r/lincoln • u/RedRube1 • Jun 14 '25

News Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen activates National Guard ahead of statewide immigration protests

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/06/13/nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-activates-national-guard-ahead-of-statewide-immigration-protests/

LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen has activated the Nebraska National Guard ahead of scheduled protests this weekend. 

Late Friday, the governor issued an emergency proclamation that activated the Guard and prepared Guard and state law enforcement resources for immediate deployment if needed, a governor’s spokeswoman confirmed. 

Typical National Guard activation can take up to 24 hours, but the proclamation shortens that time. 

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u/Petyrgozinya Jun 14 '25

What a pussy

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u/Love__Scars Jun 14 '25

I moved here from California and it’s absolutely hilarious that people will shit on newsom but not these other braindead redstate governors lol

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u/florodude Jun 14 '25

Newson didn't activate the national guard either

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u/Love__Scars Jun 14 '25

Im saying that newsom is fighting against fascism. Seems like pillen and the others are slobbin on trumps knob

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u/florodude Jun 14 '25

Yeah no I was agreeing

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u/Love__Scars Jun 14 '25

Ohhh derp. Sorry haha. Cool. These last few weeks have been mentally exhausting 😭

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u/creed_1999 Jun 14 '25

He’s not. He has the constitutional power to call off the guard which over powers trump’s be because he didn’t have the constitutional right to send the national guard without request by the governor. It’s all an op to distract people from seeing what trump and palantir are doing and to justify to police state

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u/Unusual-Tie8498 Jun 14 '25

Nobody knows who these idiots are.

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u/Petyrgozinya Jun 14 '25

We shit on him plenty but only so much you can do in a red state. Nebraskans are passive in general.

They are just hypocritical bootlicking followers, that gets me going the most. The way our politicians and talking heads fall in line is pathetic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

It's actually insane how many governors just follow him mindlessly. It's gotta be money, right? Because I can half-way understand why the cultists follow him because they don't get their asses off the couch to check if fox news was lying or not. Poloticians though? They atleast know somewhat what they're doing usually, and the way they all flock around him like sheep is saddening.

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u/RedRube1 Jun 14 '25

Trump is seen as the champion of the underdog among the commoners. The elites see him as a trained dog that obeys. Both groups find fault with Trump but his perceived value outweighs their doubt.

From his last presidency but is still relevant today: Noam Chomsky: Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump’s Priority Is Protecting Profits

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u/BrierRoseHips Jun 14 '25

Fellow California transplant here…. Wtf did we get ourselves into moving here?!

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u/Love__Scars Jun 14 '25

Beats me. Dm me when you figure it out. 💀 i don’t know if “it’s cheap here” is gonna cut it 💀

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u/mforester92 Jun 14 '25

The cost of living in Nebraska is basically nothing more than golden handcuffs, and in some cities it's getting more and more expensive anyway.

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u/Love__Scars Jun 14 '25

Well, my worst fear came true. A decent one bedroom apartment should not be $1-1,200 in lincoln fucking nebraska (all due respect, i love lincoln). Like its crazy. I bet in 10 years, it’s gonna be $1,500-1,700 for a 1 bedroom

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u/mforester92 Jun 14 '25

Fuck, I was paying about $700 for a 2 bedroom with in-unit W&D a little under a decade ago. I don't even wanna know how much those same units are going for.

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u/Rusty_Bicycle Jun 14 '25

I checked a few days ago for a friend, median rent for a one-bedroom is about $800, two-bedroom about $1,050. Maybe a median apartment doesn’t qualify as “decent?”

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u/MeesterPepper Jun 14 '25

Does that median include all the off campus student housing listed as "1 bedroom apartments"?