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Campaign Action A man with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire inside a Target store in Omaha, sending panicked shoppers and employees scrambling for safety before he was fatally shot by police Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Police Chief Todd...
by Associated Press
on Tue Jan 31, 2023 at 12:57 PM PST
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A woman in Omaha, Nebraska, recently discovered that the person who had been vandalizing her car was actually a police officer. The officer was allowed to resign rather than face all-but-certain termination. Even though he punctured one of her tires on...
by Darrell Lucus
on Mon Nov 21, 2022 at 08:48 AM PST
with 355 Recommends
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One wouldn’t expect to find a naval museum in Nebraska, of all places, but this park is located on the Missouri River. Run by a nonprofit, it is only open a few hours one day a week, and it’s ...
by Lenny Flank
on Thu Sep 29, 2022 at 01:08 PM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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Some birdies, bugs, buds, and beasts seen lately in Nebraska.
For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I visit. ...
by Lenny Flank
on Sun Oct 02, 2022 at 06:25 AM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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This is a nice little park right in Omaha. OPPD is the local electric company, and the arboretum is located right next to one of their power substations. It’s a nice place for a walk and a picnic ...
by Lenny Flank
on Sat Oct 01, 2022 at 06:45 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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This very nice park is located just five minutes away from one of my camping spots in Omaha. There’s a walking/biking path around Wehrspann Lake. It was pretty hot on the day I visited, so I went ...
by Lenny Flank
on Sat Sep 24, 2022 at 06:34 AM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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Throughout the Cold War, Strategic Air Command was America’s nuclear spear. From 1950 to 1990, SAC, led by the slightly-nutty General Curtis LeMay, heroically held off the dastardly Commies and ...
by Lenny Flank
on Wed Sep 21, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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Constructed in 1819 on a spot picked by the Lewis and Clark�Expedition, Fort Atkinson, just outside of Omaha, Nebraska, was the first US Army fort west of the Mississippi River, in the new Louisiana ...
by Lenny Flank
on Thu Sep 22, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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This is a very very nice zoo. The enclosures are large and spacious, and they had a varied collection of wildlife, including some snakies from Australia that I have not seen in a very long while. I ...
by Lenny Flank
on Wed Sep 28, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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In the days since 21 lives were stolen during a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, countless young people have stepped up to organize and demand action in the form of serious gun reform in this nation. Students should be able to...
by Marissa Higgins
on Thu May 26, 2022 at 11:58 AM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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I’ve been everywhere...man, OK maybe nowhere near as many places as Johnny Cash, but I have been to a lot of places in the US...especially in the areas known as the “flyover country”…..and I have made many friends in those places, good, solid, blue...
by CameronProf
on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 12:06 AM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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A Tale of Two Cities — Lincoln and Omaha Elections Nebraska’s two largest metropolitan areas just completed their election cycles. In Lincoln, the Democrats won big with the most diverse slate in the history of the city. The results in Omaha were...
by NebraskaDemocrat
on Thu May 13, 2021 at 08:20 AM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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The story about the Trump campaign abandoning rally attendees in freezing temperatures after Trump left Omaha has been covered widely here and on the news shows, but thought I’d add a few tidbits: 1. Apparently the bus drivers weren’t...
by Leftovers
on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 07:57 PM PDT
with 39 Recommends
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because I am seeing more and more evidence that political professionals who have access to internal polls are seeing it. There is chatter that Trump is worried about suffering a loss worse than Carter. You look at where key people are being...
by teacherken
on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 07:21 PM PDT
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While perusing the morning silliness and insanity and stumping and checking out the overnight rallies and railing, I came upon this little gem which apparently spewed forth from an Omaha MAGAt. The Omaha Super-spreader event was apparently well...
by pholkiephred
on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 05:23 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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At least seven supporters were taken to hospitals after Donald Trump’s rally in Omaha Tuesday night, when temperatures plunged and buses intended to return them the several miles to the parking lot were unable to get through, leaving people stranded in...
by Laura Clawson
on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 05:45 AM PDT
with 268 Recommends
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I’m nowhere near a political insider. Aside from reading Kos, Mother Jones, and The Nation to stay informed, I typically engage in very little hands-on political activity in-between cycles. Crunch times are a little different, though. I...
by Blue Seeds
on Sun Oct 18, 2020 at 03:36 PM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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Don Bacon and one of his new supporters 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 have voted with Trump 98%...
by NebraskaDemocrat
on Sat Oct 10, 2020 at 08:24 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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I’m dedicated, devoted, and ready to go to work — in the town of my alma mater, Omaha, Nebraska. Of course, I would love for us to win big in November. I would love to see Biden & Harris handily take Pennsylvania, Florida, and maybe even North...
by KlobberTrump2020
on Sun Sep 27, 2020 at 11:57 PM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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Three months after the violent death of James Scurlock, an unarmed Black man who was shot during protests in Omaha, Nebraska, a grand jury charged a white bar owner with manslaughter (amongst other charges) on Tuesday. Following investigations after...
by Aysha Qamar
on Mon Sep 21, 2020 at 11:02 AM PDT
with 134 Recommends
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