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Following Jane Fonda and Maxine Waters, AOC to Stump For Biden-Harris in Las Vegas

June 17, 2024 12:19 pmJune 20, 2024 4:17 pm

Nevada Democrats have recently featured Hanoi Jane (Fonda) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) at events for the Biden-Harris campaign in Reno and Las Vegas. Today, it was announced that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), an outspoken critic of Israel, will stump for the campaign in Las Vegas on Thursday. The announcement...

SCOTUS Strikes Down Ban On ‘Bump Stocks’, Nevada Lawmakers React

June 14, 2024 5:55 pmJune 17, 2024 12:20 pm

Today, in a divided 6-3 decision (see below), the conservative justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Garland vs. Cargill, finding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “bump stock” ban was unconstitutional. The split decision reverses the 2018 ban that outlawed the...

Jacky Rosen Sails, Sam Brown Soars, Jeff Gunter Sours

June 13, 2024 7:36 pmJune 14, 2024 5:56 pm

Captain Sam Brown soared to victory in the Nevada primary to face Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen in the general election in November, securing former President Donald Trump’s endorsement two days before election day (which apparently isn’t sitting well with GOP primary challenger Dr. Jeff Gunter). Data pulled at noon today...

Trump to The Battle Born: ‘If We Win Nevada, We Win The Whole Thing’

June 10, 2024 5:57 pmJune 17, 2024 12:21 pm

On Sunday in 103 degree heat, former President Donald J. Trump brought some of his own heat to the presidential campaign trail during an off-teleprompter speech to thousands of his supporters at a rally in Las Vegas at Sunset Park. After his 2020 loss in the battleground state to President...

OPINION: In the Face of Rising Antisemitism, Rep. Mark Amodei Needs To Step Up

June 10, 2024 1:29 pmJune 10, 2024 1:29 pm

American Jews are experiencing the largest explosion in antisemitism since the Anti-Defamation League started reporting incidents in the 1970s. Now is the time to surge resources to secure Jewish schools, houses of worship, and non-profit institutions. It is precisely the wrong time to cut security funding for vulnerable communities. And...

Sam Brown Secures President Donald Trump’s Endorsement

June 10, 2024 11:16 amJune 10, 2024 5:57 pm

Although President Donald J. Trump refrained from endorsing a candidate in the Nevada GOP Primary for U.S. Senate during his rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, the former President announced his endorsement of Captain Sam Brown on Truth Social following the event. In his announcement, Trump mentions Brown’s military service...

Kash Patel: ‘The Two-Tier System of Justice is the Deep State’s Weapon of Choice’

June 8, 2024 12:30 pmNovember 20, 2024 10:59 am

Editor’s note: This is Part Two of our interview with Kash Patel, Senior Advisor of National Security and Defense for President Donald Trump. Part One can be found here. Which policy was the best deterrent under President Trump that Biden overturned? That’s a good question. I would say it’s a...