Senator Megan Hunt
@NebraskaMegan
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State Senator in Omaha's District 8, Creative entrepreneur, Mom. Vice Chair of Urban Affairs. Bi queen. She/her. Free Palestine.
Omaha, NE
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Good evening, the government should do your taxes for you for free
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By a landslide
@NebraskaMegan
@1620theZone
Abolish ICE??? 😂😂😂 How the hell did you get elected in Nebraska???
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If billionaires are worried, they should just get a second job and try to be better at saving
Thinking about starting an aid org called Save The Billionaires to teach them how to get by with just a few billion in case of a billionaire tax
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Speechless. Thank you. Abortion is legal in Nebraska.
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Mike!!!! My God
The only person responsible to repay a loan, is the person who applied for the loan. The Supreme Court made the right decision in finding Biden's student loan bailout unconstitutional.
Read my full statement here:
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“But do you condemn the destruction?”
Of course I condemn the destruction. But why should I take pains to say something as obvious, weak, and banal as “I condemn the destruction” when you refuse to say “I condemn state-sanctioned Black murder.” Spare me
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣ |
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All my death threats from Trump supporters, including “You’ll never stop us from killing you, we just found your address,” and worse, are still in my DMs if
@twitter
would like to re-examine them.
It’s a fine policy, but like so many other rules, it only applies to the President
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Today I was informed that because of a complaint filed by David Begley, I am under official investigation for a conflict of interest for standing for trans rights.
My colleagues stood up offering support, but I don't need their words. I need their vote.
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Lol tonight
@lizzo
is performing in Omaha and Senator Ballard, who just voted for a bill to ban abortion & trans healthcare, is going.
They want LGBTQ money
They want LGBTQ entertainment
They want LGBTQ culture
But at they won’t vote to protect LGBTQ lives and safety. 🫠
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Only 1 person needs to change their vote on the trans healthcare ban and the session will move forward. Will it be McDonnell who is hoping to be Omaha’s next mayor? Will it be one of the Rs who privately confessed that they hate this bill + don’t support it? Let’s move it along!
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Ted Cruz wouldn’t defend his wife when Trump called her a dog, but the beans are off limits
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Texas is not “the Taliban,” or“sharia law,” or “Handmaid’s Tale.” It’s white Republicans doing what they’ve always done. This is American evangelical Christian culture and we own it - don’t disabuse the banality of that by conflating it with something foreign or dystopian.
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It can be hard, when we're young, to not win a trophy sometimes. But we grow up and realize it’s not the end of the world and we don't need to turn that loss into our entire personality.
Riley Gaines, a former All-American swimmer, spoke to more than 1,000 people in Nebraska Sunday about keeping transgender women out of women’s sports.
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In 2016, the federal govt launched a pilot program to allow food insecure people to use SNAP to buy groceries online. Today it’s running in AL, IA, NY, WA, & OR.
The
@USDA
should expand this nationwide to stop crowding and support low income people who need food delivery now.
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Omfg not this guy
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Trans friends + allies in the movement - A month ago I agreed to go film a documentary in Nashville this weekend but had a bad feeling about it. I dug a little deeper, and I was right to listen to my gut - the backer of the documentary is far-right freak show
@robbystarbuck
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It’s a parenting tradition to tell your kids that turning on the dome light in the car is illegal, right?
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Senator Deb Fischer's Sunny Slope Ranch in Cherry County has paid $244,077 for her private cattle to graze on federal land that would cost approximately $2.9 million on private land. She has received millions in both subsidies and loan forgiveness.
My statement on the Supreme Court decision against President Biden's reckless loan transfer:
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Ending no-fault divorce is now an official part of the Nebraska Republican Party platform. Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control of women.
Since it's coming up: Gosh, making it harder to get divorced is not a good way to encourage couples to stick together and coparent together. It's a good way to get women killed.
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Everyone, journalists, we need to stop referring to SNAP as "food stamps." It's harmful. Here is why.
In 2008, the "food stamp" program was replaced with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides an EBT card to benefit recipients. 1/
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Let it be said that we beat two abortion bans in Nebraska without a penny of support from Emily's List or the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
We are out here scrapping, fighting, and winning
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Honestly, I think Halloran should resign. How dare he even form his mouth to say the words “Give me a blow job Senator Cavanaugh.”
