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I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.Thomas Jefferson.

Lincoln, NE
Joined January 2012
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Vince Powers
3 years
Went to HyVee to grab some beer and the authoritarians running the store forced me to produce an age passport issued by government overlords to buy the beer. Whats next, —a driving passport to operate my car on government streets?
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The modern Republican Party. Woman has been identified as the NE GOP national committeewoman. She is sticking tongue out at those in NE Capitol protesting Nebraska lawmakers passing bill restricting abortion, gender-affirming care for trans minors. Open carry is legal now
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Nebraska Unicameral should go into special session Monday and legalize marijuana immediately so NE football fans can find peace
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"In NE it is illegal to hire prostitutes, in NV prostitution is legal....ask the brothels to examine their records if NE men have been customers? If travel to another state for an abortion becomes a criminal act, travel to another state to hire a prostitute should be criminal"
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2 years
Ben Sasse cut and ran from the Ag Committee, now he has cut and run from the Senate itself. Can anyone tell us what he accomplished in his 8 years representing NE?
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“The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs, found that Nebraska yearly loses about 2,000 people with college degrees. Of the 20 categories of reasons they left, tax relief was not one of them. “ via @NE_Examiner
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4 years
@AnaCabrera @GirlHusker84 I would be so annoyed that my flight delayed by selfish passengers
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2 years
Two weeks after Regent Jack Stark voted against Pillen resolution to ban imaginary CRT at UNL--Stark was charged with a bogus felony charge which would have resulted in Stark resigning and Ricketts getting to appoint his replacement--today jury found him Not guilty in 17 minutes
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Ben Sasse is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee which was briefed in January on coronavirus. Sasse did nothing to prepare or warn anyone about the pandemic. Sasse has stood by while Trump lied about the coronavirus. Now he distract from his failures by yelling "China"
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Anti-life Gov. Pillen "..did not answer a question about how his acceptance of federal pandemic relief funds for his hog operation in Columbus or grants for a meat-cutting operation in Fremont differed from accepting federal funds for the meal program".
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“Liz Cheney and I are not brave. We are just surrounded by cowards.” Adam Kinzinger
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Michael Moore worked hard to elect George Bush in 2000 as he campaigned for Nader falsely claiming no difference between Gore and Bush. Why does MSNBC give him airtime? @AymanMSNBC
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Gov. Pillen repeated the fantasy that- "Our tax policy chases our kids out of the state." Does anyone know any kid who left NE because of taxes?
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He has been identified as a registered lobbyist for the NEGOP
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Which NE schools require students to read the book that Sen Halloran read from on the floor of the legislature. People post that it’s mandatory reading. Where?
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Is this socialism?-- Mike Flood company Flood Digital Networks, LLC PPP loan $835,592
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2 years
Time for Don Bacon to vote for Jeffries as Speaker.
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6 months
More bad news for do nothing House republicans who want America to fail
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BREAKING: New statistics show U.S. manufacturing capacity is at a ten-year high under President Biden’s leadership.
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“Ben Sasse, a man so eminently forgettable even Jeopardy wizard James Holzhauer couldn’t name him? “. Quitter of the Year: Ben Sasse
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1 year
Serious question for @RepDonBacon How many children have to be massacred in schools before for you take action to protect U.S.A.’s kids? 100? 500? 1000? Who is your priority - your friend who likes AR 15 s or children? Will u ignore this ? as u ignore school shootings ?
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2 years
“Carol Blood, the only Democrat on the stage, cut directly to the chase in delivering her closing message: "If you're unhappy, why do you keep voting the same way?" she challenged viewers. "Isn't it time to make a change?" she asked.”
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After NE state government being run by Republicans since 1998 -here is the result "Twenty Nebraska counties had a child poverty rate higher than the national average in 2020. All 20 counties have populations under 40,000,"
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So much for @RepDonBacon 's phony claim of wanting "civility". Bacon embarrassed NE with childish booing ---Bacon told The World-Herald that he joined in the boos following Biden’s truthful remark that “some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.”
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2 years
Will any reporter ask Ricketts why he endorsed and voted for Trump twice if he genuinely cared about women being sexually assaulted since Trump was credibly accused by 19 women and confessed on audio ? @asanderford
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2 years
In Jim Pillen t v ad he says his reason for running for Governor is because he has 7 grandkids, @Blood4G has 10 grandkids - so seems Pillen has endorsed Carol Blood
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Here is one reason your NE taxes are high- waste by the big government loving Governor Pillen "Pillen defends $2.6 million price tag of sending Nebraska troops, troopers to Texas border "
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8 months
Stop the false claims about democrats. The GOP runs Nebraska, not the democrats. Under the GOP, property taxes way too high. Time to legalize marijuana and require all tax revenue from its sale to go to reduce property taxes-- to name an easy way to bring in more revenue.
