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US: Oklahoma (News/Activism)

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  • Police release identity of suspect accused of stabbing Edmond officer

    05/02/2025 4:24:45 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 8 replies
    KOCO via MSN ^ | 5/2/25 | Jonathan Greco
    Authorities released information about the man accused of stabbing an Edmond police officer Thursday during a traffic stop. At 4:30 p.m., an Edmond police officer was conducting a traffic stop near 15th Street and Broadway when a man approached and pepper-sprayed the officer. That led to an altercation, during which police said the officer was stabbed at least twice. Backup officers arrived, deployed their stun guns on the suspect and took him into custody. Edmond police also said a good Samaritan rendered aid to the officer before help could get there. "We saw a cop fall, and then we...
  • Texas/OK Tornado Outbreak "LIVE - Severe Weather Coverage With Storm Chasers On The Ground, Live Weather Channel..."

    04/19/2025 6:31:47 PM PDT · by texas booster · 9 replies
    YT ^ | April 19 2025 | Ryan Hall Etc
    Lots of tornados, from Big Lake all the way to Oklahoma. Take shelter if in the way! Hwy 67 by Glen Rose now!
  • Trump Restores Health Care Funds That Biden Took From Pro-Life States

    04/04/2025 7:53:18 AM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    Life News ^ | April 2, 2025 | Steven Ertelt
    The Trump administration has restored millions of dollars in federal family planning funds to Oklahoma and Tennessee that Joe Biden took from the two states because they’re pro-life. Trump’s move reverses a Biden-era decision to withhold the money over the states’ refusal to provide abortion referrals. The funds, part of the Title X family planning program, were denied to the two states by the Biden administration after they declined to comply with a 2021 rule requiring providers to offer counseling on abortion because it kills babies. Oklahoma lost $4.5 million, and Tennessee was stripped of $7 million, prompting lawsuits and...
  • WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE ELECTION DAY APRIL 1 IN OKLAHOMA

    04/01/2025 4:18:09 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 1 replies
    News on 6 ^ | 3/31/25 | Katie Alexander
    Tuesday, Apr. 1, is election day for many school and city elections across Oklahoma. Voters will also decide on a couple of state house and senate elections. snip Three special primary elections and one runoff will be decided: House District 71 Democrat Primary House District 71 Republican Primary House District 74 Republican Primary Senate District 8 Republican Runoff
  • What It’s Like To Be Swatted

    03/23/2025 7:45:23 PM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | Mar 23, 2025 | Ashe Schow
    Conservative influencers are the latest targets of swatting, a dangerous hoax that brings armed law enforcement to the homes of innocent families.. Erin Derham heard the knocking first. Another storm was raging over North Carolina, with heavy rain and wind gusts over 40 MPH bringing more damage to an area still suffering from a hurricane last year. The pounding at her door was so loud and so desperate that she thought a tree must have fallen on the house, and someone was coming to check on her family. She rushed to the door in her pajamas, as her three kids...
  • Oklahoma House advances bill requiring child sex offenders to undergo chemical castration to be eligible for parole

    03/17/2025 12:18:08 PM PDT · by Morgana · 17 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | March 14, 2025 | staff
    V NEWS FEED // Some child sex offenders imprisoned in Oklahoma may soon have to undergo chemical castration if they want to be eligible for parole. House Bill 2422 passed the Oklahoma House March 10. The legislation is now in the state Senate. Rep. Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, introduced the bill to follow through with a promise he made to the families whose loved ones were murdered in 2023 by Jesse McFadden, a convicted rapist who served 16 years in prison, according to a March 11 article on the Oklahoma House website. “A known sex offender in my district was let...
  • NIETC siting in southeast Colorado counties could utilize eminent domain for 325,000 acres

    02/11/2025 7:17:47 AM PST · by george76 · 28 replies
    Fence Post ^ | Feb 7, 2025 | Rachel Gabel
    There is a private property rights battle brewing in rural parts of southeastern Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma and portions of the Dakotas, Nebraska and five Tribal Nations. The U.S. Department of Energy has plans to establish the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors or NIETCs, in these areas and the corridors span five to 15 miles in width. If approved, in New Mexico about 2 million acres of mostly private property would be transferred to the control of the federal government potentially via eminent domain. In Colorado, farmers, ranchers and rural residents stand to lose control of 325,000 acres in...
  • Bill targets storm chasers with licensure requirements [Oklahoma]

