SPOTLIGHT
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Dogecoin is a joke − so what’s behind its rally? • Nevada Current
Rockets aren’t the only thing Elon Musk is sending into the stratosphere. After a three-year plummet, dogecoin is blasting off again, jumping 250% since the election of Donald Trump – part of a broader wave of optimism in the industry, due to Trump’s courting of crypto advocates during his campaign. Trump’s informal appointment of Musk to what he calls the…
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Can Nevada ride out Russ Vought? • Nevada Current
The semi-celebrities and quacks (not that they’re mutually exclusive) get a lot of attention, but one recent appointment announced by Donald Trump is cause for even more concern, and especially for historically anti-government states like Nevada. Trump on Friday named Russ Vought his director of the Office of Management and Budget. Of all the Project 2025 authors, none is more…
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Trump’s ‘U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE’ delusion could render the U.S. an economic backwater • Nevada Current
When Donald Trump designated North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be Secretary of Interior, Trump also announced he expects Burgum to, you know, control the entire energy supply of planet Earth. Burgum’s duties will include chairing something called a “National Energy Council” which will, according to Trump, “oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE.” “America,” Trump said in a statement…
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Cortez Masto shows Utah how public land sales are done • Nevada Current
Across the West, debates about federal land sales and ownership are coming into the foreground as the new administration prepares to come into office. While some folks would want you to believe that there are stark differences in the political parties’ attitudes toward federal land ownership, Nevada politicians betray the common sentiments that conservatives want public lands sold and liberals don’t. Republican officials from Utah…
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When given a choice, voters embraced tax fairness • Nevada Current
If you’ve ever questioned whether our country has an inequality problem, this election should provide all the evidence you need. As billionaires used their financial firepower to throw support to their preferred candidates, Americans who’ve been left behind took out their frustrations at the ballot box. How do we get started on this next chapter in the fight to reverse…
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Why school police officers may not be the most effective way to prevent violence • Nevada Current
In 1975, only 1% of public schools had their own police officers. Today, 44% do. A large reason for the increase is the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which led to the creation of the federal Community Oriented Policing Services to oversee funds for the hiring of police in schools. Another reason is the Columbine High…
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Voters want elected officials to shake thing up. Nevada isn’t built for that. • Nevada Current
Both parties won the election in Nevada. Donald Trump won the state, and the nation. And, according to him, he also won power to dictate all of humanity’s future, which will forthwith be great. So watch for that. And yet all of Nevada’s Democrats in Congress who were on the ballot were reelected, including a Democratic U.S. senator. In the…
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One election victory does not make a new era in American politics − here’s what history shows • Nevada Current
According to The New York Times, “… a newly triumphant Republican president” is “once again in the headlines.” What will it take to break “the present national divide, between the narrow but solid Republican majority and a Democratic party seemingly trapped in second place,” asks the Times. That pattern “may be hardening” into one “that will persist for years to…
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Some inconvenient truths about the national election • Nevada Current
As one would expect, the postmortems on last week’s election are well underway. Here in North Carolina, where voters did pretty much what they’ve done for years, the results don’t seem that hard to understand. Republicans continued to dominate the presidential contest, and Democrats returned the favor in the governor’s race. Meanwhile, most of the other races for statewide offices…
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Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate • Nevada Current
Fossil fuels are the leading driver of climate change, yet they are still heavily subsidized by governments around the world. Although many countries have explicitly promised to reduce fossil fuel subsidies to combat climate change, this has proven difficult to accomplish. As a result, fossil fuels remain relatively inexpensive, and their use and greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow. I…
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