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July 31, 2019
Here's your chance to rub elbows Nevadans...a look at some of the candidates’ schedules going into the weekend.
more at https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/31/democratic-hopefuls-to-appear-throughout-las-vegas/
Go AFSCME
Democratic hopefuls to appear throughout Las Vegas Valley this weekend
Ahead of a candidate forum this weekend at UNLV, Democratic presidential hopefuls are lining up events around the Las Vegas Valley in an attempt to bolster their support among Nevadans.
The forum, hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday at the UNLV Student Union. The forum is a members-only event but will be livestreamed at publicserviceforum.com. It’s the largest gathering of presidential candidates in Nevada so far, with 19 of the 24 declared Democratic candidates currently scheduled to attend.
The forum, hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday at the UNLV Student Union. The forum is a members-only event but will be livestreamed at publicserviceforum.com. It’s the largest gathering of presidential candidates in Nevada so far, with 19 of the 24 declared Democratic candidates currently scheduled to attend.
Here's your chance to rub elbows Nevadans...a look at some of the candidates’ schedules going into the weekend.
more at https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/31/democratic-hopefuls-to-appear-throughout-las-vegas/
Go AFSCME
July 30, 2019
more at https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/07/30/children-evicted-following-their-mothers-ice-detention/
I don't even have the energy anymore to express how pissed off I am.
Children evicted following their mother's ICE detention
On a rather muggy July morning, 21-year-old Omar Arellano Cruz and his 16-year-old sister Kimberly are in a time crunch to pack up all their possessions, clear out of the home and relocate to a new place.
While Omar calculates financials and reads through page after page of an application to a potential apartment, Kimberly, along with a handful of volunteers from the Latino outreach nonprofit Mi Familia Vota, stuff belongings into boxes and pile the contents of their home into a U-Haul.
As much as evictions are never planned, Omar, Kimberly and their youngest brother, 12-year-old AJ, weren’t prepared for the shock and financial constraints that comes from suddenly forced to move.
Their mother Adriana Arellano Cruz, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 10 and still remains at its detention facility in Henderson. The children, all U.S. citizens, have been forced to deal with the aftermath.
While Omar calculates financials and reads through page after page of an application to a potential apartment, Kimberly, along with a handful of volunteers from the Latino outreach nonprofit Mi Familia Vota, stuff belongings into boxes and pile the contents of their home into a U-Haul.
As much as evictions are never planned, Omar, Kimberly and their youngest brother, 12-year-old AJ, weren’t prepared for the shock and financial constraints that comes from suddenly forced to move.
Their mother Adriana Arellano Cruz, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 10 and still remains at its detention facility in Henderson. The children, all U.S. citizens, have been forced to deal with the aftermath.
more at https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/07/30/children-evicted-following-their-mothers-ice-detention/
I don't even have the energy anymore to express how pissed off I am.
July 30, 2019
Not a lot more to the article...https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/29/nevada-rep-titus-joins-call-for-trump-impeachment/
Longer article at...https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/07/29/titus-joins-calls-for-impeachment-inquiry/
Nevada Rep. Titus joins call for Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada is joining about 100 Democrats in the U.S. House in calling for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
Titus, a Democrat who represents Las Vegas, announced today that her decision is based on what she called "mounting evidence" that the president repeatedly broke the law to protect his own interests.
Titus, a Democrat who represents Las Vegas, announced today that her decision is based on what she called "mounting evidence" that the president repeatedly broke the law to protect his own interests.
Not a lot more to the article...https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/29/nevada-rep-titus-joins-call-for-trump-impeachment/
Longer article at...https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/07/29/titus-joins-calls-for-impeachment-inquiry/
July 27, 2019
Just an odd thought about my current feelings and an elevator
It's like I'm in an elevator that stopped moving and the lights went out. The lights flicker back to life. Trump is the guy crouching in the corner screaming at the top of his lungs for what seems like aeons and everyone is looking at each other hoping someone else will cold-cock him. Know what I mean? It's like a bad movie and they locked the theater doors.
July 18, 2019
So...ready for the MSM pundits to begin telling us why the Jim Crow South and slavery were good?
and fundamentalists explaining that Jesus was really a MAGAT?
Just my snark for the day...or maybe reality?
