We are pleased to bring you a guest post from a reader with an inspired idea that we wish we’d thought of first! Please welcome the creator and editor of Tsunami of Pornography, and read on for her thoughts. By Wendy L. Callahan We the people know that book banning isn’t just wrong – it…
Linda Vermooten is Unqualified for the State Board of Education
Far Right MAGA Cultist Linda Vermooten is the wrong choice for the State Board of Education. Vermooten is backed by dangerous radicals whose priorities include book banning and forcing religious ideologies on students. With experience teaching in both public or private schools, we need Maggie Douglas, an education and mental health professional, to stand up…
Nebraska Meadowlark Calls Out Linda Vermooten’s Push for Christian Nationalist Agenda in Education
OUTSIDE OF LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska Meadowlark has raised concerns over a year of messaging from Linda Vermooten, candidate for the Nebraska State Board of Education, that promotes book banning, discrimination, and criminalizing teachers and librarians. Linda Vermooten’s agenda signals a shift away from providing equitable opportunities and she intends to implement divisive and politically…
Nebraska Weird – August 18, 2024
A visit to the Cass County Fair was in order last weekend for a couple of reasons. First, after seeing what the Cass County GOP booth looked like: Well, yours truly had to see it in person. “Lookin good”? I asked some folks and the consensus is that it looked like the Gates to Hell….
Nebraska Weird – August 4, 2024
We’re going to bring you a little feature called “Nebraska Weird”. We can’t guarantee this will happen every week, but sometimes we see things that we just need to call out. So let’s get to it! Linda Vermooten posing with underage girls This is something that was brought to our attention and kicked off the…
Glossary of Terms
Welcome to our glossary of terms! If there are words you see used time and again, but you aren’t sure what they mean, we’ve got you covered. If we’re missing something, let us know! Biological Sex – also sex at birth; whether you were born with male or female reproductive organs. Not to be confused…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 3 or the tl;dr
We had a reader request that we lay out our Linda Vermooten posts as a timeline. Ask and ye shall receive. We’re going to condense this significantly, so here you go! Linda Vermooten: The Origin Story Linda was born and raised by an extremely Christian family in South Africa during Apartheid. She has only attended…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 2
Trigger warning: we reference sexual assault multiple times in the latter half of this post, both directly from Linda’s own words (audio provided) and the testimony against Donald Trump by one of his adolescent victims. Please prioritize your well-being if reading about this may be detrimental to your mental health. As we stated at the…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 1
In the Nebraska State Board of Education race this election, there is a concerted effort by the right to “flip” seats, which would swing the board from a fairly balanced membership to a hard right shift, to candidates backed by Moms for Liberty and Protect Nebraska Children. Those candidates are: District 1: Liz Davids District…
Nebraska GOP Embraces Extremism
Nebraska county GOP groups around the state have fully embraced the alt-right mentality, to the extent that no self-respecting Republican wants to be associated with them. Cass, Douglas, Sarpy and Saunders Counties are prime examples of this shift in mentality from traditional conservatism to hardline tactics and beliefs that bear striking similarities with Hitler’s fascist…