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The 2023 Nebraska legislative session was marked by significant legislative victories for Governor Jim Pillen and the Nebraska GOP. They passed a huge tax cut for the rich that may bankrupt the state, a near total abortion ban and restrictions on...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 06:22 AM PDT
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Since June 2022, when the Roe v.Wade precedent was overturned, Republicans have been utterly shocked that taking away a woman’s right that has been enjoyed for 50 years caused such a backlash. Republicans could not even get anti-abortion initiatives...
by SemDem
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on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM PDT
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Cheers everyone and welcome to Friday’s Morning Open Thread. Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and ...
by P Carey
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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Nebraska Republican U.S. House Representative Don Bacon has long falsely marketed himself as a bi-partisan moderate. He also dishonestly claimed that he is one of the most effective members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Bacon’s lone legislative...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 08:49 AM PDT
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🔶 Colorado and the High Plains homepage & diary list founded Apr 3, 2024 by ColoTim — Eastern Colorado and the high plains, from Texas to Canada's prairies, east of the Rockies and west of the rolling hills....
by mettle fatigue
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Three strikes for former Prez 'No Labels' out; Soft sentence for GOP vote fraudster WI reconsiders drop-boxes NE nixes Electoral College change Biden v. Israel Sanders joins Biden to tout success against Big Pharma... It was yet another busy news day...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 06:58 PM PDT
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Jim Pillen and the GOP dominated Nebraska legislature have been on a tax cutting spree. During the 2023 legislative session, the Nebraska Republicans cut taxes by a whopping $3.1 billion over the next five years. In addition, most of the tax cuts were...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Tue Apr 02, 2024 at 07:27 AM PDT
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Yesterday I had a story up on the outrageous stunt Nebraska State Sen. Steve Halloran pulled the day before when arguing in support of a typical MAGA book banning/anti-obscenity bill. His behavior was so far over the line that there were calls from...
by Irontortoise
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 09:10 PM PDT
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I’m currently ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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First saw this at Raw Story, though it’s the number one item on Nebraska media today (trigger warning since it involves graphic descriptions of a rape scene): State Sen. Steve Halloran (R-Hastings) read an excerpt from the novel "Lucky," by Alice...
by Irontortoise
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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The Christian right has long dreamed of tearing down the wall of separation between churches and public schools. Just look at Republican� House Speaker Mike Johnson , who�spent two decades ...
by Charles Jay
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 05:45 AM PST
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“Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: 'Please, sir, I want some more’.”— Oliver Twist. Charles...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 03:48 PM PST
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Jim Pillen and his Republican allies in the legislature are out to prove that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. During the most recent legislative session, the Nebraska Republicans cut...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 08:10 AM PST
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Many agree that getting abortion rights on the ballot is good for protecting our bodies and our rights. Most also agree that it’s a great issue for Democrats. This diary isn’t especially original, but as we say (often) in the GNR, repetition is good!...
by chloris creator
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 04:13 AM PST
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An appellate court on Tuesday reversed a 2022 federal conviction against � former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska , ruling that he should not have been tried in Los Angeles.
Fortenberry was ...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 01:17 PM PST
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The political world was rocked by a flawed New York Times/Siena poll on November 5 that allegedly showed that Trump was leading in the battleground states. The poll was garbage since it grossly inflated Trump’s support with Hispanics, African-Americans...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 07:19 AM PST
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The 2023 Nebraska legislative session was marked by partisan rancor and an extreme agenda from the Nebraska Republicans. Pillen and the Republicans jammed through a controversial agenda and ran roughshod over the minority Democrats. However, that...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 07:44 AM PST
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When the Republicans grab power, they make comforting the already comfortable one of their top priorities. They always cut taxes for the rich and throw some crumbs to the middle class to help them market their give away to the GOP donor base. Governor...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 07:46 AM PST
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Abortion rights supporters have launched a ballot initiative effort to put a constitutional amendment before voters next year that would protect abortion rights in a state where Republicans this ...
by Stephen Wolf
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 05:30 AM PST
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An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Nebraska Constitution is being launched, following on the heels of successful efforts in other reds states where Republicans had enacted or sought ...
by Associated Press
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