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Chicken-Fried News: Party crashers

Gazette staff

The GOP controls every statewide elected position and body of government with level of domination that the state hasn’t seen since conservatives still voted Democrat (before civil rights got in the way) and Oklahoma was part of the Solid South.  Despite the success at the voting booth, the Oklahoma Republican Party is about $25,000 in […]

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Chicken-Fried News: Sculpted by Angel

Gazette staff

Donald Trump officially announced his bid for re-election with all the expected bells and dog-whistles on the border wall, the “witch hunt” and the “angry, left-wing mob.” He even went back to his roots, obsessing over Hillary Clinton and prompting “Lock her up” chants. While Trump lied to the public about being tough on Russia […]

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Chicken-Fried News: No GOPride

Gazette staff

The Oklahoma Republican Party hasn’t been an ally to the state’s LGBTQ+ community over the years, which was again highlighted in the most recent session as the GOP-controlled Legislature put a law into effect allowing faith-based adoption agencies to deny prospective parents based on their religious beliefs. Oklahoma County Republicans inquired about space in the […]

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Bouncing back

Ben Luschen

Calling Oklahoma’s November 2014 statewide election turnout disappointing might be an understatement. An August 2015 U.S. Census Bureau report on midterm state elections showed fewer Oklahomans participated in 2014 than in any statewide election over the previous 45 years. In Oklahoma, only 34.2 percent of adults cast a vote in the 2014 general election. Several […]

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