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Land Back Mayor Leirion Niskíthe Prayer Camp

Niskíthe Community’s Fight to Protect their Sacred Land Continues

Nov. 18, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Niskíthe Community Raises Tipi Outside Courthouse Ahead of Hearing  Members of the Niskíthe Prayer Camp, the Indian Center, and Kathleen Danker head to Lancaster County District court today, Friday, Nov. 18th at 2:30pm to ask a judge to dismiss the City’s lawsuit against them. The city’s lawsuit seeks to bar […]

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Education Elections LGBTQA+

Protect Nebraska Children will Hold Christofascist Event in Omaha Next Week

A group of Nebraska rightwing Christian fundamentalists who oppose human rights is barreling toward the November Board of Education elections funded by mystery money and fueled by anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories. The extremists last held a prominent event in Nebraska about a month ago, and are now planning a “God’s Country Rally” and fundraiser for Marni […]

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antisemitism Creeping Fascism NEGOP

Rightwing Extremists are Gathering in Nebraska Again

So far this year, there have been at least two large gatherings of rightwing extremists in Nebraska (that we are aware of). The first was a successful “Meet the Candidates” event sponsored by the NEGOP and Protect Nebraska Children featuring antisemitic Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, and the second was a decidedly unsuccessful “Take Back […]

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Catholic Bullshit Creep of Fascism Education LGBTQA+

Pius X is Indoctrinating Their Students With Anti-Trans Homework

Why is Pius assigning homework penned by the leader of a known hate group, and pushed by an anti-queer college organization founded by an antisemite?

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Indigenous Issues Mayor Leirion Niskíthe Prayer Camp

Official Statement from Niskíthe Prayer Camp: Next Steps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lincoln, NE, 5/16/2022 – The Niskithe Prayer Camp releases a statement and defines next steps. On Tuesday they will begin to take down the tipis; on Wednesday they will lead a prayer march with the final tipi from the camp to City Hall and the Cathedral. Their work will continue after the […]

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Environment Indigenous Issues Niskíthe Prayer Camp

Statement From the Niskíthe Prayer Camp

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINCOLN, NE 5/9/2022 – The Niskíthe Prayer Camp has issued the following statement to update the community on where we stand. Statement: Where we stand Today we begin the second week of our peaceful occupation of the land. Niskíthe Prayer Camp started as an act of resistance in the face of erasure […]

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Housing and Community Indigenous Issues Niskíthe Prayer Camp

A Visit to Niskíthe Prayer Camp

On Saturday May 7, a few friends and I and about 150 other people accepted the invitation from the Niskíthe Prayer Camp to join them for a Round Dance at 5:00 pm. When we arrived, we were greeted by the breathtaking sight of 7 tipis set up on a ridge of land where Manzitto Construction, […]

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antisemitism Creeping Fascism NEGOP

NEGOP Throws a Nazi Rally in Western Nebraska; Local Press Totally Ignores It

We all remember the TPUSA and Nebraska Freedom Coalition sponsored event with Jack Posobiec that Creighton cancelled on Saturday, April 9th. But did you know the NEGOP sponsored another event starring the same antisemitic Pizzagate conspiracy theorist in Western Nebraska on April 8th? Did you know that at least three gubernatorial candidates and the elusive […]

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Anti-Semitism Creeping Fascism Education LGBTQA+ NEGOP TPUSA

Alt-Right Summit to be Hosted at Creighton

We at Seeing Red were hardly through our morning coffee before we learned of an event being hosted tomorrow at Creighton University and billed as the “Take Back Nebraska Summit ’22.” Our interest was piqued immediately because there was something about a cocktail reception. Unfortunately, cocktails will not be strong enough to recover from the […]

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Creeping Fascism Education Fuck Pete Ricketts

Governor Ricketts just appointed an extremist conspiracy theorist to the State Board of Ed

Ricketts announced that he’s appointing conspiracy-theory loving anti-vaxxer (and anti- everything, really) Kirk Penner of Aurora to the State Board of Education vacancy for district 5. Some of Penner’s not yet deleted tweets are below. This is the kind of person who is going to be making decisions about the education of kids in this […]

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