    02/02/2025 6:55:47 AM PST · by CFW · 95 replies
    KFOR news ^ | 1/31/25 | Terré Gables, Tanner DeLeon
    OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Severe weather trackers in Oklahoma appear to be the target of a new state bill. SB 158 authored by Sen. Mark Mann (D- District 46), called the Oklahoma Emergency Weather Response and Tracking Regulatory Act of 2025, seeks to establish a framework for professional severe weather trackers in Oklahoma. The requirements proposed in the bill are as follows: Passing a criminal background check Maintaining valid insurance for vehicles used in tracking And having a letter of endorsement from a chief meteorologist or designated official
  • WATCH: Democrat state senator handcuffed after refusing to show driver's license at traffic stop

    01/24/2025 3:14:16 PM PST · by george76 · 59 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 24, 2025 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
    Oklahoma State Sen. Regina Goodwin was pulled over after police said she ran stop signs in Tulsa.. A longtime state senator in Oklahoma was caught-on-camera going head-to-head with a sheriff deputy after a traffic stop dissolved into a "very verbal" ordeal. ... The scene was recorded by Alaniz’s body-worn camera... Goodwin was pulled over ... "Ma’am, I’m not going to ask you again. Can I get your driver’s license, or can I take you to jail on running a stop sign?" Alaniz asked Goodwin shortly after pulling her over and asking repeatedly for her license. "I’m not going to ask...
  • Two major banks leave UN Net Zero Banking Alliance in two weeks

    12/21/2024 10:43:47 AM PST · by george76 · 13 replies
    Center Square ^ | 12/21/ 2024 | Bethany Blankley |
    Not soon after the general election, and within two weeks of each other, two major financial institutions have left a United Nations Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). This is after they joined three years ago, pledging to require environmental social governance standards (ESG) across their platforms, products and systems. According to the "bank-led and UN-convened" NZBA, global banks joined the alliance, pledging to align their lending, investment, and capital markets activities with a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, NZBA explains. Since April 2021, 145 banks in 44 countries with more than $73 trillion in assets have joined NZBA, tripling...
  • GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin Decries Social Media For Giving Americans Insight Into Congress’s Backdoor Dealmaking

    12/13/2024 4:47:23 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 18 replies
    The Federalist ^ | December 13, 2024 | Shawn Fleetwood
    The Sooner State Republican decried how social media has hampered lawmakers’ ability to negotiate on legislation behind closed doors.Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., complained on Thursday that social media has ruined Congress’s ability to make secretive deals on legislation before it is released to the public.Mullin made the comments during a panel at a conference hosted by the No Labels party, which purportedly aims to “give power to the middle, in Washington and across America.” The event featured guests from across the political spectrum, including Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Todd Young of Indiana and Democrat Sen. Tim...
  • Army general who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal promoted to four-star officer after GOP senator drops hold

    12/03/2024 6:41:00 AM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 70 replies
    Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | December 3, 2024 | CNN Bitter LOSERS
    An Army general who oversaw the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was promoted to a four-star officer after a Republican senator dropped a hold on his nomination, according to a Senate aide. The Senate on Monday confirmed Lt. Gen. Chris Donahue to be the commander of US Army Europe-Africa by unanimous consent, meaning no senator objected to his approval. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, had previously blocked the promotion, despite the Senate Armed Services Committee advancing 984 other military promotions. It was not immediately clear why Mullin dropped his hold, and CNN is reaching out to Mullin’s office for...
  • Oklahoma Democrats mourn Fred Harris, former US senator and presidential candidate

    11/25/2024 5:31:42 PM PST · by ImJustAnotherOkie · 10 replies
    ap ^ | Updated 5:07 PM CST, November 24, 2024 | NADIA LATHAN
    Oklahoma residents on Sunday mourned the death of former Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris, a trailblazer in progressive politics in the state who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1976. Harris died on Saturday at 94. Democratic Party members across Oklahoma remembered Harris for his commitment to economic and social justice during the 1960s — a period of historical turbulence. Harris chaired the Democratic National Committee from 1969 to 1970 and helped unify the party after its tumultuous national convention in 1968 when protesters and police clashed in Chicago. “Fred Harris showed us what is possible when we lead with...
  • GOP Senator Blocks Promotion Of General Who Took Part In Afghanistan Withdrawal

