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Justin
Join Date:
2010-11-23
Blogs Owned
1 - The Nevada View
The Nevada View (TNV) is an independent, non-partisan news service assembled by Nevadans and for.. Nevadans. We cover local, state, national and international news and opinion, with a focus on.. people and events that affect Nevada.
Other Tags: Nevada, Politics, Government, Education, Elections
Latest Blog Posts
- Michele Bachmann burning through her cashShe’s spending it faster than she is bringing it in from her donors. During the past three months she took in $3.9 million in her run for the Republican Presidential nomination. But she spent $5.7 million. Can’t balance budgets spending almost $2...
- Steven Horsford to run for U.S. Congress“Steven Horsford, Nevada’s Democratic majority leader, plans to run for the U.S. House in a bid that could see Nevada elect its first African-American to Congress and put the state Senate under the GOP’s control.” Horsford will formal...
- Status of the American Jobs Acton Oct 13, 2011 in Nevada Republicans Ben Nelson Congress Dean Heller Democrats Harry Reid jobs Joe Manchin Jon Tester Mitch McConnell Obama Tea PartyIs it dead? Dying? Wounded? Who knows? While thousands of unemployed people are demonstrating nationwide during the Occupy Wall street movement the dysfunction of Congress persists. The jobs bill [Senate bill 1660] was blocked by invoking cloture whi...
- “Inside Job” viewing at CSNThe CSN Capitol Club is sponsoring movie night at the West Charleston Campus. This Friday, they will launch with the film “Inside Job.” It’s an appropriate film, considering the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the local version, Oc...
- Keep Concealed Weapons From Other States Out of NevadaThat’s what could happen if supporters of a bill in the House Bill 822 have their way. Ambiguously called the “National Reciprocity Act,” HB 822 would require all states to honor any concealed weapon permit issued by any other state. Put anothe...
- What is Occupy Las Vegas About?Occupy Las Vegas is happening on Thursday, October 6th at 3pm in front of the New York, New York Casino. Participants have permission to park in the NY, NY garage, though signs and masks are prohibited inside. But what is this about, and what do th...
- Obama’s Jobs Act for NevadaPresident Barack Obama is serious about passing his American Jobs Act legislation. He recognizes “the economic security of the middle class has been under attack for decades.” He intends to “rebuild the economy the American way, based on balanc...
- Time to Occupy Las Vegas, October 6thA lot will be happening around the nation on October 6th as people fed up with corporate greed and the top 1%’s preferential treatment gather in cities large and small to raise their voice of frustration. The Las Vegas crowd has made a surpri...
- Nevada Democrats Continue To Gain Political Clouton Sep 30, 2011 in Democrats Nevada 2012 Presidential Caucus Nevada State Democratic Party Roberta LangeNevada is well known for its 24-hour adult lifestyle but more and more residents are waking up to what the rest of the nation has already learned, which is just how important a role Nevada plays in shaping national politics.
- Nevada Democrats Continue To Gain Political Clouton Sep 30, 2011 in Democrats Nevada 2012 Presidential Caucus Nevada State Democratic Party Roberta LangeNevada is well known for its 24-hour adult lifestyle but more and more residents are waking up to what the rest of the nation has already learned, which is just how important a role Nevada plays in shaping national politics.
- #OccupyWallStreet coming to Las VegasReprinted with Permission from Regina Bailey The newest movement that is being inspired by #OccupyWallStreet has now founded a Las Vegas group appropriately named Occupy Las Vegas http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyLV or http://www.facebook.com/occupyla...
- #OccupyLasVegason Sep 27, 2011 in #occupylasvegas occupy las vegasThe movement has started, first in New York City on Wall St., and now spreading throughout the country. It started with a call to action from Adbusters, and now The Nevada View echos their call to do the same here in Las Vegas. The tactic: Adbuster...
- Postal Workers Protest Manufactured Crisis Privatization EffortsPostal workers will protest downsizing, cuts, layoffs and privatization efforts today at Congressional district offices. They’re calling it a manufactured crisis. A 2006 law has mandated the United States Post Office fund FUTURE employees r...
- Pricelesson Sep 25, 2011 in UncategorizedJoe Schoenmann seems to have survived the latest slaughter of area journos, thank God. My take on his story that SNWA pays its lawyers $500 an hour: New pipeline to defoliate East-Central Nevada: $15 billion. Hiring Wolfgang Puck to run your employee...
- Conspiracy in Plain SightDespite being a born cynic, or maybe because I am a born cynic, I’ve never been much on secret conspiracy theories. Occam’s razor is usually pretty sharp, and it leads me to reason that we really did go to the moon and that Bigfoot isn...
- Innocence and the Death PenaltyTroy Davis was executed Sept. 21 in Georgia despite serious doubts about his guilt. Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of a police officer in Savannah, and always maintained his innocence. A lot of innocent people have been convicted of crimes. M...
- Innocence and the Death PenaltyTroy Davis was executed Sept. 21 in Georgia despite serious doubts about his guilt. Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of a police officer in Savannah, and always maintained his innocence. A lot of innocent people have been convicted of crimes. M...
- Conspiracy in Plain SightDespite being a born cynic, or maybe because I am a born cynic, I’ve never been much on secret conspiracy theories. Occam’s razor is usually pretty sharp, and it leads me to reason that we really did go to the moon and that Bigfoot isn...
- Have They No Shame?Is this for real? Really? Did a bunch of Florida Republicans really boo an active duty soldier at last night’s GOP Presidential Debate? The audience at tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Orlando, Florida commemorated this week’s repeal of...
- Have They No Shame?Is this for real? Really? Did a bunch of Florida Republicans really boo an active duty soldier at last night’s GOP Presidential Debate? The audience at tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Orlando, Florida commemorated this week’s repeal of...
