Month: March 2016

June 4: Help Plant the Sacred Ponca Corn

PHOTOS: View photos from the June 4th Ponca Corn Planting on Facebook. Join members of the Cowboy & Indian Alliance to help plant this year’s crop of sacred Ponca corn — the third consecutive crop of Ponca corn to be planted on the tribe’s ancestral homeland in Nebraska after a 137-year absence following the tribe’s forced […]
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Bold Alliance Calls on Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller to Investigate Exxon’s Climate Fraud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, 515-238-6404, ed@fallonforum.com Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Bold Alliance Calls on Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller to Investigate Exxon’s Climate Fraud Miller’s Office Joined Attorneys General Across the Country Yesterday Calling for Climate Action; Iowans Seek Miller’s Leadership on Exxon’s Climate Fraud Des Moines — Bold Alliance, […]
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Legislature Approves Protections Against Fracking Waste, Reforms at Oil & Gas Commission

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Support Bold Nebraska’s work to protect our land and water: Become a Bold Member.  Bold Nebraska Applauds Legislature Action to Protect Water & Land from Fracking Waste with Passage of LB 1082 Bold Nebraska’s year-long campaign generated 10,000 petition signatures, 1,300 letters to Senators, over 460 submissions of written testimony on fracking bills Lincoln — […]
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PETITION: Tell Senators Sasse & Fischer: Do Your Job!

Mark Hefflinger
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President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. Garland has more federal judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in history. Despite his qualifications, Republicans continue to show unprecedented disrespect towards the President and our constitution. They don’t want to even give a hearing to the President’s nominee. Senator Deb Fischer […]
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Neal Obermeyer Cartoon: Ben Sasse to Dump GOP Over Trump

Mark Hefflinger
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(Editor’s Note: Neal Obermeyer created this latest cartoon in response to Sen. Ben Sasse’s (R-NE) recent statement on national TV that he would ditch the GOP if Donald Trump became the party’s nominee for President, and some of the local reactions. Sasse’s statement on MSNBC is below. More of Neal’s cartoons at Nealo.com.)
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BOLD Voter Guide: May 10 Primary Election (RESULTS)

Update May 10 at 11:45 pm: We posted results below! Great Bold candidates ran in the primary and we are proud to have endorsed and recommended lots of winners! 83% of the candidates Bold and the New Energy Voter Pac included in our Voter Guide are moving on to the general election this November! We will […]
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Eminent Domain for Private Gain: Democrats Take a Stand

Jane Kleeb
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Last week, InsideClimate News ran an in-depth piece on eminent domain for private gain. When the article ran, neither Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton stated a position on eminent domain for private gain. We decided to ask them about the issue, and we got an answer from both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns…this is a […]
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Bold Nebraska Joins Environmental, Landowner, Indigenous Groups to Urge Congress: Learn From Keystone XL, Oppose TPP Trade Deal

Bold Nebraska Joins Environmental, Landowner, Indigenous Groups to Urge Congress: Learn From Keystone XL, Oppose TPP Trade Deal  Lincoln — Today, 40 leading environmental groups including the Indigenous Environmental Network, Bold Nebraska, Friends of the Earth, 350.org, and the Sierra Club sent a letter urging Congress to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The letter, sent […]
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Bold 2016 Presidential Poll Results

**POLL RESULTS** Conducted online February 26 – March 4, 2016: http://act.boldnebraska.org/survey/president Respondents: 3,135 | Nebraskans: 2,426 | Out-of-State: 709 **The Nebraska Democratic Caucus is Saturday, March 5th** Click here to find your caucus location, and how to caucus in Nebraska TOTAL VOTES (NEBRASKANS: 2,426): 1. Bernie Sanders: 63.4% (1,538) 2. Hillary Clinton: 27.04% (656) 3. Donald Trump: 3.75% (91) 4. Ben […]
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