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  1. early and often
    US-POLITICS-LITERATURE-MCCARTHY-CATHER
    Nebraska Republicans May Take the One Electoral Vote Biden Needs MostJoe Biden won a single electoral vote in Nebraska in 2020. The GOP could make that impossible in 2024, which could be crucial to the outcome.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. power
    ‘I Want the Bloody Hands Recorded’Machaela Cavanaugh’s tear-and-rage-filled filibuster of a Nebraska anti-trans bill she knew would probably pass anyway.
    By Lila Shapiro
  3. transgender rights
    How a Single Democrat Stopped the Anti-Trans WaveThree weeks ago, Machaela Cavanaugh started filibustering everything in Nebraska. She doesn’t plan to stop, and she might just win.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. trans rights
    Nebraska Senator Goes Scorched-Earth to Defend Trans YouthMachaela Cavanaugh is prepared to filibuster indefinitely to block a bill targeting gender-affirming care for minors.
    By Claire Lampen
  5. early and often
    Trump-Endorsed Alleged Serial Groper Loses in NebraskaTrump’s support couldn’t overcome Charles Herbster’s sexual-assault scandal in Tuesday’s primaries. But his candidate prevailed in West Virginia.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. politics
    GOP Congressman Predicted Feds Would Indict Him in Bizarre VideoJeff Fortenberry allegedly misled federal investigators about $30,000 funneled to him in 2016 by a Nigerian billionaire.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. 2020 elections
    Another Deep-Red State Votes to Expand MedicaidIn a fairly close vote, Missouri became the 38th state to sign on, even as Republicans try to cripple the Affordable Care Act.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. zoo story
    The Heartland Zoo Tragedy Everyone ForgotEveryone but Carson Vaughan, whose Zoo Nebraska chronicles a misbegotten zoo’s decline and its fatal consequences.
    By Patrick J. Sauer
  9. Virginia Is Giving Obamacare a Huge — If Belated — WinDemocrats were able to wrangle a few GOP votes to expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of needy Virginians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Primary Roundup: Victories for Women and ProgressivesPennsylvania’s all-male congressional delegation will be a thing of the past. And Nebraskans made a surprise choice.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Today’s Primary Preview: 3 Quiet States and Some Pennsylvania NoiseThe aftermath of re-redistricting in Pennsylvania’s House delegation is the highlight of four states’ primaries.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. reproductive rights
    Nebraska Lawmakers Pass Bill to Defund Planned ParenthoodNow all the controversial bill needs is a signature from the anti-abortion governor.
    By Amanda Arnold
  13. news you can booze
    Restaurateur Could Go to Jail for Ruining Cops’ Underage Beer StingNebraska police say he compromised two 17-year-olds’ identities by tweeting their photos.
    By Clint Rainey
  14. hairy situations
    Braiding Hair Is No Longer a State CrimeAt least in Nebraska.
    By Ashley Weatherford
  15. Innovations
    College Hockey Team Prepares to Blow Fans’ Minds With a Frickin’“Someone will take a taco to the face.”
    By Clint Rainey
  16. crime and punishment
    Will Republicans Follow Nebraska and Give Up the Death Penalty?Nebraska just became the first red state in 40 years to ban capital punishment, a sign that conservative rationale against the practice may be taking hold.
    By Chas Danner
  17. 66-Year-Old Nebraska Woman Sues All Gay PeopleThe seven-page handwritten lawsuit is titled Driskell v. Homosexuals.
    By Jaime Fuller
  18. weed
    Lawsuit Filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma Seeks to Harsh Colorado’s Mellow Not cool, guys.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. ebola
    Another Ebola-Infected Doctor Arrives in Nebraska Dr. Martin Salia, a permanent resident of the United States, contracted the virus in Sierra Leone.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  20. The Grub Street Diet
    Josh Lucas Starts Each Day With Café Grumpy’s Biscuits, Feasts at Hometown“I topped of a day of burgers with a Black Angus burger.”
    By Vanita Salisbury
  21. talking about the weather
    Rare Twin Tornadoes Touch Down in NebraskaLeaving one person dead and 16 injured.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. stupid things
    Television Station Promotes Flight 370 News With Doctored Lost Poster Thanks, Don Lemon.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. Back to Nebraska with Johnny CarsonThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  24. oscars 2014
    How to Explain Each of the Nominees Winning Best PictureWe have your talking points to sound smart no matter who wins the big race, be it 12 Years a Slave or Philomena.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  25. oscars 2014
    The Oscar Best Picture Nominees As Pie ChartsHow much of Her was Spike Jonze–Sofia Coppola breakup fan fiction? What percentage of The Wolf of Wall Street was Mrs. Doubtfire? Was American Hustle mostly briefcase-pushing?