He said that because he wanted to say it. It was beyond the pale. Pure aggression to read a rape scene out loud and put it like that. Broken brain.
Reading a graphic depiction of a rape scene, Sen. Steve Halloran interjected Sen. Cavanaugh's name (I don't believe he specified which one) several times for some reason.
Cavanaugh, through tears, responded that women in the
#neleg
have experienced sexual violence.
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You are withholding millions of dollars in federal CARES Act funds from Nebraska's local governments if they require masks in public buildings.
“Do you want college football this fall? Wear a mask.”
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I learned from the legislature that by “taking care of our own” they mean having a church bake sale and then donating a portion of the proceeds to a member of the church.
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Today, ABORTION IS STILL LEGAL in Nebraska. Abortion funds, clinics, and support networks are here to help you. Do not cancel your appointments, and if you need care, please reach out to a provider immediately.
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Everyone saying we are saving taxpayer money by not opting in to this assistance for hungry Nebraska children
You
Already
Paid
For
It
🙃
Vigil at NE governor's mansion protests state's rejection of $18M in federal funds to feed kids; Pillen says he doesn't 'believe in welfare.'
@paulhammelNE
reports
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Sen Warren’s campaign reached out to me months ago to ask me about LGBTQ+ rights and issues in Nebraska. I’m the first out LGBTQ+ person in the Legislature, but I'm not the only one—
@ewarren
reached out to queer & trans ppl across the US in crafting her policies to serve us all.
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Update 🙂
@lizzo
shouted out today’s vote and said if anyone is here who doesn’t stand for abortion rights and trans rights, they should know that that’s not what she’s about. That’s you, Ballard!! Be better omg Nebraska could be so cool if not for people like you
Lol tonight
@lizzo
is performing in Omaha and Senator Ballard, who just voted for a bill to ban abortion & trans healthcare, is going.
They want LGBTQ money
They want LGBTQ entertainment
They want LGBTQ culture
But at they won’t vote to protect LGBTQ lives and safety. 🫠
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Me, staring directly into the camera 😐
No, Mr. Secretary. Parents know what’s best for their kids.
We must trust parents!
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We need accountability for how the Republican Attorneys General Association funds were used and for who is responsible. Every public official should agree: To let this insurrection pass without a full investigation would set a dangerous precedent for the future of our democracy.
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My child needs their vote. Children and families from across our state need their votes. Words are meaningless unless we put action behind them.
I will continue to advocate for our kids - yours, theirs, and mine - no matter what harassment or intimidation comes my way.
#NELeg
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Ben Sasse hasn’t had a town hall in Nebraska since 2017.
More from Senator Ben Sasse: “Many people who yell at strangers on Twitter don’t know their own local officials or even their neighbors across the street.”
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I will say what needs to be said about
@SenSasse
, from the great state of Nebraska.
Senator Sasse is all hat and no cattle. He talks about American ideals of freedom and independence when it gets him attention, but when it's time for action, he undermines democracy.
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@realDonaldTrump
Way to
#bebest
. I guess you don’t like children unless they’re in a dressing room at a pageant.
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This is called finding out. If you accuse me of these crimes, you will need to come forth with evidence,
@Carolthecrip
. I’m not playing with people who spread hate and encourage violence against LGBTQ+ Nebraskans.
.
@Carolthecrip
The Nebraska Legal Action Fund represents Senator
@NebraskaMegan
and your knowingly false statement this morning regarding Sen. Hunt is defamatory per se under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-840.01.
You are hereby notified of our demand for a retraction.
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If it seems disrespectful, it’s because I don’t respect people who are part of this discriminatory movement to push LGBTQ ppl back into the shadows. ✌️
There’s no “trans debate” or “trans question.” Theres just trans people and people who don’t want there to be trans people.
@NebraskaMegan
This is extremely disrespectful and reveals you as either an actual idiot or someone who is prepared to make herself look that way in service of her belief system.
Women and girls' sports are to celebrate female excellence, not to give mediocre men something to do.
