Nancy Shively, a Tulsa, Oklahoma special education teacher and “lifelong Republican who reluctantly voted for Donald Trump in 2016,” said in an op-ed for USA Today that “When the pandemic hit, the incompetence of the man for whom I had voted and the complicity of everyone around him forced me to admit that I could no longer maintain any kind of self-respect as a Republican.”
Trump Claims Media Is “Trying to Covid Shame Us on Our Big Rallies”
Donald Trump has lashed out at the media amid concerns that his political rallies could contribute to the spread of Covid-19. The President took to Twitter to defend his campaign events.
“The Far Left Fake News Media, which had no Covid problem with the Rioters & Looters destroying Democrat run cities, is trying to Covid Shame us on our big Rallies,” Trump wrote.
Trump Continues to Brag About Saturday’s Tulsa Rally Amid Criticism for Holding One During a Pandemic
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to boast about the number of people who want to attend Saturday’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, writing that “Almost One Million people request tickets for the Saturday Night Rally.”
Oklahoma Republicans Move to Reverse State Supreme Court Ruling on Absentee Ballots
After the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled that residents casting absentee ballots in the upcoming elections will not have to get their ballots notarized, House Republicans passed an amended bill to reinstate the notary requirement. The amendment, Senate Bill 210, was authored by Representative Chris Kannady (R-Oklahoma City).
GOP Is Starting To Panic About 2018 As Democrats Quietly Outperform In Special Elections
It's hard to gauge the outcome of midterm elections more than a year before they're held, but Donald Trump's presidency has motivated progressive and moderate voters in a way they haven't been in a long time.
Opinion: Republicans Grant Men, Even Rapists, Purview Over Women’s Bodies
"There is zero part of me that understands why a rapist or someone who got someone pregnant against their will, maybe incest, would have any right in that decision.”
Even Red State Oklahoma Has Turned Against Mitch McConnell’s Obama SCOTUS Obstruction
In deep red Oklahoma, Republicans didn't fare well in an online poll about their Senate tactics of delaying President Obama's Supreme Court nominee hearings and confirmation. In fact, they were roughly 2-1 against it.
Red State Radicalism Thrives Against Women and No-One Cares
While Americans focus on the primaries, Republicans are eliminating women's rights.
Huckabee Thinks One Beheading Is Worse Than 17 Texans Killed In Record Floods
Huckabee raged and attempted to contradict the President telling Fox News that, "I assure you that one beheading is much worse than a sunburn."
Oklahoma Rep. Says He’d Set Self on Fire Over Abortion – if Only His Beliefs Allowed It
You really have to admire the courage of Religious Right figures who, like Jerry Boykin and the Benham brothers, say they are willing to die for their beliefs, especially when there is absolutely no risk at all of that actually happening.
Dark Red Oklahoma Angers Big Oil And Gas: Energy Practices Causing State’s Earthquakes
As the nation commemorates Earth Day 2015 this week with a variety of observances, activities and awareness campaigns, it's the perfect time to renew calls for bipartisan cooperation to address climate change.
Where The States Stand On “Therapy” that Amounts to Brainwashing the Gay Away
When the President supported a nationwide ban on "Conversion Therapy", he mentioned the idea of state solutions.
Wisconsin Eliminating Weekends Is Another Koch Idea For A Nation of Slave Labor
Democrats expected Walker to eliminate the state's 'prevailing wage' law requiring workers on public projects to be paid the established going rate for their labor. Instead of eliminating prevailing wage laws, Koch-Republicans' decided to eliminate weekends and impose a 'voluntary' 7-day work week.
California Attorney-General Fights To Void Deadly Anti-Gay Ballot Initiative
The far right's war on the LGBT community took a variety of turns this week.
University Of Oklahoma Incident Proves The More Things Change…
I suppose I should have felt more outraged or ready to protest or whatever but, quite frankly? Empty. And what worries me about my own reaction is that I'm thinking it's worse than outrage.
