Several grassroots 'freedom groups' are planning a major protest event at the Oklahoma State Capitol, for next week, according to Don Spencer, president of Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association (OK2A). A Parental Rights & Health Choice group indicated that they will also have a big event announcement tonight. Some other groups including right to life, will also be participating; according to our sources.
  Spencer says an announcement will be made this evening, with details.  Some OK2A county chapters are holding meetings this weekend, in anticipation of the rally. Some counties are already arranging carpools and caravans.
  The event seems to be largely provoked by Senate Pro Temp, Greg Treat's decision to not hear a bill passed by the House with 82 cosponsors.  HB 1236 pertains to state's rights in matters not involving federal constitutional jurisdiction.  

  Rep. David Hardin, of Stilwell, said that this current federal administration's actions are making this legislation more necessary. Sen. Treat has not issued a statement as to why HB1236 is being denied a senate floor vote.
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  Mike Lindell is set to launch a huge social media venture this weekend.  FrankSpeech is going live in a weekend massive beta phase this weekend for those who sign up before Midnight Thursday night. On Monday the gates will all be open for a huge week of special features. Lindell's skills in promotion are legendary and this event demonstrates his skills in a whole new way.
​  Ten years ago, the the world's biggest advocates for free speech were managing Facebook, Twitter, Skype, YouTube, & the iTunes empires.  Then the China media market got too attractive and they each kowtowed to communist thugs & sold their souls (assuming they ever had righteous souls).
   The powerful influence of Donald Trump then threatened their empires by challenging them to live up to their creeds. So the big 5 decided to drop the pretenses and just started banning all sorts of political opinion and even hard news events which were inconvenient to their global goals of domination.

  Last year the Oklahoma Legislature shunned Gov. Kevin Stitt & decided to unilaterally determine Oklahoma spending policy.  Former State Rep. Jason Murphey came back from blogging retirement to pen a very insightful analysis of the players at the capitol.  We decided to reprint this article from nearly 11 months ago, to help the citizen better understand the mindset of a 'capitol creature' and why your neighbor and friend who went to the capitol to serve you, somehow turned into someone you no longer recognize.
​   Here's his May 31st, 2020 post...

In one of the largest and most unusual OKGOP conventions, The Oklahoma Republicans selected John Bennett as the new state chairman, on the first ballot. The former lawmaker and career Marine received a 56% majority on the first ballot, despite a 4-candidate crowd vying for the favor of over 1200 delegates at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.
Shane Jemison was returned to the office of Vice chair with nearly a 60% majority in a two-way race with myself. Shortly after the elections I was asked by Jemison to arrange a meeting with Bennett. The 3 of us ageed on an 8pm informal meeting for Bennett & Jemison, at a nearby hotel. The two men wanted to have an informal 'get acquainted' visit.
Unfortunately, Vice Chair Jemison was a 'no-show' for the meeting with Bennett. While waiting, I had the opportunity to interview John & his wife, Nicole.
The couple still have two of their children at home, in the Sallisaw area of Eastern Oklahoma. John has become the pastor of a small country church since leaving the legislature nearly 3 years ago. His resume' includes training law enforcement in national security matters, which he'd been doing for several years.

  The April 6th municipal elections produced a number of changes in several towns across Oklahoma. Several incumbents were sent packing when the polls closed. 
  In Luther, Mayor Jenni White was in Oklahoma City when the polls came in. She told a crowd that the turnout was pathetic, but she did not concede at 7:30pm while she was  campaigning to be the next chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.  the Luther Register noted that only 80 voters bothered to cast ballots yesterday, contrasting with over 600 votes cast 4 years ago, when White was the top choice in the 2017 election returns.
  In a field of 4 candidates seeking the 3 seats in town council govt., White got only 37 total votes.  Among her more controversial actions as mayor was an ordinance which effectively banned medical marijuana sales in her town. After legal costs and court proceedings started going poorly, her council reversed course and approved one dispensary out on the highway on the north edge of town.

Tonight the Merrick family joined with several senators, campaign volunteers, & supporters; to watch the election polling numbers come in.  Jake Merrick won the seat very handily.
  The very large crowd gathered on NW Expressway and around 9pm the team declared "a landslide". Of the 11,300 votes cast, Merrick got close to 2/3 of them. The Democrat opponent, Molly Ooten, only got a majority in 1 of the 27 precincts, and that was precinct 135, where a very small turnout of less than 200 total ballots.
  We asked Merrick what he did to win this battleground district in an OKC metro which has been recently losing ground to Democrats?
  Merrick says he decided not to hire campaign professionals but he had a great group of volunteers working tirelessly for months.
  He also credits some sitting senators who came to his aid in the closing days of the general election.
  Senator Nathan Dahm told us he sees an electorate which is turning more to the right and he saw Merrick as a strong conservative he could work with in the Oklahoma Senate.

  In the race for OKGOP Vice Chairman, the founder of SoonerPolitics has declared his candidacy in support of a 'John Bennett Vision'.  As a Constitutional Christian Patriot, David says he intends to assist the chairman's vision, priorities, and timeline.
​  Party organizational reforms have been a part of David's legacy, in the OKGOP. No current party member has done more to reform the structure and process more than David, having secured passage of several party amendments in the past 10 years.

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​​  David came to Oklahoma as a teen for his degree in pastoral studies in 1980. A few years later he married his hometown sweetheart from central Minnesota and they made their permanent home in Oklahoma. 

