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The Bully And The Billionaire

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 6:00am

It was a front-page story in The Washington Post back in October 2019. Amazon was in line to receive a $10 billion contract from the Department of Defense for cloud computing (the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, contract) when, at the last minute, the contract was awarded to Microsoft. Then-President Donald Trump has been outspoken about not wanting the contract to go to Amazon.

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This Independent Candidate Is Worrying Republicans In Deep-Red Nebraska's Senate Race

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 5:00am

Independent Dan Osborn, a challenger to two-term Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, chats with patrons of a brewery in Beatrice, Neb., July 30, 2024.
(Margery Beck / AP Photo)

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — In the back room of a brewery in southeastern Nebraska, more than three dozen people crowded together this summer to hear from Dan Osborn, a former cereal plant worker and independent running for U.S. Senate.

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Threatening ‘The Enemy Within’ With Force: Military Ethicists Explain The Danger To Important American Traditions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 4:00am

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets members of the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.
(Eric Gay / AP Photo)

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has declared there are serious threats to the United States. First, he said, there is “the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous,” as he told Fox News in an Oct. 13, 2024, interview.

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Two Closing Arguments Show The Stark Choice Between Trump And Harris

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests.

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A Saturday In Presidential Crosshairs For Nebraska’s 2nd District

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/28/2024 - 7:00am

Nebraska’s 2nd District drew presidential campaign surrogates Saturday on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (left) rallied in Papillion. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rallied in Omaha, Oct. 19, 2024.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner

OMAHA — Nebraska’s 2nd District bathed in the attention Saturday of presidential surrogates befitting a swing state, not the most populous part of a conservative state that Republicans rule.

The presidential campaigns of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris held dueling rallies in parts of the district each would like to win — east Omaha and the suburbs.

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When Protecting Elections, How Dynamic Is Too Dynamic?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/28/2024 - 6:00am

“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.”

— UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell “Red” Sanders

Recently, Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen hosted several other Republican secretaries of state for a conference on “election integrity and security.”

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Forward Party Leaders Stump In Nebraska For Nonpartisan Candidates

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/21/2024 - 7:00am

Leaders of the Forward Party, were in Omaha to show support for nonpartisan candidates. Nick Batter (second from right), a nonpartisan candidate running for District 13 in the Legislature, sits in a booth at Harold’s Koffee House across from Andrew Yang, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who founded the Forward Party, and Kerry Healy, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts who is the party’s executive chair.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — Forward Party leaders came to Omaha on Tuesday to discuss the need for independent voices in politics and to show support for local nonpartisan candidates running for office.

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Beyond Weird

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/21/2024 - 6:00am

It started as a joyful campaign. When President Joe Biden dropped out, Kamala Harris, the president's pick and soon after the pick of every prominent Democrat, quickly secured the nomination. No one put themselves up against her. It was a relief and a joyful coronation. Her vice presidential nominee was the salt of the earth. Coach Tim. The convention was brilliant. Trump was "weird," not dangerous. She topped him in the debate. She should be comfortably ahead.

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Blinken to Israel: Allow More Aid Into Gaza or Face the Consequences

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/21/2024 - 5:00am

Blinken to Israel: Allow More Aid Into Gaza or Face the Consequences

by Brett Murphy

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Hearings On Competing Nebraska Abortion Initiatives Mirror Campaign

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/21/2024 - 4:00am

Brenna Grasz, speaking on behalf of Protect Women and Children, argues against Initiative 439, the abortion-rights amendment proposed by Protect Our Rights.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s dueling ballot initiatives on abortion had separate hearings Tuesday at the Capitol, with the testimony largely echoing the campaign fight between the sponsors.

Advocates for additional abortion restrictions spoke in support of Initiative 434, which would allow no abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy, with some exceptions.