Boehner Plucks OK Gov. Mary Fallin to Repeat his Keystone XL Lies in Weekly Address
In the final analysis this is government of, by, and for the people, not a group of oil-drenched Koch-whores in Congress
Racist Gun Zealot Shoots Black Police Chief Four Times, No Charges Filed
Now, another white man is walking free after shooting a Black police chief in Oklahoma investigating a possible bomb plot against a Head Start school in the presence of four other law enforcement officers.
Oklahoma and Nebraska Marijuana Sales in Colorado are Against Foreign Laws, So Stop it!
Red States Nebraska and Oklahoma incredibly claim federal law trumps state law, and that foreign laws are more important than state laws.
Neighboring States Suing Colorado Over Marijuana Legalization
Republican Attorneys General from Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado for its law legalizing marijuana.
Why it is Important Scott Lively Be Held Accountable for Wanting to Kill Gays
How long do you think it will be, if you can be murdered for being gay, before extremists go down the rest of the biblical list and find YOU there as well?
Nancy Pelosi Celebrates The Latest Victory For Marriage Equality
Today marks an important day for marriage equality in the United States as the Supreme Court refused to review several circuit court rulings that strike down state bans on same sex marriage.
A Fracking Disaster: Scientists Directly Link Fracking To Earthquakes and Health Hazards
The team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists found a wealth of evidence "directly linking" an increase in Colorado and New Mexico earthquakes since 2001 to wastewater injection widely used in hydraulic fracturing as well as conventional drilling.
Actual Religious Freedom Creates an Anti-First Amendment Firestorm in Bible Belt
The Religious Right, which regularly mocks and profanes the beliefs of others, thinks other religions should be banned from mocking and profaning theirs
Wedge Issue Completely Gone As Majority Of People In Ohio Now Support Marriage Equality
Quinnipiac University released a poll on Monday that shows support for marriage equality in Ohio hitting 50%.
Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge
Judge Arenda Wright Allen demolished every Republican argument, ruling that "the right to marry is inseparable from our rights to privacy and intimate association."
The Theocratic Agenda Behind the Anti-Marriage Equality Movement
The Religious Right says legalization of same-sex marriage is like banning interracial marriage but then they think tyranny is anyone besides themselves having rights
Not O-KKK: How The Events in Decatur and Duncan Showcased Fox News’ Overt Racism
Fox News' coverage of the events in Duncan and Decatur showcased what it has become: A network determined to appeal to its racist, bigoted base.
15 Republican Governors Would Rather Kill Their Own Citizens Than Expand Medicaid
15 states with Republican governors are refusing to expand Medicaid even though the first 3 years are free and never more than 10% in state costs.
Show Me State Republicans Need Somebody to Show them Reality on Gun Control
If any facet of the GOP's war on America has grown to lunatic proportions, it is gun control. The more people die from gun violence, the more the GOP sinks into denial.
Invalid Signatures Keep Colorado Personhood Off the Ballot in November
Personhood fell victim to its own dishonesty yesterday in Colorado, even as the Romney campaign called the abortion debate a distraction
Loving Christian Employer Insults and Fires Employees
Ryan Tate, president of a Christian-based Oklahoma publishing company which claims to obey Jesus' words, first insulted then fired employees
Oklahoma Supreme Court to Personhood USA: Oh, No You Don’t
Those nut jobs pushing Personhood amendments around the country got slapped down again today, this time by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The Republican Way of Governance is Bad Governance
On the basis of GOP legislation since 2010, it is an inescapable conclusion that Republican governance is bad governance as it consistently violates the democratic process
Oklahoma Judge Stands Up for the First Amendment
Oklahoma’s efforts to turn the state’s Muslim population into Untermensch (or “sub-humans”) in some sort of quasi-National Socialist racial hierarchy, with White Anglo-Saxon Protestants occupying the top rung as Herrenvolk (or “master race”) of the Volksgemeinschaft (or “national community”) have hit a snag.