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  • The MAGA Party

    05/15/2024 6:03:10 AM PDT · by OrioleFan · 16 replies
    Nebraska Examiner ^ | May 10, 2024 | Kerry Winterer
    There is of course nothing wrong with organizing to elect party officials; it is what partisan politics is about. The problem in this case is in the result: It defeats the fundamental purpose of a political party, which is to elect its members to political positions. This requires the party to nominate and support candidates who have broad support and have the best chance to win election. The rise of the MAGA movement has resulted in the party endorsing candidates who are challenging the party’s incumbents. We can see this happening now. The county party has rescinded its endorsements of...
  • Nebraska Presidential Primary Election Results 2024

    05/14/2024 9:45:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 16 replies
    NBC NEWS ^ | May 14, 2024 | nbc
    Donald Trump has secured the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. Joe Biden has secured the delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Qualifies For Ballot Access In Another Critical State, Campaign Says

    05/14/2024 7:31:14 AM PDT · by airdalecheif · 20 replies
    100PRECENTFEDUP.COM ^ | May 13, 2024 | By Danielle
    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in Texas, his campaign said.
  • The Nebraska GOP is rejecting all Republican congressional incumbents in Tuesday's primary election (today!)

    05/14/2024 5:10:09 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 23 replies
    AP ^ | 5/13/24 | MARGERY A. BECK
    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday's primary election in his quest for reelection. He'll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary challenger. Bacon, whose district includes the state's largest city of Omaha, isn't the only one being snubbed. The Nebraska GOP, which was taken over by those loyal to former President Donald Trump during a contentious state convention in 2022, has refused to endorse any of...
  • State Libertarian Leaders Invite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Seek Libertarian Presidential Nomination

    05/05/2024 10:12:20 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 24 replies
    Independent Political Report ^ | May 5, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans
    State leadership and delegation chairs from several Libertarian Party chapters, including those in Florida, California, Colorado, Tennessee, Minnesota, Vermont, Nebraska, and the District of Columbia, have extended an invitation to independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urging him to seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination. The letter, published on Friday by Libertarians for Kennedy and signed by various party leaders, including an alternative region representative on the Libertarian National Committee, urges Kennedy to seek the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, with the understanding that the undersigned would consider voting for him in the first round if he accepts. Notably, the...
  • Democratic leader: Maine would be ‘compelled’ to act if Nebraska changes to winner-take-all

    04/27/2024 3:33:02 AM PDT · by Zman · 27 replies
    Bangor News ^ | 27 April 2024 | Billy Kobin
    AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine House Majority Leader Mo Terry said Friday the Legislature would be “compelled” to consider a special session if Nebraska Republicans switch their state to a winner-take-all system to help former President Donald Trump win in November.
  • Monster Tornado slams Omaha, Nebraska

    04/26/2024 5:15:38 PM PDT · by basalt · 85 replies
    look at this monster...this just happened https://twitter.com/i/status/1783967156679373087
  • Eric Holder Says Columbia's Campus Agitators Have 'Legitimate Concerns.' His Law Firm, Covington & Burling, Said Their Behavior 'Would Not Be Tolerated.'

    04/22/2024 6:03:56 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 21 replies
    Reuters and Washington Free Beacon Staff ^ | April 20, 2024 | Collin Anderson
    Holder spent several years at Covington before he became attorney general and rejoined the firm after his stint at the Justice Department. He now advises clients on a range of issues including "cultural and social responsibility," raking in as much as $2,295 an hour for conducting racial equity audits.The former attorney general also weighed in on Israel's war against Hamas last week. Appearing alongside former Obama secretary of defense and longtime Israel critic Chuck Hagel, Holder called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "small Man" and described Israel's response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack as "extremely disturbing."...Hagel, who served as...
  • Married substitute teacher Erin Ward, 45, is caught in a car undressed with a teenage boy parked on a dead-end road

    04/14/2024 5:01:52 PM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 135 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 14 APR 24 | UK Daily mail
    A married substitute teacher was arrested in Nebraska after she was caught undressed in the backseat of a car with a teenage boy, according to authorities. Douglas County Sheriff's deputies identified Erin Ward, 45, on Saturday after they were notified about a suspicious car parked on a dead-end road around 3am near 10200th block and North 189th Street. As they approached a gray 2015 Honda Pilot, police said that they spotted Ward and a 17-year-old boy in the backseat as she was putting her clothes back on. The boy then hopped into the driver's seat and fled the scene before...
  • U. Nebraska Lincoln creates nearly 300 new admin positions in 10 years

    04/10/2024 7:58:32 AM PDT · by george76 · 6 replies
    College Fix ^ | APRIL 9, 2024 | Micaiah Bilger
    Increase includes vice chancellor for diversity, other DEI positions The University of Nebraska at Lincoln added more than 350 new positions in the past decade – nearly all of them administrative – while student enrollment numbers remained steady... Among the new hires is a vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion. His salary for the current year is $267,585 .. During the 2022-23 school year, the most recent data available, the public university’s Lincoln campus employed 4,014 full-time administrators and support staff... In 2013-2014, IPEDS data shows UNL employed 3,720 administrators and support staff – meaning it added 294 administrative positions...
  • Two Republicans Help Democrats Block Protections for Girls’ Sports in Nebraska

    04/09/2024 2:22:11 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/09/2024 | ALANA MASTRANGELO
    Two Republicans joined Democrats in blocking legislation that would have stopped transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports in K-12 schools in Nebraska. A bill that would stop student athletes from participating on sports teams for the opposite sex, as well as using locker rooms and bathrooms for the opposite sex, was blocked by a filibuster on Friday in Nebraska, according to a report by Nebraska Public Media. After four hours of debate, 31 state senators voted for the legislation (LB575), but the bill needed 33 votes in order to end the filibuster.
  • Trump and GOP leaders push to change Nebraska electoral votes to winner-take-all

