful idiot named Mike Johnson

My new column on a House disappearing act more about enabling dictatorship than about the Epstein File www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

OPINION by John L. Smith: Lombardo’s special-session quest for film tax credits is yet another installment of misplaced priorities and political cowardice. Far from the red carpet, though, working Nevadans continue to struggle.

Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

This is a hell of a contrast to news that BLM has canceled a solar project in Nevada that would have delivered 6.2 GW of power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

There is no budget "deal" to be made President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

New California law restricts HOA fines to $100 per violation, giving homeowners a break • Nevada Current This story was originally published by CalMatters. An ornate balcony or quirky garage door might be in reach for more Californians as homeowners associations across the state are being forced to gover...

Attorneys for homeowners and HOAs say it will get rid of extreme cases where board members impose unfair and egregious fines to retaliate against homeowners they dislike. Via @calmatters.org

Impressive how one political party can control the White House, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court, but not bear responsibility for whether the federal government functions. Neat trick.

Pope Leo: "Someone who says 'I'm against abortion', but is in favor of the death penalty, is not really pro-life. Someone who says 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States', I don't know if that's pro-life."

Exclusive: Nevada's acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows Nevada's top federal prosecutor has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, according to a government document seen by Reuters.

U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah in Nevada has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, @sarahnlynch.bsky.social reports. www.reuters.com/world/nevada...

We’re in an economic ‘golden age,’ Trump declares. He should come to Las Vegas. • Nevada Current “We are the hottest country anywhere in the world, and there is no other country even close,” because “America is blessed with the strongest economy,” Donald Trump told delegates to the United Nations...

We’re in an economic ‘golden age,’ Trump declares. He should come to Las Vegas. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/25/w...

The real story behind the slump in Las Vegas tourism Las Vegas is in a tourism slump. Hotel occupancy and air travel are down, and many local hospitality employees are experiencing layoffs or cuts in their hours. What's driving this downturn, and can Si...

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.

A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

one time elizabeth warren proposed making the ultra-wealthy pay 2 cents on every dollar of their net worth above $50 million and republicans ate their own faces

I hate these fuckers on the Supreme Court so much I'm almost consumed by it.

In fundraising pitch, NV GOP urges state to build its own ‘Alligator Alcatraz,' but coyote-themed • Nevada Current The Nevada Republican Party thinks the state should build its own high-security immigration detention center and name it “Coyote Compound.” The party sent a fundraising email Aug. 8 asking if Nevada s...

nevadacurrent.com/briefs/in-fu...

Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’

Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’

No kings. Only Prince.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

I loved these and I think the pretzelized pretzel crackers taste exactly like them!

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

Follow the Money: Trial lawyer group was the top donor to Nevada lawmakers in 2024 - The Nevada Independent Follow the Money: Trial lawyer group was the top donor to Nevada lawmakers in 2024. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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Has America Reached the End of the Road? Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.

The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...