Nebraska

Ro Khanna is holding PhRMA's feet to the fire in the HouseFormer Congressman Chaka Fattah started his 10 year prison sentence yesterday, after being convicted last June for fraud and bribery charges. Wednesday was a busy day for corrupt lawmakers.

Aside from having pursued moderate suburban Republican women instead of working class Democrats, one of the reasons for why Hillary lost was widely believed to be the Democratic Party's abandonment of rural America which was almost entirely won by Trump and by Republican candidates for... well, for just about everything.

A Nebraska cop who shot at a fleeing vehicle, striking its driver in the abdomen, has been charged with felony assault after it was revealed he lied about what had taken place.
And it was only because the June 5 incident was recorded on his dash cam.
Kearney police officer Derek Payton claimed the driver, Jose Klich, backed into him before driving off, making him fear for his life, an excuse that is usually accepted without question.

Nebraska follows New Mexico's lead and abolishes civil forfeiture without a conviction; Federal judge allows victims and families sue the CIA for torture; and an entire police force in Colorado up and quit and then peace broke out.

Nebraska follows New Mexico's lead and abolishes civil forfeiture without a conviction; Federal judge allows victims and families sue the CIA for torture; and an entire police force in Colorado up and quit and then peace broke out.

Sputnik – January 10, 2015 Despite a recent trend in the US to decrease the use of solitary confinement as a punishment for children, Nebraska, a state of almost 2 million people, considers the method appropriate and has applied it broadly. Solitary confinement, as a form of torture, has been practiced in the US since the early 19th century but was later halted nationwide after reported […]

Nebraska is a bad state to be a troubled youth in America.
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Guess which guy the DCCC supported and which guy they stiffed?Saturday we took at look at how disturbed the Congressional Black Caucus is about how the DCCC blew off Steven Hosford's reelection in Nevada.

No longer dominated by the traditional “Big Green” groups that were taking big donations from corporate polluters, the new environmental movement is broader, more assertive and more creative. With extreme energy extraction and climate change bearing down on the world, environmental justice advocates are taking bold actions to stop extreme energy extraction and create new solutions to save the planet.  These ‘fresh greens’ often work locally, but also connect through national and international actions.

Earlier this month nearly 400 students were arrested in front of the White House protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline. The next group of people to head to Washington, D.C.