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Senator Megan Hunt

@meganhunt.bsky.social
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Independent State Senator in Omaha's District 8, shopgirl, mother, big Taurus energy. meganhunt.net.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Trans people exist, have always existed, and will loved and valued, no matter what their government tells them. (Also, I’m a part of the government, and I’m here to tell you I love you + I won’t stop fighting for you no matter what!)
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you all so much for your BIG support of our Hobonichi planner launch on Monday night! We still have lots of Original, Avec, Cousin, a few Weeks, and lots of covers that work with any A5 or A6 book or planner. shopfivenine.com/collections/...
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Stationery lovers! Next Saturday the 15th begins our Kaweco DIY event at Shop Five Nine, where you'll get to build your own exclusive glow-in-the-dark Kaweco Sport fountain pen from individual components. August 15–23 (while supplies last), Shop Five Nine, 6105 Maple Street. info: shopfivenine.com
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BbYaga Maria @b-b-yaga.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The crop is better so I retweet the same thing twice.
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HJ @hjarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I love that big ass sign.
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EnglishGermanGal 🇺🇸 @englishgerman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I recently learned of this woman. And I love her.
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Coalition for Responsible Home Education @responsiblehs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@nebpublicmedia.bsky.social talked to us about LB1224, @meganhunt.bsky.social's massive step forward in responsible homeschooling ->
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Nebraska becomes second state to delay moving public school students to homeschool if guardian is under investigation
Lawmakers created a delay for parents pulling their students out of public school to homeschool while the parents are under an investigation.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Enormously proud of this Thank you to other legislators around the country, especially Shawn Fluharty in West Virginia, who were the inspiration and laid the groundwork for this.
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Eve Ettinger @eveettinger.com · 17/04/2026
CRHE INAUGURAL LEGISLATIVE WIN! in Nebraska! Thanks to @meganhunt.bsky.social for championing the safety of homeschooled kids crhe.org/nebraska-pas...
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Nebraska Passes Landmark Legislation to Protect Homeschooled Children | Coalition for Responsible Home Education
CRHE celebrates the organization’s inaugural legislative win   For immediate release April 17, 2026 Washington, DC - LB1224, introduced by Senator Megan Hun ...
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and this news out of SCOTUS makes it impossible not to reflect on how far we’ve been pushed backward. In 2019, I introduced a bill to ban conversion therapy in NE, the same year CO passed theirs. We actually came REALLY close. Closer than people might remember.
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Katherine @krzonca.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Our trans brothers and sisters deserve to be celebrated every single day, and we must keep fighting for them until that becomes the norm. In the meantime, I can’t say it any better than Nebraska’s very own @meganhunt.bsky.social:
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Many of my colleagues spoke today in favor of a bill to fight sex trafficking as their blind, proud, fervent support of that pedo creep Donald Trump undermines the credibility their every word. Their president is the sex trafficker in chief.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
LB455, introduced by Senator Bob Hallstrom, would make it harder for workers to learn about their legal rights when they are injured on the job. How does this make workers safer? I will never support a bill that puts corporations over the workers they owe all their success to.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Guns in the Capitol! Always a hot topic. Today we debated a bill that would approve sweeping new security powers without clear answers about cost, legality, or how they’ll actually work. When access to government is at stake, we should always err on the side of openness.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Word to the wise, we just got a big new shipment of fountain pens in at the shop: shopfivenine.com/collections/...
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thanks to Dan Parsons for having me on to talk about Senator Brian Hardin’s inappropriate remarks toward me in the Legislature last week. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about my experience and the larger Legislature in general. youtu.be/nE7DFar1aqM
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Nebraska Lawmaker Reacts to "Gross" Remark from Male Colleague | Sen. Megan Hunt
YouTube video by Dan Parsons Show
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
When lawmakers no longer to see themselves as custodians of a tradition that is much larger and more important than the position they temporarily hold, you get what we have today. Everybody frustrated with government, and nobody feeling well-represented.