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hello
To the 97K Nebraskans who had applied for student-loan debt to be forgiven,
@NEAttorneyGen
Mike Hilgers says he has a tremendous amount of empathy. He and his wife took out student loans.
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64% of voters in my district.
I’ll keep listening to them — not the gun lobby.
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My colleagues knew this, btw. Many of them had traveled with us, had babysat for me, nearly all had met my son. The Nebraska Legislature is the smallest in the country with only 49 members – I work with people who know me personally and they still chose to cause this harm.
This is just evil.
"Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt, a left-leaning lawmaker who left the Democratic Party mid-session to register as an independent, revealed in a speech on the floor that her 13-year-old child is transgender. She begged fellow lawmakers not to strip her or doctors of…
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Churches can pay taxes then
Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states can be forced to fund religious education using taxpayer dollars.
This undermines true religious freedom and attacks the foundations of the separation of church and state.
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I'm obviously not going, but if they have contacted you - the person doing the booking is Morgan K. - please do not respond. You could be endangering yourself and we don't need any more deceptive anti-trans films.
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It’s wild how many of my colleagues think that those of us who wear masks to protect our community and loved ones are “living in fear,” but those who want to carry a gun around wherever they go are not. 🤔
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I am proud and humbled to tell you that ABORTION IS LEGAL in Nebraska. And because of the networks we have built here, we are providing care to our neighbors from all over the country.
Together, we will fight for a future where all health care, including abortion, is accessible.
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It’s not over at all. The 60 day session next year is burned too.
#neleg
Solidarity with
@NebraskaMegan
and
@senatormachaela
who filibustered for 80 days, one of the longest filibusters ever, to block a gender affirming care ban in Nebraska.
Republicans had to cheat to get it through with an anti-abortion bill.
We stand with you, this isn't the end.
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I’m endorsing Elizabeth Warren because it’s time we open the doors for access to healthcare, quality education, and the dignity of a living wage for the people who are the backbone of our economy, making this country work every day.
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Everyone did their part - from advocates on the ground to strategy inside the glass, we stayed vigilant and worked together to block this abortion ban.
Nebraskans do not stand aside when our rights are threatened. We did it, everyone.
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You are free to be you, exactly as you are.
Not how a random judge wants you to be. Not how a random lawmaker wants you to be. Your identity and existence is not up to the state. The state can never know you, love you, or control you. ❤️🏳️⚧️ Stay strong — it keeps me strong!!
"Unless the bill is killed, every bill will be filibustered and we will talk about LB574 every day on every bill. On this session and maybe next session."
@NebraskaMegan
on tomorrow's debate and visit from Westboro Church.
#DontLegislateHate
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Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is not the adult in the room that he desperately wishes to be, and pretty much everyone agrees on that.
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I have a Nebraska joke, but it’s not for everyone. 😬
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We’re talking about survival. The reasons for political outrage is not the same on both sides - for us, it’s about survival, period. We need to meet the radical right’s attacks on human rights and bodily autonomy with the conversation-ending slap-down they deserve.
#NELeg
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Yesterday we filed 742 motions on the remainder of the bills for this session, which allows us to control a significant portion of each debate. Today Angela at Goldenrod Pastries brought us this gorgeous cake!!! Are you kidding me??
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Tonight the Nebraska Legislature took a historic vote to block a total abortion ban.
Thank you endlessly to the advocates, volunteers, and to my colleagues who stood together to stop this. Generations of Nebraskans thank you.
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Let it be said that keeping abortion legal + not discriminating against trans ppl is FREE. It costs $0.00.
It costs taxpayers millions to pay off the Ricketts family etc to not take their company and leave. But we cant just ... not discriminate. This says it all to Nebraskans.
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Hell is patient
BREAKING
Henry Kissinger, an unrepentant war criminal with the blood of millions of innocent people on his hands, has died at 100.
Kissinger, who played a direct role in destabilizing sovereign nations across the world, was 100.
(Not a joke)
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Crisis pregnancy centers are not “pregnancy resource centers.” They are churches that masquerade as clinics, providing services and information that directly contradicts scientific evidence and medical best practices.
Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing for tax credits to pregnancy resource centers
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The indictment of Jake Gardner would never have happened without the community, the people, who stood up for justice and demanded action from city officials. Jake Gardner is gone, but the white supremacist attitudes that emboldened him are still with us today.
