A roundup of the latest from the Nevada Current,
presented with perspective and opinion.
By Hugh Jackson | Editor
American grotesquerie. Steve Witcoff, the real estate developer Trump picked to be Jared Kushner’s sidekick as the grifting duo enrich themselves while inflicting incalculable damage not only to the finances of working households in the U.S. and the world over but also to global order and stability, met with slaughtering thug, monstrous international criminal, and Trump hero and role model Vladimir Putin yesterday, and said the following:
“You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.”
As Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo might say (although not in this instance of course because mustn’t displease Master Trump), “C’mon man.”
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11. Out of 8.5 million votes cast over the last several campaign cycles. This is the scary monster under the bed that Trump and Republicans keep nattering on and snarling about. This is the terrible problem that makes Lombardo want to end universal mail ballots. This is the existential threat to democracy on which the voter ID requirement is smugly sold — in the name of “common sense,” paradoxically. Get some perspective, people. And some more productive priorities. Grow up. Ferchrissake. Michael Lyle reports: NV voter fraud is shockingly rare, bears scant resemblance to Trump’s portrayal, analysis shows
Nevada’s unfairly upside-down tax structure. Dots are keenly connected in this commentary by Shelbie Swartz with Battle Born Progress: How Nevada working families get stuck with the tab when politicians pledge ‘no new taxes’
And Mesquite is sooo grateful! “Utah has said no to gambling since statehood in 1896, and that didn’t change when betting moved onto cellphones,” said Utah’s attorney general. "Kalshi bet today that Utah would not enforce its gambling laws...Kalshi has now lost their bet.” Fun story via the Utah News Dispatch: Utah sues Kalshi for ‘brazen pattern’ of violating state’s gambling ban
But hey at least it’s the Gulf of America now. More than a third of home builders said immigration enforcement activity caused construction delays and discouraged legal workers from reporting for work, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Via Stateline: New home completions are stuck at 2020 levels
Good Luck
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