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Big Pharma and Billionaires Bet Early and Big on Governor Sisolak

October 27, 2021 10:08 amOctober 27, 2021 6:07 pm

The saying ‘Money makes the world go ’round’ is certainly true, especially in politics. With each party claiming to be the party of the middle class or working person, their small donations do add up to significant contributions, but it also true that significant contributions from the wealthy and well-connected...

Nevada Gadfly George Harris Swings At Adam Laxalt But Misses with Trump

October 26, 2021 2:37 pmOctober 27, 2021 6:08 pm

Groucho Marx once said, ‘Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.’ Gutter politics is, by most polling accounts, the wrong remedy. For Republicans in 2021, pissing off former President Donald Trump is also the wrong remedy. Yet, the...

Buckle Your Seatbelts, Harry Reid Airport is Ready For Takeoff

October 19, 2021 6:00 amOctober 19, 2021 7:06 am

McCarran Airport will soon be no more, due to a push by a small group of Democrats who accused the legendary Nevada Democrat for whom it is named of racism and xenophobia. Historically, Senator Pat McCarran’s political positions, when he served in the Nevada Legislature from 1933-1954, were that of...

Colin Powell, 1937-2021

October 18, 2021 6:15 amApril 3, 2022 8:16 am

I first met Colin Powell in 2003. I was working for Rudy Giuliani and we did a lot of writing together. Rudy was asked by President Bush to represent the United States at the first ever meeting convened in Europe to address the spiraling amount of antisemitism there in the wake...

Nevada Senator Dr. Carrie Buck Goes Rogue. Loses in Court. Again.

October 15, 2021 8:06 amOctober 15, 2021 10:50 am

Over the last few months, watching politics in Nevada has been like watching an unscripted reality TV show. The suspense, the drama, the name-calling, the-in fighting, the lawsuits, and even restraining orders have been flying around between two warring factions within the body of the Clark County GOP, formally known...

Catherine Cortez Masto rakes in Hollywood cash

October 12, 2021 6:30 amOctober 12, 2021 8:16 am

The polls are saying the expected 2022 US Senate matchup between incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt is too close to call. But there’s at least one area where Cortez Masto will likely dominate: money from Hollywood. According to FEC filings, 151 donations from zip code 90210...

Act Blue, Democratic Super PAC, Already Spending to Defeat Adam Laxalt

October 9, 2021 7:30 amApril 3, 2022 7:49 am

In American politics, nothing is real until money is spent. Candidates talk all the time about their “path to victory,” but until actual invoices are being paid with actual cash, it’s all bullshit. Just in case you weren’t convinced that the expected November US Senate clash between Catherine Cortez Masto...