We put the title in quotation marks because it’s obvious from reading the civil petition filed against this silver-spooned fuckboi that he wouldn’t have made shift manager in one of his own ice cream shops without “an ownership group principally comprising his father” which “bought the company out of bankruptcy in and around 2012,” according […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Rather than do the right thing and name it the Misinformation Superhighway,
Rather than do the right thing and name it the Misinformation Superhighway, the Oklahoma legislature decided once again to take it too far (like they always do). Coming soon nowhere near you: Donald J. Trump Presidential Highway. Once again, instead of pushing through important legislation during unprecedented times for the nation, this state or its […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it,
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it, but what happens to those who never learned it in the first place? Thanks to the efforts of right-wingers with quaking knees collapsing under the weight of the realization that the history of the United States of America might not be as star-spangled awesome as […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Jesus take the wheel
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections rapidly approached 5 percent of the state’s population, its leaders are hard at work avoiding dealing with it. Gov. Kevin Stitt has completely taken his hands off the wheel, preferring Jesus to take it instead. Diana K. Davies, a minister at Oklahoma City’s First Unitarian Church shared on […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Change, but not in Oklahoma
It was a rough week for anyone to the political left of Benito Mussolini. While Joe Biden won the election by a wide margin of the popular vote (a fact will not change no matter how many tweets or temper tantrums hit the news cycle) in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s recklessly ignorant tenure […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Gun waving heroes?
Just a few days before the election, Oklahoma County Republicans were treated to a visit by some real political heavyweights. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the wealthy St. Louis couple who have been charged with felonies after pointing their firearms at protesters marching down the private drive of their gated community, made an appearance Friday night. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Balls out
Finally, some 2020 Chicken Fried News fodder that isn’t just a laugh-so-you-don’t-cry reaction to the soul-crushing state of the nation. In a refreshing change of pace, Oklahoma makes Fox News and the Washington Post for another reason besides a failed governmental COVID-19 response or cover up, or for being the lucky site chosen to host […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Shark Attack
Every Oklahoma County resident is handcuffed by the jail. For going on 30 years, the taxpayer-funded eyesore has been both a money pit and a source of embarrassment for Oklahoma City. Instead of actually raising the funds to demolish the thing and start from scratch, sheriffs and county officials have thrown every available dollar at […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Great Scott!?
The universe keeps writing punchlines for Gov. Kevin Stitt. Three months after being the first governor in the country to contract COVID-19, Stitt came bursting out of the gate last week with another one of his five-minute ideas: the Oklahoma Pandemic Center for Innovation & Excellence. Two days in a row after the announcement, the […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Dimmed Friday Night Lights
The Oklahoma City and Putnam City public school districts announced that both would be suspending extracurricular programs due to heightened spread of COVID-19 infections, and, as has come to be expected in 2020, the adults lost their minds. Predictably, social media and local news immediately exploded with the typical choruses of, “Get them back to […]