* So FOX News decided to can Tucker Carlson, the only real reason many people were still watching FOX News, which has moved over to the Dark Side.
* Keith Olberman, a podcaster and one of the most loathsome of unhinged liberals on the planet, decided to dance on Tucker’s grave and took some shots at news personality Megan Kelly, saying she had been fired from FOX and NBC.
* Kelly’s stinging, mic-drop retort is one for the ages…
“So first of all, you misstate the circumstances of my departure from NBC, sir. That’s all I’m allowed to say about it.
“And as for FOX, there were widely reported facts that I was offered $100 million to stay there. But the record is very clear that I left voluntarily because I wanted to raise my family; something you don’t know anything about, because no one would marry you and you have no children.
“You have a cold, lonely life in which you’ve become a bitter, bitter man; something I wouldn’t know anything about because my life is joyful and I’ve managed to raise my own children. And, some day, I hope you have that pleasure. But I don’t have high hopes it’s going to happen.”
* What she said!
* I’ve pretty much stayed out of the “Convention of States” issue. There are good, solid conservatives whose opinions I value on both sides of it.
* But in a discussion of the issue last Sunday night with Reno political activist Robert Beadles, he made an interesting observation: If delegates to such a convention would be selected by state legislators, you have to ask yourself this question…
Do you think people selected by the people currently making a mash out of our government would make better decisions on re-writing our Constitution than the Founding Fathers who wrote the original version?
* I, for one, do not. Would love to hear the counter argument to that one.
* Speaking of Mr. Beadles, he’s been a dog on a bone with Washoe County Manager Eric Brown. Latest flair-up is over a contract with an outside elections support organization, Elections Group.
* Brown is claiming “he had the power to spend up to $300,000” without board approval to hire the group. So Mr. Beadles submitted a public records request asking the county for documentation supporting Brown’s contention that he had such authority.
* Shockingly (not), the county is slow-walking the request; refusing to provide the documents within the 5-day deadline. Instead, “they requested an extension of over a month to POSSIBLY produce the documents.”
* Where there’s smoke…
* Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones has been sanctioned by a US magistrate judge for deleting text messages in an ongoing legal battle between the county and Gypsum Resources.
* U.S. Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah found that the act of deleting evidence was done for an improper purpose. The court order also stated that this made it more difficult for Gypsum Resources to unravel the deals that occurred before a crucial vote.
* From the judge’s order…
“The totality of the evidence presented leaves little doubt that the disappearance of all texts from Mr. Jones’ phone was not an unidentifiable aberration of electronics or some other unidentified accident, but the result of a purposeful act that, as Clark County says, was ‘knowingly done against [County] policy.’
“The Court can find no logical — even if unlikely — explanation for what happened to Mr. Jones’ texts other than the disappointing explanation that Mr. Jones deleted his texts worried the disclosure would yield a negative or unfavorable outcome for him.”
* In other words, the Court heard the evidence and concluded that Jones was a liar.
* He should lose his law license for this, and his constituents should be calling for his resignation. In fact, he oughta be fitted for pinstripes. But…since he’s a Democrat, expect nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
* Let’s wrap up talking a little bit about Question 3…
* The ballot initiative to bring open primaries, like California, and Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to Nevada in a constitutional amendment, meaning it has to pass at the ballot box TWICE in order to take effect.
* It passed last year…barely. Now it has to pass again in 2024. Hopefully, the Republican Party will get fully engaged this time around to stop it. But don’t bet the farm on it.
* Both ideas are bad. But a LOT of voters have said they support the open primary idea, but not RCV. So they have to make the choice of taking both or taking neither.
* This is what Nevada’s “single-subject law” is for. Courts have traditionally disqualified ballot initiatives for breaking the single-subject rule. But for some reason, apparently neither the GOP nor anyone else has challenged this in court.
* Why not? More importantly, is it too late? Can a court challenge still derail this initiative before it appears on the ballot again next year? And if so, who would have “standing” to bring such a lawsuit?
* Maybe Nevada Republican National Committeewoman Sigal Chattah - a lawyer who got crushed in her bid for attorney general last year - will take some time away from tweeting nonsense and attacking fellow Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and actually do something productive about this.
* Don’t hold your breath.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), America’s only bipartisan association of political professionals, announced today the recipients of the AAPC Campaign Excellence Awards for exceptional work during the 2022 cycle. … Campaign of the Year: Joe Lombardo for Governor.” – Nevada News & Views
Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, publisher of Nevada News & Views and blogs at MuthsTruths.com. His views are his own.