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@AskDanThePRMan

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CEO Parsons PR. Host of @DanParsonsShow2 , @Pints_Politics & @ItsaPRDisaster . Crisis PR Expert. Drummer. Thought Leader for Thought Leaders. #GoFactYourself

Lincoln/Austin/San Antonio
Joined October 2008
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Dan Parsons
4 years
40 years of voting. Today was the very first time voting Democrat for President. #VoteBidenHarris2020 #VoteHimOut #Landslide2020
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2 years
No matter your political persuasion @senatormachaela appearance tonight on @maddow was very well done. #thoughtleadership
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3 years
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m really, really tired of politics vs science. #sciencefiction
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3 years
Thank you, George Norris. "Nebraska is now the only Republican-controlled state in the U.S. to plan to fully decarbonize its electricity sector by mid-century."
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Dan Parsons
1 year
Nebraska needs more journalists like @yanqixu_ !
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Yanqi Xu
1 year
Being a reporter, I never wanted to make myself the story. But this time, I thought there’s more at stake than myself. I think about the community I represent, and who might find the governor’s comment hurtful. A thread:
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3 years
After another journalist massacre today, I’m thankful for @NebPubMediaNews , @NE_Examiner and @flatwaterfreep - great new #swag !
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7 months
It’s yet another blow to local journalism, but I’ll continue to build up and insist on truth over tribalism.
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Lincoln Journal Star
7 months
Lincoln radio station fires talk-radio host after 10 months
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3 years
A bunch of hard working journalists right here! #NebraskaNeedsJournalists
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Cindy Gonzalez
3 years
They got ya covered! Lincoln Journo crew w hops, hopes, hoopla. No furries (unless one counts bottom of Hammel’s coffee cup)…Cheers to wind down of 107th Leg 2nd session @PaulHammelNE @catefolsom4 @asanderford @stoddardOWH @ErinBamer @ChrisDunkerLJS @GrantSchulte @ketvlincoln
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4 years
Since @LIBAlincoln wants to make this about politics and divide us - science deniers vs public health, I choose policies based on facts and science that protect my friends and family. Oh, and this longtime member/small business owner quits!
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4 years
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5 years
@JackM_KLINRadio When Nebraska public officials or their representatives start using the same sorid tactics of Washington politics, we have a problem. I'm especially offended by the use of #FakeNews to simply disagree with a policy position. #ShameOnYou
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2 years
I’m more thankful than I’ve been in my whole life for a #FreePress . Let ‘em rip @flatwaterfreep ! Continue to light up that darkness with rockets and the red glare of truth! #july4thweekend
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Dan Parsons
7 months
Crazy town rules the NEGOP.
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Aaron Sanderford
7 months
National GOP Committeewoman Fanchon Blythe just called the COVID-19 pandemic "the COVID-19 scamdemic." She says Democrats exploited the chaos to change how elections are handled. "If Democrats can switly change rules in a pandemic, why can't we (adopt) winner take all."
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7 years
“given @BenSasse should and does know better than most lawmakers the risk that Trump poses, it is fair to expect more — and be more critical of what so far amounts to empty rhetoric.”
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Dan Parsons
3 years
Hardest working journalists in Nebraska? A break in recording @pints_politics #podcast , @asanderford files a story while @PaulHammelNE contemplates which #NebraskaCraftBeer to pour. Episode #45 premiers Friday featuring @NE_Examiner .
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Dan Parsons
7 months
Welcome to #LNK @RAYGUNshirts A future bestseller: I got fired from talk radio (KLIN) for saying the F-Word ( FACTS)
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10 months
“Our most vulnerable Nebraskans — the ones Pillen has repeatedly pronounced as a priority — don't deserve to be pawns in a political game. Show that kids really are priority” via @JournalStarNews
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7 months
Delivered, thanks @RAYGUNshirts ! Satisfaction for me, knowing many care about #truthovertribalism And partial proceeds to our friends fighting for #localjournalism , @flatwaterfreep . Buy 2!
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2 years
@svdate The new @CNN documentary #WatergateSeries reminded me that no one really cared or even followed the @washingtonpost historic reporting until after Nixon was re-elected, by a landslide.
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2 years
@MuellerSheWrote The “Sabotage Biden Administration” theory has not been reported on, or for that matter, even talked about. Seems obvious. Well done @MuellerSheWrote
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1 year
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3 years
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were fiscally conservative. #journalismmatters @OWHnews
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Turns out good journalism is not dead. Well done @flatwaterfreep for hiring a state government watchdog reporter. As you said, “someone who will hold Nebraska’s state leaders to account…”
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@KLINRadio
1400 & 99.3 KLIN
1 year
Listen to the first ever edition of The Dan Parsons Show right now!
