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Two weeks ago 2 women went missing. Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley of Kansas were on their way to pickup Veronica’s two children. Jilian Kelley was court appointed to supervise visitations. They were to meet her mother in law which had custody of...
by Dune
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🔶 Colorado and the High Plains homepage & diary list founded Apr 3, 2024 by ColoTim — Eastern Colorado and the high plains, from Texas to Canada's prairies, east of the Rockies and west of the rolling hills....
by mettle fatigue
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Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Magazine Also: OK voters remove neo-Nazi from office Noteworthy Presidential Primary results from RI, CT, NY, WI... On today's BradCast: When democracy works as it's supposed to. And when it doesn't. [Audio link to full...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 06:59 PM PDT
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A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime. By by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg,...
by ProPublica
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 02:18 PM PDT
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked the infamous Libs of TikTok social media account, operated by right-wing troll Chaya Raichik, on Wednesday, writing , “Truth shouldn’t be a casualty of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 03:15 PM PDT
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Enid, OK -- Where Progressives and 'Old School' Republicans are Trying to Remove a White Nationalist A fascinating but lengthy piece on nbcnews.com yesterday about how white nationalists and other once fringe actors from the infamous 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, VA are now trying to worm their way into more mainstream political...
by Irontortoise
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 01:11 AM PDT
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Thomas Jefferson was one of the Americans who envisioned removing all Indians from American soil and placing them in a confined territory west of the Mississippi River. In the early nineteenth ...
by Ojibwa
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This news story is finally beginning to see the light of day, something I wondered whether or not it was going to happen or if Nex was going to be another victim who's death was buried in a mudslide of passive language and apathy. I'm transgender...
by A Bleeding God
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 11:52 AM PST
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By Kate Sosin, Nadra Nittle
Originally published by The 19th
As news broke this week about the death of 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict, who died after a fight in a school bathroom, ...
by The19th
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 09:59 AM PST
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Republicans are heading into a 2024 election where their only policy is whatever Donald Trump said in his latest social media post. Being totally dependent on the passing whims of a single mercurial ...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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This report from The Oklahoman is interesting. Only the delusional would believe that The Sooner State is turning blue. Still, a Democrat came within five points of winning a house district in Edmond, a ruby-red suburban area north of Oklahoma City....
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 07:44 PM PST
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The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are “children. ” The case involved a clinic being sued for “wrongful death” after accidentally destroying embryos belonging to three ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 05:00 PM PST
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According to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law: “stochastic terrorism involves ‘the use of mass media to provoke random acts of ideologically motivated violence that are statistically predictable but individually...
by VPSReports
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On Saturday, the Oklahoma Republican Party passed a resolution to “condemn” and censure Sen. James Lankford for his efforts to protect the southern border . On Sunday, the Oklahoma Republican ...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 01:15 PM PST
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Just when it seemed like Florida was taking all the book-banning glory, in comes Oklahoma. The state’s far-right superintendent of public schools, Ryan Walters, is facing blowback after appointing Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the virulently...
by Charles Jay
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on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 04:10 PM PST
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On Wednesday, Oklahoma state Sen. Nathan Dahm has proposed a bill that would require journalists to submit to drug tests, take courses in being “propaganda-free,” and get a license from the state. According to Dahm’s Senate Bill 1837, called the Common...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 11:30 AM PST
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On Wednesday, Republican state Rep. Justin Humphrey filed HB 3084 in the Oklahoma Legislature. The bill promises to target “Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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“Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: 'Please, sir, I want some more’.”— Oliver Twist. Charles...
by TheCriticalMind
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The dysfunctional craziness in the United States Congress because of the Republican Party continues unabated even with the exit of George Santos. A former football coach blocked military promotions for more than a year. The Speaker of the House...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 08:34 AM PST
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Many Republicans have a tell when it comes to the racism they hold in their squishy, black MAGA hearts. No, it’s not the “R” after their names. That could just as easily stand for “Racist? You’re calling me racist? I play softball with three Black...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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