Peter Marks exited the FDA with a veiled threat against the American public. In an April 4, 2025, Marks told his interviewer “At any given time, there are many, many viruses that could come, things like Ebola and others that could be very dangerous to our country. We had a group that was prepared to deal with those. Additionally, I can’t go into the details, but there are manmade threats that we were prepared to deal with.”

Nevada County governance thrives only when it operates on trust — trust that staff are forthright, that transparency is not feared but embraced, and that accountability is a tool for improvement, not a weapon to be avoided. Senior county officials must resist the easy temptation to rationalize dishonesty for the sake of short-term gains.

Yes, our current elections system is deeply flawed and transparency sucks. But who benefits when Republicans don’t vote?

Likely after realizing she had done nothing for students for the first two years of her term, Willoughby rushed a vague resolution onto the school board agenda.

Election researchers have extensively used cast vote record (CVR) analysis to alert the public to deficiencies in our local, state, and national elections. 

After reading the April 2024 State Auditor’s Report: “Homelessness in California, San Jose and San Diego Must do More to Plan and Evaluate Their Efforts to Reduce Homelessness”, it is apparent Nevada County needs to apply the recommendations outlined in the report.

Nevada Union High School in Nevada County, California, students “walked out,” refusing to go to classes.

Government derives its authority only by delegation from the people.

As we look to the future, I'm filled with hope and excitement. I know that our care home will continue to grow and evolve, providing a haven for seniors and their families.

Dr. George and Jo Ann Rebane recently found an action they could take that will significantly improve cultural and civic life in their Western Nevada County community.

Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall formally announced her candidacy for Congress in California’s 3rd Congressional District, challenging incumbent Republican Representative Kevin Kiley in the 2026 election. Hall, a Democrat, filed her candidacy this week, aiming to represent a district that spans rural and suburban communities from the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley.

Grab your hemp-infused kombucha, Nevada County, and spark your organic cackles, because Heidi Hall, our wokest warrior queen, is preaching her way to Congress in a campaign against Kevin Kiley that’s less “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and more “Dazed and Confused.” Your ol’ pal Rusty Dankbud, the ganja-guru of local lunacy, was toking on some primo “Sierra Skunk” when I sniffed out this fiasco weeks ago.

Indivisible: united by independent thought… from the same source.

An enlightening and informative symposium on human trafficking

Imagine a foreign policy that deters aggression without endless wars, projecting power so others think twice before crossing the line. At home, it is about law and order that keeps neighborhoods safe, not as a cudgel, but as a foundation for opportunity. This vision is not blind optimism; it is founded in a humanist belief that our nation can protect its own while lifting its people, from farmers to factory workers to tech innovators.

“Remember this diabolical playbook: Create a pretext. Lie to the American people about a threat. Hype the threat. Create irrational fear. Tell them military action is needed to eliminate the threat, and their fears. Bombs away.” – Dennis Kucinich

Since we were successful at both religious and economic freedom via our Constitution, what protection do we have that will maintain freedom of economics and business in medicine?

Currently, USDA policy is to cull chickens as the only response to the bird flu. In the last twenty-four months 166 million birds have been killed. However, a very small percentage of these chickens actually had the flu or were even showing symptoms. The protocol has been to kill the entire flock, horribly, by foam suffocation. The policy is, if one or two chickens on your farm shows any trace of bird flus from a PCR test, then automatically, all your chickens are killed. The problem with the PCR test is that there are many false positives. 

The County’s budget totals $388 million, with 45.8%—or $167 million—sourced from federal and state intergovernmental funds. This revenue supports 908 full-time equivalent positions delivering essential services, but recent federal actions threaten this pipeline, prompting urgent advocacy by the Board. Nevada County’s complete reliance on federal funding for these services amplifies the stakes. Discretionary revenues offer little buffer against cuts to the $167 million in federal and state aid while losing tax-exempt municipal bonds could cripple infrastructure funding tied to salaries.

Rusty Dankbud went at Miners Foundry to watch Kevin Kiley pull a vanishing act on the Indivisible Nevada County town hall, leaving a room full of Bay Area transplant, Trump-deranged, Prius-piloting relics who ditched San Francisco for bucolic Nevada County clutching their “Resist” pins and unraveling into a woke frenzy. The townhall turned into a three-hour TDS therapy session with keynote preacher Supervisor Heidi Hall, Nevada County’s self-anointed queen of sanctimony, leading the charge like a progressive televangelist on a righteous bender.