Writer and journalist. Nebraska guy for @CourthouseNews. Words in @omahamagazine and @flatwaterfreep. @spaldingwriting student. To be played at maximum volume.
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The influencial guitarst died at home in Chattanooga today after a bile-duct cancer diagnosis in March.
A Nebraska connection: He played on Matthew Sweet's 1995 album 100% Fun.
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In the Mississippi US Senate race, Scott Colom's lead is increasing as lawyers and DSCC staffers pour into the state.
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Several newsrooms in Ireland were evacuated Friday after false bomb threats and multiple flights disrupted, the latest in a spate of security incidents in Europe.
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Omaha based.
News: Straight Arrow News (@StraightArrow__), the online news site focused on “unbiased” coverage and founded by billionaire Joe Ricketts in 2021, is shutting down, staffers were told in a meeting today.
Most provisional ballots in Mississippi were cast because voters were listed as having inactive registrations.
The state GOP estimates there are about 17,000 outstanding .
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The @nytimes says Mary Peltola is on track to prevail in the US Senate race in Alaska.
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Feels like a bellwether for what's happening to digital media. I read it obsessively as a young aspiring writer in the late nineties and early aughts, when it was THE place for great culture/political writing online. And I was grateful to get a byline there back in the day. RIP.
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege. salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
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(November 5, 2026 | 8:25 a.m. CT): The Tennessee State Emergency Operations Center has been activated to a Level 4 due to the flooding that has occurred in Polk County.
At this time, the flooding is expected to remain through this evening. Please avoid flooded roads and follow all local official guidance.
Judge Joel Bennathan remanded Brand to custody for sentencing Monday. He said the comedian should expect, “a custodial sentence of some length.”
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Krampus in the capitol: Federal judge in Iowa rules state must allow Satanic temple to hold holiday celebration.
Via @CourthouseNews:
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Nebraska Legislature Republican supermajority will end via @ZachWendling2
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Mississippi likely won't get called for another week, but if the reporting in this thread is accurate then it's likely a D victory and the biggest stunner of a stunning election.
Our county-by-county look, with charts: where Mississippi's last votes are, why AP's '90%' counties mostly reflect absentee estimates, and why it leans Colom (DDHQ has him +1,864; AP's +65 lags in Clay, Lauderdale and Warren). teapaw.org/bert_on_spec/status/21…
Litigation is a certainty in the razor thin Colom/Hyde-Smith race for the US Senate in Mississippi.
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Scott Colom now ahead of Cindy Hyde Smith by *exactly* 2,000 votes in Mississippi
In the Mississippi U.S. Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom holds the narrowest of margins over Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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