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Lincoln Journal Star @journalstar.com · 11/02/2026
State Sen. Megan Hunt represents District 8 in Omaha. She was elected in 2018 and began serving in January 2019. She was reelected in 2022. Her term runs through January
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When lawmakers stop acting like stewards, democracy pays the price | Opinion
State Sen. Megan Hunt represents District 8 in Omaha. She was elected in 2018 and began serving in January 2019. She was reelected in 2022. Her term runs through January
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
In the middle of an affordability crisis, this Legislature’s first act of 2026 is cutting the wage of Nebraska workers. Families are asking how to keep up with prices. We’re answering by cutting their paychecks. #NELeg
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
As we debate increased discipline for struggling students and cuts to disability support, it matters to note that the Governor is driving these policies while proudly and publicly using slurs for disabled people.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
What’s remarkable is that we seem to shell out tax dollars for everything under the sun—ICE detention facilities, subsidies for multimillion dollar corporations, scholarships for Catholic schools—until it’s time to actually help a regular person who is suffering.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE, America's Gestapo, is not a law enforcement agency that sometimes goes too far. Its entire purpose is violence and terror. Every agent who puts on that uniform does so because they want to participate in a system designed to get the outcome we saw today in Minneapolis.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It’s my last first day, beginning my 8th year in the Nebraska Legislature! Thank you to the people of Nebraska for trusting me with the privilege of representing you in the Unicam. With the help and support of my team, I look forward to making you proud in our final session.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Welcome to day one of your Nebraska Legislature
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Washington Area Secular Humanists @wash1989.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“The reason we have the problems we have in this country, whether we’re talking about Congress or we’re talking about city council,” said Megan Hunt, the trailblazing member of the Nebraska State Legislature, “is because good people don’t run.”
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Doing What’s Available: A Humanist’s Guide to Activism - TheHumanist.com
It’s hard to capture the full force of our award recipient’s impact in just a few words, but if I had to try, I’d say “bold” and “unwavering.” She’s a member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing…
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
At my stationery shop (my real job) we're offering 15% off all orders through Monday. Discounts apply automatically in your cart. Whether you’re getting ahead on gifting or stocking up on your fave stationery essentials, it's a good time to shop small and support a great team. shopfivenine.com
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Our 24-Day Stationery Advent Calendar is back—24 wrapped gifts, a $240 value for $120. We also have an 8-day Hanukkah box ($100 value for $50). None are holiday-themed—just fun, useful stationery! 🎁 Shop now: shopfivenine.com
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TherapistGoneFeral🧿🪬 @therapistgoneferal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Conversion therapy is NOT THERAPY. It is not recognized therapeutic or ethical by the APA or the ACA.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Defending conversion therapy is like defending the prescription of heroin for a cough. That was done at one time, but we know better now. Govt regulates the medical industry to keep ppl safe. This is no different than any other modern regulations to protect consumers & patients.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Nobody needs the abusive and debunked “treatment” known as conversion therapy—and LGBTQ+ youth need to know they are loved and accepted as they are. As long as I’m in the legislature I’ll be working to ban it in Nebraska.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
No reputable medical or psychological association supports conversion therapy. Being LGBTQ+ is not an illness, and we don’t need to be cured. We have been working to ban conversion therapy in Nebraska since 2019. With my LB 367, we could be next to ban this inhumane practice.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/10/2025
The Supreme Court is poised to overturn 32 state bans on conversion therapy and explicitly legalize the abusive and torturous process. They don't care how many LGBTQ people this traumatizes and kills. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
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Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to ‘convert’ gay and transgender youth | CNN Politics
Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Media training has gone too far for some of these candidates for office—we can tell when candidates are speaking to donors and not to voters. No more memorized talking points that actually say nothing! We want proof that our leaders can recognize a genocide when they see one.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
No ❤️
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It’s disappointing but not surprising that Sen. Bosn denied our request for a public hearing on the Governor’s plan to hand over a Nebraska prison to ICE. These are not questions that can be answered behind closed doors or in private conversations.
