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From Michigan to Louisiana to California on Friday, rank-and-file Republicans expressed mystification, dismissal and contempt over the instructions that their party’s most high-profile leaders were urgently handing down to them: Reject and defeat Donald J. Trump. Their angry reactions, in the 24 hours since Mitt Romney and John McCain urged millions of voters to cooperate in a grand strategy to undermine Mr. Trump’s candidacy, have captured the seemingly inexorable force of a movement that still puzzles the Republican elite and now threatens to unravel the party they hold dear. In interviews, even lifelong Republicans who cast a ballot for Mr....

In winning Texas by 16 points, winning Oklahoma, winning (as of this writing) Alaska, and finishing second in Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Tennessee, Ted Cruz has now solidified his grip on second place in the ‎GOP presidential race. He increased his lead over Marco Rubio in states won, votes won, and delegates won--and unless Rubio can win in Florida in two weeks (or John Kasich can win in Ohio), Cruz may soon be battling Donald Trump one-on-one (more or less) for the Republican nomination. But how can Cruz beat Trump? The number-one thing that needs to be undone from the...

Just one day after the DOJ unveiled its had indicted Chesapeake Founder and former CEO Aubrey McClendon on federal charges of conspiring to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases, moments ago the Oklahoma Police announced that he was found dead in a car accident, when while traveling in a 2013 Chevy Tahoe at a high rate of speed he crashed while driving on a two-lane highway and was engulfed in flames. FORMER CHESAPEAKE CEO MCCLENDON DEAD AFTER CAR ACCIDENT: CNBCOKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY AUBREY MCCLENDON DEADMCCLENDON WAS GOING FASTER THAN SPEED LIMIT: POLICEMCCLENDON WAS ALONE IN 2013 CHEVY...

Aubrey McClendon, a founder and former chief executive of Chesapeake Energy, died in a car crash Wednesday at age 56. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. McClendon was indicted Tuesday and charged with conspiring to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases while leading Chesapeake Energy. The alleged conspiracy took place between December 2007 and March 2012, the indictment said. The companies are accused of deciding who would win the bids, then giving an interest in the leases to the other company. The Justice Department did not say which other company it believes was involved in...

Texas and Oklahoma called for Cruz in the last 20 minutes.

Cruz wins two more! GOPe loses again!!!

Well the big day is here, enjoy!

Just a day before Super Tuesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are about even in Oklahoma. A poll released Monday shows Sanders in the lead in Oklahoma's Democratic primary, with a five-point lead over Clinton. That lead is within the poll's 5.7 percent margin of error. Sanders polled at 48 percent to Clinton's 43 percent. Another 8 percent said they were undecided, and 1 percent said they planned to vote for another candidate. Meanwhile, real estate mogul Donald Trump continued to lead the Republican field, with 35 percent. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in...

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on Monday endorsed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for the GOP presidential nomination and said Donald Trump was 'perpetuating a fraud'. Coburn, a Republican who was Oklahoma's most popular political figure when he resigned in early 2015......

TULSA, Okla. — Striking a more populist tone ahead of Super Tuesday, Ted Cruz delivered a revamped stump speech to a raucous Oklahoma rally Sunday. The campaign, he said, is dedicated to “all the working men and women with calluses on your hands.” “This election is going to be about three key ideas: Jobs, freedom and security,” he said. He cast his differences on immigration with rival Marco Rubio as a question not only of values but of jobs, arguing the “amnesty” Rubio supported in the Gang of 8 plan would hurt Americans’ employment prospects. As for Trump, he said,...

See link to register for tickets. And Glenn Back never disappoints (<-- note some irony in this statement).

Donald Trump is poised to grow his delegate lead over the Republican field with a strong showing on Super Tuesday. The long-time GOP front-runner leads in the latest polls in eight of the 11 states that will vote on March 1, and heÂ’s the only candidate who is competitive across-the-board. Even worse for TrumpÂ’s rivals is that you must win at least 20 percent of the vote to get any delegates in the four states with the largest prizes. The latest polls show Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson are below the threshold in all four of those states,...

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is coming to Oklahoma for three campaign stops. Cruz will appear in Tulsa and Oklahoma City on Sunday. Cruz is scheduled to be in Tulsa at 12:30 p.m. and Oklahoma City at 4 p.m. Cruz will also appear in Lawton at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Tulsa event will be at Expo Square. Cruz will appear with Glenn Beck at the Chevy Bricktown Event Center. He will be at the Comanche Fairgrounds in Lawton.

A major New York newspaper critical of Donald Trump is turning its fire on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for endorsing Trump for president. Saturday's New York Daily News front page calls Christie "MAN WITH A KLAN," displaying the governor alongside hooded Ku Klux Klan members. Below the headline, the newspaper says: "Just days after ex-KKK leader urges haters to vote for Donald, Christie endorses him."

A man was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally in Oklahoma City after being spotted wearing a shirt with the slogan "KKK endorses Trump". The man wore a white shirt with the slogan crudely written on it, prompting chants and booing from the crowd.

A group of Muslims is meeting with Oklahoma lawmakers and discussing civic engagement while pro- and anti-Muslim groups bicker outside the state Capitol. The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations held its second Muslim Day Friday at the Capitol, with programs on religious policy, law enforcement and political activism. ...

Fort Worth, Texas Friday, February 26, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Fort Worth, TX at the Fort Worth Convention Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:00 pm (CST). According to Wikipedia: Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. The city is located in North Central Texas and covers nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, and Wise counties-serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2014 census estimates, Fort Worth has a population of...

Leaders with CAIR-Oklahoma say they're worried about participants safety. Organizers say it's supposed to be a special day for Muslims to take part in their local government, but instead they're fighting hate speech and threats. . . "...And I want our fellow Oklahomans to know that our religion is one of peace, and love, of mercy and compassion," said Soltani.

With less than a week before election day, Donald Trump is widening his lead in Oklahoma's Republican primary race, according to a poll released Wednesday. The real estate mogul is holding an eight-point lead over Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, with 29 percent to Rubio's 21 percent, according to the poll. That lead has widened from just 5 percent two weeks ago. Meanwhile, Rubio has overtaken Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who was in second place two weeks ago with 25 percent. Cruz polled at 20 percent in this week's poll. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson came in fourth, with 6 percent, and...

On Tuesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding House Bill 2684, which restricts the use of abortion-inducing drugs. The legislation requires that doctors administer abortion-inducing drugs only while following Food and Drug Administration protocols. The bill was signed in 2014 by Governor Mary Fallin, but last year, an abortion chain sued, claiming the FDA’s rules are outdated, and an Oklahoma judge overturned the bill, claiming it was unconstitutional. The state’s highest court disagreed, finding that House Bill 2684 does not violate constitutional provisions. However, the court also strangely took a dig at abortion safety laws, saying, “We...