Brad Dickson
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Columnist Omaha World-Herald; staff writer The Tonight Show; L.A. Times/L.A.Times Mag; screenwriter, Universal; ESPN; Simon & Schuster; off-Broadway playwright.
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At midnight all Covid restrictions ended in the state, 100% capacity is allowed, the gov turned down FEMA's offer to open a vaccination site here (!) & Omaha is just beginning to register 80 yr olds. At what point does the botched response become criminal?
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Me, to a waitress in Miami: "I'm from Nebraska." The waitress: "Is that in the U.S.?" Me: "It seceded last year." The waitress: "I heard about that."
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Omaha police announced that anybody celebrating the Fourth by firing a gun into the air will be prosecuted. So remember: if you want to avoid prosecution just make sure that when you fire your gun you're pointing it at somebody in the Old Market.
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Nebraska has won 900 football games. I'm gonna take a moment & salute a guy who's hardly mentioned anymore but who, as a player, assistant coach & then head coach was involved in roughly 250 of those wins: Mr. Frank Solich.
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I'm going to defend Frost for the first time in 5 yrs. The students (& others?) chanting "Fire Scott Frost" as he ran off the field was extremely inappropriate. He deserves to go but you don't heckle & humiliate a guy who won you a national title as a player.
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Soon you'll be able to get a vaccine at an Iowa pharmacy but not one in Nebraska because Nebraska chose not to partner with the CDC. By now if you're not getting really, really, really pissed off at Nebraska's response to Covid there's something wrong with you.
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Dubuque (IA.) assistant women’s basketball coach Justin Smith ran up from his seat to apply the brakes on the team bus after the driver passed out while doing 70 mph. In a fair world you’d read more about Justin Smith than about LaVar Ball.
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CWS visitors were observed taking cellphone photos of "tornado damage" that turned out to be a sculpture on a Council Bluffs overpass.
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Nebraska "standing with Georgia" in this environment is a ticket to the CWS & Olympic Swim Trials pulling out of town, major corporations refusing to move here & even more young people fleeing the state.
Nebraska stands with Georgia and supports their work to promote integrity and access in voting.
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The governor of North Dakota has just issued a statewide mask mandate. It's just nice to see some Republican governors who are willing to put the lives of their citizens above their friendships with Donald Trump.
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I'm pretty sure that Nebraska and South Dakota are the only two places on Earth that have a policy that punishes the wearing of masks during a pandemic. The people responsible for these policies should be removed from office.
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Your largest city was just forced to cancel fall sports and in-person classes, the positivity test rate is 10% & Dr. Deborah Birx is making an emergency visit to Nebraska to try to stop the spike. Now tell me again, Gov. Ricketts, how well we're doing in the fight vs. Covid?
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The governor of Nebraska has ordered all tanning parlors closed. This could mean the end of West Omaha as we know it.
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Positivity rate in Nebraska is 34%. That's higher than Los Angeles; higher than almost anywhere. If it wasn't for the low population base here the state would be regarded as the Covid epicenter. Our governor has failed BIG TIME, yet continues with the damn daily updates.
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Welcome to Omaha where people complain about their 20-minute commute to work but have no trouble sitting in traffic for an hour and a half to get to a pumpkin patch.
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It's reported that Frost will be paid $5 million per year for seven years. As part of his contract he also gets CHimney Rock, the Governor's Mansion and the western half of Grand Island.
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Omaha is a disaster area Saturday after last night's storm, almost 200,000 people are without power, the damage to homes is enormous & the governor of Neb. is on conservative TV railing against Communism. You can't make this stuff up.
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On Thanksgiving 2020 I ask Nebraskans of all political parties, religious preferences and skin colors to come together and join me in giving thanks that Pete Ricketts cannot run for a third term.
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Breaking news: Walmart is going to require that all customers wear masks. Good luck with that. I consider it a great day if I go to Walmart and all the customers are wearing pants.
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Wisconsin wins, taking advantage of that new rule which allows pass interference in overtime.
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There's zero doubt in my mind that the Big Ten shut down football not because of Covid but because Kevin Warren knew Nebraska was about to turn the corner and threaten Ohio State & Penn State's supremacy.
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I'm told that today "Good Morning America" proclaimed Omaha "the coldest spot in the nation." I don't know about you but I'm bursting with pride.
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ESPN guy criticized Ryker for not throwing a block. Considering the back up QB is Lil Red it was probably the right move.
