PSA – Oklahoma November 18th Special Elections
There are Special Elections in many counties on November 18, 2025!
Pornography in our Schools – Update on Bartlesville School Board meeting
We had a good turnout of people interested in the subject of removing pornographic books from our school libraries – most seats in the Education Service Center were occupied. Superintendent Chuck McCauley allowed comments to be made at the start of the meeting on topics not on the agenda. Under the Board rules no questions could be asked by the Board members and no discussion of the topic could occur. However, we had three excellent speakers.
The first speaker emphasized that the Board’s existing Procedures for Reconsideration of Materials was inadequate when 103 books (140 books when counting duplicates among libraries) in Bartlesville School libraries have been identified as either pornographic or containing sexualized content. This speaker also stressed that the existing challenge procedure was deficient in that it did not address how to assure more pornographic/sexualized books would be kept out of our school libraries.
The second speaker, a parent of two teenagers in the Bartlesville School system, questioned why Board members would protect their own children from such material but allow it to be put on the shelves of school libraries. He challenged the Board members to treat his school age children well.
The third speaker presented a riveting testimony of the consequences of pornography in our schools. Her story of a young man who “lived out what he read on the pages” of school library books and subsequently was sentenced to 65 years in prison for his offenses against five women, dramatically demonstrated that school board actions, or lack thereof, with regard to pornography has real life consequences.
Updated: Mass Surveillance – Gann Studies License Plate Readers Impact on Privacy
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, on Thursday led a study on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and what he said is their use as a tool for mass surveillance allowing law enforcement to conduct warrantless searches. The study was held before the House Public Safety Committee.
This article shares the results of that study in a press release from Rep Tom Gann.
Why EVERYONE should Oppose SQ 836 – Decline to Sign!
The initiative petition for State Question 836 has started circulating as of Oct. 29th. Don’t sign it, and if a petitioner approaches you ask why they call it an open primary when it’s a Top Two jungle primary, why they say it’s like our municipal elections when it isn’t, why they say it will improve voter turnout when it won’t, why they claim it increases voter choice when it will reduce choice for most voters, why they want a system that helps those who already have power and money, why they want a system that is prone to shenanigans and easily influenced by special interests and dark money, and why they want a system that will increase polarization and work to preserve the status quo.
Upcoming November Events
On November 11, join the Osage County Republican Party to hear from Jackson Lahmeyer about President Trump’s Faith Initiative.
SQ 832: Raising the Minimum Wage is not Free Market and will Harm those it Purports to Help!
SQ 832 has a series of static increases in the minimum wage that would bring the minimum wage to $15 over five years. After that, the minimum wage is subject to increases based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. If this had passed in 2015, Oklahoma’s minimum wage would be $19.04 today, a 112 percent increase.
SQ 836: The Billionaire Ballot Initiative
Vote NO on State Question 836
Protect the working class.
Protect political competition.
Protect your right to choose.
Parental Rights are at Risk in Oklahoma – Presten Mooney’s Story
I was preparing to write an article on this situation after Jake Merrick posted a video about the case. Shortly after that, I discovered that V1SUT on substack had already written an article with a lot more information than I had available. I reached out for permission to reprint for our readers and it was most graciously granted. I do recommend you ‘restack’ the article on substack and follow V1SUT there as well!
Oklahoma Liberty Coalition – How You Can Help!
OKGrassroots is pleased to be working with liberty minded groups all over Oklahoma. We are tackling the tough issues of how we can best work together and keep up the pressure on our legislative goals. The challenge has been getting legislators to act upon our guidance and protect our God-given Liberties. We are working together to purchase a customized software tool to monitor legislation in real time, provide guidance to our lawmakers and automatically create a scorecard based on what they did with the guidance we provided. We believe this tool will be a game-changer which will benefit each of our organizations and the goals that we share.
Welcome New Republican Voters with Swag Bags and Valuable Info – Fall is a Great time to Walk your Precinct!
Over recent years, Republican Voter Rolls have been growing! This is good news and yet it can seem overwhelming to find them and welcome them to our party. If you are a county chair or a precinct chair get access to the voter rolls for your county. Then sort them by voter registration date. In my precinct we went back to 2023 and pulled a list of those households and prepared “swag bags” for them to welcome them and invite them to our meetings.
Vote No on SQ 836!
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has voted to allow SQ 836 to start collecting signatures. This ballot measure, if passed, will remove the party primary process in Oklahoma and create a “jungle primary” with all candidates on one ballot! We must work together to ensure that this ballot measure fails!
Updated: Upcoming Events in October
OKGOP hosts Night at the Mansion, plus training opportunities, and the annual Patriot Retreat!
Charlie Kirk: “Here Am I, Send Me.”
In an era where many in the Church says to not be involved in politics, Charlie ran right into the fray, quoting Jeremiah 29:7, “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”
Jim Shaw Commits $100,000 to “Save Oklahoma Plan”
On September 2, 2025, State Representative Jim Shaw announced the launch of the Save Oklahoma Plan. It is a seven point plan with most of the conservative, grassroots organizations in the state signed onto the plan. OKGrassroots is pleased to be a part of this effort. We will be working with Representative Shaw as the plan rolls out and on future bills drafted to support the plan to be sure we remain both grassroots and constitutional!
Is Porn Available in Your Child’s School Library?
Recently I was made aware of a website that tracks inappropriate books in public school libraries. You can take a look for yourself here via Take Back the Classroom. Put in your city and even your school and see how many books they found in your area. We did that for Bartlesville and found the site listed 165 explicit/inappropriate books in our school libraries. This is my story on what several of us did after that.
An Open Letter to Grassroots as Chickasaw Warrior Continues to Rage
If you read the recent missive from “Chickasaw Warrior” it is one more instance of a little truth mixed with a lot of omissions or straight-out lies. This open letter is to all the truth seekers, and an opportunity to present facts which dispel the narrative that debunked bad actors continue to try to paint.
Revival is Coming! ORU Mabee Center in Tulsa – September 12-14, 2025
Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA made an incredible statement in a recent interview:
“This generation has been suffocating in the lies of modernity, which we believe to be secularism, which is against God’s will and God’s plan for our life…What we are seeing is coming back to spiritual truths… He finished by saying, “There is a revival waiting to happen right now!” That revival is here.
America’s Revival
Sept 12-14, 2025
ORU Mabee Center
Fall Upcoming Events
Open Government Initiative Forum and Focus Group with Charles Key on August 30th at 9AM Liberty Church in Yukon.
America’s Revival
Sept 12-14, 2025
ORU Mabee Center
Rogers County GOP hosts Political Leadership School (early bird pricing until 10/11/25) November 1, 2025 all day class at Rogers County Building
Congressman Josh Brecheen Hosting Town Hall Meetings in August
Congressman Josh Brecheen (Oklahoma CD2) will be hosting 20 town halls during the month of August. Constituents are invited to attend, share their thoughts, and ask questions on policy issues impacting Oklahoma and our nation at large. Here is the schedule:
Legislative Update Series: Tax Credits, Rebates, Grants, Sales Tax Exemptions and Subsidies for Businesses Bills
Special thanks to Nancy McDaniel for compiling these lists for us to publish. It is a ton of work and is much appreciated! Her summaries are incredibly helpful, but if you want to read the entirety of a bill, please go to okhouse.gov or oksenate.gov then to ‘Legislation and Laws’ and then do a Bill Search.
If the first two articles in our series did not fire you up to take action – this one should do it! One must ask who do these people really represent? Support candidates who take NO LOBBYIST MONEY!