Nebraska company is supplying ICE with surveillance tech
https://flatwaterfreepress.org/this-nebraska-company-is-supplying-ice-with-surveillance-tech/
#HackerNews #Nebraska #Surveillance #ICE #Tech #Privacy #Concerns #Immigration
joene 🏴🍉
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New bill would require #Nebraska K-12 schools to teach anti-#communist lessons
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/19/new-bill-would-require-nebraska-k-12-schools-to-teach-anti-communist-lessons/
> The proposal from Nebraska state Sen. Dave Murman of Glenville follows similar laws passed in #Florida and #Texas.
New bill would require #Nebraska K-12 schools to teach anti-#communist lessons
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/19/new-bill-would-require-nebraska-k-12-schools-to-teach-anti-communist-lessons/
> The proposal from Nebraska state Sen. Dave Murman of Glenville follows similar laws passed in #Florida and #Texas.
hypebot
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For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-superfund-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nebraska #Environment #Health #PublicHealth #Safety #Family
For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-superfund-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nebraska #Environment #Health #PublicHealth #Safety #Family
ProPublica and Flatwater Free Press want to help Omahans understand the lead risks in their own yard.
Sign up for our free soil testing.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/nebraska-omaha-lead-testing-soil-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Nebraska #Omaha #Environment #Health #PublicHealth #Safety #Science
For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-superfund-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nebraska #Environment #Health #PublicHealth #Safety #Family
mkb
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Nebraska County Pays $3 Million Settlement For Illegal Raid Of Local Newspaper’s Office https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/18/nebraska-county-pays-3-million-settlement-for-illegal-raid-of-local-newspapers-office/ #news #marioncountyrecord #marioncountypd #1stamendment #4thamendment #marioncounty #phylliszorn #gideoncody #journalism #ruthherbel #ericmeyer #joanmeyer #nebraska
Nebraska County Pays $3 Million Settlement For Illegal Raid Of Local Newspaper’s Office https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/18/nebraska-county-pays-3-million-settlement-for-illegal-raid-of-local-newspapers-office/ #news #marioncountyrecord #marioncountypd #1stamendment #4thamendment #marioncounty #phylliszorn #gideoncody #journalism #ruthherbel #ericmeyer #joanmeyer #nebraska
Nebraska has highest Parkinson's disease rate in US, researchers link agricultural factors
Nebraska has the highest rate of Parkinson's disease in the country, according to a dual study done by Epic Research with local scientists pointing to the state's agricultural heritage as a significant contributing factor.
der.hans
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There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings
License plate readers in Nebraska help ICE conduct immigration enforcement efforts
“Flock Safety, a private company whose surveillance cameras have quietly become an important piece of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Nebraska and across the U.S.”
#LicensePlateReader#ICE#ImmigrationEnforcement#Nebraska #surveillance
der.hans
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@GottaLaff
In this clip the crowd is chanting "Tax the rich!" 👀
In this clip the crowd is chanting "Tax the rich!" 👀
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lvmd4qimkc2u
I'm getting offline, so I won't do the work for you on this one, but Mike Flood just got a very loud, very negative response at his Nebraska town hall.
I suggest you give it a search. It'll make your day.
@GottaLaff
In this clip the crowd is chanting "Tax the rich!" 👀
In this clip the crowd is chanting "Tax the rich!" 👀
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lvmd4qimkc2u
der.hans
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"We are all just one Trump tantrum away from these kinds of threats being mobilized against ourselves & our family members. And those threats work." - Marcy Wheeler, @emptywheel ,
on why even though Rep Don Bacon isn't running again, he voted for the Big Ugly Bill. Threats work.
#Nebraska#RepDonBacon & his wife got threats from Trump, GOP insiders, & the MAGA base when he didn't vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker.
From @nicolesandler 7-11-2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/d4Mpqq_oMXI?si=1wQcxEpFT7MOL3to&t=737
@lolgop
"We are all just one Trump tantrum away from these kinds of threats being mobilized against ourselves & our family members. And those threats work." - Marcy Wheeler, @emptywheel ,
on why even though Rep Don Bacon isn't running again, he voted for the Big Ugly Bill. Threats work.
#Nebraska#RepDonBacon & his wife got threats from Trump, GOP insiders, & the MAGA base when he didn't vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker.
From @nicolesandler 7-11-2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/d4Mpqq_oMXI?si=1wQcxEpFT7MOL3to&t=737
@lolgop
Tim Chambers
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HT @DeniseG
"Gov. Pillen allows activation of #Nebraska#NationalGuard for weekend protests
"The Nebraska National Guard will be deployed in advance of several planned protests in Nebraska this weekend.
"In an emergency proclamation issued Friday, Pillen said the protests across the state have the potential for a 'significant amount of criminal behavior.' "
#Nebraska #protests#NationalGuard#Resistance#NoKingsEvents#AntiProtestLaws
HT @DeniseG
"Gov. Pillen allows activation of #Nebraska#NationalGuard for weekend protests
"The Nebraska National Guard will be deployed in advance of several planned protests in Nebraska this weekend.
"In an emergency proclamation issued Friday, Pillen said the protests across the state have the potential for a 'significant amount of criminal behavior.' "
#Nebraska #protests#NationalGuard#Resistance#NoKingsEvents#AntiProtestLaws