…for Trick or Vote!  Ghouls and goblins, the hour is finally upon us.  No, not the witching hour. It’s time to Trick or Vote!  In just two days, Bold Nebraska and Trick or Vote — a national effort to get out the vote just two days before the midterm elections — will knock on doors […]

Only four days left before the polls open, and (you know we have to mention it) we are kicking it into high gear for Trick or Vote on Sunday.  There’s also going to be a Rally to Restore Sanity satellite party in Omaha on Saturday, in case you’re like us and can’t make it to […]

Yesterday the Omaha City Council refused to protect its LGBT citizens from workplace discrimination.  PoliticalOmaha tweeted that 417 people called the city council supporting the ordinance, 314 called against.  Here’s Neal’s take: Editor’s Note: Neal Obermeyer cartoons reflect the opinions of the cartoonist and not necessarily those of BoldNebraska.org

Do you like bedazzled Bald Eagles?  Think being transgendered means dressing up in drag in broad daylight?  Consider being a NAG a good thing?  Then boy oh boy have we found a group for you.  It’s the Nebraskans Advisory Group (NAG for short, their abbreviation, not ours), and they have a thing for glitzy patriotism […]

Neal’s got a guide for politicians who’d like to model their campaign financing after Governor Heineman and Attorney General Jon Bruning: Editor’s Note: Neal Obermeyer cartoons reflect the opinions of the cartoonist and not necessarily those of BoldNebraska.org

As Halloween nears, everyone is scrambling to come up with the most hilarious, most clever, or just sexiest costume for the big night.  While I can’t tell you what you should dress as, I think the Huffington Post does a pretty good job of outlining some costumes you should cross off your list.   Like this […]

Today’s the last day for voter registration!  Remember that you have to deliver it to your Election Commissioner because mail-in registration is closed.  For all the info you need about Election Day, visit VoteBold.org.  If you’ve gotten your Early Voting ballot, don’t forget to fill it out and send it back so that your vote […]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made some confusing remarks about the Keystone XL pipeline last week in front of the Common Wealth Club of San Francisco.  Clinton gave the impression that approval for the pipeline is moving forward, but she frequently referred to the Alberta Clipper — a pipeline already in place and pumping. Senators […]

We’ve officially filed a complaint with the FEC about Bruning and Heineman taking money from TransCanada.  Here’s the memo we emailed: Today Bold Nebraska filed an official complaint, in accordance with the Federal Election Commission’s rules, against TransCanada Corporation, a Canadian corporation, for making contributions in connection with two state elections as well as a complaint against Jon Bruning […]

Six-term Republican Congressional candidate Lee Terry got a shining endorsement from Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns in his latest ad against Democrat Tom White.  Johanns repeated Terry’s assertion that Tom White is not suited for office because he “supported Nancy Pelosi’s $800 billion stimulus.”   Lee Terry was quoted by the Omaha World Herald in February […]