President Biden and the Democrats in Congress inherited a nation in crisis from Trump. The economy lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 and the Trump Administration didn’t have a plan to distribute the life saving vaccines. The Democrats rolled up their sleeves and went immediately to work to clean up…
The Nebraska legislature convened earlier this month for its so-called “short session.” Meanwhile, covid-19 cases in Nebraska have soared to an all time high and over stressed hospitals across the state are rationing care. At the same time, the wait for a covid-19 test — if they’re available — is…
What was Jeff Fortenberry doing accepting campaign funds from a Nigerian billionaire? Why didn’t he raise money from his fellow Nebraskans?
Notwithstanding being indicted for multiple felonies, Jeff Fortenberry announced on Monday that he’s running for a tenth term. Oddly enough, Fortenberry made this announcement while sitting in the same…
There was lots of good news last week for the Democrats running for the U.S. House in Nebraska CD01 and CD02. Already, the GOP is imploding and opening the door to Democratic gains. The conventional wisdom that 2022 will be a good election cycle for the GOP is based upon…
The Republican Party — like all parties — has been in the political wilderness at times. In the past, the GOP reacted to electoral losses by adopting a different platform and nominating better candidates. The Republicans didn’t pass any laws or take any measures aimed at making it harder for…
In his last press conference before the holiday season, Governor Pete Ricketts actually issued a helpful message on the pandemic and the vaccines. The billionaire governor recommended that Nebraskans get vaccinated and tested. Ricketts actually said that the “primary line of defense” against Covid-19 was vaccination. “Nine out of 10…
President Biden and the Democrats inherited a broken country and economy from Donald Trump. When Trump was in office, the unemployment rate increased from 4.7% to 6.7%, 12 million Americans lost insurance, 8 million Americans fell into poverty and the annual deficit increased from $585 billion to $3.1 trillion.
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Don Bacon claims that he has allegedly “demonstrated time and again that that he will put people above party to find bipartisan solutions.” It’s hard to run for re-election on this theme when you voted with Trump 98% of the time in the 115th Congress. Bacon and some his of…
Nebraska is currently suffering a serious brain drain of our best and brightest young people. According to a study from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska ranked 10th worst in the country in out-migration of people twenty five and older with at least a bachelor’s degree from 2012 to 2016.
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“The President’s popularity rating is lower than in any previous Post-ABC News poll. For the first time a majority expressed little or no confidence that his program will lead to improvement of the economy….A majority of Americans, 54 percent, disapproves of his overall handling of the presidency. Only 42 percent…
