Who vetoes Menopause Awareness Month?

Three days! Iran will be forced to surrender control of Hormuz because it doesn't have any place to put the oil it produces. “Something happens where it just explodes...  They say they have only three days left before that happens. When it explodes, you can never rebuild it the way it was,” Trump explained.

Twenty-two days ago.

Meanwhile, in perhaps a more credible projection regarding the petroleum industry, the International Energy Agency warned last week that "supply and demand estimates imply that the market will remain severely undersupplied through the end of 3Q26, even assuming the conflict ends by early June."

Oil inventories will continue to dwindle.

Fuel prices will continue to rise.

"In the face of localized shortages, governments and companies are working to mitigate oil use to contain the crisis, by implementing demand saving measures, price controls, and rationing to four-day work weeks," the IEA says.

In the U.S., such measures haven't been taken. Yet.

The impact on the non-rich is far more troubling than the impact on the rich. And according to one school of thought, the rich are pretty much what the Las Vegas tourism market is all about these days, middle class riff-raff being so, oh, 1997. So let’s all just whistle in the dark I guess.

IN NEVADA CURRENT

Not everyone's attitude is shifting. Lawmakers and advocates alike note the topic of menopause used to be taboo, but there has been a generational shift in recent years that has led to more legislation in statehouses around the country, providing more access to treatments and preventive care as well as more educational opportunities for healthcare providers. In Nevada last year, state legislators passed a law declaring  October "Menopause Awareness Month." And in yet perhaps another example of the brand his campaign has worked so hard to build, i.e., "getting s**t done," Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed it. Via stateline: Shifting attitudes on menopause drive lawmakers to push for new protections

Tales from the Crypto. A poll last week found that cryptocurrency is literally the last thing on the minds of U.S. voters. Evidently no one told Congress. I mixed, matched, and fleshed out some bits from recent newsletters about congressional Nevadans' adventures in crypto legislating, and rustled up a column: While people struggle to get by, Congress works to coddle crypto

Supreme chaos. Nearly 20 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion saying the court should generally refrain from making big changes to election law too close to an election because duh. But of course that was before everybody knew how totally awesome Trump is. Jonathan Shoreman reports: US Supreme Court’s uneven rulings in election lead-up causing chaos, experts say

Nevada isn't one of them, because Nevada thinks it's some Dakota or whatever so its legislature only meets every other year. But this year in other states, lawmakers are cracking down on surveillance pricing, the practice of hoovering up people's personal information and using it to determine how much they should pay. Via CalMatters: Why surveillance pricing bans are suddenly gaining traction this year

Good luck