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Former Lincoln police captain faced 2 investigations before resignation 'in lieu of termination' "Some of what may have happened may be against their (LPD) policy," Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said. "But it wasn't necessarily against the law."

The former head of the Lincoln Police Department's Special Victims Unit resigned last week "in lieu of termination" after an investigation into allegations he was having sex in a police cruiser...with his badge and gun on.

From @ljspilger.bsky.social:
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How much does it cost for fascism? is a great line

Nebraska sheriff, ICE accused of holding woman in jail despite posting bond in immigration case A woman who was swept up in the June immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha says a Nebraska sheriff has refused to release her from jail despite an

An Omaha woman swept up in an ICE raid on a food processing facility in June paid her bond and an immigration judge granted her release.

But Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer refuses to let Floribertha Mayo Anicasio go. From @ljspilger.bsky.social: journalstar.com/news/state-r...

Oh hell yeah. What a deep pull!

Nebraska's PBS station (KUON) based in Lincoln had a killer after school lineup in the mid to late 90s:

-Ghostwriter
-Wishbone
-Bill Nye the Science Guy
-Square One

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

These people are out of control.
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Everything bad that has happened since 2009 stemmed from this moment.

Remind me to tell you my MarioKart Deep Lore sometime.

Following pause, NU institute loses USAID funding to improve irrigation practices The University of Nebraska learned the Trump administration canceled its $19 million contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve irrigation systems on Feb. 26.

The "corrupt elite" at *checks notes* the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he attended college and where his dad is on the faculty:
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My brother gave my kids an old copy of MarioKart for their Switch 1 and you better believe I have taken every opportunity to flex on them. Their wailing and lamentations sustain me.

Luke Farritor. Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America’s Institutions

NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled

The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”

NO PAYWALL!

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Is there anyone having more fun than Lee Pace is in Foundation?

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

"Another officer says, 'They’re starting to resist more now,' to which an officer replies: 'We’re going to end up shooting some of them.'"

Immigration cops tased a kid and threatened another and then joked about getting a $30,000 bonus. We're screwed.

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How to Feel On Hulk Hogan.

A.J. Daulerio, on Hulk Hogan’s death:

That whole exchange is maybe the perfect shibboleth for Millennials

Yes! It was also the season with "Canada on Strike" and the episode about Obama winning the election that came out a day after it happened.

Trey and Matt were cooking with gas that whole season

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

Thankful for the journalists and photographers there to bear witness. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The Nebraska Air National Guard invited reporters and photographers onto a training flight and are now attempting to confiscate the phone and SD cards of Journal Star and 10/11 reporters because there was apparently classified equipment on the airplane they invited them to take a ride in.

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

Person rescued after being 'submerged in soil' in north Lincoln, officials say A call for a "trench rescue" at 6616 Grays Peak Drive, north of Interstate 80, came in just before 11 a.m., according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue.

Today I had to explain the premise of "Lassie" to one of our Gen Z reporters. Feeling older and older every day.
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picture of Nebraska City, Nebraska, got a problem with that?

picture of Nebraska City, Nebraska, got a problem with that?

picture of Nebraska City, Nebraska, got a problem with that?

picture of Nebraska City, Nebraska, got a problem with that?

Nebraska City, Nebraska
Population: 7,069
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_City,_Nebraska

So did Bongino ever go back to that job he hated?

Ukrainians fleeing war to Nebraska face uncertainty as legal status and right to work expire

This was more serendipity than coordination, but the @owhnews.bsky.social ran a story that covers how this issue is impacting Ukrainian immigrants as well.

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Immigrants who settled in Nebraska lose right to work as legal status changes Workers in Lincoln — and around the state — have lost their jobs since a humanitarian parole program for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua was terminated.

People working in Lincoln have started losing their jobs as the Trump Administration has been revoking peoples status and work permits.

Workers at Kawasaki, meat packing plants and elsewhere are being affected. #LNK

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I had a Wheeler (the fire guy from NYC) action figure when I was a kid that had a switch on the back that would strike a flint and produce a spark. Wore it out pretty quickly, but in hindsight, seems kind of dangerous!

Trump megabill slashes funding for Nebraska programs that help kids, families make healthy choices SNAP education programs across the country had their funding cut under the One Big Beautiful Bill. In Nebraska, numerous nutrition programs and university jobs are at risk.

"The slashing of SNAP-Ed funding is imminent, putting health-focused programs in the state and the equivalent of about 40 jobs under the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension at risk."

From Josh Reyes at OWH:
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Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress The $9 billion package passed the House and Senate with only Republican votes through the rarely used "rescissions" process. Trump is now expected to sign it into law.

NEWS: Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress

House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.

The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.

With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.

This now goes to Trump for his signature.

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Foley does it for the love of the game. Generational hater

Also, at one point during this morning's press conference, Hilgers asserted "Nebraskans aren't a litigious people," which his time in office certainly contradicts.

For dramatic effect: