by Jamison Faught | Jan 19, 2023 | Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots, Republican Party
Looks like it's time to work on updating my Voter Registration Maps series again:Annual Voter Registration Statistics Released – Voter List Maintenance Conducted(Oklahoma City) – An official voter registration report by the Oklahoma State Election Board shows...
by Jamison Faught | Jan 19, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
With the reelection of Gov. Kevin Stitt and the election of State Superintendent Ryan Walters, it's a sure bet that education reform will be a top priority in the coming four years. State Sen. Adam Pugh is out with a $541M public education reform package that...
by R3publicans | Jan 18, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
“These days, when they say something is ‘very unlikely,’ that is wokecabulary for, ‘it’s almost certainly true’.” — Jeff Childers (the Coffee with Covid blog) So many calamities, quandaries, and mysteries swirl in the zeitgeist these days that life in the USA feels...
by R3publicans | Jan 18, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
The 118th Session of the U.S. House of Representatives is off to a roaring start, amidst adoption of HR 5. Rules negotiated between newly-elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy and twenty America First members. After five grueling days of balloting without a final selection,...
by R3publicans | Jan 17, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
The Florida congressman’s stand against Kevin McCarthy ushered in a new era. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has built his political career around being a firebrand, but it was not until last week that he showed how his brand of leadership can take hold of the...
by R3publicans | Jan 17, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
Did the prolonged fight for the Speaker’s gavel create circumstances for change in Washington — especially in the Republican party? For the first time in over a century, it took 15 rounds of voting, cajoling, compromise, and almost one fistfight to select a...