There have been some stories (see here and here) recently about Democratic voters in Nebraska switching their party registration to vote in the Republican primary. While the mainstream media has reported some raw numbers on possible switches, they do a piss poor job of putting these numbers into context. Are basic statistics too much to […]
Category: Nebraska Politics
Last Monday, Nebraska Senator Bruce Bostelman stood on the legislative floor – just a few blocks away from the school I teach at – and voiced his concern about “furries” in schools. He described students who dress as dogs and cats, communicate with their teachers in barks and meows, and demand to use litter boxes […]
There are a lot of bills going through the legislature right now, and many deserve our attention. But today, we’re going to introduce you to LB980 and encourage you to submit online testimony today, or testify in person tomorrow. Senator McKinney introduced LB980 as part of his efforts to reform Nebraska’s justice system to make […]
Fletcher Reel, a.k.a. H. Fletcher Reel, a.k.a. Ward Reel, a.k.a. Butch Reel, a.k.a. Harry Reel, is the business partner of State Senator Suzanne Geist and live-in romantic partner of gubernatorial candidate Theresa Thibodeau’s campaign manager, Colleen Brennan. In 2007, Reel was convicted of two misdemeanors in connection with his years-long sexual harassment of a teenage […]
Corey Lewandowski, one of the people in Trump’s inner circle and in attendance at Jan 5th meetings, has also been working as a top aide (radio interview link)to Nebraska gubernatorial candidate, Charles “Bull Jizz” Herbster.Today news outlets are reporting that he has been fired from his job running the Trump PAC due to sexual harassment […]
Candidates like Amiee Melton win, sit on the Omaha City Council for a decade without a single accomplishment, and the shitposters chalk up another victory. But Nebraska loses. The talent and skill of good candidates is wasted, nothing changes in the political arena, Democratic voters squabble about why their candidate didn’t succeed–blaming one another–and Republican […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 26, 2021 Nebraska Families for Medical Cannabis File NADC Complaint Against Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner According to the complaint, Sheriff Wagner knowingly filed his 2020 Statement of Financial Interests without disclosing who paid for his lawsuit that led to the removal of the medical marijuana initiative from the 2020 […]
Governor Ricketts has been engaging in more and more outrageous behavior lately – declaring Nebraska a 2A Sanctuary State while refusing to give sanctuary to migrant children, making a big deal about appearing on Ben Shapiro’s show to talk about guns, claiming weed will make you kill your kids, and so on and so forth. […]
This past Sunday, the first Sunday of the new year, I decided to take a break from cleaning my cat’s room to see what was going on on Facebook. This is typically a bad idea, but this time it was extra frustrating/hilarious/wtf. The first thing I saw was this post by Dennis Crawford, who claims […]
On Wednesday, Nebraska State Auditor Charlie Janssen released a 27-page report detailing an audit his office conducted of unemployment benefits (including extra pandemic relief) and cases of fraud in Nebraska from March 1st, 2020 to June 30 2020. This is a preliminary report sent to the Nebraska Department of Labor as an “early communication of […]
