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Writes politics and stuff for @JournalStarNews. Yankees! Huskers!

Lincoln, Neb.
Joined January 2011
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Ben Sasse gave up his seat in the U.S. Senate and the presidency of the University of Florida to be there for his family as husband and father.
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Is Congress going to slow-walk aid to Ukraine into a free pass for further Russian aggression?
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Wow, Cameron has gone national! He’s in USA Today now.
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Yes, Fred, he is.
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Are we really going to abandon the people of Ukraine?
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Liz Cheney’s new book, “Oath and Honor,” is must-reading and super-revealing.
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The losses have moved from disappointing to brutal.
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None of the 5 best teams in baseball based on their season records is in the World Series. MLB has broken the system, leaving the best teams inactive and waiting while it pursues more tv revenue.
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Dozens of TV commercials occasionally interrupted by football.
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Best Twitter X posting from a Husker fan: Hello darkness my old friend.
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Summertime
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Who are you?
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Jeff Zeleny sends this photo of Gov. Pillen at the dedication of the statue of Willa Cather in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
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With the Legislature scheduled to wrap up its 2023 session today, Sen. Tom Brewer will be on his way to Ukraine on Saturday.
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Wyuka Cemetery- Memorial Day
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Transgender protestors in the Capitol Rotunda are singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
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Gov. Jim Pillen showed up Tuesday at a noon fund/raiser for Sen. Merv Riepe, who cast a decisive vote last week effectively opposing an anti-abortion bill that the governor supported.
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Visiting the Capitol grounds today
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Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha addresses abortion rights advocates in the Capitol Rotunda.
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