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The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots have reached a combined $750 million. That's enough to pay the entire Louisville men's basketball team for a season.
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Ricketts is LIVID with Douglas County for vaccinating Cox Communications employees ahead of schedule. And history was just made. This is the first time ever that "Cox Communications" and "ahead of schedule" have been used in the same sentence.
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BREAKING NEWS: my sources are telling me that Trev Alberts is giving strong consideration to shutting down the football program and replacing it with Pickleball.
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The bottom line: Nebraska is fifth in the nation per capita for Covid cases. The governor has failed big time. The people have failed. The media has failed by not being tougher on the governor. Scott Frost has failed by not wearing a mask & setting a poor example. A big F!
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According to the latest poll Ricketts has a 99 percent approval rating inside Madsen's Bowling & Billiards and about 6 percent in the rest of the state.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana can't even go on the ballot. Remember, these are our BEST judges in this state. So be sure to vote NO on whether to retain Douglas County justices.
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In a few days when the college football season is officially canceled know that it's because Americans were not up to the challenge of doing the right thing. Also, we were failed by a collection of the worst, the stupidest and the most partisan governors in U.S. history.
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Douglas County is making arrangements to bring out refrigerated morgues if necessary and we have to endure a governor urging people to light their porches blue? This is insanity.
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Nebraska lost to a quarterback who left Rutgers because he wasn't getting playing time.
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On message boards some Husker fans are speculating about Zac Taylor possibly leaving the Cincinnati Bengals to return and coach Nebraska. Let me put it this way: there are better odds that Richie Incognito is named the next pope.
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Your rage at the Big Ten for canceling the season is misdirected. Instead direct your anger at the non-maskers; a number of state governors starting with your own; the president; people who eat infected bats; and, Mike Riley.
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Ricketts is taking legal action to stop the Lincoln mayor's mask mandate...It may be time for me to enter the transfer portal to leave Nebraska.
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To summarize: The gov of Maryland banned citizens from traveling to Nebraska. School is set to begin in 2 weeks. The Douglas County health director caved to political pressure & refused issue a mask mandate. &, all Bill Moos cares about is starting football.
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Fun fact: there are more spottings of this mountain lion in Omaha than there are of Mayor Jean Stothert.
Mountain lion spotted again in southwest Omaha; Game and Parks, police searching the area
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A teenage girl in Omaha just died of Covid. If I had a press pass I'd bring her parents to a Ricketts' presser and have them ask the governor why he doesn't listen to the doctors down the street at UNMC.
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Montana has just implemented a mask mandate. That moment you realize your state is less progressive than Montana, North Dakota & Utah.
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UNO's fall enrollment is 15,627. This is the largest enrollment ever for a school with 8 parking spaces.
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Douglas County appears to be DEAD LAST or close to it in the nation for administering vaccines efficiently. Yet the local media doesn't dare criticize leadership. That would not be polite.
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I am a gun owner. I like guns. But when I heard there was a proposal to raise the minimum age to buy an AR from 18 to 21 I said, "Anybody with an ounce of common sense has to be for this." Then, an hour later, Ricketts & Pillen said they were against it.
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ABC has canceled "Bless This Mess" so now if you want to see Nebraskans portrayed as a bunch of uninformed, backward rubes you're just gonna have to watch the news for our COVID-19 response.
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Dr. Fauci just testified that states that reopen early without following guidelines - like Nebraska - could face "serious consequences." Are we gonna listen to this science geek w all his stupid degrees or our governor who has a rich dad & used to work for a discount brokerage?!
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Nebraska has moved up to third place in the nation in the Covid-19 standings, just behind the Dakotas. We've moved ahead of Covid giants Fla, Iowa, Georgia and Texas. Congratulations, Gov. Ricketts, on a job well done.
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It's cute how the national media is mocking Ricketts for his ridiculous marijuana comment. & it's too bad none of that media is willing to dig deeper & talk about how Neb is the only state where a 60-yr-old with a serious preexisting condition still can't get vaccinated, etc.
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Neb is now 1 of the worst states for Covid. I'd like to thank the following: Gov. Ricketts for making it all possible; Jean Stothert for doing ZERO; Scott Frost for being 12-21; & most of all, the unvaccinated, those Facebook forward-loving morons afraid they'll become magnetized
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UNO is open. 17 campus cops formed a human chain on icy pavement to get to a student's '88 Camaro & place a ticket on the windshield.
