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Indigenous Women Remembered in an Honor Bestowed on Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi came to Omaha for the Nebraska Democrat’s “Big Blue Weekend”. I attended the Saturday night dinner. It was elegant, powerful, and made me proud of Nebraska leadership, including Native leaders, who showed yet again that we always punch above our weight in candidates, policy, and ceremony. In honor of Pelosi’s work as the […]

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Getting to know you, getting to know all about Babs

Deciding to run Babs, like a lot of us, grew increasingly frustrated watching Jeff Fortenberry’s voting record in Washington. In particular, she mentioned his votes against transgender people, like herself, as well as his voting against equal pay for women, and his ‘present’ vote for the Violence Against Women Act, which she called “absurd.” But, […]

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Fuck You Friday: Separation of Church and State Edition

In today’s edition of Fuck You Friday, we will be raising two hearty middle fingers to Peter Ricketts, Matt Schulte, and the stupid “Serving Hands” sculptures that are being auctioned off today to further enrich a Christian organization with the help of the Governor and other elected officials. Peter Ricketts himself has placed one of […]

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Civic Engagement Legislature Nebraska Politics

Open letter from Senator Ernie Chambers to Governor Peter Ricketts

Presented in full, Senator Chambers’s open letter to Governor Ricketts. Also available as a pdf download here: https://seeingrednebraska.com/ecletter/

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Angie Philips is Running for Senate!

Where is Ben Sasse these days? Who knows?! The senator has been a no-show for Nebraskans in recent years, and one of his constituents has finally had enough of this disappearing act. Angie Philips has decided to take on Ben Sasse in the upcoming Senate race in order to give Nebraskans a senator who is […]

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Barbara Ramsey is Running for Congress!

And we are living! Ahead of her campaign launch on Thursday, October 10th, we wanted to introduce you to our newest shero, Babs, with the top 10 things you should know about this hardworking, determined woman. Babs is running to represent Nebraska’s first congressional district after watching Jeff Fortenberry vote a against the well-being of […]

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