It is that time of year again, congress is on break, and if your representatives aren’t 100% tools, they will put themselves at the mercy of a town hall gathering in order to get free campaign media coverage on the taxpayer dime while NOT having to face an opponent in a debate. Case in point, […]
Author: Trish Wonch Hill
I’ll preface this article with a disclaimer: I am not a resident of the Millard School District. I am, however, a citizen of the State of Nebraska and, perhaps more significantly, a citizen of the world. I am doing my best to raise my children to be thoughtful, kind, and introspective, and to be respectful […]
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Child Loss is Torture
Pretty much every single one of us at Seeing Red has been going back and forth from grief and despair to just unadulterated rage for the last few weeks. And no, the executive order didn’t make shit better. And since this is a blog, we are doing our first blogathon where we each emote all […]
There are many elements of fascism that have slowly arisen in the U.S. since 9/11: ultra-nationalism, authoritarian ideology, toxic masculinity, gun/war worship, and the squashing any dissent. In this sense, Trump isn’t new, and booting Trump out of office won’t actually solve much. Take Nebraska as an example. Pete Ricketts has all the hallmarks of […]
Omaha Senator Sara Howard has introduced legislation that would impact how governors fill vacant positions in the legislature. These vacancies occur when senators resign before the end of their term. Let’s review the patterns of our current governor’s overreach of power and highly partisan cherry picking in his appointments. Pete Ricketts, our current governor, has […]
