The even more horrific backstory to the McCurtain County sheriff scandal.

A Small-Town Paper Lands a Very Big Story - The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/31/a-small-town-paper-lands-a-very-big-story

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We fact-checked Ryan Walters on misspent federal money and more claims - The Frontier

#oked #oklahoma #okpolitics https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/we-fact-checked-ryan-walters-on-misspent-federal-money-and-more-claims/

Gods I'm *so* goddamn tired of this state and it's nasty politics at the hands of the Republican supermajority. They are absolutely ruining the place I call home and I feel fucking powerless to stop any of it. #OKPolitics #OklahomaIsNotOK #TransRights #xp https://oklahomawatch.org/2023/02/10/oklahoma-lawmakers-file-40-anti-lgbtq-bills/

Gods I'm *so* goddamn tired of this state and it's nasty politics at the hands of the Republican supermajority. They are absolutely ruining the place I call home. #OKPolitics #OklahomaIsNotOK #TransRights #xp https://oklahomawatch.org/2023/02/10/oklahoma-lawmakers-file-40-anti-lgbtq-bills/

Gods I'm *so* goddamn tired of this state and it's nasty politics at the hands of the Republican supermajority. They are absolutely ruining the place I call home. #OKPolitics #OklahomaIsNotOK #TransRights https://oklahomawatch.org/2023/02/10/oklahoma-lawmakers-file-40-anti-lgbtq-bills/

'We didn't apply for anything': Questions surround tax break given to Tacos San Pedro

https://okcfox.com/news/fox-25-investigates/tacos-san-pedro-oklahoma-city-tax-break-google-canoo-eva-gil-jobs-kevin-stitt-fiscal-year-tax-commission-open-records-request-mexican-food-restaurants-emily-haxton-office-of-management-and-enterprise-services-wendy-suares-watchdogs

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#OKpolitics
#BlackMastodon

Bill aims to stop corporal punishment of students with disabilities

https://www.enidnews.com/news/bill-aims-to-stop-corporal-punishment-of-students-with-disabilities/article_eda7794a-8c85-11ed-90f9-d31706982844.html

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#BlackMastodon

A Tennessee man who sported a sheriff's vest & pulled over multiple people in Oklahoma to conduct bogus traffic stops was arrested for impersonating an officer

https://www.insider.com/tennessee-man-arrested-for-conducting-bogus-traffic-stops-2023-1

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#TNPolitics
#OKpolitics
#BlackMastodon

Republicans Made Huge Inroads In Oklahoma Rural Counties Since 2002
https://oklahomawatch.org/2022/11/08/republicans-made-huge-inroads-in-oklahoma-rural-counties-since-2002/

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Here are a few sites I can recommend for Oklahoma political and investigative news outside of traditional news media (TV, Tulsa World, The Oklahoman):

https://www.readfrontier.org/
https://nondoc.com/
https://mccarvillereport.com/
https://oklahomawatch.org/

If you have any recommendations, please pass them along.

I also have these linked in the news section at https://blogoklahoma.com/#news

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