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Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?

Raw Story  

OMAHA — Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst crossed the Missouri River on Saturday to encourage more than 100 Republican volunteers in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District to spend the next few weeks knocking on voters’ doors for former President Donald Trump. “You know Nebraskans support Donald Trump, but this is a swing area.” Trump said something similar about the importance of …

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Why Republicans Are Suddenly Scrambling To Save A Senate Seat – In Nebraska, Of All Places
3 months, 1 week ago

Why Republicans Are Suddenly Scrambling To Save A Senate Seat – In Nebraska, Of All Places

Huff Post  

Independent Dan Osborn has forsworn the endorsements of any politician or party. And last week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, chipped in $172,000 to co-fund an ad with Fischer called “Democrat in Disguise.” “President Trump warned us about Dan Osborn,” the ad’s narrator says. “Trump says Osborn is a Bernie Sanders Democrat who supports Social Security …

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Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed

Associated Press  

OMAHA, Nebraska — Terri Sanders stood among the dozens of voters who turned out Tuesday afternoon to pick up campaign signs at a Democratic event in north Omaha. “I haven’t seen outreach like this in a long time,” the 67-year-old CEO of an African-American newspaper said of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ' organizing campaign in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, …

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‘Not the moment’: Key Republican dims Trump’s hopes of making Nebraska winner-take-all
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not the moment’: Key Republican dims Trump’s hopes of making Nebraska winner-take-all

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — The Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its Electoral College votes and boost former President Donald Trump ran into political reality Monday as a key lawmaker, State Sen. Mike McDonnell, announced he won’t support the change. Jim Pillen his stance and suggested that the Legislature put winner-take-all to a vote of the people, as a proposed constitutional …

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Harris now leads Trump in new key Nebraska poll
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris now leads Trump in new key Nebraska poll

Raw Story  

OMAHA — A new poll in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District shows Vice President Kamala Harris has reinvigorated local Democrats, infusing them with renewed hope. Still, the poll of 656 likely 2nd District voters identified some differences between the electorate and the candidates on issues that the pollster said might help Trump close the gap. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Liz Huston …

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Tim Walz Touts Nebraska Roots In Speech That Played To The Crowd
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tim Walz Touts Nebraska Roots In Speech That Played To The Crowd

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING OMAHA, Neb. — Tim Walz touted his Nebraska roots Saturday in his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and drew sharp contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. And when they try to overturn elections, that’s not just weird, it’s un-American.” He said Trump and his fellow Republicans are …

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Dozens of D-Day veterans recall their 'sad memories' as they gather at invasion planning HQ to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings
7 months, 1 week ago

Dozens of D-Day veterans recall their 'sad memories' as they gather at invasion planning HQ to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings

Daily Mail  

D-Day veterans have spoken of their 'sad memories' as they gathered to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings at the headquarters where the largest amphibious invasion in military history was planned. Around 40 veterans met at Southwick House, near Portsmouth, which was the headquarters of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower. George Chandler, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, …

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Republican Rep. Bacon wins 4th term in Omaha-based district
2 years, 2 months ago

Republican Rep. Bacon wins 4th term in Omaha-based district

Associated Press  

— Republican Rep. Don Bacon won a fourth term Tuesday in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, which is typically Nebraska’s only competitive U.S. House district and is one the GOP has tried to tighten its hold on through redistricting. During the campaign, Bacon largely dropped the folksy campaign ads he previously favored that tended to play on his name — …

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Trump endorsement divides Republicans in deep-red Nebraska
2 years, 8 months ago

Trump endorsement divides Republicans in deep-red Nebraska

Associated Press  

— In one of the nation’s most overwhelmingly Republican states, the party is entering the final stretch of a bruising primary campaign deeply divided over who should become the nominee for governor. Trump defied much of Nebraska’s GOP establishment when he endorsed Herbster, rewarding a longtime supporter and ignoring Ricketts’ request that he stay out of the race. After Trump’s …

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Nebraska Democratic Party names new executive director
2 years, 10 months ago

Nebraska Democratic Party names new executive director

Associated Press  

— A seasoned political operative from Omaha will become the next executive director of the Nebraska Democratic Party. Party officials said Wednesday that Precious McKesson will replace the party’s current executive director, Jim Rogers, in late March. McKesson has served as the state party’s finance director and also worked as the Nebraska political director of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. …

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Indictment accuses Nebraska congressman of lying to FBI
3 years, 2 months ago

Indictment accuses Nebraska congressman of lying to FBI

Associated Press  

— A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, accusing him of lying to the FBI and concealing information from federal agents who were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire. The indictment alleges that a cohost of the 2016 fundraiser in Los Angeles told Fortenberry that the donations probably did come …

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In the GOP, voter ID is a slam dunk ... except in Nebraska
3 years, 3 months ago

In the GOP, voter ID is a slam dunk ... except in Nebraska

Associated Press  

— State Sen. Mike Groene was frustrated but not terribly surprised last year when Nebraska’s Legislature rejected, for the seventh time, a measure that would have forced voters to show a government-issued identification at the polls. “It’s the way the system is set up,” said Groene, a conservative Republican who supports a voter ID law. “It isn’t designed to address …

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Businessman Charles Herbster launches Nebraska governor bid
3 years, 8 months ago

Businessman Charles Herbster launches Nebraska governor bid

Associated Press  

— Republican agribusiness owner Charles Herbster officially launched his campaign for Nebraska governor. Herbster, of Falls City, emphasized his agricultural roots and his ties to former President Donald Trump during his formal announcement Monday in Fremont. Herbster already selected a running mate, Theresa Thibodeau, a former Nebraska state senator and chairwoman of the Douglas County Republican Party. “Nebraska does not …

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Nebraska Democrats name third pick to replace Senate nominee
4 years, 4 months ago

Nebraska Democrats name third pick to replace Senate nominee

Associated Press  

— After months of bickering, accusations and apologies, Nebraska Democrats again named their candidate for U.S. Senate Thursday, and to no one’s surprise, he isn’t the Democrat on the ballot. Omaha activist and professor Preston Love Jr. is the Democrats’ third choice to compete against Omaha baker and fellow Democrat Chris Janicek, who won the primary and is on the …

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Ashford won’t run for Senate despite Democratic endorsement
4 years, 4 months ago

Ashford won’t run for Senate despite Democratic endorsement

Associated Press  

— Former U.S. Rep. Brad Ashford reversed course Thursday and announced that he won’t run as a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate, just days after Nebraska Democrats endorsed him to try to thwart the candidacy of their scandal-plagued nominee. He said he also felt that running would be disrespectful to Alisha Shelton, an Omaha mental health practitioner who stepped …

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Biden launches wide battleground push with ads, surrogates
4 years, 5 months ago

Biden launches wide battleground push with ads, surrogates

Associated Press  

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising and deploying some of its high-profile surrogates as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving him multiple paths to an Electoral College majority. Biden’s Democratic campaign announced Tuesday a $15 million weeklong advertising campaign including television, digital, radio and print in six states: Arizona, …

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Nebraska Democrats renounce their Senate pick over comments
4 years, 6 months ago

Nebraska Democrats renounce their Senate pick over comments

Associated Press  

— The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers. “Our party will not extend resources or any type of support to any candidate that violates our code of conduct and doesn’t treat …

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What were the Normandy landings?
5 years, 7 months ago

What were the Normandy landings?

CNN  

London CNN — Donald Trump joined Queen Elizabeth II and 15 other heads of state in the British city of Portsmouth Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day; the largest joint military operation ever undertaken. D-Day – the military term for the first day of the Normandy landings – was the largest amphibious invasion ever undertaken and laid the …

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