    By Jesse David Fox
  26. wocka wocka
    Vulture’s Oscar Knock-Knock JokesMcConaughey who?
    By Jesse David Fox
  27. white people
    Which Oscar-Season Sad White Guy Is Saddest and Whitest?Walter Mitty, Llewyn Davis, Captain Phillips?
    By Jesse David Fox
  28. screenwriting
    Toughest Scene I Wrote: Nebraska’s Bob NelsonHow slicing down one line made all the difference.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  29. awards season
    12 Years, Her, Gravity Get PGA NominationsThese awards often mimic the Oscars.
    By Josh Wolk
  30. Talking to Will Forte About ‘Nebraska’, ‘MacGruber 2’, and Never-Aired […]Will Forte is a busy man. Upon leaving SNL in 2010, he starred in MacGruber, a film that received mixed reviews but is nonetheless considered a […]
    By Erik Voss
  31. awards season
    12 Years a Slave, Nebraska Lead Independent Spirit NominationsAll Is Lost, Frances Ha, and Inside Llewyn Davis round out Best Feature nominees.
    By Jesse David Fox
  32. 9 Lessons Learned From the Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2013Featuring Gravity, Nymphomaniac, and This Is the End.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  33. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The State of NebraskaIs Alexander Payne’s latest film a dark horse in several categories?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  34. movie review
    Edelstein: There’s a Gnarled Grace to Alexander Payne’s NebraskaStarring Bruce Dern as a man who believes he’s won a million dollars.
    By David Edelstein
  35. aaaaaaaaaaaaargh
    Watch This Supercut of Will Forte Screaming for Dear LifeSee just how red the SNL alum has made his face over the years.
    By Abraham Riesman and Anna Silman
  36. party chat
    Bruce Dern Avoids Eating Anything With ‘Tear Ducts’“I’m not cool with that.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  37. Joel McHale Will Star in a Softball Dramedy From the Writer of ‘Nebraska’Joel McHale is set to star in The Tribe, an upcoming film “about a Native American high-school girls softball team and the new coach who […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  38. Alexander Payne Likes That Comedians Don’t ‘Wallow in Heavy-osity’“”I’ve found that in the past I’m often drawn to people with good comic timing to perform in dramatic parts,” the director said. “Because […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  39. chat rooms
    Laura Dern on Growing Up With Bruce Dern, the Only Actor to Kill John Wayne“I saw his detached head roll down a staircase. I was 5!”
    By Mary Kaye Schilling
  40. profile
    Bruce Dern on Nebraska, the Part He’s Waited 77 Years ForThe perpetual supporting man gets his star turn.
    By Mary Kaye Schilling
  41. trailer mix
    Nebraska Trailer: Will Forte’s Driving Mr. DernIt’s in black and/or white.
    By Jesse David Fox
  42. Watch the Trailer for Will Forte’s Dramatic Debut in Alexander Payne’s […] Here’s the brand new trailer for Nebraska, director Alexander Payne’s upcoming movie that stars Will Forte in his dramatic debut. Forte stars […]
    By Bradford Evans
  43. cannes 2013
    Cannes: Why Alexander Payne Shot Nebraska in B&WThe film stars Bruce Dern and Will Forte.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  44. cannes 2013
    Vulture’s 10 Most Anticipated Films at CannesGosling! Swinton! Timberlake!
    By Kyle Buchanan
  45. Watch Will Forte Get Dramatic in a Clip from Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte is set to take a rare dramatic turn in Nebraska, a new movie directed by Oscar-winner Alexander Payne […]
    By Bradford Evans
  46. cannes film festival 2013
    Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh Among Cannes CompetitorsSofia Coppola and James Franco face off in the undercard competition.
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. regional theater
    Have We Found the Real Waiting for Guffman?Community theater can be a very dark thing.
    By Eliot Glazer
  48. Steve Martin Gives Nontraditional Endorsement to Bob KerreyWhile constructing a wad of paper.
    By Dan Amira
  49. See a Young Stephen Colbert’s FirsTier Bank CommercialBecause Nebraska needs bank commercials too!
  50. exclusive
    Paramount Demands a Budget Cut and a Big Star for Alexander Payne’s Black-and-White MovieTo win the right to block color from ‘Nebraska,’ he slices his $20 million budget nearly in half.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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