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“I’ve never seen anything like it in a State of the Union speech – they ran at him like a pack of lemmings and, with a wink and a grin, he politely directed them to the cliff.”
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Anti life gov Pillen claims to run government like a business. Any CEO that refused to accept 18 million $ because it costs 300 thousand for administrative costs would be fired immediately. Pillen just con man who pushes anti life policies by repeating nonsensical talking points
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Wow. @RepDonBacon hammers himself, Jean Stothert -andPete Ricketts because they all failed to keep people safe-they allowed 400% increase in fentanyl overdoses in Omaha area the last 2 years. and Homicides increased 61% in Omaha in 2020. Bacon is right, Republicans can’t govern
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I did not realize that Nancy Pelosi moved to NE and is running for Congress here. Just saw this extraordinarily dishonest ad that claims Pelosi running against Flood for Congress. Geez -Flood - really sad that he cannot come up with any thing he has done in his career
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2 years
"Mr. Pillen, please explain why you are not completing your application for the job as governor? How do you plan to let the voters know how you will work daily, and your response to pressures? Mr. Pillen,would you hire a person who refused to be interviewed? Alice Klein, La Vista
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I asked @RepDonBacon if he supported raising social security eligibility age and rather than answer a yes or no question, Don Bacon who booed the President of the U.S. during State of Union speech, claimed my question meant I was a partisan. My goodness, Bacon booed the Prez -
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Nebraska Senators Ricketts and Fischer voted for America to default on paying its bills that were previously incurred By Congress. Fischer always voted to raise debt ceiling when Trump President. Ricketts vote strengthens rumor that Herbster will primary him
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I understand that the folks who are in charge of NE government for last 24 years are republicans so any increase in taxes, crime etc is because republicans can only whine, they cannot govern
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It’s obvious that Pillen and a few Regents are pushing politics into University system. Hopefully the majority of Regents will resist Pillen’s attempt to infuse ideology into academia. Reading, Writing, Science, math, research etc should be focus not Pillen’s personal politics
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(1) NE deserves to know when others in the NEGOP knew Sasse was being courted by many to be a University President. Was it before Ricketts donated any money to Pillen in GOP primary? Is that why Ricketts did everything he could to elect Pillen governor?
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Has Don Bacon denounced Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse for voting against helping veterans? @RepDonBacon - do you put party over fellow veterans? Why not stand up for those who stood up for America ?
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Journal Star endorses @senatorblood “Blood’s positions on the state’s most pressing issues …protecting the state’s water,the opportunity to move toward a more bipartisan style of governance and her desire to represent and work with all Nebraskans earn Blood our endorsement”
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Deb Fischer got elected to the Senate by pledging to serve only 2 terms. Fischer is now running for a third term as she hopes voters have amnesia. How can a person be trusted to govern honestly when their word to the voters means nothing? Fischer broke her word-she has no honor
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Ouside my office today was the Herbster truck, darn I wish he would have won the primary, Blood would have beat him fairly easily. Anyway the truck touting Herbster has Missouri plates -he spent 11 million dollars but could not register his signature campaign vehicle in NE.
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Any truth to rumor that Gov Pillen and a few of the Regents are angry that DEI allowed a student from Japan to play basketball at NE?
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1 year
“A second Nebraska governor who campaigned as a fiscal conservative has spent six figures in state tax dollars helping Texas patrol the Southern U.S. border and opting not to request reimbursement. The state's tab has already pushed north of $600,000 “
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Strange times. Restaurants are packed, people are driving everywhere, flying everywhere , everyone who wants to work is employed, crop prices high etc, Yet Republicans claim USA is in dire condition. Are they just America haters?
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Letter to editor
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"So, it seems guys in the middle of recovering from a stroke are brave enough to debate... But not Jim Pillen."
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US News and World Reports rated NE schools 7th in the country. I guess they did not listen to the NE state senators discuss the necessity of a tax giveaway to the wealthy because of the poor quality of NE public schools---- "Nebraska 📷 #7  in Education #4  in Best States Overall"
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LTE “I picked up my mail-in ballot. I searched it and absolutely have been unable to find Nancy Pelosi’s name anywhere on it. Yet the Nebraska Repub party keeps campaigning against her. Don Bacon,tell us how you plan to vote and skip the name-calling? Julie Classen, Papillion
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Let's hope Regent Pillen is required to define "critical race theory' and explain what facts his definition is based upon
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Pillen is the problem, "Pillen initially denied having made any requests of the regents. He also denied trying to influence their presidential choice. After the Examiner followed up and shared what it had been told, the governor acknowledged having made his wish list clear."
