The SUN Throws Shade on Lombardo, School Choice
(Chuck Muth) – The Las Vegas SUN has a decidedly liberal editorial slant and detests Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. It endorsed Democrat then-incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak in the gubernatorial race last year and referred to Lombardo – who spent a lifetime protecting Nevadans in the military […]
More About Those Rural Campaign Training Workshops
(Chuck Muth) – I have a pair of introductory campaign training workshop titled, “The 15 Worst Mistake of Losing Candidates” and “The 20 Questions Every Candidate Better Be Able to Answer Before Talking to Voters, Donors or Reporters.” I’ve done this 2- to 3-hour workshop all over the country – and use plenty of examples […]
UPDATE: Could You Use Some Good News Today?
(Chuck Muth) – Actor Gene Hackman shared an excellent analogy in the football comedy movie, The Replacements. He referenced a duck on a pond. Above water everything looks calm and nothing much going on. But under the surface, the duck’s legs are paddling furiously. Well, for the past few weeks I’ve been a duck on […]
Obstruction Galore: Dems Play Politics Instead of Protecting Nevada’s Schoolchildren and Teachers
(Chuck Muth) – As of Tuesday, Better Nevada PAC reports, only six bills have been passed by the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature, including three gun-control measures (see item below for happy update on THAT!). The PAC notes that at the same point in the 2019 session – when the Democrat-controlled Legislature had Democrat Steve “Shutdown” Sisolak […]
Smacking Down Another Argument for Automatic Mail-In Balloting
(Chuck Muth) – Our Pigpen Project focus is on getting the Nevada voter rolls cleaned up so that only active, registered voters receive a ballot in the mail. However, that doesn’t mean we support universal, automatic mail-in balloting – especially in Nevada with such a transient population coming and going every month. The Democrats’ argument […]
Lombardo Takes on ‘Bull Connor’ Democrats Over School Choice
(Chuck Muth) – While running for governor, Joe Lombardo championed school choice as a way out of the government’s public school “failure factories” for low-income Nevadans, especially for minority children. His campaign website stated plainly… “Joe will increase school choice options by expanding access to charter schools, Opportunity Scholarships, and Education Saving Accounts (ESAs).” Opportunity […]
Hog Wild: Pigging Out at Windy’s Ranch & Rescue
(Chuck Muth) – We interrupt our regularly-scheduled political programming to bring you an uplifting little Sunday morning story of personal pride involving my daughter Jenna… Since before she even got out of her crib, Jenna was an animal lover. I could have bought a new car with all the money I spent on stuffed animals […]
Democrats Reject Election Reform Hearing: What are They Afraid of?
(Chuck Muth) – Democrat leaders on Wednesday held a dog-and-pony show/press conference in Carson City to, essentially, tell the people of Nevada to stick it where the sun don’t shine when it comes to protecting the state’s elections. “During the press conference,” Breitbart News reports, “the Nevada Globe’s Megan Barth asked the Democrats about the […]
Marchant Senate Launch Fails to Answer #1 Question
(Chuck Muth) – When the Nevada Globe broke the news that Jim Marchant announced at a sparsely-attended event that he was running for the GOP nomination for Nevada U.S. Senate yesterday, my immediate response on Twitter was… “Is it April Fool’s Day again already?” Sadly, no. Let me start by conceding that Marchant is a […]
Election Security Opponent Caught Playing Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
(Chuck Muth) – Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has introduced an election reform bill (SB405) to make it harder to cheat while keeping it easy to vote – for those LEGALLY eligible to do so. Voting in Nevada can’t get much easier. You can vote in-person on Election Day. You can vote early for two weeks […]
Lombardo Takes GOP’s Reigns, Chattah has Another Meltdown
(Chuck Muth) – It was a pretty amazing event. Hosted by the Service First Fund, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo kicked off the “Nevada Way Leadership Forum” at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday morning. The event featured an all-star lineup of elected officials, policy leaders and a couple hundred grassroots activists – […]
A Blind Democrat Walks into a Bar
(Chuck Muth) – I’m still digging out from all the emails that backed up on me this week while I was in Carson City, but thought I’d share this story to lighten the mood while the Legislature’s in session and carry you through the weekend… A blind Democrat walked into the hotel bar after a […]
Action Alert: Why You Should Care About and Oppose This “Camel’s Nose” Bill
(Chuck Muth) – Carson City Democrats are soft-on-crime. That isn’t even debatable. But a sneaky, little-noticed bill about illegal parking – that you wouldn’t think has anything to do with serious crime – is making its way through the Legislature. Last month, I noted that a bill (AB303) had been introduced which would prohibit tow […]
Laxalt Goes Full “Benedict Arnold”
(Chuck Muth) – According to a tweet on Friday by DC political strategist Chris LaCivita, the PAC formed to promote the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ousted its leader, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and replaced him with… Adam Laxalt. This morning, FOX News confirmed the shake-up, but the PAC told […]
Here’s a Free Sample of Yesterday’s Muth’s Truths PLUS+
(Chuck Muth) – There were some really important items in yesterday’s Muth’s Truths PLUS+, so I decided to share them with everyone on my main email list, not just the paid subscribers to MTP+. Things in Nevada are heating up FAST. And as usual, Republicans are busy making sure they don’t blow the opportunity to […]
Koda-Chrome, Welcome Home
When it comes to the rescue, Jim Dandy’s got nothing on me. As you know, I had to put my “Snowball” down a week ago. And I want to again thank everyone who was kind enough to send words of condolence and shared your own personal stories about man’s best friend. Well, on Thursday […]
Oh, Man … Did You Ever Miss a KILLER of a Good Time!
(Chuck Muth) – Saturday night’s sold-out “Death & Taxes” fundraising dinner/show at the Italian-American Club for our Pigpen Project was everything I’d hoped and more. The Laugher Unlimited folks who put on the murder-mystery-comedy production were a riot – especially D.D., the ditzy blond hostess. And yes, there were Alec Baldwin jokes. Early in the […]