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Dan Parsons
7 months
Toxic tribalism is the greatest threat facing America & democracy today. Talk shows that lift up & bring us together is EXACTLY what we need. Partisan dividing, tearing down, fueling anger, driving wedges, promoting conspiracies, fostering doubt is what's poisoning America. 8/
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Dan Parsons
2 years
And fire the host.
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Adam Morfeld
2 years
It appears as though KLIN / @NRGMedia2 has taken down the defamatory story on their website and social media. They have only done half of what we have demanded - now they need to do a public retraction.
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Dan Parsons
7 months
“This decision is a blow to Nebraska’s public records law, a law written to protect media outlets like ours and Nebraskans like yourselves from the secrecy of those who hold power.” @redcloud_scribe
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Flatwater Free Press
7 months
We have fought for 2 years to get access to public records that may show the state grappling with, or not grappling with, Nebraska’s growing nitrate-in-groundwater problem. We had a setback. But we will keep fighting. Editor @redcloud_scribe with more:
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Dan Parsons
1 year
Thanks for all the memories, @LJSdon . The Ironman of Nebraska journalists. A great story teller and always a gentleman. ✌️❤️
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Lincoln Journal Star
1 year
Thank you for reading me, challenging me, encouraging me, and now it's time to go.
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Dan Parsons
2 years
They crossed a journalistic line by treating talk show trash as actual news. Firing the host would be the next logical step.
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Chris Dunker
2 years
It appears KLIN has removed the story alleging Adam Morfeld is under investigation from its website:
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Dan Parsons
3 years
One more reason for #GOP ’s miserable showing in last week’s #lnk city council elections? @LincolnBizBuzz “Lincoln, by one measure, has recovered more from COVID-19 than any other city in the U.S.”
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Dan Parsons
7 months
Thanks for the opportunity. I’ll keep lifting up. Peace, Dan
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Dan Parsons
5 years
This urban #PR guy feels right at home on the farm with these two cowboys. Thanks for the whiskey and cigars @Nebcattleman and @E_arrow_angus
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3 years
Congratulations to #LNK City Council candidates on your big win last night. We are thankful for your #leadership .
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Dan Parsons
6 years
What does a #PR guy do after a late election night? Fly around the state with @bobkristne @lynnewalz and a @bcom_solutions photog @rachannephoto
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Good morning #lnk
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Dan Parsons
7 years
My dear @GOP friends: as a lifelong Reagan Republican I have a real question; please tell me why any of us should continue in this shithole party?
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Dan Parsons
7 years
This will have a big impact on turnout for statewide and #neleg races.
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Don Walton
7 years
Supporters of Medicaid expansion will launch a petition drive to place an initiative on the November ballot.
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Dan Parsons
1 year
The politics of misinformation are holding back a multi-billion dollar industry in Nebraska. Thanks to good journalism like this, the tide may soon turn. #Nebraska #RenewableEnergy
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Dan Parsons
6 years
Proudly supporting local journalism and the @owhguild Buy a subscription to the @OWHnews ! #FreedomOfThePressIsNotFree
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7 months
10 months on talk radio and all I got was an amazing t-shirt! Thanks, @RAYGUNshirts !
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RAYGUN
7 months
Careful who you fact these days. New #raygun shirt online: Inspired by the firing of our buddy in Lincoln, Dan Parsons: CC @AskDanThePRMan #LNK
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Dan Parsons
3 years
Higher gas prices to help our fellow humans? I’m in. #bikeforUkraine #UkraineRussianWar
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Dan Parsons
1 year
First radio interview with @yanqixu_ and @mattwynn @flatwaterfreep , tell the neighbors.
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Dan Parsons
7 months
Seems to be some confusion with the narrative on how @KLINRadio management ended their relationship with the past two hosts of their 5 p.m. hour. I’ll try and sum up what is known publicly. 1/
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Dan Parsons
6 years
Andrew Ozaki is a one-man-journalist-camera-operating-sound-tech-reporting-machine!
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JRob
6 years
. @KETV Look at that SPEED from @ketvlincoln !!! #Huskers @white_tyler with the assist #KETV
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of Parsons Public Relations. Spending time today planning for the next chapter. Hold on, it’s gonna be wild! It is #PR after all.
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Dan Parsons
6 years
God bless smoked meats, @nmaestas and @Yo_Muchacho ! #NebraskaStrong
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Dan Parsons
5 years
While not a startup and not a tech company, February marks the 4th anniversary of Parsons PR working & thriving in the heart of the #LNK #startup community. Proud to call @FUSEcowork home!
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Lincoln Journal Star
5 years
Nebraska has been recognized as one of the top states in which to start and build a technology business.
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Dan Parsons
5 years
R.I.P. Gary Lacey. A good and decent person who made the world a better and safer place.