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Can you hear the footsteps @RepDonBacon ? Your Big brother government agenda is being rejected in Kansas tonight. Freedom fighters like @TonyVargas inspire voters who believe unlike you, that women have rights
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Don Bacon humiliates Nebraska with his defense of Herschel Walker. In Bacon's world - as long as you agree to take away the rights of women to healthcare- you can do or say anything. Need Feedon Fighter @TonyVargas to represent NE
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WATCH: @RepDonBacon (R-Neb.) defends GOP Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker amid abortion allegations. "I'm not a flawless person, by no means. I've made my own mistakes in life. Herschel has too. We all have. I think it's better just to be honest."
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"I read the recent Riley Gaines article. Like her, I am a former college athlete. Like her, I was disappointed to have been beaten by competitors with an unfair advantage over me. I think it was the same unfair advantage — they were faster than me.
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Tried with Callahan, Pelini, Riley and Frost, but reality is that there is not one coach out there who will magically restore NE to the 90's- Joseph appreciates NE and most of NE appreciates Joseph, so hire Joseph
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“California will be restricting state-funded travel to three states due to recently enacted anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in each state, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday. State-funded travel to Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming will be restricted “
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@TomiLahren “This is the first midterm since FDR in 1934 that the party in power hasn’t lost a Senate seat. Instead, Democrats expanded their Senate majority.”
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Platte River near Columbus. No water anywhere
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Dr. Tom Osborne - I have read that -oh a few thousand times over the last 40 years or so--don't remember any right wing kooks demanding that he call himself Mr. Osborne
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Anti-Life Pillen says spending $300,000 to get 18 million to feed kids costs too much but Pillen spent 3 times as much on a publicity stunt “The Governor’s Office confirmed the nearly $1 million cost of Pillen’s border-related deployments “
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The repubs know how to gerrymander. Dems got rolled on redistricting last year. GOP stuck Saunders county in NE CD2. Bacons margin came out of Saunders county. 4700 vote lead for Bacon -His total lead is about 1600 votes total. Sarpy County always tough and now Sanders too
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LTE-"It is so ironic to see Pillen fire off a decree requiring all state employees to return to their office/work location. Especially since he is working remotely, continuing to work from his home in Columbus while all this time his office and residence is actually in Lincoln,"
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Has @RepDonBacon explained his vote to roll back bank regulations ? He was bragging last election that he cut regulations, why is he silent now? And he can also tell us how his vote cutting back railroad safety regulations was a good idea.
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Pete Ricketts silent after Trump found guilty of sex abuse- yet last year he said "“This is beyond horrible,” Gov. Ricketts said. “Charles W. Herbster should beg forgiveness Sexual assault is criminal behavior and should disqualify anyone from elected leadership. "
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The Senate seat belongs to the people, not the Governor-- @Blood4G will appoint a great Nebraskan to take care of Nebraska & who pledges not to run in 2024 so she or he could concentrate on the work, not getting elected. Blood has challenged Pillen to do the same.
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What will @RepDonBacon and @RepMikeFlood propose to make USA safer for children? The GOP's so called parents' bill of rights did not include the right to have your child safe from being massacred at school
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Here are the men who Don Bacon supports. And why Senator Vargas will be elected
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Can @RepDonBacon please explain why he won't censure George Santos for Santos' admitted dishonest comments and acts yet he voted to censure Adam Schiff, for supposedly misleading the American public?
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This is contender for dumbest comment by a NE elected “I’m a believer that where there’s guns there’s not violence, so that’s why I signed it,” Governor Pillen said.
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There are four candidates for Governor of Nebraska. Seems that the networks should televise a debate between those who will show up to discuss the issues that face NE. Probably would get two if not three candidates @Blood4G @3NewsNowOmaha @KETV @WOWT6News
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Republicans have been in charge of NE elections decades. Now some repubs are claiming voter fraud an issue in NE. Does this mean last few GOP Secretary of State in NE incompetent and allowed fellow Republican to win election thru voter fraud?