In a stunning development, Jake Gardner — the white bar owner indicted in the killing of a 22-year-old Black man during protests in downtown Omaha — has been found dead near Portland, Oregon.
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There you have it
My colleagues are sad that they are missing family events because they are here instead during the filibuster. I say, go! Go ahead! Go take care of them. But please understand that's all I am doing by being here - taking care of my family.
“If your family wants you home to recover from surgery you should do that. If you want to go to the graduation, you should do that. But you hate my son more than you love your family.” -
@NebraskaMegan
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Aren’t you afraid you could infect other people?
“No. I’m covered in Jesus’ blood,” she says, while fully strapped in by a lifesaving human invention called a seatbelt
“I go to the grocery store every day,” says the woman who is attending church services.
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Supporters of the President were brought in, but buses weren’t able to get back to transport people out. It’s freezing and snowy in Omaha tonight.
What people will do for this con man, what people have sacrificed, is so sad to me. He truly does not care about you.
#OmahaRally
President Trump took off in Air Force One 1 hr 20 minutes ago, but thousands of his supporters remain stranded on a dark road outside the rally. “We need at least 30 more buses,” an Omaha police officer just said, shaking his head at the chaotic cluster that is unfolding.
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Today my colleagues Senators Machaela Cavanaugh and Danielle Conrad and I filed 742 motions on the remaining bills in this session.
We must let each child be the best person they are, and it is not up to the state to tell us what that means. We must trust Nebraskans.
#NELeg
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We haven’t lost because we haven’t quit. Tomorrow is another day to fight with love, compassion, and the knowledge that we are righteous in the cause of justice. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💌
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Taxpayers, *this* is what looting is.
BREAKING: Steven Mnuchin is now flat-out REFUSING to disclose the businesses receiving $500,000,000,000 in bailout funds, claiming the info is "confidential"
4.5 MILLION businesses received government funds. Zero transparency.
Unconscionable, jaw-dropping corruption.
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Gurlll just say thank you for the attention and the $75 😂 I still have my job
Transphobic??? Gurlll take several seats and try again.
My best friend is a trans woman whom like me doesn’t agree with child sex changes or chemical castration.😘
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When we go into a special session to ban abortion in Nebraska, none of my anti-abortion colleagues should know a moment of peace while they are in the building.
They should not be able to walk anywhere without being hounded by your questions and stories. We have had enough.
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Too many US citizens now can’t even meet this standard, in large part because of the obstruction and willful negligence of conservative elected officials at the state level.
Breaking News: Immigrants will be denied visas if they cannot prove they have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical care, the Trump administration said
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What I won’t hear is someone who paid $500 for college and got their first home for $13,000 and supported their family of four with one income tell me that millennials are the most entitled and spoiled generation
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we love space
every person loves space
we just
want to be able to go to the doctor
those who attack space
maybe don’t realize that
space represents hope
for so many people
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I think I would do just about anything for a rapid train between Omaha and Lincoln.
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I am organizing direct action if the Nebraska Legislature goes into a special session to ban abortion in our state. DM me if you want to help, and please share with your networks.
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Our proximity to LGBTQ+ people does not absolve us of the harm we cause. I'm glad he loves his kid - now try loving mine.
#NELeg
Nebraska State Sen. Ray Aguilar reacts to being described as anti-LGBTQ for supporting restrictions on medical procedures for transgender youth.
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In personal news, I opened a new shop in my district today 🤍
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I understand your persona, dude. I’m as online as you & your fans are.
I know you’ve never said anything that comes close to mattering to the people of Nebraska. You are a clown in a sideshow that allows U.S. Republicans to continue not doing anything that actually helps anyone.
Deal with the issue
You can't draw borders
You feel sorry for cheats and liars
And betray those who play fair
And your own sex
You're dangerously naive
And you mask that with self-righteous moralizing
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Omg that’s me
.
@DesiLydic
breaks down why Trump is pushing a change to Nebraska’s electoral system that could bend the entire election
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Good morning
Senator who voted for anti-trans bill that passed by one vote admits she wasn’t paying attention
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Huge defeat today for creepy genital inspectors who want to police which bathroom kids can use at school and prevent them from playing sports with their friends.