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Lincoln Journal Star
5 years
During his 20-year career as Lancaster County Attorney, Gary Lacey focused on making a difference within the system. He died Thursday in his hometown of Gothenburg. He was 77.
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Dan Parsons
6 years
Come on Husker fans, show some patience for @CoachMiles
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7 months
I was fired effective immediately and escorted out of the building. My themes of “building up instead of tearing down” and “truth over tribalism” apparently weren't what they were looking for. 7/
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7 years
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2 years
It's happening...stay tuned for something new! #ItsaPRdisaster
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Dan Parsons
4 years
We’re doing what we can. #Election2020 #BlueDot @JoeBiden
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Dan Parsons
5 years
Not exactly how I’d planned the start of PR-Guy-Spring-Break II. 5 hour delay out of LNK, and snow at DEN. However, they have gin here and it will be 80 degrees in Austin when I get there! #Iwillsurvive
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Dan Parsons
6 months
Thanks for the love, @RAYGUNshirts #Omaha ! #GoFactYourself . #TheDanParsonsShow 2.0 announcement coming soon!
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Dan Parsons
3 years
The Future of Nebraska News forum hosted by @flatwaterfreep . Featuring @redcloud_scribe , @mattwynn and an impressive group of of local and national #jouranalists .
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Instead of talking about how to keep our children safe from horrific gun violence, an elected state education leader is criticizing an award winning high school teacher about drag queen shows? Really?
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The Daily Beast
2 years
Nebraska’s teacher of the year is accusing a conservative member of the state Board of Education of bullying her because she attended a drag-queen story hour at a conference.
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Dan Parsons
5 years
Yes, THE best street tacos in the #BigTen
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Nick Maestas
5 years
Let’s get @Yo_Muchacho to cater @DwyaneWade and @itsgabrielleu ’s tailgate!! And feed the @CollegeGameDay crew!
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Dan Parsons
3 years
George Norris represented Nebraska in Congress for over forty years. And he changed not just Nebraska, but the entire U.S. Norris believed that everyone should have access to electricity and sponsored the Rural Electrification Act.
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Dan Parsons
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@DanParsonsShow2
The Dan Parsons Show
3 years
We welcome two seasoned reporters who recently joined the Cornhusker State’s newest independent news organization the @NE_Examiner ! Join us for a captivating episode featuring special guests @paulhammelNE and @asanderford . Full episode:
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Dan Parsons
4 years
I old enough to remember when "conservatives" believed in local control. via @JournalStarNews
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Dan Parsons
5 years
No matter your political affiliation, read this. Thanks for your leadership, Ari.
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Ari Kohen
5 years
I sat down with a very thoughtful, very helpful staff member from @RepDonBacon 's office yesterday, as part of a small group from Nebraska's Jewish community, to ask the Congressman to make a public statement condemning President Trump's harmful rhetoric about American Jews.
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Dan Parsons
6 years
Behind the cameras, directing traffic, and drinking coffee...life of a #PR guy on #ElectionNight
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Dan Parsons
3 years
In case @GovRicketts is looking for someone to help his understanding of #CriticalRaceTheory ; maybe Gen. Milley could be a special guest at one of the townhall meetings.
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ABC News
3 years
"What is wrong with understanding...the country which we are here to defend?” Gen. Mark Milley, addresses understanding Critical Race Theory: "I do think it's important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open minded and be widely read."
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Dan Parsons
6 years
Dearly beloved We are gathered here today To get through this thing called life...so stop playing my music you orange...
@thehill
The Hill
6 years
Members of Prince's estate tell Trump to stop playing his music at rallies
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Dan Parsons
1 year
@JackMitchellLNK @KLINRadio Thanks, Jack. And thanks for the encouragement. I'll do my best not to screw up what you've help build the past many years.
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Dan Parsons
2 years
@KirkPenner @NEGOP @LCRPNE @dcrponline @nebraskahsr @NebraskaYR @NebraskaFreedom @nebfamily Really, this is the most important issue for our kids? You may want to rethink your battle plan.
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Dan Parsons
4 years
#CrisisComunications , especially when dealing with medical condition of the leader of the most powerful nation on earth, must be 💯 transparent, anything less is alarming. #TrumpHasCovid #SaturdayPRAdvice
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Dan Parsons
4 years
Thank you, Erin, for telling our stories. My mornings will not be the same without your words. All the best in your new adventure!
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Dan Parsons
5 years
Attention late night #Thanksgiving shoppers: @SuperSaverFoods knows your priorities.
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Dan Parsons
4 years
We are good after all. ❤️ & ✌🏽
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Andrew Ozaki KETV
4 years
Words and an unbelievable gesture ended a tense standoff at the State Capitol. 100’s of protesters left peacefully after organizers got the NSP Major in charge of operations to pull back officers in riot gear and kneel with protesters in respect of George Floyd.
