Nevada News & Views: April 1, 2026

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Nevada Treasurer Hopeful Faces Scrutiny Over “Funny Money” Campaign Cash Move

Drew Johnson reported a $422,400 “personal loan” to his congressional campaign in 2024.

But instead of a simple transfer, it was split into 64 identical transactions – timed just before he landed the NRCC’s Young Guns designation – and then quickly repaid.

It may all follow the rules. But the structure, timing, and questions around the funding raise concerns that deserve a closer look before voters decide who should manage Nevada’s money.

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NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS

National

  • The $3,700 Surprise Showing Up in Tax Refunds (Kelly Chapman)
  • Supreme Court Drops Bombshell on “Conversion Therapy” Laws (Chuck Muth)
  • First Look at Trump’s Library – And It Might Not Be What You Expect (Kristen Kniep)
  • Republicans Would Rather Cede Power To Democrats Than Their Own Voters (Shawn Fleetwood)

State

  • F-Bombs Away! Susie Lee’s Profane Midnight Meltdown (Chuck Muth)
  • Don’t Let Liars Pick Nevada’s Next Congressman (Brittany Sheehan)
  • $10 Million Ad Campaign Puts Nevada’s Titus and Lee on the Hot Seat Over Taxes (Brittany Sheehan)
  • Lombardo Shreds Democrats’ Hospital Shutdown Narrative (Amy Groves)
  • Nevada’s “Hollywood Handout” Looks Worse by the Day (George Harris)
  • Not This Year: Governor Refuses Chávez Proclamation After Abuse Claims (Erica Neely)
  • While Most Politicians Talk About Homelessness, This Council Candidate Actually Did Something About It (Kristen Kniep)
  • The Washoe GOP’s Candidate List is Confusion (Michael Leonard)
  • Here Comes Nevada’s Primary Election… Are You Prepared? (Ellen Gifford)
  • Warrant issued for woman charged with abandoning dog at Las Vegas airport (Glenn Puit)

 

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X MARKS THE SPOT

  • Gov. Ron DeSantis just SIGNED INTO LAW Florida's SAVE America Act | X
  • President Trump becomes the FIRST President in history to sit in on Supreme Court oral arguments | X
  • President Trump's attorney John Sauer just FINISHED his initial oral arguments against birthright citizenship for illegal aliens | X
  • Leftist protestors screaming and crying outside the Supreme Court as they debate over ENDING birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. | X
  • Haitian national pleads GUILTY to stealing over $7 million in SNAP benefits | X
  • Chinese billionaire has over 100 AMERICAN citizen children through surrogacy | X
  • Suspect arrested in a new stabbing murder in Fairfax County, VA is a Guatemalan illegal alien | X
  • A repeat offender just tried murdering a man in Seattle by pushing him into an oncoming train | X
  • Entire Florida Chick-fil-A Crew FIRED Over Viral TikTok Dance Video | X
  • Boise mayor forced to take city hall's LGBTQ+ flag down after law passes | X

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

  • Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!” – President Donald Trump
  • “If you actually think this war is going well for Iran, you should ask the Ayatollah what he thinks… oh wait, you can’t – he’s DEAD.” – @ScottJenningsKY
  • “I simply cannot understand why people are so angry about a ballroom that future Presidents will enjoy and is 100% privately funded. President Trump could save a kitten from a tree and it would still be a scandal.”  – @ScottJenningsKY

LAUGHTER IS STILL THE BEST MEDICINE

  • South Australia Police announce “Small Area Urban Searching and Guided Evacuation” (S.A.U.S.A.G.E.) dog squad | X
  • Trump Presidential Library To Feature Solemn ‘Reflecting Pool' Of Liberal Tears | Babylon Bee
  • Baby Trump Didn't Expect to See Kamala Here | X
  • Why search for eggs when you can tape them to the dads and turn the teenagers loose on them? | X

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