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Reid tells Homeland Security boss to get out of Vegas — or at least her faux nukes

By Jon Ralston · November 19, 2009 · 4:18 PM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tells Homeland Security boss to cancel a FEMA exercise (nuclear bomb simulation on the Strip). I'd bet Janet Napolitano listens -- or already has. The letter is at right.

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Harry Reid is the devil, the Constitution rocks, government stinks and more….

By Jon Ralston · November 19, 2009 · 4:13 PM

Here's a series of Tweets I sent from the first forum in the 2010 Senate race as nine GOP candidates gathered at the Railroad Pass Casino: First 2010 U.S. Senate ...

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Danny Tarkanian’s ad narrator can’t pronounce Nevada; pulls down web ad within minutes

By Jon Ralston · November 18, 2009 · 8:15 PM

Yes, that's what happened today. Hoping to capitalize on the phantom congressional districts in stimulus reporting story (first discovered by yours truly two weeks ago), GOP Senate contender Tarkanian announced ...

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Initiative would amend Constitution to mandate secret ballots in union elections

By Jon Ralston · November 17, 2009 · 4:04 PM

The petition was filed on behalf of the national SOS (Save Our Secret Ballot) campaign. I have posted the filing with the other SOS (Secretary of State) at right. This ...

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Who says gubernatorial hopeful Brian Sandoval can’t go to the right?

By Jon Ralston · November 16, 2009 · 8:24 PM

He can. Really, he can. Or so a Sandoval for Governor fundraising invite would have you believe. Sandoval, who has been seen as a moderate vulnerable to Mike Montandon and ...

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Harry Reid is powerful for Northern Nevada, too!

By Jon Ralston · November 15, 2009 · 5:59 PM

So claims a mail piece arriving Friday in the North using Harrah's executive Jan Jones' hyperbolic claim of saving 31,000 jobs -- now the word is "protect" -- that was ...

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Lawsuit filed to block “personhood” initiative

By Jon Ralston · November 12, 2009 · 5:01 PM

That's the initiative that would ban abortion and impose restrictions on end-of-life decisions. The legal docs are posted at right. Plaintiffs include longtime local writer Emmily Bristol, who has been ...

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I shudder to think what the “amazing door prize from the governor” might be

By Jon Ralston · November 11, 2009 · 1:49 PM

If you want to know, come to Genoa on Dec. 9. See invite at right for details.

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Pew Center report finds what others have: Nevada’s economy depressed, future in doubt

By Jon Ralston · November 11, 2009 · 12:43 PM

The respected Pew Center on the States prepared a report looking at other states besides stricken California that are hurting disproportionately. Not a lot new here for Nevadans who have ...

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Drugs bring Nevada governor, first lady back together

By Jon Ralston · November 10, 2009 · 6:51 PM

That's right Jim and Dawn Gibbons are back together -- but don't get carried away, folks; it's just for one night, as special guest speakers for an anti-drug awareness foundation ...

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