    04/03/2024 2:09:18 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 24 replies
    NBC News ^ | 4/3/24 | Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman and Allan Smith
    Former President Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen are calling on the state’s Legislature to change the way Nebraska doles out its Electoral College votes, a move that would almost certainly benefit Trump in his 2024 presidential bid. While most states dole out all their Electoral College votes to the statewide winner of the presidential vote, Nebraska and Maine give out one electoral vote to the candidate who wins each congressional district.
  • Nebraska GOP Gains ‘Filibuster Proof’ Majority in Unicameral Legislature After Democrat Switches Parties

    04/03/2024 12:55:17 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 4 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/03/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
    Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell (R-5) announced he is fleeing the Democrat party to become a Republican, giving the GOP what U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) calls a “filibuster-proof majority” in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature. McDonnell’s party change bears major implications for local and national politics as the state is on the verge of moving to a winner-take-all electoral vote allocation system for presidential elections. The state currently has a split electoral vote awarding system that gives “two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner, and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each congressional district,” as...
  • Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information

    03/17/2024 1:33:53 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 11 replies
    justice.gov ^ | March 4, 2024 | Office of Public Affairs
    A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Saturday, March 2, for allegedly conspiring to transmit and transmitting classified information relating to the national defense (National Defense Information or NDI) on a foreign online dating platform beginning in or around February 2022 until in or around April 2022.According to the indictment, David Franklin Slater, 63, of Nebraska, worked in a classified space at USSTRATCOM and held a Top Secret security clearance from in or around August 2021 until in or around April 2022, after retiring as...
  • 100 years later, long-lost Clara Bow silent film found in parking lot

    03/10/2024 7:31:49 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 20 replies
    wifr.com ^ | March 9, 2024 | Marlo Lundak
    It’s a movie that hasn’t been seen in decades, missing for so long that many didn’t even know it existed. That is, until it turned up in Omaha, Nebraska. On a projector in a Kansas City home, Gary Huggins cues up a recent discovery. “I was relieved to find it wouldn’t explode!”, he said. Huggins soon refocused his attention from the technical to find something he definitely wasn’t expecting. “Wow, I think I’ve discovered this film that nobody’s seen in at least 50 years, if not 100,” Huggins said. Huggins, a filmmaker himself, picked up the film at an auction...
  • Nebraska woman is charged with using VERY sneaky trick to pump 7,400 gallons of FREE gas worth $28,000 over six-month period

    03/09/2024 3:54:38 PM PST · by Libloather · 23 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/09/24 | Dolores Chang
    A Nebraska woman has been arrested after allegedly using a sneaky trick to pump more than 7,400 gallons of gas for free over six months. Dawn Thompson, 45, allegedly used a rewards card 510 times between November 2022 and June 2023, pumping 7,413.59 gallons of gas worth $27,860.27, according to the affidavit. She allegedly exploited a pump glitch that allowed her to swipe a rewards card twice, switching the pump from regular mode to demo mode. From there, she pumped gas for free. Staff at Pump & Pantry in Lincoln, Nebraska, first reported someone involved in 'some sort of fuel...
  • Omaha police searching for woman caught on video hitting, stomping on 2 people in front of her crying child

    03/02/2024 12:42:08 AM PST · by Morgana · 54 replies
    KETV ^ | February 29, 2024 | Rob McCartney
    OMAHA, Neb. — A KETV Crime Stoppers alert provided a very clear and very disturbing video of a violent attack. Two people were attacked by a woman who had a young child with her who was yelling for her to "stop it." The incident happened at the Mega Saver at 144th and Blondo streets just after 5 p.m. on Feb. 16. The suspect came into the store wearing a brown coat. It started innocently enough. She walked up to the counter with a small child by her side and asked for an iPhone charger. "Need an iPhone charger for a...
  • Nebraska zoo extracts 70 coins from white alligator's stomach

    02/19/2024 6:59:23 PM PST · by Red Badger · 22 replies
    BBC ^ | 19 February 2024 | By Chloe Kim, BBC News, New York
    Thibodaux. a 36-year-old white alligator, had 70 coins removed from his stomach An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo surgery after veterinarians discovered 70 coins in the animal's stomach. The coins were found in a rare, 36-year-old leucistic alligator, which has translucent white skin and blue eyes. Veterinarians identified "metal foreign objects in the stomach of an iconic resident" - Thibodaux. The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska said patrons threw coins into the enclosure, which were eaten by the animal between cleanings. He has recovered from the procedure and is back in his habitat. The...
  • Nebraska senator has introduced a bill that could make them the first in the country to forbid hedge funds from buying up family properties

    02/16/2024 9:04:18 PM PST · by RandFan · 46 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | Feb 16 | Leading Report
    @LeadingReport BREAKING: Nebraska senator has introduced a bill that could make Nebraska the first in the country to forbid out-of-state hedge funds and other corporate entities from buying up single-family properties.
  • Some whiz kids figured out how to read charred scrolls from Pompeii and we have the text from the first scroll

    02/07/2024 8:24:15 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 52 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 5, 2024 | Stacy Liberatore
    The famous Herculaneum scroll, charred papyrus found buried by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, has been deciphered by artificial intelligence.The feat was achieved by students in the Vesuvius challenge, which used algorithms to scan the artifact that would otherwise had been destroyed if unraveled by human hands.The winning team read more than 2,000 'never-before-seen' texts that discussed sources of pleasure, such as music, the taste of capers and the color purple.The three students, from Egypt, Switzerland and the US, share a $700,000 grand prize for uncovering hundreds of words across more than 15 columns of text, corresponding to around...