Election 2024
Marking January 6 anniversary, NV Dems emphasize democracy as key issue ‘up and down the ballot’
Ahead of the third anniversary of a violent insurrection of the U.S. Capital, Nevada Democrats warned that democracy itself is on the ballot in this year’s general election. “Donald Trump’s only vision for this county is one of revenge, retribution and division,” said Francisco Morales, second vice chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, during a […]
Biden in Pennsylvania: America must decide whether democracy remains its sacred cause
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Reflecting on the fight to establish America as a democracy and the events that nearly toppled it three years ago, President Joe Biden warned of the danger he believes former President Donald Trump poses to American ideals. “Today we’re here to answer the most important question. Is democracy still America’s sacred […]
Biden to speak at South Carolina church where Black worshippers were murdered
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden as his 2024 campaign gets underway will visit a historic church in South Carolina where Black churchgoers were murdered by a white supremacist in 2015, to give a speech about the dangers of political violence and to make the case for his reelection this November. “The choice for the American […]
Looking back (and a little forward): 2023 selections & reflections from the Nevada Current staff
Note: As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the Nevada Current staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from the year, and say whatever they wanted to say about it. An embarrassment of riches. That’s how I’d sum up 2023 for its news value. In case […]
No Labels says Nevada, nation open to a third-party presidential ‘unity ticket’
No Labels, a national group contemplating a third-party presidential run next year, are pushing back against criticisms from Democrats that their theoretical “unity ticket” would inevitably help former president Donald Trump. “It’s hard to claim No Labels is spoiling a race that (President Joe Biden) is losing by quite a bit,” said Ryan Clancy, chief […]
Think food is pricey? Wait’ll you see what authoritarianism costs.
Inflation cooled off a lot this year. But many products still cost more than they did before the economy began emerging from the pandemic and prices started heating up. So obviously voters in Nevada and the nation have no choice but to elect a clownish/monstrous insurrectionary who says he wants to be a dictator, has […]
Colorado Supreme Court blocks Trump from 2024 ballot in historic insurrection ruling
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Donald Trump to be barred from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot under a Civil War-era insurrection clause, in a historic ruling certain to be promptly appealed to the nation’s highest court. Six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters, backed by the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics […]
State GOP chair drops all pretense of neutrality, tells Reno rally to caucus for Trump
For months, staff from Republican presidential campaigns and other observers have criticized the Nevada State Republican Party’s presidential caucus, arguing the state party deliberately designed and scheduled the Feb. 8 contest to assure Donald Trump wins Nevada’s delegates to the Republican National Convention. And for months, state party chair Michael McDonald has denied the allegations. […]
Lawyer who ‘ran point’ on fake electors reportedly participating with NV investigation
An attorney who reached a plea agreement in the Georgia case charging Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators with plotting to overthrow the 2020 election results is participating in a Nevada investigation of Nevada’s fake electors. The Washington Post and CNN both reported Thursday that Kenneth Chesebro is cooperating with prosecutors in Nevada and Arizona, and […]
The next one ‘they’ come for may be you
I attended an event sponsored by the Mansfield Center in Billings, Mont., recently. Former Governor Marc Racicot and author Marc Johnson spoke on the legacy of the late Sen. Mike Mansfield. Both men spoke eloquently on the virtues of the U.S. Constitution and democracy, especially as practiced by Mansfield. They acknowledged the woeful state of […]
How U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson helped derail a fight against election lies
Back in July, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. A federal court had recently granted a temporary injunction, in Missouri v. Biden, finding that the Biden administration had violated the First Amendment by coercing social media companies to remove content, related both to elections and the COVID-19 vaccine, that […]
Unholy night – A Trump White House Christmas coup caper
It was a Christmas party at the Trump White House, and despite the festive decorations, the trees and the wreaths and the red-and-green bunting, the mood must have been grim. A few days earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had firmly rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas seeking the overthrow of election results […]