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Emeritus Professor, U. Oklahoma, books/articles/chapters on Hans Mogenthau, JQ Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Machiavelli, Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, Eric Voegelin Interests: Political Biographies, Victorian Leaders.
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We’ve truly lost our way in this country. An 80-year-old vet who fought for this country just got arrested protesting Trump‘s parade. He deserves respect, not handcuffs.

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OKC

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Matters “gang aft agley" rather more so for the men rather than the mice at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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The WSJ news pages expands on the NYT: since Stephen Miller demanded ICE increase its numbers, they’ve started grabbing people without even checking their immigration status, let alone their criminal history. Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

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Conspiratorial fantasies and manufacturing imaginary realities by tacticians of power (even the ham fisted and unskilled) can produce suicidal attacks, suicidal submissions to hapless prophets, and the sort of gruesome bloodsport that may ultimately devour both the guilty and innocent.

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Low riding on a recon and always alert for interlopers and enemies at the gate.

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At the Pentagon, we may be seeing the reincarnation of General “Buck” Turgidson in real time!

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Via South African agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo, new statistics on farm killings in South Africa from the ministry of justice. In fourth quarter 2024, there were 6 farm killings, only 1 of the victims was white.

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Ah yes, the “golden age.”

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Alexander Hamilton was always to the point whether in politics or war. “History will teach us that ... of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.”

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☄️ ☄️ ☄️ ☄️ ☄️ ☄️ ☄️

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www.facebook.com/share/v/16B7... Drone captured (5/3) flooding of Red River at I-35 border between Oklahoma and Texas.

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Stay alert.

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Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.

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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”

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20 federal immigration agents mistakenly raided the Oklahoma City home of a family of U.S. citizens, held the mother and her three daughters at gun point, and seized the family’s phones, laptops, and life savings. Agents from the FBI, ICE, and DHS were cruel and abusive, treating the mother and…

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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

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BREAKING: Trump’s executive order is gutting the National Museum of African American History. Civil Rights artifacts — including a bible carried with Dr. King — are being ripped out like trash. This is cultural genocide. www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...

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