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electric plant

Rolling blackouts were the result of lax regulation and misplaced priorities

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Until real progress is made to fortify the power grids that we depend on more than ever before, every week should be “infrastructure week.”
Impeachment trial

In former President Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, the cameras do not lie

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The differences between former President Trump's first trial and the 2021 edition could not be more stark.
Open Letters

Open letter to the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority or Jail Trust

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Our county jail has numerous civil rights violations on record attached to it and they are counting. It is overcrowded for one and I think I know the answer to that.
Governor Kevin Stitt

Governor Stitt, they aren’t “ghost students” — they’re lost students

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The problem is "ghost students" do exist. They are real and still out there. But, they are lost to our schools right now. Time to find them.
Inhofe Lankford

Lankford and Inhofe are gassing up Trump’s getaway car

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Senators Lankford and Inhofe are doing their level best to disrupt justice in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Capitol riot

Republicans are already abusing the word “unity” in the Biden era

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Republicans are using the word "unity" a lot after the January 6 insurrection perhaps we'll all just let bygones be bygones.
Inauguration

At Biden inauguration, Oklahomans were shown clear choice for future

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On Wednesday, Oklahoma and Oklahomans figured prominently in the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
hate speech

From McVeigh to MAGA, we haven’t learned our lesson about hate speech

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It's time Oklahomans and the rest of the nation learned our lesson about the power of hate speech and the devastation it brings.
Senator Josh Hawley

Amid talk about free speech, few seem to understand the First Amendment

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The First Amendment is just one-sentence long, but it seems few people have read it including two senators who went to Ivy League colleges.
Open Letters

Open Letter to Tommie Johnson, Oklahoma County Sheriff

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Christopher Johnson pleads with newly-elected Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson to be open to listening to all voices in the county.
insurrection

Oklahoma’s U.S. House members not taking attack on Capitol seriously

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the Oklahoma Congressional delegation is profoundly failing its constituency, especially its newest member, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice.
Lankford

Lankford is committing seditious conspiracy – he should be held to account

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U.S. Sen James Lankford, in an act of sedition against the U.S., has signed onto a letter with the intent to overturn Biden's election.
President Donald Trump

Trump lied about coronavirus in 2020 – history should never forgive him

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If we are going to call 2020 the worst year, we must say it did not make itself miserable. There is a bad guy in all of this.
George Lang opinion

Our top ten OPINION posts of 2020 exposed bad thinking in government

Here are the top ten opinion articles by George Lang, opinion writer for Free Press, who consistently took on governmental bad thinking.
listen

Our top ten NEWS reports of 2020 show desire for metro OKC news

The top ten news reports in Oklahoma City Free Press reveal a hunger for street-level news about neighborhoods, the City, and county.