  His business & ministry training have informed his conservative values and led him to actively work in the Republican Party for several decades, focusing on presidential politics, initiative petitions, constitutional reforms, and grassroots organizing.

  In 2012 he was picked to lead the Rick Santorum Oklahoma presidential campaign, which brought grassroots conservatism our first presidential primary win since our state switched to a primary format.

  ​We don't need to agree with this Harvard study. But it starts a good conversation.  This report first appeared in the Washington Post, by Jonathan Elker, Kate M. Tobey and Davin Coburn.

  The Oklahoma House of Representatives just passed a new tax on recharging electric vehicles at recharging stations, then passed a companion tax credit to owners of those recharging stations. It's a wealth transfer narrative which does nothing to lower fuel taxes on gasoline or diesel.  The measure gained 90 floor votes in the 101 member chamber. It now goes to the Oklahoma Senate for further approval. 
  The measure, HB2234, would normally require a vote of the people, but the House avoided that accountability by getting a 3/4 margin and declaring an emergency authorization clause.
  Those members rejecting the proposal included; Crosswhite-Hader, Gann, Tommy Hardin, McDugle, Sean Roberts, Stearman, & Kevin West.
The author, Kyle Hilbert; said that if he didn't get the 3/4 threshold, he'd run another bill which doesn't need more than a simple majority vote. Nowhere did he agree to send his tax increase bill to a vote of the people.  He said his 3¢ tax equates to a 19¢ per gallon tax which gasoline is subject to.
  Hilbert said that he and Rep. Fetgatter met with charging station organizations over the past few months. He admits that much of the language was heavily influenced by industry players.

  Rep. Josh West (R-Grove) just got House passage of a massive restructuring measure for the state medical marijuana business licensing.  HB2272 radically changes how State Question 788 directed the creation of a free enterprise system for growing, processing, and distributing cannabis medicines in Oklahoma.
  Current law, passed by the voters; allows all law-abiding residents to seek a business license for $2500 from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA).  The new licenses (if any get issued) will be awarded to lottery winners who purchased a  MMB lottery ticket from the OMMA. The most recent version of the bill now leaves it up to unelected agency officials to create the lottery scheme and the ticket prices. the previous bill language put the lottery tickets at $12,500 each. It could be higher, or lower; depending on what the governor dictates to the agency.
  The legislature is now seeking to take significant funding away from the OMMA and capping the licenses totals this fall. Then a moratorium will block any new licenses and the legislature will revoke licensed Medical Marijuana businesses (MMBs) if they fail to meet certain commerce quotas.  No safeguards are included to make sure remote locations have access to legal medicines, should their in-county dispensary be shut down for underproducing taxable sales quotas.

  The Republicans in Oklahoma have had 3 major infusions of new energy and involvement, in the past 40 years.

• The Reagan revolution morphed with a 'religious right' movement in the late 80s & early 90s. 
• The Tea Party revolt against insider bailouts of 'too big to fail' corporations, & cultural pushback of the Obama years.
• The Trump revolution of blue collar conservatives. For national rebuilding & rejecting globalist agendas.

  As a part of that Reagan revolution, I joined the Tulsa GOP in 1984, shortly after I got married & settled in Oklahoma. At that time, the GOP was a very small portion of Oklahoma politics. Rural Democrats controlled all aspects of state govt. and Tulsa was just beginning to see expanded GOP influence. Dewey Bartlett sr., Jim Inhofe, & Frank Keating were a few shining stars in Tulsa, but one leader in the newly-emerging religious right said; "the GOP establishment still acts like the County starts at Utica Square and ends at I-44."

  In the SoonerPolitics weekly review of the statewide battle against a viral pandemic, we focus on the fatality rate breakdown.
   Men are shockingly 50% more likely to die(1.27%), than women(0.84%). Yes, women get sick from covid at a rate 13.3% higher than men, But men clearly face a much higher risk of death.
   Are women getting better care? Are men worse patients? The disparity needs to be honestly and thoroughly investigated.
  In past weeks we've shown how our healthcare professionals have successfully kept our overall fatality rate at the 3rd best in the nation. But who are our fatalities? 
  Yes, the oldest demographic sector(65+) make up about 80% of our reported deaths. They  face perhaps a 5% chance of dying if they get sick from Covid-19.  
  All races suffer, but Asians and Africans living in Oklahoma are slightly less likely to die when infected. Whites are slightly more vulnerable.

 Majority Floor Leader, Jon Echols, decided to call attention to the monumental event, and 'dog-whistle' to his leadership team, that it's okay to send in the wolves & initiate not only Rep. Moore, but also by proxy, the entire freshman class.
  They were in the preliminary questions of floor consideration when a litany of irrelevant questions, badgering about properly using the microphone, and other nonsense;

  ​Political organizer, journalist, & advocate, David Van Risseghem announces his candidacy for OKGOP vice chair, in support of John Bennett's leadership for 2021-23.
Stressing communications, diversity, & party principles; Van wants to support the vision, priorities, and game plan for the Bennett agenda to continue the Reagan/Trump vision for a strong and prosperous America, and a peace based on strength.
   Over the next few weeks, Oklahoma's Republican party is completing their precinct & county reorganizational meetings, and electing leaders for 2-year terms. In April, the state convention will be held, to elect a new set of leaders at the state level.

Click on the video to hear David's announcement and the reasons for his decision to seek a supporting role for former Representative, John Bennett.