DHS says it's too good for lowly NV legislators

It is what it "is." For a while there much of your global media had taken to referring to the Iran war in the past tense. For example, the war "was" started by Trump and Netanyahu, or the war "was" an ill-conceived world-historical blunder, or the war "was" an inflationary event causing prices to spiral and threatening to harm the economy well into the future. Someday “was” will be appropriate. But not yet.

IN NEVADA CURRENT

No-show scofflaws. State lawmakers had hoped to ask DHS officials about deportation and detention operations in Nevada, including thumbing its collective departmental nose at federal court rulings. “It is extremely alarming that orders are being given by a judge, and that a federal agency doesn’t feel the need to abide by them,” said state Sen. Edgar Flores. Michael Lyle reports: DHS stiffing NV legislators’ questions about what judge ruled ‘open defiance,’ state senator says

And remember, there's no way these counts get everybody — they're always undercounts. Leilah Ortega reports: Point-in-Time count found 12% jump in homelessness in Southern Nevada since 2024

It's a desert out there, as the ad says. But even in those slivers of the state that aren't desert (yes, there are some!), 'tis also dry as a bone. Jeniffer Solis reports: Drought persists across Nevada in July

Platner plops. But a critical mass of Maine voters still clearly hope to transcend the status quo. And Susan Collins is still Susan Collins. Via Maine Morning Star: Maine Democrats will choose Platner’s replacement through a state convention

Good Luck