Archiv: Nebraska


27.10.2020 - 15:51 [ Washington Post ]

Election 2020 live updates: Trump heading to three states, as Biden plans two stops in Georgia

Tuesday is shaping up as a busy day on the campaign trail, as President Trump plans to stage rallies in three states — Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska — and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is scheduled to hold a pair of events in Georgia, a state that Republicans have carried in every White House contest since 1996.

26.10.2020 - 00:49 [ theIntercept.com ]

Last-Minute Progressive Surge Boosts Kara Eastman in Critical Omaha District

Three progressive groups are ramping up their efforts to help Democrat Kara Eastman defeat incumbent Republican Rep. Don Bacon in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, a crucial battleground that also yields its own individual Electoral College vote. Eastman, who’s going up against millions of dollars from the Republican side, represents one of the left’s best chances at flipping a swing district this cycle.

25.10.2020 - 14:40 [ Kara Eastman ]

Eastman Equity Plan: NE District 2

Equity: Ensuring that everyone, regardless of who they are or where they come from, has the same opportunities and capacities to live their own idea of a good life.

25.10.2020 - 14:40 [ Justice Democrats / Twitter ]

Progressive @karaforcongress beat centrist Democrat Brad Ashford in the 2018 NE primary. Eastman THEN beat Ashford’s wife in 2020 by a HUGE margin. Today, Ashford cut a TV ad for the Trump Republican. So much for unity. Send Kara some money if you can!:

25.10.2020 - 14:33 [ Kara Eastman, US House candidate / Twitter ]

Unions are a vital part of our Democracy. Here‘s my pledge to Nebraska CD2 unions.

11.10.2020 - 02:12 [ theHill.com ]

Nebraska district could prove pivotal for Biden in November

Most states use a “winner-take-all” method when it comes to electoral votes, meaning the candidate who wins the popular vote in the state gets all of its electoral votes as well. But Nebraska and Maine use a different method, in which two electoral votes are distributed to the popular-vote winner in the state, in addition to one electoral vote to whoever wins the popular vote in each of the state’s congressional districts.

10.05.2020 - 23:56 [ Common Dreams ]

‚Not Today. Not Tomorrow. Not Ever‘: Indigenous Campaigners Protest As KXL Pipeline Construction Begins Amid Legal Challenges

„This pipeline will not be built,“ wrote Braun.

08.05.2020 - 19:51 [ Washington Post ]

Five Republican governors: Our states stayed open in the covid-19 pandemic. Here’s why our approach worked.

Mark Gordon is governor of Wyoming. Pete Ricketts is governor of Nebraska. Asa Hutchinson is governor of Arkansas. Kim Reynolds is governor of Iowa. Mike Parson is governor of Missouri. They are all Republicans.