Of course Washoe decides to post its numbers right after I post -- I added them. GOP won first day of in-person voting by 500, but Dems still have 2 to 1 lead thanks to mail ballots. 16 percent in!
Dems have a 54 percent to 24 percent lead in Clark in mail ballots returned (some will be rejected) plus in-person. That's a 35,000-ballot lead with about 10 percent of active voters in.
The down-ballot impact in Clark so far is really something. Republicans need to really do well in early voting in these key congressional and legislative districts where Dems already have substantial leads with only 10 percent having voted.
I'll post an update to my early voting blog in a few, but 1st: I just saw that while I was enjoying a glass of wine and great seafood last night, Laxalt and Grenell sicced their trolls on me, outraged at my suggestion Adam's grandfather would be appalled by what he is doing.
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I take nothing back. I knew Paul Laxalt. Paul Laxalt was the first pol who really impressed me. Adam Laxalt is no Paul Laxalt. Paul would have been appalled at anyone trying to undermine faith in elections, as his grandson is doing. Paul would have been appalled by Trump.
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What's more, you snowflakes, Adam wouldn't even exist in Nevada if he weren't exploiting his grandfather's name. No one would have paid any attention to him when he moved here to run, getting a sinecure at a law firm where he was known as a "trainwreck."
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A thread on a couple of billionaires trying to influence NV's judicial races:
Sheldon Adelson and his wife recently poured $500K into a PAC set up by one of his consultants that humorously says it is designed "To improve the quality and impartiality of the Nevada Judiciary."
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They are almost entirely funding the PAC, which the consultant says is about to get involved in a state Supreme Court race (against @Ozzie4Nevada, I presume) and four District Court races. You know, to ensure "impartiality." Adelson has a history of not being happy w/judges.
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Once, back in the day, one of his advisers emphasized the importance of donating to judges. That adviser? Ex-Rep. Shelley Berkley. Then 5 years ago, just before he bought the RJ, 3 reporters were assigned to monitor a judge presiding over a big case. reviewjournal.com/local/local-la…
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"TRUMP ENGINEERED A SUDDEN WINDFALL IN 2016 AS CAMPAIGN FUNDS DWINDLED"
"Tax records expose more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash."
"The bulk of the money went through a company called Trump Las Vegas Sales and Marketing that had little previous income, no clear business purpose and no employees. The Trump-Ruffin joint venture wrote it all off as a business expense."
"Unless the payments were for actual business expenses, he said, claiming a tax deduction for them would be illegal. If they were not legitimate and were also used to fund Mr. Trump’s presidential run, they could be considered illegal campaign contributions."
Here's a thread on the series of lies about NV that POTUS told this morning with former journalist Maria Bartiromo. As I have said, none of this should be allowed to go unchallenged, even though he keeps repeating the same lies over and over.
Here's an annotated transcript:
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"These are— these are conmen. These are cheaters that we're dealing with. In Nevada, they don't want to have any signature on the ballots."
There is no evidence anyone wants to cheat in NV. Trump has said multiple times no signature is needed on mail ballots.
This is false.
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"Here's a real beauty. You know, he comes out of— he comes out of the political party. He got to be governor."
This is about @GovSisolak. He "comes out of a political party" makes almost as much sense as calling him a "clubhouse governor."
Gibberish.
Sayeth Baritromo?
Nada.
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