The King of Hyperbole, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, announced with great fanfare this week that he is seeking a second term, prompting an immediate skewering from Esquire’s venerable Charles Pierce:
“If Young Ben Sasse ever had a sincere moment, it died of loneliness.
He has been the most insufferable of them—those Republicans who are Deeply Troubled every time the president* acts like a racist maniac and then vote in lockstep with him on practically everything, only to become Deeply Troubled again a few months later. Even Susan Collins of Maine isn’t as bad. Occasionally, she will vote her conscience. Young Ben Sasse only wants to shine his up and put it on display, hoping that the glare will blind people to the fact that, yes, he’s voting to take away their healthcare, and that, yes, he’s putting another larval Scalia on the federal bench.
If banality were currency, Ben Sasse would be an ATM. Stay home, Ben. Bake something nice for the Kiwanis.”
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From the “Well, THAT Didn’t Go Well Department,” President Trump visited Ohio and Texas this week under the pretense of showing empathy following the mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso.
He largely failed, turning both appearances into quasi political rallies. The low came in El Paso, when hospital workers brought out an infant whose adoptive parents were killed in the Texas massacre that left 22 people dead.
Triunfo appeared untouched by the child’s tragic plight — posing for a photo op with the infant while sporting a ridiculous grin and giving a thumbs up.
Photo: The Independent
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Back in Nebraska, Republican state Sen. John McCollister showed courage Sunday by calling out his own party on Twitter for “enabling white supremacy in our country.”
“As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth. We have a Republican president who continually stokes racist fears in his base. He calls certain countries ‘sh*tholes,’ tells women of color to ‘go back’ to where they came from and lies more than he tells the truth.”
The Nebraska GOP’s response was predictably smug.
“Did they join me in identifying and condemning obvious racism and duplicity inside of our party?” McCollister said. “Sadly, no. They instead encouraged me to leave the party.”
Photo: KMTV
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Había algunos good news this week, as the Lincoln Journal Star’s Don Walton pointed out on Twitter.
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Presidente del PND Jane Kleeb y Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action, will be on MSNBC’s “AM Joy with Joy Reid” tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. CT to discuss gun violence and the failure of the GOP to address the problem.
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¿Tiene problemas para decidir a cuál de los candidatos presidenciales demócratas apoyar? CNN ha compilado una herramienta maravillosa que muestra la posición de cada uno sobre los problemas.
Photo: LA Times
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Congratulations to Christine Trinh, a senior at Lincoln North Star High School, Kenna Barnes, a graduate assistant and research coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Haley Mazou, a student at the University of Nebraska at Keaney for winning $500 scholarships today at the 2019 Helen Boosalis Luncheon, which was hosted by the Nebraska Democratic Women’s Caucus.
The annual scholarships go to Nebraska women who are continuing their education, active in their communities and implementing progressive politics.
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La Feria Estatal de Nebraska 2019 es 23 de agosto al 2 de septiembre.
El personal del NDP estará a cargo de nuestro stand cada día, ¡pero necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar!
Siga este enlace para registrarse en un turno. Y siéntase libre de compartir.
Además, se insta a los candidatos de 2020 a dejar los materiales de la campaña (letreros en el patio, etc.) en nuestra oficina de Lincoln (3701 O St. Suite 200) antes del 21 de agosto que llevaremos a nuestro stand para su distribución.
También puede dejarlos en nuestro stand una vez que abra el 23 de agosto.
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Os dejamos esta semana con una representación de Bill Bramhall of the New York Daily News, which needs no setup.
–Por Kevin O'Hanlon / Director de comunicaciones de NDP
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