Thank you so much to everyone who has been a part of this years-long effort to protect trans kids in Nebraska!!
A proposed ban on transgender K-12 students from using restrooms or locker rooms that do not match the biological sex assigned to them at birth fell victim to a filibuster on Friday.
It won’t come back before lawmakers this year.
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"I was born, and I was like ok I feel different from absolutely nobody. And now I’m an adult, and it’s still totally fine, because this world was totally made for me,”
😂😂
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Congressman, your willingness to put blind partisan loyalty above free and fair elections and the national security interests of our country is embarrassing for you. Donald Trump would sell you out for a potato chip, and your lack of moral courage and independent will is a shame.
@NebraskaMegan
@MortonOWH
The left wing partisan impeachment is humiliating for our country.
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Did you and your child enjoy the “AIDS Update” segments he would do where he mocked gay people who had died or when he hurled racism at Black callers (“take the bone out of your nose”) or what was your favorite part
We have a family story from an earlier year. When my first child could barely speak she got in the car one day and said, “Wanna listen to Rush.” It’s a hard day for many people in our country who deeply appreciated Rush Limbaugh’s commentary. May he Rest in Peace
#RushLimbaugh
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Look at all this free speech
This is what it’s like now for LGBTQ+ students at
@UHouston
.
Of course, no one with the university told anyone about this. We found out from these signs which were posted last week.
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For more info you can see this post from
@EliErlick
. Everything she wrote here reflects my experience communicating with them as well.
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No :) Your God loves me and is working through me to reach u
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"Slaughtered"
Nebraska women aren't the same as your pigs,
@jim_pillen
. We aren't willing to be forced to gestate the future workforce of Nebraska.
#NELeg
@NebraskaChamber
Just think where our workforce would be today if over 200,000 babies hadn't been slaughtered in Nebraska abortions over the last 49 years. It is a moral imperative—we have to end the murder of unborn children in our state.
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Okay, now that's a lede. :)
LINCOLN, Neb. — Ash Homan, a 12-year-old from Omaha, spoke confidently as he urged Nebraska lawmakers not to ban transition-related care for transgender minors.
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📣📣📣 IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT
The situation in our hospitals is very serious. Six weeks ago, we had 200
#coronavirus
-related hospitalizations in Nebraska. This week, hospitalizations stand at 860 and they are rapidly rising every day.
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This. The youth are truly not bothered.
It's important not to lose sight of how much of the anti-trans "movement" is just angry adults bullying children whose peers will not
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You prohibited Nebraska cities from requiring masks in public buildings, which can reduce the spread of Coronavirus by 75%.
Great visit with
@FoxNews
about Nebraska’s work to slow the spread of the virus and what we are doing to
#GetNebraskaGrowing
!
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Don Kleine and Douglas County have made a huge mistake. James Scurlock was murdered, and his murderer should be put on trial. With this decision, our justice process never even had a chance to work.
Jake Gardner, owner of The Hive bar near 12th and Harney Streets, will not be charged in the death of James Scurlock. Kleine, the Douglas County attorney, said he reviewed the evidence — and interviews with witnesses — and determined that Gardner ha…
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What do we do when abortion is illegal? We break the law.
There have been networks of women sharing this information for decades, for centuries, conveyed from one generation to the next. Nothing the courts can do will change that. It is what it is.
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People testifying at the board of education meeting saying “sex education/vaccines/teaching the history of US racism is just about government trying to brainwash us”
Girl you all just cheered and clapped at the end of the pledge of allegiance. The government already got you
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Today a federal court ruled that legislation denying parental rights + medical care on a discriminatory basis is unconstitutional.
This is a win for human rights, for parents like me, and for all Americans who believe no one should be denied medical care because of who they are.
BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocked an Arkansas law that would have banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the law violates the constitutional rights of transgender youth, their parents, and their medical providers.
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This hateful bill is not about policy. It is a basic human rights issue. The vote today will show us exactly which senators value the dignity, autonomy, and personhood of Nebraskans. Do not cross this line. Do not violate our rights.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#NELeg
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