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A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

Originally published March 22, 2018, By Linda. Updated March 25, 2018. 7 Comments

A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

We could begin this eulogy with a recitation of the usual facts and statistics, but we won’t. This is an unusual remembrance for an unusual lady: Shelli J. Dawdy. She admonished us to keep this short because, in her opinion, long obituaries grow boring. We have no doubt she would most like to be remembered […]

Filed Under: Featured, GiN Members, Local, Nebraska, Sovereignty Tagged With: a new america, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, linda rohman, patriots, shelli dawdy, Shelli J. Dawdy, teaparty founder

Obamcare’s Gruber: It’s Not About Calling You Stupid

Originally published December 21, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2015. Leave a Comment

Obamcare’s Gruber: It’s Not About Calling You Stupid

Economist Jonathan Gruber gained wide notoriety in November when it seemed that each new day revealed a new video of the MIT professor arrogantly crowing about his uber-insider participation in what he portrayed as deception of “too stupid” American voters and Congress in the effort to get the health care law passed. I think it […]

Filed Under: Congress, Featured, Health Care, Ruling Class Tagged With: cbo, committee, conflict of interest, congress, congressional budget office, corruption, exchanges, experts, funds, government, health care law, health insurance, hearing, jonathan gruber, obamacare, oversight, reform, taxpayer

Immigration Executive Order: Fortenberry Parrots Party Line

Originally published November 23, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2015. 2 Comments

Immigration Executive Order: Fortenberry Parrots Party Line

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s special statement on Pres. Obama’s executive order benefiting millions of illegal immigrants displays inherent misunderstanding of the message sent by voters on November 4 and what’s required to deal with President’s abuse of power.  Read full articleImmigration Executive Order: Fortenberry Parrots Party Line

Filed Under: Constitution, Featured, Immigration, Jeff Fortenberry Tagged With: 1st congressional district nebraska, congress, congressman, executive orders, illegal immigration, immigration, jeff fortenberry, nebraska, president obama, u.s. house of representatives

Lee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

Originally published November 19, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 5, 2015. Leave a Comment

Lee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

GOP Election Misinterpretation 2014 seems very much like GOP Election Misinterpretation 2012. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District voters sent a message November 4, but will the party powerful willfully ignore it?  Read full articleLee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Congress, Featured, Ruling Class Tagged With: 2014 election, brad ashford, congress, Elections, incumbents, lee terry, nebraska, nebraska 2nd congressional district, negop, republican party, results, voters

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

Originally published April 12, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candidacy for the Nebraska U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns.  After explaining why she’s so enthused by what she’s seen during Sasse’s campaign appearances, she urged me to consider voting for Sasse in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Congress, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, Taking Action, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: activism, ben sasse, coopting tea party, establishment republicans, freedomworks, gin, grassroots, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska republican party, negop, negrassroots, party politics, patrick bonnett, political endorsements, ruling class, shane osborn, Tea Party

OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

Originally published March 29, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with? — Thomas Sowell I agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Sowell, so you may be surprised to learn that the purpose […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid Tagged With: aca, affordable care act, free market, free market solutions, government spending, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, health insurance, health insurance reform, healthcare reform, limited government, medicaid, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, obamacare, progressivism, thomas sowell

Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass

Originally published September 13, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass

There are a number of well-kept secrets about the health care law, but I think the increasing legal morass has become the most important. “Morass” is a negative word: A growing number of citizens, businesses, and the state of Oklahoma have turned to the court system to seek relief. This means Americans are – or […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Federal, Health Care, Legal Limit Tagged With: becket fund, Constitution, contraception mandate, coons v. geithner, defund obamacare, department of health and human services, employer mandate, halbig v. sebelius, health care law, hobby lobby v. sebelius, independent payment advisory board, insurance exchanges, ipab, irs rule, legal challenges, liberty university v. geithner, litigation, medicaid expansion, morning after pill, nfib v sebelius, obamacare, oklahoma v. sebelius, penalties, premium subsidies, rule of law, sissel v. h.h.s., supreme court, tax credits

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

Originally published September 12, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

On August 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled that the State of Oklahoma has standing to proceed with a lawsuit challenging an Internal Revenue Service rule issued in May 2012 regarding premium subsidies in the form of tax credits and penalties delivered through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange provisions. Oklahoma’s Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Health Care, Legal Limit, State Sovereignty Tagged With: aca, attorney general, attorneys general, congress, defund, governor, governors, health care law, insurance exchanges, irs, jon bruning, jonathan adler, lawsuit, legislators, litigation, michael cannon, nfib v sebelius, obamacare, oklahoma, ppaca, state senators

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Originally published March 5, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Nebraskans, your action is NECESSARY. Please see the bottom of the article for: FLYER to download, read, share, print, and distribute Recommendations Are YOU among the majority of Nebraskans opposed to “ObamaCare”? If so, YOU should be keenly interested in the Medicaid Expansion bill, LB577, and alerting people you know to WAKE UP now about […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Ben Nelson, Featured, Governor, Health Care, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: attorney general, Ben Nelson, cornhusker kickback, dave heineman, dump daschle, health care law, historic election results, incumbents, jeremy nordquist, jon bruning, lb577, medicaid expansion, nebraska senators, obamacare, omaha world herald, opinion polls health care nebraska, owh polling, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, re-election, south dakota, state legislature, tom daschle, Unicameral, vote for cloture

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

Originally published February 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

For those of you who dread the Kalends of March, repeat after me:  The world will not end if the federal government spends only $15 billion more this year than last. Repeat as needed. When a panic attack is imminent, listen to this song.  Try singing along. Oh, and one more thing . . . […]

Filed Under: Budget, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Happy Hour Tagged With: federal budget cuts, panic about sequester, panic about sequestration, results of the sequester, sequester, sequester March 1st, sequestration, sequestration cuts, spending after the sequester

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