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War Of Words In Fischer-Osborn U.S. Senate Race In Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 7:00am

Nebraska State Senate nonpartisan candidate, Dan Osborn.
(Courtesty of Osborn for Senate)

OMAHA — Allegations flew Monday in Nebraska’s most competitive U.S. Senate race, with one campaign threatening legal action over campaign advertising and a report about talk of “Hitler Youth.”

Nebraska nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter to an outside group advertising in support of U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

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Trump's Antisemitism

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 6:00am

At a donor event last week with Miriam Adelson, the widow of Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump promised to be the best friend Jews have ever had in the White House. The event was entitled "Fighting Antisemitism in America." This is what Trump said:

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Farmers Struggle With ‘Bleak’ Situation As Congress Waffles On New Farm Bill

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 4:00am

The cost of fertilizer is up; crop prices are down. Farmers have struggled through drought, and ranchers sold off huge swaths of their herd.

To top it all off, Congress has yet to pass a new iteration of the farm bill, which expired Monday, and is unlikely to act on the wide-ranging legislation, which offers everything from nutritional assistance to farm disaster recovery aid, until late this year.

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How One Preschool Uses PAW Patrol To Teach Democracy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 4:00am

Preschool Executive Director Maria Isabel Ballivian (right) listens to her students on what characters of the TV show PAW Patrol they will vote for as their favorite character at the ACCA Child Development Center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Annandale, Va. The students are getting foundational lessons on how to live in a democracy by allowing them to regularly vote on different things through out the day.
(AP Photo / John McDonnell)

ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.”

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NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ Heads For A Final Curtain, With Echoes Of Another New Yorker More Focused On Style Than Policy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:00am

As the Democratic primary for mayor in New York approached in the spring of 2021, most of my friends and colleagues were supporting one of three candidates.

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A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 2:00am

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

by Caroline Chen

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Voters Without Kids Are In The Political Spotlight – But They’re Not All The Same

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 1:00am

In the 2024 election cycle, voters without children are under the microscope.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has said that “childless cat ladies” and older adults without kids are “sociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this country.”

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District Court Proceedings Begin On Nebraska Medical Cannabis Lawsuit

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 7:00am

April 17, 2015, activist Maggie Graham (center) collects signatures in Omaha, Neb., for a petition to place medical marijuana on the ballot. Supporters of medical marijuana are still fighting to get it put on the ballot this year.
(Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — A Lancaster County District Court judge said Friday she intends to issue “narrowly” at the end of next week whether to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Nebraska’s medical cannabis petitions.

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Were The Signatures Really Invalid?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 6:00am

The other day Nebraska’s Attorney General did his job. His job was to appease Pete Ricketts, Tom Osborn, Jim Pillen and some of the other leaders of this state in spreading doubt about the legitimacy of the signatures on the petitions to legalize Medical Marijuana in Nebraska.