    11/25/2024 9:12:35 AM PST · by Vigilanteman · 24 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | 24 November 2024 | Tim Pearce
    Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma placed a hold on the promotion of Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue that would have elevated him to lead U.S. Army forces in Europe.Donahue is currently a three-star general who was nominated to become a four-star general by President Joe Biden earlier this month. Donahue was one of the top military officials overseeing the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.Mullin, who was serving in the House of Representatives at the time of the withdrawal, tried to lead his own outside efforts to extract Americans from Afghanistan, but was repeatedly stymied by the State Department...
  • 'Common sense': Red state governor makes crucial move to boost Trump's deportation push (Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt)

    11/20/2024 2:51:13 PM PST · by RoosterRedux · 27 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | Adam Shaw
    Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt says his state is creating a plan to deport criminal illegal immigrants who are in custody in state prisons, in a boost to President-elect Trump’s proposal to conduct a mass deportation operation next year. Stitt announced that he is directing the state’s commissioner of public safety to lead the effort to expel inmates in Oklahoma prisons who are in the country illegally, by creating a plan to deal with them. That plan will be delivered by January, and the state says it will consult with the Trump transition team and incoming administration to implement it....
  • OK: Suspect shot, arrested after burglary in McLoud

    11/20/2024 4:59:35 AM PST · by marktwain · 6 replies
    KFOR ^ | November 18, 2024 | Hunter Elyse/KFOR
    MCLOUD, Okla. (KFOR) — A shooting in McLoud leaves the suspect in the hospital before he was booked into jail. The sheriff’s office said it all started after several burglaries in the area. Investigators said they got a call about a burglary on Saturday afternoon and learned multiple items, including a gun, duffle bag, money, and more, were stolen from someone’s property. “We’ve had a string of other burglaries prior to that. So they were in the process of checking out the area,” said Lt. Scott Hawkins, with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the suspect, Cameron Wahpekeche, ran...
  • Can Remote Workers Reverse Brain Drain? remote workers paid to move to Tulsa, Okla.

    10/17/2024 4:56:26 AM PDT · by Cronos · 23 replies
    New York Times ^ | 16th October 2024 | Emma Goldberg
    Business leaders and local officials in Tulsa, Okla., puzzled for years over how to fill the hole created when young people left for big coastal cities. What, they wondered, could keep professionals rooted in the heartland? Rather than fighting to hold on to native Tulsans, they decided to recruit outsiders. In recent years, the rise of virtual work opened up a new way of responding to the city’s brain drain. Five years after the George Kaiser Family Foundation began offering $10,000 to remote workers willing to move to Tulsa for at least a year, some 3,300 people have taken up...
  • Afghan National in U.S. on Special Immigrant Visa Planned Election Day Terror Attack

    10/08/2024 3:57:22 PM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies
    PJ Media ^ | October 08, 2024 | Paula Bolyard
    On Tuesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment against an Afghan national living on Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for "conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO)" ... Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, conspired and attempted to provide material support to ISIS and obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil in the name of ISIS." Both Tawhedi and his juvenile co-conspirator were in the U.S. on Special Immigrant Visas. Tawhedi is married to the juvenile's sister....
  • The Forever Hate-Even on the anniversary of the 10/7 pogrom, the media can't bring itself to honor dead Jews

    10/07/2024 7:35:47 AM PDT · by SJackson · 16 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | October 7, 2024 | Mark Tapson
    We are at the first anniversary now of one of the most grotesque episodes of ancient savagery wreaked upon the modern world: the October 7 attacks in Israel which left over 1200 innocents dead and many more wounded and/or taken hostage by the subhuman terror organization Hamas. But instead of solemn, worldwide commemoration of this ongoing nightmare, with unified sympathy and support for the Israeli victims and survivors, we are treated to the Left-wing counter-narrative of pro-Hamas, anti-Zionist protests and opinion pieces in the news media demonizing the Jewish state and drowning out the echoing cries of the Israeli dead.Over...
  • Oklahoma officials just announced that they have removed 450,000 ineligible names from the voter rolls, including 100,000 dead people

    09/19/2024 8:02:26 PM PDT · by george76 · 41 replies
    X ^ | Sep 19, 2024 | George
    Oklahoma officials just announced that they have removed 450,000 ineligible names from the voter rolls, including 100,000 dead people and 15,000 duplicate registrations that somehow got pushed into the system "Oklahoma ensures only eligible voters participate in elections in part by following voter list maintenance procedures provided in state law. Since January 1, 2021, Oklahoma election officials have removed 97,065 deceased voters, 143,682 voters who moved out-of-state, 5,607 felons, 14,993 duplicate registrations, and 194,962 inactive voters who were canceled during the address verification process." Inflated voter rolls are on the Mt. Rushmore of ingredients of fraud. All you need to...