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The only site in the U.S. where lithium is currently extracted and produced is in Nevada, but a booming electric vehicle industry has increased interest in boosting domestic production.

Read more about it in this Fact Brief: thenevadaindependent.com/article/is-n...

Amazing!

Great story. It’s hard to fathom how some people can be so cruel to animals! On the other hand, I think prison time is extreme punishment.
It would be better to sentence him to community service with a rescue shelter.

How different will Nevada’s elections look in 2026? - The Nevada Independent In the final days of the legislative session, it looked like major changes could be coming to state elections. But Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed many election bills, meaning voters, candidates and elected…

Vetoes from Gov. Joe Lombardo helped avoid massive changes to Nevada’s election system, but several tweaks passed by state lawmakers will affect the 2026 midterms.

thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...

Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost t...

Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care

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I really needed this feed! Enjoy.

Good question! I use CNN for TV only: to see video (when they have it anymore) and to watch Fareed Zakaria on Sundays. For great coverage, I use PBS online, on air, and on the app. Plus, I give them $5 every month and I can watch anything, anytime!

Still unable to stop laughing after the David Sachs quote, “We wanted to create something new, hipper, and Trump-aligned.” Wonderful stuff from @eosnos.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this!

Enjoy Nature while we stay have some.

That’s why it’s a classic.

Trump admin freezes $29M in unspent COVID aid to Nevada schools - The Nevada Independent Trump admin freezes $29M in unspent COVID aid to Nevada schools. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Trump admin freezes $29M in unspent COVID aid to Nevada schools thenevadaindependent.com/article/trum...

Laura Ingraham tells laid-off federal employees to get ‘real jobs’ Fox News dismissed federal employees’s concerns about being fired, saying they need to find ‘real jobs’ in ‘the real world’

The White House has declared war on veterans, war on disabled people, war on older people who’ve paid taxes for decades, and now war on federal workers. And Fox is here to help gaslight that war-the network that paid $787.5 million for reporting 2020 election disinformation. #shutdownFox

'He Wants It All': Musk-Linked Group Pours Money Into Wisconsin Supreme Court Race | Common Dreams "Musk's attempt to buy Wisconsin's Supreme Court is a red alert that his attack on democracy isn't limited to gutting the federal government," said Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler.

The money in politics is one of our greatest dangers.
www.commondreams.org/news/wiscons...

Lombardo talks Trump, immigration and school choice during IndyTalks interview - The Nevada Independent In a wide-ranging more than 90-minute interview with Nevada Independent CEO Jon Ralston on Tuesday, the Republican governor was largely defensive of Trump, while saying he supported deploying the…

Gov. Joe Lombardo discussed Trump’s effects on the state, stricter immigration reforms and his conviction to school choice in a wide-ranging interview with Indy CEO Jon Ralston.

Read about some of the highlights here:

Federal funds for Nevada solar, home energy efficiency upgrades in limbo - The Nevada Independent State agencies and groups have diligently applied for their share of various federal pots for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals, from electric school buses to solar…

In this week’s D.C. Download: Federal funds for Nevada solar, home energy efficiency upgrades in limbo

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US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

NEW: USAID source says staff are scrambling to save archived copies of US regulations before they're gone & are being actively locked out of systems, including a publicly available database of USAID documents.

WIRED has built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains.

Elon Musk is unelected and unauthorized to do what he’s doing.. Eventually, every American will feel the adverse effects of his actions to try to break the nation.

Fantastic! Of course, the Cairngorms are incredible at any hour.

Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article) Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.

VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!

I don’t buy books on Amazon, and I hope you don’t either.
Support local bookstores by purchasing through Bookshop.org (or get books & ebooks FREE from Libby through your local library.

Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82 Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.

Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.

With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Happy #Caturday

Good! Let heads explode. 😂

Our increasingly anti-social society. Make public transit better!

Follow live updates from the wildfire in Great Barrington here Berkshire Eagle reporters and photographers are on the scene of the wildfire in Great Barrington sending updates from the scene as this story develops.

Forest fires in the Berkshires in November, brought to you courtesy of climate change: www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/l...

Hello Mr Osnos! Your book “Wildland” helped me understand this election.

The Elites (with Evan Osnos) Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · 07/24/2024 · 42m

Our discussion with @eosnos.bsky.social

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