Texas Becomes Fifth State to Ban or Partially Block CCP-Tied TikTok
December 9th, 2022 5:37 PM
Texas has joined four other states in banning or partially blocking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-tied TikTok for state agencies.
Catholic Ministry Center Gets Death Threat From ‘Jane’s Revenge’
December 5th, 2022 12:18 PM
The media and FBI will be all over this ... stop laughing!
Nebraska News Anchor FIRED For Being Christian, Pro-Life
October 13th, 2022 3:20 PM
Standing up for the innocent is a firing offense. Melanie Standiford, director and co-anchor for KNOP-TV news in North Platte, Nebraska, was fired for “practicing partisan politics.” Standiford reportedly collected signatures for a pro-life petition to make her hometown, Curtis, a sanctuary city for unborn babies, Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported.
Stop Censoring or Pay Up! Neb. Bill Sends Clear Message to Big Tech
February 26th, 2021 12:29 PM
Yet another state legislature has stepped up to fight rampant Big Tech censorship. Nebraska State Senator Curt Friesen (R) introduced the Social Media Fairness Act into the Nebraska state legislature last month, and the legislative body held a hearing for it Feb. 25. The bill stated that its aim was to curtail the power of “dominant social media web site[s].”
Daily Beast's Kohn Angry That Neb. Judge Stands in Way of Teenager Abo
October 17th, 2013 1:03 PM
A Nebraska judge standing in the way of a 16-year-old obtaining an elective abortion is a "shame" worthy of national scorn, according to Fox News and Daily Beast contributor Sally Kohn, in her October 17 Women of the World blog entry, "Nebraska Abortion Shame."
Daily Beast editors highlighted Kohn's rant, placing it in the number 7 slot in the lightbox this morning. "A 16-year-old foster teen…
Everyone's Liberal in Nebraska? AP Report on Keystone Pipeline Dominat
April 21st, 2013 5:38 PM
When the State Department held a hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline in Grand Island, Nebraska, the Associated Press displayed an obvious preference for one side: the pipeline-haters. They couldn't quote one Nebraska resident who might favor the job-creating project.
Grant Schulte’s report was 18 paragraphs long, and most of them obsessed over what the eco-protesters wanted. The only…
Politico Laughably Suggests 'Kerrey Republicans' Could Lift Democrat i
November 1st, 2012 3:39 PM
In a way, you have to admire Politico for its dedication to dopey storylines that are thin on evidence but dutifully crafted to boost liberal Democrats. Take this Thursday afternoon post by David Rogers entitled "Can Kerrey Republicans lift him to a win?", playing off the term "Reagan Democrats" and referring to GOP voters in Nebraska who could return Bob Kerrey (D) -- lifetime ACU conservative…
NYT's Matt Bai Praises 'Statesmanlike and Contemplative' Bob Kerrey, F
June 18th, 2012 1:58 PM
Matt Bai, chief political correspondent for the New York Times Sunday magazine, met up in Omaha with former Sen. Bob Kerrey, a moderate Democrat who ran for president in 1992 and is running again for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska.
In his last magazine appearance, Bai typically took the Democrats's side of the debt showdown debate of summer 2011. In Sunday's profile, Bai fawned over Kerrey as "a…
ESPN Columnist Agitates for Coach's Firing for Proclaiming His Religio
May 1st, 2012 5:00 PM
ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowski wouldn't mind seeing Nebraska Cornhuskers assistant coach Ron Brown sacked, but for a reason that has nothing to do with his performance coaching from the sidelines and everything to do with Brown's religious faith.
In his April 27 column, Wojciechowski managed both to demonize and misrepresent Brown's religious convictions on homosexuality, by saying that…
Warren Buffett: 'Newspapers Have Got a Terrible Future
November 4th, 2009 4:10 AM
Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the world and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A), doesn't have much faith in the future of print media. In an interview on CNBC's Nov. 3 "Squawk Box," following the announcement of his purchase of Burlington Northern (NYSE:BNI), Buffett was asked to comment on the future of news media, in particular newspapers and business news by "Squawk Box" co-…
Higher Gas Prices Means Fewer Traffic Deaths
July 10th, 2008 11:33 AM
The public is forever complaining about how the media are obsessed with bad news and rarely look for the good in what's going on, but sometimes doing so becomes just a little ridiculous. Such is the case with an Omaha, Nebraska TV station which managed to find some good news about higher gas prices: fewer people dying from auto accidents.I suppose that we should be cheering gas to go to $15.00 a…
'GMA' Warns Thanksgiving Inflation Will Take the Stuffing Out of Your
November 20th, 2007 6:25 PM
WaPo: Hagel a 'Mainstream Conservative'; No Mention of Hinting Possibl
September 10th, 2007 1:13 PM
Persistent Bush critic and recurring Sunday morning talk show fixture Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is announcing his retirement from the U.S. Senate. Reporting the story in the Sunday paper, the Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Chris Cillizza described the Iraq war critic as a "mainstream conservative who raised his profile nationally through his fierce opposition to President Bush's Iraq policies…
ABC Bashes Bush for Turning ‘Cold Shoulder’ to Vermont
August 24th, 2007 11:39 AM
On Friday’s "Good Morning America," reporter David Wright sought out a socialist, a liberal activist and a Democrat to bash President Bush for failing, thus far, to visit Vermont during his two terms in office. However, he didn’t discuss how President Clinton similarly neglected Nebraska for nearly eight years. Following up on a CNN report about Bush’s "snub," co-host Robin Roberts began the…