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MY COLUMN: Loss of respect for institutions by those in them dangerous for democracy
Former Speaker Joe Dini dies, two years after the passing of fellow legislative giant Bill Raggio. Sen. Dean Heller calls an armed mob of sovereign nation folks standing up for rancher Cliven Bundy “patriots.”
Ex-BLM official: Agency must speak out to explain Bundy Ranch situation
The Bureau of Land Management, which has been noticeably silent since backing off the Bundy Ranch roundup, needs to publicly explain what happened or uninformed and incendiary voices will dominate the discussion, a former, high-ranking agency staffer said.
Reid labeling Bundy supporters "domestic terrorists" is not helpful
Update: After the commentary posted below, Reid expanded his attack beyond Cliven Bundy's supporters and called the rancher a "domestic terrorist."
Reid: Bundy supporters are "domestic terrorists"
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy are "domestic terrorists." "These people who hold themselves out to be patriots are not," Reid said at the Paris hotel of the armed horde that descended on the environs of Mesquite, just northeast of Las Vegas. "They are domestic terrorists. What happened in Mesquite was domestic terrorism."
Former BLM official: Bundy must be arrested
A federal marshal and local law enforcement should arrest Cliven Bundy and incarcerate him until his cows are removed from public land, a longtime BLM veteran said Wednesday.
Cliven Bundy, right-wing fantasists and Kim Kardashian
I sometimes feel the same way about listening to right-wing talk radi
AGA continues to beef up staff
The American Gaming Association, which has been hiring staff, is bringing on three new people at high levels. The group, which also has hired Obamaites (partly through a front group) Jim Messina and Ben LaBolt as part of its effort to ensure the web can have gambling, now has: ►Ron Rosenbaum, late of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, as chief operating officer.
Former BLM director: Bundy is not a victim but BLM mishandled roundup
The BLM made the right decision to stand down after botching the roundup of Cliven Bundy's cattle, but the rancher is no victim, former state and national BLM boss Bob Abbey said. Abbey, who was national Bureau of Land Management director for three years before leaving in 2012 and was Nevada director for eight years, was part of an aborted roundup in 2012 before he left.
Joe Dini, the one and only Mr. Speaker
On the last day of his legislative career in 2001, Joe Dini invited me into his inner sanctum. I had been in his office many times to chat, not that he ever gave up much information. But this time was different. This was it.
Dallas way too liberal to get national GOP convention
Hey, Reince, you know these numbers? Pretty obvious Dallas is way too liberal, much more than -- ahem -- Clark County: