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#FuckYouFriday: local hate group Protect Nebraska Children will be spouting their nonsense at the State Board of Ed meeting next Friday

Let’s show up to support the normal people on the State Board of Education

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Local hate group Protect Nebraska Children is continuing their attack on public schools

This article comes with a time-sensitive call to action – please read!

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Fuck You Friday Pt Deux

Welcome back to Fuck You Friday – here is Pt Deux sent in by a reader. I would also add: Senator Linehan, who, during her opening remarks at the Appropriations Committee hearing on her proposed LB1402, again insulted 117,000 Nebraska voters as “silly” for signing the petition to place LB753 on the ballot so voters can […]

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Senator Loren Lippincott Wants to Eliminate Tenure in Nebraska Because Our Blog Has Pointed Out that his Aide is as Dumb as a Box of Rocks

Specifically, as dumb as a box of rocks who throws itself at the US Capitol, then throws itself at trans kids, then buys itself a tiara and says it’s a beauty queen.

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Call your State Board of Education rep to oppose Rule 10 changes

Information provided by the NSLA. As part of the effort toward school privatization, Kirk Penner is trying to eliminate the minimum requirements for school library collections and staff. Public schools provide us with a literate citizenry and it’s been a hard-fought battle to have certified librarians and adequate resources in schools in the first place. […]

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The Nebraska Legislature is Not Doing the Work of the People

The Republicans in the Legislature are working further toward extremist tyranny in 2024 after ignoring the will of the people to ram through their fascist agenda in 2023

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York Sheriff Fined for Breaking the Law

Paul Vrbka, Sheriff of York County, was found to have broken the law, by wearing his official uniform in a campaign ad for a man who was part of the Jan 6 insurrection and ran for governor of Nebraska, Charles Herbster. This violation was covered by many media outlets, including the Omaha World Herald, at […]

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Democratic Party Switches and Publicly Flogging the Low Hanging Fruit

There have been some stories (see here and here) recently about Democratic voters in Nebraska switching their party registration to vote in the Republican primary. While the mainstream media has reported some raw numbers on possible switches, they do a piss poor job of putting these numbers into context. Are basic statistics too much to […]

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Testifying in the Time of COVID

You might see an announcement that the legislature has expanded options for testimony and comment due to COVID and think, “Oh good, I can testify over video.” You would be wrong. Despite all the technological advancements that have been adopted during the pandemic, you still cannot testify with video conferencing tools. The revisions to policies […]

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Why are all the NEGOP staffers white supremacists?

Thanks for joining us for another episode of “How many Nazis does it take for the NEGOP to admit to their Nazi problem?”. Just months after James Scurlock was murdered by white supremacist Jake Gardner and with Omaha’s Black community still reeling from the loss, another Black man, Kenny Jones, was needlessly and brutally murdered […]

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