July 18, 2019
The Rubicon has been been crossed
Trump's pulled out all the stops on his campaign for a Caucasian America. Are you listening corporate America? It's time to pick a side of the fence. As consumers we have the power of life and death over you. We are waiting for your response, but not for long.
Anyone that hasn't jumped ship by now is part of their team, and as such is irredeemable in my eyes.
July 11, 2019
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A beloved character gets a new companion
https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/711x888/?fit=scale
July 11, 2019
read more at https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/10/sisolak-unauthorized-nuclear-waste-possibly-shippe/
We need to clean house...
US admits low-level radioactive waste was shipped to Nevada for years
RENO — A Nevada congressman called for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's resignation Wednesday after the department acknowledged dozens of shipments of low-level radioactive waste shipped to the Nevada National Security Site outside of Las Vegas may have been mislabeled and out of compliance with safety regulations for years.
The department announced earlier Wednesday it has suspended shipments of the waste from Tennessee to Nevada while it investigates whether the materials were "potentially mischaracterized" as the wrong category of low-level waste.
The department announced earlier Wednesday it has suspended shipments of the waste from Tennessee to Nevada while it investigates whether the materials were "potentially mischaracterized" as the wrong category of low-level waste.
read more at https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jul/10/sisolak-unauthorized-nuclear-waste-possibly-shippe/
We need to clean house...
July 4, 2019
read more at https://truthout.org/articles/one-trump-tax-cut-was-said-to-help-the-poor-a-billionaire-ended-up-winning-big/
One Trump Tax Cut Was Said to Help the Poor. A Billionaire Ended Up Winning Big.
Ain't America great? The taxpayer gets screwed again.
Long article on how a bunch of our tax dollars just went straight into the pockets of the one percent.
Under a six-lane span of freeway leading into downtown Baltimore sit what may be the most valuable parking spaces in America.
Lying near a development project controlled by Under Armour’s billionaire CEO Kevin Plank, one of Maryland’s richest men, and Goldman Sachs, the little sliver of land will allow Plank and the other investors to claim what could amount to millions in tax breaks for the project, known as Port Covington. They have President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul law to thank. The new law has a provision meant to spur investment into underdeveloped areas, called “opportunity zones.” The idea is to grant lucrative tax breaks to encourage new investment in poor areas around the country, carefully selected by each state’s governor.
Lying near a development project controlled by Under Armour’s billionaire CEO Kevin Plank, one of Maryland’s richest men, and Goldman Sachs, the little sliver of land will allow Plank and the other investors to claim what could amount to millions in tax breaks for the project, known as Port Covington. They have President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul law to thank. The new law has a provision meant to spur investment into underdeveloped areas, called “opportunity zones.” The idea is to grant lucrative tax breaks to encourage new investment in poor areas around the country, carefully selected by each state’s governor.
But Port Covington, an ambitious development geared to millennials to feature offices, a hotel, apartments, and shopping, is not in a census tract that is poor. It’s not a new investment. And the census tract only became eligible to be an opportunity zone thanks to a mapping error. Maryland’s governor chose the area for the program anyway — after his aides met with the lobbyists for Plank, who owns about 40% of the zone.
“This is a classic example of a windfall benefit,” said Robert Stoker, a George Washington University professor who has studied economic development in Baltimore for decades. “A major investment was already planned and now is in a zone where they are going to qualify for all kinds of beneficial tax treatment.”
“This is a classic example of a windfall benefit,” said Robert Stoker, a George Washington University professor who has studied economic development in Baltimore for decades. “A major investment was already planned and now is in a zone where they are going to qualify for all kinds of beneficial tax treatment.”
In selecting Port Covington, the governor had to exclude another Maryland community from the opportunity zone program. In Baltimore, for example, the governor dropped part of a neighborhood that city officials recommended for the program — Brooklyn — with a median family income one-fifth that of Port Covington. Brooklyn sits just across the Patapsco river from Port Covington, in an area that suffers from one of the highest drug and alcohol death rates in Baltimore, which in turn has one of the highest drug fatality rates nationwide.
read more at https://truthout.org/articles/one-trump-tax-cut-was-said-to-help-the-poor-a-billionaire-ended-up-winning-big/
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