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Oklahoma’s board of education failed the state’s students

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Four governor-appointed Oklahoma State Board of Education members tanked COVID-19 measures for school this fall by making it all a "recommendation."
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Lankford, Inhofe refuse to confront Trump’s authoritarian acts in Portland

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Lankford and Inhofe’s lack of insight or public comment on these attacks is not surprising. They do not see the protesters as part of “their America.”

Oklahoma City mask ordinance passes in real-life Parks and Rec episode

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Parks and Rec went off the air in 2015, but its spirit lived on at Friday’s Oklahoma City Council meeting with some comments to Council that were unique.
Governor Kevin Stitt

Stitt’s “personal responsibility” mask policy is pushing us toward the abyss

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Gov. Kevin Stitt is committing gubernatorial malpractice by refusing to mandate masks and it is driving Oklahoma toward the abyss.
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We have a responsibility to challenge police when they kill

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When police and prosecutors overstep their authority, all citizens have a responsibility to speak up White or Black.
Donald Trump

Trump’s July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore attempts to divide country

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Trump’s rabid demagoguery at his July 3 Mount Rushmore rally painted everyone who does not support him as less than American and less than human.
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Rich become richer, poor become poorer under pandemic economy

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Whenever President Donald Trump crows about his U.S. Department of Labor’s monthly jobs report, it is full of self-congratulations and empty of context.
Unemployment

Oklahoma’s unemployment crisis – direct result of Stitt’s COVID-19 policies

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In Oklahoma and throughout the nation, coronavirus illuminated a deep divide in the rights and privileges of workers.
Mayors

Have Mayors Bynum and Holt lost their nerve? Sure looks that way

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With statewide numbers of new coronavirus cases doubling, Bynum and Holt have seemingly lost their nerve when it comes to a COVID-19 response.
COVID-19

As COVID-19 surges in Oklahoma, politicians gaslight its residents

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and others, including President Donald Trump, are gaslighting us about COVID-19 and it is endangering us all.

Trump’s Tulsa rally bears the ominous earmarks of a political death cult

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This weekend, an endlessly needy man-child will descend upon Tulsa and, after demanding never-ending fealty from his followers.
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KWTV’s Black Lives Matter protest coverage from right-wing fever swamps

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KWTV’s coverage of Oklahoma City’s Black Lives Matter protest Sunday came live from the fever swamps of arch-conservatism.
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I am sorry for the times I have been silent

Silence is acceptance. I am sorry for the times I have been silent. Silence is acceptance. I am sorry for the times I have been silent.
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Trump and his Republican Party leaders own 100,000 deaths

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Tuesday, our nation crossed a tragic threshold as the number of deaths from coronavirus passed the 100,000 mark. But, the Republican Party has engaged in culture warfare against masks.
President Donald Trump

Trump poisons Oklahoma politics, and his political clones do the dirty work

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At a time when Oklahoma needs true leadership, Trump, Stitt and Inhofe are not real leaders. They follow the money every time.