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The mayor of Omaha has done zero to help citizens survive this pandemic. She's basically gone into hiding. On the other hand the Lincoln mayor has proactively tried to follow the science & help her citizens make it through. Now guess which one the morons are trying to recall.
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After hearing Mickey Joseph was arrested on suspicion of strangulation many fans are asking: "Will he still be on staff next season?" That's NOT the right question.
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According to multiple reports Urban Meyer would take the Neb. job if offered. Let's see, a lot of his players have been arrested, there are allegations he hid positive player drug tests, and, he's a failed ex-NFL coach...this guy sounds perfect.
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Nebraska's rollout of the Covid vaccines has been so unimpressive, uninspired and disappointing that for a second I thought Scott Frost was in charge.
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I'm watching Jim Pillen interviewed after his victory last night and I realized that for most of us this was our first time hearing him speak outside of scripted TV commercials. So bizarre.
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How can you turn down FEMA's offer to open one of 100 vaccination sites in the state without any real explanation or backlash in the media? This is insanity.
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I hope you caught the College Home Run Derby followed by the World-Herald fireworks show last night. This was a rare opportunity to see a newspaper that can't afford to pay employees blow $800,000 on firecrackers.
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Omaha is getting a new zoo director, who's coming here from the St. Louis zoo. It's an exchange program. We get St. Louis' zoo director and St. Louis gets our mayor.
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Nebraska is the only state that has stopped logging new Covid cases and keeping track of vaccines. Hey, if this works out, let's stop keeping track of the scores of Husker football games.
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All this week I'm busy attending funerals for young Nebraskans who were tragically killed by medical marijuana.
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Welcome to Omaha, a town that reportedly is tilting toward Blue yet loves to vote for non-maskers and anti-vaxers in city elections.
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NBC and MSNBC absolutely DESTROYED Nebraska and Ricketts tonight for covering up the number of Covid cases.
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I propose we let people on Twitter question Ricketts at his next press conference instead of the local news media.
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I had a nightmare Creighton wins the NCAA Championship game and the next morning the big local sports story is: "Husker Football Begins Third Week of Spring Practice."
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Alex Jones' wife is from Omaha. Clarence Thomas' wife is from Omaha. Does anybody else see a pattern?
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When the Big Ten cancels football - whether that happens later today or sometime next week - just know that it didn't have to happen. This is entirely the fault of the non-maskers, governors like Reynolds & Ricketts, and some diseased bat-eater in Wuhan.
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So much bad stuff being reported about Scott Frost now. Where were these reports the past 5 years?
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Because 74-yr-olds hardly ever experience "mild symptoms" from Covid & his twitter acct has gone silent I believe the president may be a very sick man. Mike Pence has likely been told to "stand back and stand by" ala the Proud Boys.
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According to new info the violent coup attempt was planned on Parler. You know, the same Parler that Gov. Ricketts made a big deal about a few weeks ago when he announced he had joined it.
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If Bo Pelini was still coach and there was that no call P.I. what ensued would've made Kenosha look like a bake sale.
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Nebraska is now classified as a Red Zone state. Translation: that means we've failed at Covid. Our leaders, our citizens, we've failed. We're Covid losers, and because many here can't be bothered to do what's right it's possible many will die.
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The new phenomenon "quiet quitting" is when people get so sick of their jobs they do just the absolute bare minimum to get by.
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Fall high school sports have been canceled in Omaha. Young athletes, I feel bad for you but hopefully there's a valuable life lesson here. And that life lesson is the following: people who don't wear masks are A-holes.
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If the Cable Guy and the assorted Proud Boys and OAN viewers who are trying to recall the smart, science observing mayor of Lincoln succeed that's the last straw. She may be the only elected official here who should NOT be recalled.
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To all of the non-maskers who've ridiculed me for 6 months for calling on Americans to wear masks: your apologies are not accepted. Too many people have died because of your ignorance.
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I am convinced the governor of Nebraska refuses to issue a statewide mask mandate because he thinks it'd hurt his chances of winning the Panhandle and Sandhills when he runs for Senate.
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In a couple of hours UNO will attempt to become the first school w/ only 9 parking spaces to qualify for the NCAA basketball Tournament.
