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UPDATED, 6:40 PM: SEIU has corrected the ad, replaced it with the one below and a spokesman tells me:
"Former Rep. Steven Horsford is a champion for immigrant and working families. We are grateful for his years of service and support for hard-working people in Nevada and across our nation. The digital ad with his name and pictures was a mistake and was pulled down as soon as the error was discovered. The correct ad featuring the intended target, Rep. Cresent Hardy, ran starting at 10 a.m. ...
I acknowledge that I had low hopes for Monday morning’s Las Vegas Metro Chamber/Las Vegas Review-Journal forum with the four legislative leaders.
I expected evasions, platitudes and mush. News? Not a chance.
I was wrong.
Oh, make no mistake: The lawmakers committed all the above rhetorical crimes. And there was the requisite and quixotic southern jingoism – UNLV will get its medical school, by gum, or at least some funding, even though we have no idea how much!
But the lawmakers also made news...
"Libelous personal attacks shouldn’t be part of politics"
That's the headline on a piece that the Las Vegas Review-Journal published today by Assemblywoman Michele Fiore. I assume the RJ doesn't let its "special" contributors write their own headlines, so the use of the word "libelous" by a news organization is puzzling, to say the least.
Fiore seems upset about coverage of her tax liens, which has been widepsread, including in the RJ, which has published reports of what it labeled "1 million"...
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Interesting preliminary data from 2014
2. State of the State preview by the insider crew
3. What’s scary about Carson ‘15
4. Smartest/dumbest political moves of the week
My insiders did not disappoint as the year begins, and you premium subscribers will get your money’s worth from these folks during the session. They always give me great stuff. I am not sure this is right – “As a good friend and colleague said ‘it won’t be as bad as we think and it...
Good morning, everyone. If you missed it last night, Rachel Maddow’s excruciating and lengthy recap of the Ensign scandaland her interview with Doug Hampton were painful to watch. There wasn’t really much news, but the sick, creepy story and Hampton’s flailing for evanescent justice were sad.
On a lighter note: In the spirit of The Hotline’s “Shot and Chaser” feature, here’s one:
Shot: Harry Reid in that web video this week: ““The rich are getting richer; the poor are getting poorer and the...
Good morning, everyone. That horrific attack in Paris has sparked a lot of provocative and insightful commentary amid the usual Internet nonsense, some of which I thought I’d share with you in case you have missed it. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg was his usual insightful self, The New Yorker’s George Packer was brief but brilliant and The New York Times’ Ross Douthat was quite piercing.
The media's increasing tendency to self-censor, which seems to follow such attacks or even threats, also...
DAYS UNTIL THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HIS TAX PLAN IN THE STATE OF THE STATE: 8
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVER BEGINS: 25
DAYS UNTIL THE STATE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: 175
DAYS UNTIL THE 2016 ELECTION: 671
Good morning, everyone. I was gratified to see the play my first column received in today’s Reno Gazette-Journal. I am really looking forward to writing for the paper that has pilfered so much Southern Nevada talent (Ben Spillman, Trevon Millard) and reclaimed...
Good morning, everyone. I came, I saw, I wanted to leave again. Yes, dear Flashees, the first day back, despite those kids in Carson City on Monday, left me with a sense of déjà vu. But I still remain optimistic for the session because I always am before it starts. Then it starts. And ends.
At some point, the nattering nabobs in the Assembly GOP will either be marginalized by those who actually want to accomplish something rather than tear down everything. Some of these freshmen Republicans...
DAYS UNTIL THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HIS TAX PLAN IN THE STATE OF THE STATE: 10
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVER BEGINS: 27
DAYS UNTIL THE STATE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: 177
DAYS UNTIL THE 2016 ELECTION: 673
Good morning, everyone. Happy New Year! Did you miss me? I wish I could tell you how much I missed all of you, but I was busytaking over a country and addressing its people. Alas, the coup executed by Michele Fiore deposed me, and I had to return to Home Sweet...