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Dan Parsons
5 years
Lori, thanks for your excellent reporting on this case, especially given the gruesome subject matter and limits placed on reporters by the court. Your hard work showed once again #localjournailsm matters.
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Lori Pilger
5 years
Aubrey Trail's attorney, Ben Murray, said after nearly four weeks of testimony and 900 exhibits, the jury wasn’t out even three hours. “We thought it may have been wasted effort to try to argue it to them today,” he said regarding decision to waive jury trial for aggravators.
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Dan Parsons
7 years
FLASH! San Diego's Green Flash Brewing @GreenFlashBeer to open brew-pub in #LNK @thefullpint
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Dan Parsons
7 months
“Legislative Bill 399 — would add unnecessary government intervention into the renewable energy development process, jeopardizing our forward energy progress and the economic and social benefits that come with it.”
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Dan Parsons
5 years
“Thank you Lincoln! Today’s election results prove once again that #LNK , Nebraska is the best place in the U.S. to live, work and raise a family.” Dr. Marilyn Moore and Max Rodenburg, Co-Chairs @GreatKidsLNK
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Dan Parsons
6 years
All in a day’s work. @bobkristne @KETV
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Gabriella Nova (Parsons) 💫
6 years
Drinking gin&tonics on a downtown rooftop with my dad when he causally gets a call from channel 7 news. #love #dad #journalism #bigeffindeal @AskDanThePRMan
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Dan Parsons
7 months
@PaulHammelNE @klin Thanks, Paul! Appreciate your support. Another blow to local journalism.
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Join me tonight, 5:08, @KLINRadio #DriveTimeLincoln , @USRepMikeFlood and Lincoln State Senator @BostarEliot . It does happen, a #Republican and #Democrat working together to solve problems and move our state forward. Tune in!
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Dan Parsons
7 months
BREAKING: After 10 months on the air, KLIN management has ended its relationship with afternoon host Dan Parsons, effectively immediately. The final broadcast of “The Dan Parsons Show was last night, Thursday, March 21.
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Dan Parsons
2 years
I’m honored to serve on @cedarskids Board of Directors. The work we do for children in our community deserves your support. Please join us #GiveToLincolnDay
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Please watch. And give 10 seconds of silence. #Peace
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Dan Parsons
5 years
#Lnk is growing! The need for more room for our kids is real. Vote “yes” for @GreatKidsLNK ! Thanks @LincolnChamber for hosting this public forum!
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Dan Parsons
3 years
The @Hudl logo is changing colors of the rainbow tonight. What a week it’s been in sports for diversity & inclusion! #CarlNassib #pride #lnk
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Dan Parsons
9 months
Unreal and very sad. The continued death of local journalism is a serious problem. More evidence of why nonprofit news organizations like @NE_Examiner is so badly needed. #nonprofitnews #NebraskaNeedsJournalists
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Aaron Sanderford
9 months
Unreal.
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Dan Parsons
3 years
And this from @LJSreist story quoting @GrowLincoln “…Republicans vastly overestimated the number of people opposed to the mask mandate and pandemic restrictions”
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Dan Parsons
5 years
This doesn’t seem to be going the way @GovRicketts thought. #ilovepublicschools
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Allison Barnes
5 years
Thanks to a Nebraska public school and a Nebraska public university, I have a PhD in Biochemistry. Maybe the Governor of my former state could use a little public education as well. #ilovepublicschools
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Dan Parsons
4 years
@melodyvacc @NebraskaDems No. Like many, I could not vote for either candidate. Biggest voting regret ever!
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Dan Parsons
2 years
Our society relies on news media to hold politicians accountable. But we also trust them to have journalistic standards. @NRGMediaLincoln @NRGMedia2 should immediately fire @riggins_jack . Otherwise they are no longer a news organization.
@LincolnBizBuzz
Matt Olberding
2 years
@BigRedBackup @JournalStarNews @ChrisDunkerLJS @LJSpilger Our police reporter asked LPD and was told this is not true. Not a “no comment” or “we don’t discuss investigations.” It was a firm “no.”
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Dan Parsons
4 years
. @SenSasse "The anger from @NEGOP is simply about me not bending a knee to one guy." Message to Nebraska GOP State Central Committee
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Dan Parsons
6 months
Wonder if Nebraska @NEGOP voters will hit that mark? @NikkiHaley is getting my vote on May 14.
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Ron Filipkowski
6 months
30% of Republicans in PA voted against Trump for a candidate who dropped out 6 weeks ago.
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Dan Parsons
7 years
I'm biased, but PLEASE buy a subscription so journalists are paid more! Then we all win.
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