We all know one of the favorite rallying cries of a certain section of the US population is BUT HER EMAILS. They know they can’t possibly excuse the bad behavior by their own, so they engage in deflection: Hillary’s emails, Bill’s blowjob, Obama’s deportations, Biden’s … everything. As we found out this past Sunday in […]
Month: January 2020
Last week I watched in horror as rural senators led the charge to stop kids from getting lawyers assigned when the government thinks they’ve committed a crime. To be clear, kids in Omaha, Sarpy, and Lincoln get lawyers but the rest of you get to trust the judge and prosecutor to be fair and even-handed […]
I’m here to tell you this: Do not let anyone tell you there is a property-tax crisis in out-state Nebraska. There is an income tax on the rich crisis leaving rural, especially agricultural, communities in Nebraska holding the bag for one of the most important things a state can do: educate its children. And I’m […]
Nebraska, we need to figure out whether we want our state to be a welcoming place that treats people from diverse backgrounds equitably, or a place that lives up to its tourist slogan, “Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone.” If we want to live in a state that caters only to the racial and religious […]
Hello everybody. Welcome back to school. I may–just so you’re not concerned–I do use a cane sometimes and sometimes I don’t need it. So if I put it down and start walking, it’s not a miracle. I’m not cured. I just sometimes I don’t need it. Cool? Alright. So how many of you are wondering […]
Year 2 of the two year session begins Janurary 8, 2020 at 10am. We hope all of you plan to testify this legislative session and in future sessions. You may want to support an incredible piece of policy, or you may want to say “Oh hell no, not in my state!” about a specific bill. […]
Bacon went so far out of his way to ignore REPEATED antisemitic remarks from within his political party that he actually went to a community rabbi to see if he would disagree with me that the President’s “disloyal” remarks were antisemitic. The rabbi didn’t.