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Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

Originally published April 23, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

It wasn’t so long ago — only two years, in fact — that Jon Bruning was campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate.  He lost the primary contest to Deb Fischer and the rest, as they say, is history. But Jon Bruning is not a fellow to rest on his laurels or, it seems, […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Campaign Finance, Elections, Featured, Follow the Money, Governor, Nebraska, Political Action Committees, Republican Party, Ruling Class Tagged With: 2014 candidates for nebraska governor, attorney general jon bruning, bruning, bruning campaign contributions, bruning contributors, bruning for governor, bruning support of green agenda, contributions to nebraska candidates, gin, governor's race in nebraska, Grassroots in Nebraska, jon bruning, ne, nebraska, nebraska accountability and disclosure, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska candidates for governor, politicians, republican state leadership committee, RSLC

VIDEO Exclusive: NE Teachers’ Union Wants “Pet” NE Senators to “Stay”

Originally published November 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 13, 2016. Leave a Comment

VIDEO Exclusive: NE Teachers’ Union Wants “Pet” NE Senators to “Stay”

NE’s most powerful special interest lobby supports “the public option” for health care and other extreme left-wing agenda items, and in addition to their “investments” in many of our elected officials, NSEA has moved to provide $5,000 for radio ads to advocate for the extension of NE State Senators’ term limits. Read full articleVIDEO Exclusive: NE Teachers’ Union Wants “Pet” NE Senators to “Stay”

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GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voter Recommendations)

Originally published November 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voter Recommendations)

GiN’s recommendations for the 2012 General Election, with a focus on Nebraska issues. This is a four-page PDF guide.  When viewed on a computer, it has activated (clickable) links to additional information on every issue presented and to outside resources recommended to provide information necessary to fill out one’s ballot on Tuesday. Links to sample […]

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NE Teachers Union Funded Term Limit Extension Ads

Originally published November 3, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

NE Teachers Union Funded Term Limit Extension Ads

Radio ads advocating for the extension of the current limit on Nebraska State Senators’ terms have been playing on Nebraska airwaves for the past couple of days[1. The airing of the ads was first reported by Linda and later confirmed by my husband and a number of the attendees at our Thursday, November 1 Election […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Campaign Finance, Constitution, Elections, Featured, Follow the Money, Nebraska, Non-profits, Political Action Committees, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: ballot contingency fund nsea, ballot measures nebraska, ballot question committee, ballot questions nebraska, follow the money, funding our own demise, government employee unions, howard beale, i'm mad as hell, letter vs spirit of the law, money in politics, nadc, ne ballot questions, ne election 2012, nebraska, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska ballot measures, nebraska campaign finance statutes, nebraska ethics for politicians, nebraska legislators, nebraska legislature, nebraska political accountability, nebraska proposed amendment no. 3, nebraska republicans, nebraska state education association, nebraska state statutes on politics and money, nebraska teachers' unions, nebraska unions, nebraskans to preserve term limits, network the movie, nsea, nsea board of directors, nsea government relations team, organized labor, political action committees, political ads, political advertising, political contributions, political influences in nebraska, politics nebraska, proposed amendment no. 3 nebraska, proposed amendments, public employee unions, radio ads amendment 3, radio ads tom carlson, republican politicians, should term limits be extended in nebraska, state legislators term limits, state senator term limits, state senator tom carlson, statement of organization of a political committee, taxpayer-funded lobbies, taxpayer-funded lobbying groups, taxpayers, teachers unions, term limits extensions, tom carlson, tom carlson and teachers union, unions and politics, what is amendment 3, who is nebraskans to preserve term limits

NE Proposed Amendment No. 1: Vote AGAINST More Political Games

Originally published October 26, 2012, By GiN Admin. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

NE Proposed Amendment No. 1: Vote AGAINST More Political Games

Editor’s Note: If you’re looking for information about any of the other proposed amendments which will appear on Nebraska ballots statewide on November 6, click

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Campaign Finance, Constitution, Elections, Featured, Follow the Money, Nebraska, Non-profits, Political Action Committees, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: 102nd unicameral, amendment 1 nebraska, amendments on the ballot november 6, ballot measures, ballot questions, bill avery, board of regents, campaign committees, campaign finance, civil officers, constiution of the state of nebraska, criminal prosecution of politicians, impeachment of officials, lr19ca nebraska, ne proposed amendment no. 1, ne unicameral, nebraska, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska amendments, nebraska constitution, nebraska impeachment, nebraska legislature, nebraska political accountability and disclosure act, nebraska unicameral, officials misconduct, political gamesmanship, political harassment, politicans, proposed amendments, senator avery, senator bill avery, state ballot issues, state ballot measures, state legislation, state senators, tom white, unelected bodies, unelected political appointees

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney  General; some, we think, […]

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Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

Originally published May 4, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Activism, Campaign Finance, Featured, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: 2012 campaign, 2012 election, all politics is local, amy kremer, astroturfing the tea party, attorney general jon bruning, ben nelson's senate seat, boat people, bus people, campaign finance, candidates, candidates for u.s. senate, carpet baggers, carpetbaggers, don stenberg, eagle forum, election 2012, family research council, federalism, gop astroturf, heritage foundation, herman cain, herman cain 9-9-9 plan, herman cain nine nine nine plan, important us senate seats, influencing local elections, jon bruning, money from outside the state, national tea party groups, nationalizing elections, nebraska don stenberg, nebraska election 2012, nebraska jon bruning, nebraska politics, nebraska senate race, nebraska senate seat, obama mega-hearse, obama planet-eating death star, obama tour bus, outside influences on election, phyllis schafly, secret service prostitutes, secret service scandal, stenberg campaign, tea party express, tea party express endorsements, tea party gop, tea party influence on elections, tea party movement and elections, teaparty, teaparty gop, tpx, u.s. seat, us senate race, values bus tour, vietnam boat people, vietnam war refugees

Governor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

Originally published September 13, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 9, 2014. Leave a Comment

Governor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

Most Nebraskans believe Dave Heineman is very conservative. Why, then, are his largest political contributors, the state teachers’ union and SEIU, the notorious labor union? Read full articleGovernor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

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