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Sen. Jacky Rosen, left, (D-NV) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) before Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on Jan. 3, 2024.

OPINION: Cortez Masto and Rosen are beginning to receive the Signal

Cortez Masto and Rosen have demonstrated that they are capable of learning — at a passable level, if not necessarily one that deserves honors — what the present moment calls for. Acceptable work, senators. You are presently meeting expectations.

Declaration of Independence.

OPINION: Never has good journalism been more essential

But while the stakes may not be what they were nearly six months after the Declaration of Independence was signed — or so we can hope — what is happening now in this country should be disturbing to anyone paying attention and seeing without partisan blinders.

A burned Tesla vehicle at a collision center in Las Vegas that also has been vandalized.

OPINION: We don’t live in normal times

Regardless of how one might feel about Musk, Trump or those who oppose them, the recent spate of attacks against the world’s most popular electric vehicles should be a reminder that our current era of division is on the brink of devolving further into chaos.

Federal Reserve building Washington D.C.

OPINION: Government is not a business — nobody can run it like one

If there were fewer government employees, perhaps they would be forced to focus their efforts on delivering the services constituents actually demand instead of generating bureaucratic busywork — and at a lower overall cost. If only that were so.