BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces Probe Into Uptick In Chronic Illnesses In Children
The post BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces Probe Into Uptick In Chronic Illnesses In Children appeared first on OKHPR.
Peggy Noonan may be right—and let’s hope she is
On Monday, David Zuckerman wrote a good piece about Peggy Noonan and her WSJ editorial concerning former President Donald Trump. Noonan argues that electing Donald Trump again would destroy the Republican party. Peggy may be right, and I hope that she is. Trump’s success in 2016 was, in large part, due to the way that […]
We have a deal! The swamp is saved!
Praise the Lord. The Republic is saved. We have a debt ceiling deal. The high-paid help in Washington finally exercised their 1st Amendment right and talked to each other. They hammered out a deal at the last minute. By the grace of God (or perhaps some other celestial from a warmer climate), the extinction-level event […]
Small: Push for auto-renewal of tribal tobacco, license-tag compacts bad for Oklahoma
Renewing compacts bad for OklahomaBy Jonathan SmallSpecial interest attempts to force automatic renewal of existing tobacco and license-tag compacts will create enormous challenges for the state.The legal reality that undergirded current compacts is un…
Senate Pro Tem Treat Comments on Conclusion of the 2023 Regular Session
Senate Pro Tem Treat Comments on Conclusion of the 2023 Regular SessionOKLAHOMA CITY (May 26th) – Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today commented on the conclusion of today’s regular session that began in February.The pro tem said…
Gann, Rick West call for constitutional amendment to reform state budget process
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 1st) – In reaction to this year’s nearly $13 billion general appropriations’ bill, State Reps. Tom Gann, R-Inola, and Rick West, R-Heavener, have proposed capping future legislative appropriations, retaining only what is necessary to be responsible in savings for a rainy day and sending back to the taxpayer any excess funds.
How to Spot a RINO
We are now enduring the usual competing ads from another primary election. A trend has developed in Republican primaries that sees candidates call each other “RINOs” (Republicans in Name Only). An incumbent GOP candidate insists that his challenger is a RINO. The challenger says the same thing about the incumbent. In Pennsylvania, these ads feature […]
Republicans Fail on the Debt Ceiling in 2023
Despite “concerns” about increasing federal debt, in the end Republican legislators have gone along with whatever the ruling elites want The Limit, Save and Grow Act of 2023 is more of the same Image Credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The United States House of Representatives’ passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 is a big […]
Memorial Service
“Liberalism was never about freedom, but nurtured a profound desire to change humanity above all other aspects. This rendered it a willing ally of tyrants promising to do the dirty work of such a project.” — John Waters on Substack An anxious silence falls over the land this Memorial Day as we discern increasingly that […]
Why Won’t Republicans Move On From Trump?
The former president retains a deep, intuitive bond with the national base. What some mainstream conservatives and pundits aren’t considering, given our bleak 2024 electoral landscape (unresolved DNC-sponsored mass mail-in voting; an open border with millions of people streaming across it; an administrative state and media complex actively colluding and working against the people) is […]
How the Democrats are Destroying Large Cities
Kevin Williamson has published a commentary in the NY Post dealing with the “blue wave” that’s moving through metropolitan areas. In cities like Denver, Omaha, Dallas, and Salt Lake City, the Republican Party has ceased to be even competitive. According to Williamson, “there is no Republican-led US city with a population of one million or […]
Memorial Day weekend 1973: Saturday night in Tulsa
For fun, I decided to look up the local newspaper from 50 years ago this weekend. I was particularly curious to see what kind of live entertainment was on offer, and what people were watching on TV. (News clips below are from newspapers.com. C…
Memorial Day weekend 1973: Saturday night in Tulsa
For fun, I decided to look up the local newspaper from 50 years ago this weekend. I was particularly curious to see what kind of live entertainment was on offer, and what people were watching on TV. (News clips below are from newspapers.com. C…
Small on education funding increase: Will it produce results?
Will funding produce results?By Jonathan SmallPublic-school advocates have long suggested that if Oklahoma schools had more money, then student outcomes would increase as well. That theory is being put to the test.When they announced this year’s educat…
Republicans Demand Biden Disclose ‘Total Dollar Amount’ in Taxpayer Money Funding Illegal Immigration
804ISAAC GUZMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesJOHN BINDER25 May 2023351 2:41 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are enjoying millions in taxpayer-funded grants to facilitate illegal immigration throughout the United States, Reps. Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) say. In a letter to the National Board of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), Gooden […]
Republican presidential candidates must unite in defense of fairness for the Jan. 6 political prisoners
The Republican presidential candidates must unite in defense of fairness for the Jan. 6 political prisoners — and each other Just the News reported that Christopher Grider, 41, a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021 protest at the Capitol has been sentenced by federal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, to 83 months (almost 7 […]
Greenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The ‘Right’ Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful
“Journalists who spread conspiracy theories that the CIA wants them to spread get promoted, and the journalists who question the conspiracy theories of the CIA get destroyed.” Image Credit:Screenshot Independent investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald succinctly summarises how ‘regime media narratives’ are formed and disseminated, and that any journalist who questions the process ends up a […]
Small: Family focus desperately needed
Family focus desperately neededBy Jonathan SmallU.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared war on a “loneliness epidemic.” Murthy noted “about one-in-two adults in America reported experiencing loneliness. And that was before the COVID-19 pande…
Legislature sends major multi-bill education package to Governor
This is a few days old (sorry, been swamped with work), but some significant education news worth recording:Legislature Sends Historic Education Package to GovernorOKLAHOMA CITY (May 19th) – The Legislature today gave final passage to a set of bills di…
Fade To Black In Ukraine
“Following the ouster of Mr. Trump in 2020, this new-new-left had exactly what it had been clamoring for, a liberal Democrat in the White House. Given the sense of impending catastrophe at present, it may be difficult to remember precisely how much sniveling bullshit went into selling Joe Biden.” – Rob Urie Have you noticed […]