Conservatives sure are doubling down on banning books no one would ever accuse them of reading. Given, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has since rescinded his plan to investigate 51 books found on library shelves, as originally reported by The Frontier. But the fact that he even considered it should send shivers down all of […]
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The bad news is that U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe still represents Oklahoma. The good news is that this is the last year any of us can say that.
The bad news is that U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe still represents Oklahoma. The good news is that this is the last year any of us can say that. To those of us who have lived with his name in our local headlines all of our lives, it feels like hell has frozen over. His retirement […]
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Chicken Fried News: It’s starting to seem a bit like that “Mission Accomplished” deja vu moment George W. Bush had on the aircraft carrier when it comes to getting a handle on COVID-19.
It’s starting to seem a bit like that “Mission Accomplished” deja vu moment George W. Bush had on the aircraft carrier when it comes to getting a handle on COVID-19. By the metrics, it seems like the Omicron wave that washed over the state in late December through early February is finally starting to recede. […]
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Chicken Fried News: The five kingdoms of life are up for discussion, scrutiny and enforcement in this year’s Oklahoma legislative session.
The five kingdoms of life are up for discussion, scrutiny and enforcement in this year’s Oklahoma legislative session. And, yeah, we know the number of kingdoms actually varies but it worked best for the joke here, so cut us some slack for punchline’s sake. The animal one is pretty obvious as these potential statutes — […]
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Chicken Fried News: Imagine being pinned under the weight of a debt you had no part in being created…
Imagine being pinned under the weight of a debt you had no part in being created. You just woke up one day and were told that you owed eight bucks or so a month for the next quarter century. That’s exactly what’s just happened to all of us in the state of Oklahoma. By the […]
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Chicken Friend News: We go to press on Monday afternoon and thus risk the curse of a microcosmic “Dewey defeats Truman” moment here…
We go to press on Monday afternoon and thus risk the curse of a microcosmic “Dewey defeats Truman” moment here, but we’re going to go out on a limb and guess that Mayor David Holt just handily won a second term governing Oklahoma City. It’s no wonder. He’s popular, with even local liberals and those […]
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Chicken-Fried News: You know, not every piece of legislation that the Republicans propose is a terrible idea…
You know, not every piece of legislation that the Republicans propose is a terrible idea. House Bill 3008, sponsored by Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, would add in-person sports betting to the gaming compact between the states and the tribes. “Illegal sports betting occurs throughout Oklahoma, and figures I obtained from the Oklahoma State Bureau […]
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Chicken-Fried News: We’re not sure what the state’s education secretary’s shoe size is, but apparently his mouth is big enough for both feet to fit.
We’re not sure what the state’s education secretary’s shoe size is, but apparently his mouth is big enough for both feet to fit. “The first reaction should not be to shut schools down. It is the last resort. Parents are tired and children suffer when administrators act out of fear and not in the best […]
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Chicken-Fried News: If you thought legislation passed into law in Texas last year was absurd, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Rob Standridge invites you to hold his beer.
Taking a page out of their playbook, he’s aiming this session to get books banned from public school library shelves with a $10,000 daily bounty for as long they remain accessible to impressionable minds. You heard that correctly. A cash-starved and pandemic-weary public education system is now poised to be further drained of funds because […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Stitt’s up to his shenanigans again, but we don’t mean Kevin.
“Marvin Keith Stitt, 51, who goes by Keith, asked the Tulsa Municipal Court on Wednesday to dismiss a speeding ticket he received in February because he is a member of the Cherokee Nation. A copy of his Cherokee identification card is included in the court filing, showing he became an enrolled member of the tribe […]