Upcoming Events and Action Items – Early 2026
Upcoming events early 2026!
Real ID: Another Government Frankenstein
Some believe that government welfare benefits to the poor were created with good intentions, but they became a monster, nonetheless —destroying lives, marriages, and families, because they created dependency on Government, took away individual freedom, and gave a distant government control over the finances of the most vulnerable among us. We know that government healthcare for the poor was also done with stated ‘good’ intentions, but it became a monster—creating personal healthcare dependency on a remote massive bureaucracy, taking away personal freedom to control one’s own health care decisions, and increasing opportunities for medical malpractice and corruption due to a lack of government accountability. The stated ‘good’ intentions of using government to produce an ID system that is designed for international applications is another monster on the government’s operating table ready to be unleashed on the unsuspecting public.
Upcoming Events – April 11, 2026 GOP Gubernatorial Forum McAlester SE Expo Center
GOP Gubernatorial Forum scheduled for April 11, 2026 at the McAlester Southeast Expo Center. Save the Date!
Awake Oklahoma: Special Election Dec 9th and more!
In this issue:Dec 9 – Special Election for Creek, Noble, Osage, Pawnee & Paybe counties and the slander campaign attempting to skew the outcome.Scandal in Tulsa County over a quarter of a million dollars!SQ 836 – jungle primary petition to change Oklahoma into California election system.Oklahoma leads the nation in food stamp fraud.
Whether you live in one of the counties affected above or not, if you live in Oklahoma, this affects you. Aren’t you tired of elected officials who use their positions to benefit themselves? It’s happening by someone in every county. Or when election integrity is undermined by slander campaigns intent on shifting the outcome and no one is held accountable.
Unify Oklahoma – Shape the Future!
OKGrassroots is excited to announce that we and other liberty groups across Oklahoma are working to build a coalition to speak with unity and grade legislator’s performance of protecting our God-given rights. Too often our individual groups are isolated in their efforts to influence and advocate for their specific cause, which minimizes our voice. Let us introduce you to the Oklahoma Liberty Coalition. This coalition will amplify the voices of thousands of Oklahoma voters with real-time legislative updates and performance of each legislator. To facilitate this effort, we have purchased a powerful new tool in time for the next legislative session—one that will be a game changer for grassroots advocates and the public.
Thanksgiving Blessings and Historical Proclamation from George Washington in 1789
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
David Crockett, Charity and Congress aka “Not Yours to Give”
I was one day in the lobby of the House of Representatives when a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support, rather, as I thought, because it afforded the speakers a fine opportunity for display than from the necessity of convincing anybody, for it seemed to me that everybody favored it. The Speaker was just about to put the question, when Crockett arose. Everybody expected, of course, that he was going to make one of his characteristic speeches in support of the bill. He commenced:
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.”