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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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E40- Monika Gross and Child Welfare in Nebraska

E40- Monika Gross and Child Welfare in Nebraska  Trying to understand the relationship between the state, agencies, children and their families feels impossible. That’s why we brought in Nebraska native, UNL graduate, and the executive director of the Foster Care Review Board, Monika Gross. She walks us through the timeline of when Nebraska outsourced case […]

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E39- The Good and the Ugly: Bills in the Legislature

It’s Nebraska and we know we have a lot of stop in the way of bad policy designed to enrich the rich, increase poverty, and tear away the social safety net. However, we’ve elected some progressive senators and now we have a lot to fight FOR and SUPPORT. Step 1: Find Your Senator https://nebraskalegislature.gov/ –>enter […]

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E38- 2020 Was Not the Problem

E38- 2020 Was Not the Problem Weeeeee’re baaaaaaaaack! Join April, Melody, and Stephanie as they remind you that we have a neo-nazi problem right here in Nebraska and it existed well before Trump. Then, on to shop talk about the new session of the Nebraska legislature. Melody gives an overview on how the whole thing […]

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Nebraska “Progressive” Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

This past Sunday, the first Sunday of the new year, I decided to take a break from cleaning my cat’s room to see what was going on on Facebook. This is typically a bad idea, but this time it was extra frustrating/hilarious/wtf. The first thing I saw was this post by Dennis Crawford, who claims […]

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2020 Hero – Our Patrons

Today we’re giving space to people that do not suck at all, SeeingRedNebraska Patrons. These heros support the actual costs of keeping this “glorified blog” up and running and whiskey for the social media team. And now, our Patron 2020 Fuck You Friday to ring in 2021: Pete Ricketts is a twatwaffle Jan Beran. One […]

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