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A Nevada judge has passed on taking action on a bid by Republican activists to force state GOP leaders to accept them as party members after they claimed they were being discriminated against, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

The judge asked the attorneys of the plaintiffs to amend a section of their lawsuit that the judge said contained "allegations and evidence with regard to protected class status."

The Children's Hospital of Colorado is sounding the alarm on the dramatic increase of suicides among young people, their website said Wednesday. According to statistics, suicide is now the number one cause of death for Colorado children.

"Right now, Colorado's children uniquely need our help," said hospital CEO Jena Hausmann. "It has been devastating to see suicide become the leading cause of death for Colorado's children. For over a decade, Children's Colorado has intentionally and thoughtfully been expanding our pediatric mental health prevention services, outpatient services and inpatient services, but it is not enough. Now we are seeing our pediatric emergency departments and our inpatient units overrun with kids attempting suicide and suffering from other forms of major mental health illness."

Former Donald Trump impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz is now suing Netflix after their documentary of Jeffrey Epstein.

According to the NYDN, Dershowitz is demanding $80 million for a four-part series called "Filthy Rich," exploring Epstein's life, finances and allegations.

It was revealed earlier this month that over the course of the past year two American soldiers have come down with the so-called "Havana Syndrome." It's a disease that befell diplomats who were stationed in Cuba who began experiencing brain injuries without having endured any physical trauma.

The Pentagon is now asking other soldiers to report similar symptoms of traumatic brain injuries, dizziness, nausea, headaches, head pressure that sometimes follows with a "piercing directional noise," and other strange traumas to contact them immediately, CNN reported Wednesday.

Gerald F. Seib is the executive Washington editor for The Wall Street Journal penned an editorial late Tuesday night asking Republicans who oppose the Jan. 6 Commission to think about the consequences of not having it.

He began by explaining that there will be many investigations into the attack on the U.S. Capitol with dozens of trials for attackers and congressional committees. Not having the commission doesn't mean it's going to disappear, far from it.

President Donald Trump proved that he has no idea what legal problems he's facing when posting on his blog Tuesday night.

The Washington Post revealed that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance had empaneled a grand jury into the financial problems facing the Trump Organization. At issue is whether Trump lied about his assets, inflated them for loans and deflated them for property taxes.

Earnest and folksy Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper whipped out his banjo to create his own endorsement of the voting rights bill known as the "For the People Act."

Using the tune from the legendary "School House Rock" song "I'm Just a Bill," Hickenlooper explains in the song that the bill gives people the ability to own their democracy instead of corporate political action committees (PAC).

Politico reported Tuesday night that former President Donald Trump is so desperate for policy ideas that he's thinking of recycling Newt Gingrich's 1990s "Contract with America."

Given so many Americans who would vote in 2022 were too young to remember the list of right-wing promises it could see a new life among conservatives. The report explained that Trump is looking for the "MAGA Doctrine," something he didn't have in 2016.

On Tuesday, 40/29 News reported that a Bentonville, Arkansas middle school principal is apologizing for captions in the school yearbook that appear to attack George Floyd protesters and whitewash the January 6th invasion of the U.S. Capitol, saying that they are "inaccurate," "biased," and "political."

The captions in the yearbook for Lincoln Junior High School reportedly attracted outrage from some parents.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow attacked President Joe Biden's Justice Department on Tuesday for a "humiliating" and "gross" court filing defending former Attorney General Bill Barr for his coverup of Donald Trump's crimes while in office.

At the start of the segment, she explained that Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland can only deny Trump's crimes for "so long."

Writing for The Washington Post, reporter Aaron Blake analyzed the constant shift in reasons Republicans are providing to oppose the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"If you look closely at how Republicans have defended this decision, you'll see how much they are foraging for reasons to oppose it," wrote Blake. "Initially, the argument was that the commission should focus not just on the Capitol riot, but also on unrelated violence at other demonstrations — specifically involving far-left Antifa activists and at Black Lives Matter protests last summer." Then, later, Blake noted, leaders like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed the commission was "slanted and unbalanced" even though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) agreed to every demand House Republicans had for its rules. Now, other Republicans, like Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), are claiming it is "too early" to create a commission.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston explained what the Manhattan district attorney would have to do to try a case that would convince a grand jury to hand down indictments.

"Tax cases are lost when they get in the fine details and complexity instead of the fundamental issue of fraud," said Johnston. "When we see an indictment, assuming we do, it may be focused on other things. New York has a state-level racketeering law, and they might well bring the charge in that direction. But they're going to avoid a case where the prosecutors get up and say under section da, da, da, da, da, which it links to, which I have seen happen in trials. So, the -- hone the case, bring it to a point where people understand, you knew this was wrong. Here's the email or memo or instruction that was given. That will be key."

This week, Fox 13 News interviewed Landon Copeland, an accused Capitol rioter from Utah who made national news after a bizarre pre-trial hearing in which he shouted "I object!" in response to criticisms of former President Donald Trump and screamed that the court clerk was "evil."

Copeland doesn't appear to have any remorse for his actions. Indeed, he told Fox 13 that Trump invited him to the Capitol and that he would do it all over again.