A 20-something who covers politics in America’s heartland for @NE_Examiner. | formerly @TexasTribune @keranews | 💌: jsalinas@nebraskaexaminer.com
Lincoln, NE
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A year ago, Dan Osborn told me at a bar that his populism pitch would work better against Sen. Pete Ricketts — He lost by the same margin as he did in 2024.
Osborn saw his race become more about him and less about Ricketts
My latest @NE_Examiner
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A Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier yells after laughter could be heard from a group near Secretary Hegseth, who was taking posed photographs at the site.
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Statement from Mississippi GOP Chair and RNC General Counsel Mike Hurst on Sen-elect Scott Colom winning the election today.
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"Rich people can become very wealthy, but not 20, 50 times wealthier than they are without explaining to the average person how they're going to become wealthy."
Palantir CEO Alex Karp explained to our @adamwren the message he thought voters sent to Big Tech in the midterms.
Full interview out tomorrow morning: politi.co/4BYx2Xk
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The tech bros want to go back to the 2010s, and fast.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp sat down exclusively with @playbookdc after Big Tech went through a bruising midterms that saw Democrats successfully use Silicon Valley as a foil.
“I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet," said Karp to our @adamwren.
🔗: politi.co/4BVyhqh
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In a midterm full of stunning upsets for Democrats, Colom's victory underscores a dramatic shift in the political landscape across the South driven by a surge of Black voter turnout.
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I would just do it, Help them out!
We should all move on from the PR/journalism discourse and focus on a far more pressing issue: College students who email you with 12 detailed questions about your work and thoughts on the journalism industry and also this is for an assignment and also it's due in 30 minutes.
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Politico: James Talarico is expected to attend gathering of 2028 presidential hopefuls in Denver on Thursday.
Link to article: politico.com/newsletters/for…
National Journal Hotline approved!
How Pete Ricketts ended the independent experiment in Nebraska’s US Senate race nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/11…
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Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. cnn.it/3XkyS4Z
Rep.-elect Denise Powell, who will represent Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, said “we need to get a farm bill passed as soon as humanly possible,” pointing to the long overdue agriculture aid and nutrition programs package that has stalled amid partisan disputes.
In my latest for @statesnewsroom, I heard from 7 incoming House Dems at new member orientation on their biggest priorities heading into Congress.
More on those convos w/ members-elect in congressional districts across FL, IN, MD, MI, NE & WI here:
newsfromthestates.com/articl…
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Recounts confirm ousting of SC majority leader, narrow win of Greenville County Republican
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.@GinaHinojosaTX spent $5 per vote in her win over @GregAbbott_TX, who spent $26 per vote, a @HoustonChron analysis found: houstonchronicle.com/politic…
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Put some respect on @evanasmith
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Nebraska Democrats gained ground in the general election, but came up short in most statewide races. Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb talked about why.
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““I do think that the experiment with independents is over,” Kleeb said.”
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Nebraska Democrats gained ground in the general election, but came up short in most statewide races. Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb talked about why.
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/n…
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Texas Democratic Party chair Kendall Scudder on Democrats' big night in the Lone Star state via @TexasTribune
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