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…
Education
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…
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…
Plattsmouth Public Schools
We now return to the town of Plattsmouth, where right-wing extremists continue to set their sights on the school board in hopes of continuing Terri Cunningham-Swanson’s work of banning books they personally don’t like – and have neither read nor comprehend – from the school libraries. A volunteer for the Voter Information Project, which is…
Omaha & Millard Public Schools
This is the first in our series of responses to the questionnaires that school board candidates across the state have returned to us. These posts do not constitute endorsements. The intention is to inform and educate readers about the candidates in their school district and, even more importantly, to encourage further research. If you are…
School Board Questionnaire Preview
It’s a lovely Friday here in Nebraska and we are pleased to have received many responses to our school board questionnaires! Responses will be posted and grouped together by school district before the May primary. Questionnaires will be posted in their entirety, side by side with the responses of those in the district. No opinion…
A Win for Plattsmouth
Congratulations to the people of Plattsmouth, who voted to recall school board member, Terri Cunningham-Swanson, for her extremist views. Terri came to office with views driven by conspiracy theories and stances contradicted by not only reality, but hypocrisy. She conned plenty of people into believing her “cause” but not enough. With a vote of 1,649…