Desert Beacon
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Desert Beacon
@DesertBeacon
reader, policy junkie, unabashed liberal, living blue in a deep red zone
Humboldt County Nevada Katılım Mayıs 2009
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I'm at the White House to join @POTUS as he signs my bipartisan COPS Counseling Act into law. I wrote this bill with @ChuckGrassley to get our law enforcement the mental health services they deserve. It will make a big difference to officers across the country.

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Here's our story from Day 1 of ? of the #NVRedistricting special session, with details on Board of Regents maps, a fight over rules & deets on the GOP alternative maps. If you're lame enough to be on #nvleg twitter at 8 pm on a Friday, give it a read -->
Nevada Independent@TheNVIndy
Nevada lawmakers begin redistricting special session; fights expected via @RileySnyder, @tabitha_mueller and @MichelleRindels thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada…
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@JudiciaryGOP @RepMcClintock Gee, ya' think they will be arriving in a "caravan?"
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🚨🚨🚨 @RepMcClintock warns that released prisoners could attempt entry to US through Mexico foxnews.com/politics/house…
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Ohio is the latest state to draw unfair maps, flying in the face of its own voters and state constitution. bit.ly/3kTZXGS
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"The average annual cost of infant care in Nevada is $11,408, or $951 per month."
The #BuildBackBetter makes transformative investments in women and families, lowers child care costs for Nevadans, and boosts compensation for caregivers. epi.org/child-care-cos…
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Despite Florida voters passing Amendment 4 which restored the voting rights of returning citizens, the legislature passed what amounts to a modern-day poll tax that continues to bar people from voting.
nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opi…



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Oregon: OHSU forecast says hospitalizations, case levels likely to stay elevated into December as COVID-19 fatigue sets in oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…
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Meanwhile in Idaho ⬇️
Families don’t always get told of classroom COVID exposures. Idaho mom learned the hard way idahostatesman.com/news/local/edu…
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Important points made herein.
The Brookings Institution@BrookingsInst
While Facebook has gone out of its way to deny that it contributes to extreme divisiveness, a growing body of research, as well as Facebook’s own actions and leaked documents, indicate that an important relationship exists. brook.gs/3ogkZkT
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"When you view your audience with thinly veiled contempt but still need something from them, the obvious approach is to embrace your inner H. L. Mencken and give the rubes exactly what you think they want, good and hard — which is exactly what both Heller and Vance are doing."
Nevada Independent@TheNVIndy
OPINION "Dean Heller, like J. D. Vance, is trying to give the rubes exactly what he thinks they want..." Dean Heller’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ By @DavidColborne thenevadaindependent.com/article/dean-h…
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I'm proud to support the Women's Health Protection Act and reproductive freedom. #WHPA
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