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Comparing apples to oranges to bullsh*t
News from the Plains: All this RED can make you BLUEComparing apples to oranges to bullsh*tby Barry FriedmanLast week, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak claimed insurance rates would...
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It's OK to hate gays in OK
News from the Plains: All this RED can make you BLUEIt's OK to hate gays in OKby Barry Friedman(Optional musical accompaniment)So, how hard was this one to get right?Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has...
View ArticleOK-05: Meet Tom Guild -Democratic Challenger to Rep. James Lankford- 11/13 in...
For anyone who lives in Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District and want a change from Rep. James Lankford, Democratic Candidate Tom Guild will be appearing in Brennan Society’s Dinner in Edmond, OK on...
View ArticleMy Gay Oklahoma Councilman Got Married... !!
I live in Oklahoma- think it matters to me? Nope. I voted for the person who best represented what I want my city to do. Norman, Oklahoma- we're at least a bit more liberal than the stereotype our...
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Oklahoma denying all National Guards spousal benefits to avoid order on...
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin inspecting tornado damage with National Guard leaders. Supreme Court decisions or not, Defense Department orders or not, bigots are gonna be bigots. That's the reminder we get...
View ArticleOklahoma Fed. Judge Rules Ban on Marriage Equality Unconstitutional
From the Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org):Today U.S. District Judge Terence Kern ruled that Oklahoma’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. His ruling is stayed pending appeal, meaning...
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Oklahoma Gov's daughter Performs Fake War Dance and Calls Natives "Sheep"
Traditional Navajo people (Diné) herd sheep, but they are NOT sheep.Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, a group of Native parents and their allies from across the country were alerted to Oklahoma...
View ArticleOklahoma experiences 7 earthquakes in 14 hours over weekend (Update: 4 More...
Oklahoma had a very busy weekend, at least according to the richter scale.GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded seven small earthquakes shaking central Oklahoma in a span of...
View ArticleStrange Things Happening in the Plains States
In the 1880s and 1890s, a prairie wildfire swept through American politics. The generation of pioneers that had taken the risk to head out west and take advantage of Abe Lincoln’s Homestead Act, where...
View ArticleWhen Red Oklahoma Threw Progressive Blue Sparks
It wasn't that long ago. Ronald Reagan became President during those years, but the Attorney General in Oklahoma from 1979 to 1983 was a hard-nosed, uncompromising, principled, old school progressive,...
View ArticleThe Oklahoman Obama Obsession
This is republished, with permission, from the great Okie Funk blog by Kurt Hochenauer. It is hard to convey how awful our corporate media here is, but Kurt does the effort justice on a regular basis....
View ArticleDan Snyder, this is how it's done
Tonight, the Oklahoma County City School Board (Oklahoma City is located in Oklahoma County) voted 8-0 to drop the "Redskins" mascot for the Capitol Hill High School, which had been used since...
View ArticleRoll call for January OKC Meetup (proposed)
Who's in OKC and up for a Meetup on Saturday, January 17?We will try to ensure that meetup venues are accessible physically and financially.
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Connect! Unite! Act! Oregon, Asheville, Seattle & Texas Meet-ups — Oklahoma!...
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in other...
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Oklahoma's Hoody law
Oklahoma, a state that allows for the open carry of guns and rifles even in stores, is considering a law that would make wearing a hoody in stores, and even in public, a crime. Presently, stores,...
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U.S. Geological Survey: Fracking waste is the primary cause of the dramatic...
The U.S. Geological Survey has backed-up what scientists have been suggesting for years–that deep injection of wastewater is the primary cause of the dramatic rise in detected earthquakes:Large areas...
View ArticlePowerful statement released by University of Oklahoma president after racist...
Earlier this morning, University of Oklahoma President David Boren released a very powerful and stern statement regarding the SAE fraternity students who were caught chanting an outrageously racist...
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Oklahoma's Earthquakes Are Becoming Too Frequent For The Oil and Gas Industry...
Blame for the surge in earthquakes in Oklahoma over the past five years is finally being placed where it belongs, on the oil and gas industry, despite the best efforts of that industry to buy off...
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Unjust police killing of Tulsa man, Eric Harris, reveals a deep and dangerous...
Eric Harris just moments before he was shot and killed by Bob BatesOn its face, the police murder of Eric Harris, a 44-year-old father in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was wrong. Surrounded by police, Harris had...
View ArticleIn Oklahoma, hard data that finally lays out the danger from the state's...
For the last year, I and several others have covered the rise in seismicity in Oklahoma and Kansas. The earthquakes in these two states, coupled with earthquakes in Texas, Colorado, and Ohio, represent...
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