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"Distributing the vaccines will largely be up to the states and their governors." NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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I went to the HyVee today and 100 percent of customers and employees were masked. Pre-mandate it was always about 60% masked 40% not. This should pay off with lower positivity rates in a couple weeks.
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Breaking news: Gov. Jim Pillen has called for closing all PF Chang's & China Buffet restaurants in the state out of concern that the employees are Communists sent here to spy on us. Story developing...
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The U.S. effectively has no president right now, and, if you live in the eastern one-third of the state - the populated part of Nebraska - you effectively have no governor either. And in Omaha, you basically don't have a mayor.
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What candidates for governor say: "I'm a man of faith, I'm a family man & I played for the Huskers." What they SHOULD say: "I'll stop the brain drain, lower taxes, always be guided by science and work for BOTH people in rural areas & in our cities."
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In his speech tonight Biden will call on states to make ALL ADULTS eligible for the Covid vaccine by May 1. Which means tomorrow Ricketts will hold a press conference to explain that he's ignoring the demand "because we do things the Nebraska way."
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Ricketts declared Nebraska a sanctuary state for the second amendment. I think that means immigrant children can now come here so long as they're packing AR-15's.
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Nebraska beat Maryland with only 6 scholarship players available. If this happened at USC Lori Loughlin's daughter would have to play.
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Any member of the OPD, Husker football team or any member of the Nebraska Legislature with a Proud Boys or Boogaloo Boys tattoo should be removed. I don't know abt the Legislature but I'm hearing the first 2 groups have people like this.
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Nebraska has recorded six confirmed Omicron cases. (Five of whom are unvaccinated.) The rest of the nation combined has four cases. Oh & we're almost out of ICU beds. Bad leadership + irresponsible people = a potential pending catastrophe.
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If the second congressional district in NE can vote for a Democratic president in November of 2020 we can vote out a Republican mayor in May of 2021. Based on her Covid disappearing act I strongly recommend that.
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Omaha is the most corrupt city I've ever lived in. And I used to live in Las Vegas which was formed by the Mafia.
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I just had a little boy trick or treater in a tailored suit and a football helmet carrying a toy pig shouting "Where are you from?! Are you a Communist?!"
I said, "Governor Pillen?" Kids goes, "You got it."
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All eight players on the NC State team who tested positive have the Delta variant. That's = to the total number of Omahans who have the Delta variant. And our governor criticized the decision to send this super-spreader team home!
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There are more people on ventilators in Douglas County right now than at any time since this started. So it's important for people to be extra cautious. It's a shame we don't have a governor or mayor willing to say that as directly as I just did.
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Some restaurants and bars are now requiring proof of vaccination to enter. This is the only way you'll ever get the vaccination rates up - by creating a penalty for being non-vaccinated.
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We're screwed in Douglas County. We have a governor who's more concerned with pleasing Trump than saving the lives of Nebraskans; we have a do nothing, confused, inept county health director; and we have a mayor who has gone underground & abandoned her post. What a mess.
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I actually heard this: "It's expected to snow on Saturday during the Nebraska-Michigan State game but the stadium SHOULD still be sold out." Dude, a volcano could erupt on the 30-yard-line & the stadium would be sold out.
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Nebraska is the only state that has stopped logging and keeping track of new Covid cases and vaccination rates. I'd compare it to a backward Third World country only most Third World countries have better football teams.
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I had a little girl trick or treater who was dragging three suitcases behind her and waving a passport. I said, "Who are you supposed to be?" She goes, "Mayor Jean Stothert."
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Creighton just announced that all returning students must be vaccinated for Covid. And UNL announced that Scott Frost will make the decision for that school just as soon as he's done watching the OAN network's 4-hour tribute to Marjorie Taylor-Greene.
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If this flooding occurred in New Orleans, NYC, California or Texas it'd be all over the TV. But because it's Nebraska it's a 30-second story 15 minutes into the nightly national news.
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Sadly a majority of people in this state still support Trump. Our governor still supports him. The mayor still supports him. FYI, you can vote her out in April.
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Mayor Stothert's Covid policy has been an erratic embarrassment. Her snow removal plan is non-existent. Many say the streets are in the worst condition in memory. And, several large corporations have left town during her tenure. So tell me, exactly why you like her again?
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For weeks Fox News people have been mocking Joe Biden for "staying in his basement" and holding "lame" rallies with only a few people sitting on chairs in masks. That's not quite so funny today, is it, Fox?
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