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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, […]

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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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Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

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

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP […]

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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 […]

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Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]

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The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

Originally published November 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 4 Comments

The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! Wait… Is that a football? No, but it is brown. And it is oblong. Hey, it’s smoking! Wait! It’s a hot potato! It’s America’s new national past time and no, sorry, Husker fans, it is not football. It’s called Pipeline Hot Potato. So, let’s play! Let’s meet our […]

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NE Ruling Class and the Media – Lincoln Journal Star’s Don Walton

Originally published September 23, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 27, 2018. 1 Comment

NE Ruling Class and the Media – Lincoln Journal Star’s Don Walton

Editor’s Note: This is the eighth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP Ring for Nebraska’s US Senate Seat

Originally published June 28, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 3 Comments

Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP Ring for Nebraska’s US Senate Seat

Immediately following the mid-term elections in November, speculation ended regarding whether the Governor Dave Heineman – Ben Nelson media sparring would result in a 2012 election showdown for one of Nebraska’s US Senate seats. By the end of election week, Nebraskans were then informed, just-re-elected Attorney General Jon Bruning had formed an exploratory committee. In […]

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Why Did Attorney General Jon Bruning’s Office Give $50k To Cleaner Greener Lincoln?

Originally published November 13, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 3, 2013. Leave a Comment

Why Did Attorney General Jon Bruning’s Office Give $50k To Cleaner Greener Lincoln?

In a very bizarre twist to end this week, I discovered that two seemingly unrelated areas of concern and interest have converged. Immediately following the election, there were two announcements regarding Nebraska’s Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson, whose term expires in 2012. Governor Heineman announced that he will not be running for the […]

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