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Question for @RepDonBacon supporters. Stop changing the subject and answer this question. How many children have to be massacred in schools before you tell @RepDonBacon to pass common sense gun control laws to protect kids? 100? 250? 500? Thank you
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Has @RepDonBacon apologized to the FBI and DOJ yet for tweeting false info about the execution of search warrant yet? Here is what DOJ sought “Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former Trump’s home”
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LTE “Having attended the last two Downtown Rotary luncheons, I found that Carol Blood was knowledgeable of the history and the problems of every issue facing Nebraska. She knew the in-depth details of school financing and education standards, (1)
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“At a recent candidate forum, Blood said it best: “If you’re unhappy with how things have been the last few decades, if you’re unhappy with the fact that your property taxes are too high, then I’m going to ask you, Why do you keep voting the same way?”
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“I have just one question for Rep. Bacon — based on your experience as a general ..is there any justification for anyone..to possess and retain government documents (especially those with security designations) in their personal residence? Thank you.” Tom Purcell, Omaha
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Governor Pillen holds press conference to announce he wants to raise state income taxes on those couples who make $41,190 or less while lowering taxes for those who make more than $41,190
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Trevor Noah— “Fox News is sort of like a Waffle House. It’s relatively normal in the afternoon, but as soon as the sun goes down, there’s a drunk lady named Jeanine threatening to fight every Mexican who comes in”
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One would think that a former General @RepDonBacon who served USA honorably would be outraged that national security was compromised by Trump, will Bacon put party over country?
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No one wastes tax dollars more than a politician who pretends to be fiscally conservative
@NE_Examiner
Nebraska Examiner
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's office confirmed spending nearly $1 million on U.S.-Mexico border-related deployments this year. From @asanderford
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How many must be murdered before @RepDonBacon realizes that it’s time to focus on prioritizing making the USA safe instead of making sure his friend gets to shoot his AR 15
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Here is why freedom fighter ⁦ @TonyVargas ⁩ will be elected in November
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Can you hear the footsteps @Flood4Nebraska ? Your Big brother government being rejected in Kansas tonight. Freedom fighters like @Patty4Nebraska inspire voters
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Remember-A vote for @RepDonBacon is a vote for Kevin McCarthy
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Anti-Life governor, Pillen, brags about his hypocrisy--PPP loan for PILLEN FAMILY FARMS, LLC -Amount Forgiven $602,895" Pillen proclaims that he doesn't 'believe in welfare' yet he got millions in tax dollars for his businesses.
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LTE "Gov. Jim Pillen says he doesn't "believe in welfare." Guess it is all right for him and his family. According to the USDA, Pillen Holdings LLC received payments totaling $879,106 from 1995 through 2021." Jerry Wellnitz, Rushville, Neb.
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Has Don Bacon apologized to President Biden for Bacon's vote for impeachment which was based upon the lies of a Russian agent?
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3 years
After Hillary Clinton got three million more votes than Trump but loses in EC. many in media crated narrative that she should not speak about politics, Trump loses by 7 million votes in landslide loss and loses EC —media promotes him as a leading voice
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Why haven't any Nebraska representatives and Senators backed the Capitol police and condemned FOX News?
@fiercefreckled
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GOP congressmen Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, John Kennedy & the Capitol Police Director have ALL publicly admonished Tucker Carlson & Kevin McCarthy for LYING to Fox viewers a/b Jan6th by severely downplaying & cherry-picking what actually happened. Four dead & 💯s hurt.
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On a day a 4th grader was telling lawmakers on Capitol Hill how she covered herself w/ a classmate’s blood and played dead as 19 other children were kiled with an AR-15 rifle, Don Bacon voted against raising the purchase age of that type of semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21.
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Sure seems like there is now a competitive NE gov race since the GOP candidate refused to debate his opponent, @senatorblood and then inextricably called modest student loan forgiveness -socialism - much more positive activity for Blood/Davis these days
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Mike Flood voted against protecting marriages today
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In Nebraska, republicans have been winning the significant elections, Governor,Senate,House etc, yet the NEGOP led by those elected repubs argue strenuously for the need to have Voter ID to combat voter fraud.They are confessing that their elections were tainted by fraud. #neleg
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Just saw soft spoken radical Brett Lindstrom's ad in which he says he is praying for Roe v Wade to be overturned. And to think there are democrats foolish enough to have switched parties to vote for Lindstrom. Guess what, your vote for Lindstrom is a vote to overturn Roe v Wade
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What would happen if NE football fans asked the Athletic Department why it has NE sports being broadcast on KLIN, the radio station that either defamed Adam Morfeld to help its candidate win a County election or KLIN management are bunch of right wings clowns that call names?
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