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Omaha World-Herald @owhnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt and Democratic lawmakers are urging a hearing to investigate Gov. Jim Pillen's agreement to bring ICE facility to Nebraska.
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Group of Nebraska lawmakers call for investigation into planned ICE detention facility
Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt and Democratic lawmakers are urging a hearing to investigate Gov. Jim Pillen's agreement to bring ICE facility to Nebraska.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Nebraska prisons are overcrowded and understaffed, and instead of fixing it, the Governor wants to hand one over to ICE. We’ve called for a Judiciary Committee hearing because the people deserve to know: Who will be held there? Under what authority? At what cost?
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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 28/08/2025
ICE LETTER: Thirteen Nebraska lawmakers called on the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to host a public hearing into state plans to morph a prison into a state-run federal immigration detention center. From Zach Wendling: buff.ly/CIGLLv4
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Nebraska lawmakers seek legislative hearing into Nebraska-ICE detention center plans • Nebraska Examiner
Thirteen lawmakers are requesting a public hearing into a state-ICE plan to morph a state prison into an ICE detention center.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Governor Pillen wants to hand Nebraska’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook over to ICE without legislative approval, public input, or transparency. This raises not just ethical concerns, but serious legal, fiscal, and safety questions. My colleagues and I are calling for answers.🧵
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WIRED @wired.com · 16/07/2025
NEW: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
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DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Let people move around in the world It is good for us all when people can live where they want to live Making a home somewhere new is already difficult enough Borders do not matter and are not a big deal All people have the right to seek safety That’s it!
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Thank you to everyone who has sent donations over the past few days. We are standing together for: ✅ Nebraskans facing poverty ✅ Bodily autonomy ✅ Protecting democracy and access to the ballot Make a contribution to help me continue this work: secure.actblue.com/donate/megfo...
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
What I don’t see people remarking about is the marching discipline “What is this, North Korea?” Well in NK they would not be marching that way
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Jane Fleming Kleeb 🇺🇸thank you Pres. Biden @janekleeb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I want to thank @meganhunt.bsky.social who passed a bill this session to ensure candidates and elected officials could us a PO Box on campaign fillings instead of their home addresses. Here is a security guide also for elected officials and public figures: statesunited.org/resources/ke...
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Keeping Statewide Elected Officials Safe
The security of statewide elected leaders is essential to maintaining peace, order, and trust in American democracy.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Marines did not enlist and were not trained to be used as Trump’s personal domestic gestapo. If your mission is to terrorize and intimidate civilians, your orders are unlawful, and your duty is to refuse them. Marines swore an oath to defend the Constitution, and now’s the time.
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This recent piece by M. Gessen is on my mind a lot. What we’re living through isn’t a pendulum swing, it’s a systemic realignment. Every day they push the line further and every day we’re told it’s too dramatic to call it what it is. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
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Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
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Nebraska Appleseed @neappleseed.org · 06/06/2025
✅LB275, @meganhunt.bsky.social priority bill to protect foster youth’s access to their social security benefits, was signed into law this week! This policy will have a huge impact on young people throughout the state!
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Fuck ICE and anyone who helps them Always be ready to stand between an ICE gestapo thug and their target. And business owners, know your rights and never let ICE in no matter what: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
That’s a wrap on the first session of the 109th legislature! Thank you to my staff for running our office, helping constituents, researching and working our bills, and to and family for sharing me with you. Recap coming soon. ✨ #NELeg
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Nebraska Appleseed @neappleseed.org · 30/05/2025
This bill will also give back almost $1 million more per year in benefits owed to foster youth so that they can adequately prepare for their futures. Thank you to @meganhunt.bsky.social for introducing and prioritizing LB275!
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