Nevada News & Views: February 19, 2026

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Ralston and the A-Ron Scandal: Nothing to See Here, Move Along

At 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning, the Las Vegas Sun broke the story about Nevada Attorney General A-Ron Ford getting hauled up before the Nevada ethics commission on a number of issues.

At the end of the column I noted that liberal blubber-blogger Jon Ralston – who is essentially the Democrats’ unofficial press secretary – was gonna have a whale of a time trying to spin this scandal on A-Ron’s behalf.

And as of 5:00 a.m. this morning, they apparently STILL hadn’t figured out how to carry the embattled Democrat’s water on this one.

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NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS

National

  • Empty Chairs and a Partial Shutdown: Democrats Set the Stage for Trump’s State of the Union (Brittany Sheehan)
  • Saving the SAVE Act by Killing the Zombie Filibuster (Chuck Muth)
  • Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Slashed Welfare Rolls (Annie Black)
  • Nevada’s Small Businesses Finally Catch a Break as Trump Undoes Biden’s Regulatory Mess (George Harris)
  • Jayapal’s “Trans Bill of Rights” Targets Women’s Sports (Erica Neely)
  • Biden Crushed Homebuyers, Trump’s Housing Numbers Are Turning Heads (Amy Groves)
  • Bigger Tax Refunds Are Here, and Democrats Are Mad As Hornets Over It (Amy Groves)
  • Florida Congressman’s “Dogs Over Muslims” Post Explodes into National Firestorm (Kelly Chapman)
  • Another Shutdown, Another Democrat Mess, With Susie Lee Right in the Middle (Jeff Gunter)

State

  • Jeffrey Carter Is Running for Nevada Treasurer, and He’s Already Calling Out the Con (Chuck Muth)
  • Class Dismissed: Nevada’s Education Crisis and the Politics of ICE Walkouts (Erica Neely)
  • Corporate-Funded Hawaii Junket Raises Big Questions for Nevada’s Top Democrat (Brittany Sheehan)
  • Nevada GOP Electors Ask Judge Who Ruled Against Trump in 2020 to Step Aside (Brittany Sheehan)
  • Democrat Running for Lt. Governor Taps Biden’s Transportation Disaster Chief to Boost Her Campaign (Brittany Sheehan)

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X MARKS THE SPOT

  • Man on a deadly crime spree leads police on a high-speed chase, attempts to carjack multiple people, and ultimately gets taken out by police | X
  • Voter ID’s going on the CA ballot; Rep. DeMaio just announced he’ll submit 1.35M petition signatures this week | X
  • A whole bunch of illegal aliens have quit applying for benefits that Dems swore to us they didn’t have access to. | X
  • Oklahoma High School Superintendent SUSPENDS 122 students who walked out to protest ICE | X
  • Anti-ICE protestors are clogging up checkout lines at Target stores with one item of salt in their cart. | X
  • Federal judge ruled that illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia CANNOT be re-detained by ICE | X
  • Former Team USA figure skater Gabrielle Linehan was gunned down by a career criminal, his record dating back to 1986 | X
  • 7x convicted felon violently assaulted a reporter as she sat in her car, dislodging her salivary gland. | X
  • Drunk driver slams into a preschool, hits a mother and her children. | X
  • Man arrested after reportedly running down a family with his car, killing a 3-year-old. | X
  • Three kids caught stealing at a Walgreens threaten employees who locked the doors to keep them inside. | X
  • DC Water Chair is “on a mission” to get black/brown kids careers; meanwhile, DC deals with historic sewage spill | X
  • Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker glitches on live tv when asked “What’s a sanctuary city?” | X
  • AOC says that Venezuela is “below the equator.” It is not. | X
  • Daughter calls to tell dad that someone was breaking in, he arrives to find a man in a skirt trying to enter their home | X
  • Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans “to designate the pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag.” | X
  • Transgender Democrat Rep. Tim McBride corrects himself for saying “boogeymen” instead of “boogeypeople.” | X
  • 5+ years of construction, $850 million, and this is Obama’s library | X

 

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

  • “(California Gov. Gavin) Newsom is a one-weasel clown show.” – @RealJamesWoods

 

  • “If only the government tracked the SPENDING of our tax money like they track the EARNING of our tax money.” @carsonkrow

 

  • “Does anybody really believe that AOC has very thoughtful ideas about the global world order… This is a person who is mouthing the slogans that somebody else gave her…” – Vice President JD Vance on AOC’s embarrassing showing in Munich

 

  • “If I identify a visitor in our country whose presence poses a threat to our foreign policy and national security, we’re going to take their visa away.” – Secretary of State Marco Rubio

 

LAUGHTER IS STILL THE BEST MEDICINE

  • There are two types of wives in this world… | X
  • Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. | X
  • AOC Condemns Spain For Stealing Mexico’s Language | Babylon Bee
  • New Yorkers Report Warmth Of Collectivism Feels Strangely Like Crushing Tax Hike | Babylon Bee
  • Disgusting: Colbert Announces He Would Rather Show Not Air At All Than Have To Interview Black Woman | Babylon Bee

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