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Daisy Moo is sooooo proud of her 💙🧡Thunder colors. Thanks to Kait and @TheBlackDogSalon (on Instagram) for sending this pic to @kfor4.bsky.social

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Governor Stitt vetoes ethics training bill, saying it would create excessive bureaucracy: "It would mandate ethics training for every newly elected or appointed head of a state agency, board, or commission—imposing the extreme penalty of removal from office for noncompliance." 🧵

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The #TACO trade goes mainstream. 🌮 #TrumpAlwaysChickensOut @nytimes.com @cavandy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

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ICYMI: "An Oklahoma County District judge said Wednesday he would need more time to consider arguments for and against a case that could see controversial social studies curriculum blocked from Oklahoma schools." @made4tv.bsky.social kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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OK Supreme Court affirms the OK State Dept. of Health does have the right to perform surprise inspections at any time at the OK Co. Jail. Last summer the jail trust sued OSDH, arguing the inspections went above the law, straining their staff. (1/2) @kfor4.bsky.social www.oscn.net/applications...

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With some parents choosing to opt-out on the new social studies standards, today a District Judge will consider whether to grant an injunction on the new standards, which could block them entirely or allow them to move forward. kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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Deep dive into the big, beautiful bill. What's worth considering is that 2/3rds of Medicaid recipients are already working. Arkansas may offer a preview of how this might work... (1/2) nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...

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The OSBI says an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old accomplice are responsible for a double murder at a Wynnewood Marijuana grow operation. @kfor4.bsky.social

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Why trade crypto when you can just steal it? "Law enforcement sources said Woeltz is a prominent cryptocurrency trader from Kentucky, estimated to be worth around $100 million. The victim, they said, is estimated to be worth $30 million." nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews

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The initiative petition is now on life support. “Your democracy does not need you right now. Your republic needs you,” Bullard said on the Senate floor during debate... The Republican form of government says that you’re ruled by your elected officials.” kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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NEW: Superintendent Ryan Walters calls an emergency press conference. He says he expects the legislature is going to punish him for speaking out and defending Oklahoma taxpayers. He says Oklahoma needs to eliminate income AND property taxes immediately. @kfor (1/3)

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Former Kingfisher bank VP, Timothy Abercrombie, pleads guilty to stealing almost 900K from his bank in a loan scheme. He also is accused of taking more than $18,000 from the Kingfisher Winter Nights Festival’s accounts. By @SHumphreyTV kfor.com/news/local/f...

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"Overnight, I became a green, woke Marxist." After being compared to a Soviet leader and being grilled for an hour by Senator Dusty Deevers, Gov. Stitt's pick for OK State Board of Education, Chris Van Denhende, is confirmed. @kfor @dylantbrown kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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USA Rare Earth in Stillwater is ramping up to be part of the only domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain, using rare earth mined in west Texas. “Your life would cease to exist as you know it without these rare earth magnets." kfor.com/news/local/u...

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It appears that Oklahomans who are not tech-savvy should just expect their SNAP benefits to be stolen without compensation. A grandmother raising her two grandchildren is wiped out. DHS recommends changing her security app and calling churches for help. kfor.com/news/local/g...

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NEW: Weeks after ICE agents raided an OKC home and removed a U.S. citizen at gunpoint, we’ve uncovered documents disproving DHS claims that the property was owned by a woman indicted for human smuggling at the time of the raid. Get the facts! ⬇️ @kfor4.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/h...

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NEW: DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month. CPB leaders denied that request, citing federal law spelling out its independence from government. More on @npr.org:

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Paul: They started out at 145% got down to 80% now 30%. It is 30% more than we have on currently. It will be a 30% rise in goods coming from China, and somebody will pay that, it will be the consumer.

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On a personal note I AM SO HAPPY to have 2 daughters with 2nd OU degrees! The path to a speech pathology Masters degree & a chemical engineering degree started at YMCA preschool, OKCPS public schools and then OU. Bonus is they have jobs 💕🎓 Thanks to all their teachers! #boomer

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iCYMI: “They were sold as being a way to help public school kids who were in bad public schools get into private school. Clearly that’s not the case since 92% of the people using them are already in private schools,” said Senator Julia Kirt (D-OKC). kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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ICYMI: Payroll concerns continue at ODMHSAS. "Lawmakers pressed (State Mental Health Commissioner) Friesen on why she felt $23 million was an accurate number on the department’s shortfalls. “I can’t give you those answers right now,” said Friesen." kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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Oklahoma GOP adds new policy priorities to platform, including: - opposing funding increases for public schools - banning 5G technology - eliminating mail-in and early voting. By @SHumphreyTV @kfor4.bsky.social kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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OK AG Drummond calls on the Governor to fire the State Mental Health Commissioner upon news that her agency can't make payroll. The Governor's Office says it is "working with Mental Health to ensure operations continue and employees are paid on time. " More at 4:30/6 pm @kfor4.bsky.social

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The Oklahoma State Emergency Operations Center reports🚨9 deaths from severe weather since April 19th, and most of those are drownings from floods. A state of emergency remains for Cleveland, Comanche, and Cotton counties. @kfor4.bsky.social

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INBOX: Social studies standards to be challenged. "We are preparing to take the steps necessary to protect the religious freedom of all Oklahoma public school students and prevent these standards from undermining public education in Oklahoma.” @kfor4.bsky.social kfor.com/news/oklahom...

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ICYMI: @kfor4.bsky.social has reached out to Oklahoma's delegation for a response. So far, only Senator Lankford's office has responded: “The Senator is following the situation, and we are working to get an accounting of what happened.” kfor.com/news/local/h...

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"...the much-anticipated signing of the agreement has almost certainly accomplished one thing that seemed almost impossible two months ago: It has tied Mr. Trump to the future of Ukraine." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/w...

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This is heart breaking to me! I'm hoping the water goes down quickly to give these cattle a chance to find high ground. There is little of it right now in this area near Tribbey & Macomb, south of Tecumseh. View from @kfor4.bsky.social Chopper 4.

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Some drivers stuck in high water are getting assistance in Norman, and rescue crews used a boat to help some residents near Lexington get out of their homes, surrounded by rising water from heavy rains.

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Fact check here on gas prices, egg prices, new jobs, illegal border crossings, DOGE savings. bbc.com/news/article...

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Some encouraging news in this year’s Point-In-Time Homeless count in OKC. A 2.4% rise this year represents a “sharp slowdown from last year’s 28% increase.” Homeless families are up 14%, but chronic homeless numbers are down 9%

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JUST IN:

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'We're citizens!': OKC woman says she and her three daughters are traumatized after ICE raided their home, forcing them outside in the rain in their underwear. Names on the search warrant matched mail still arriving in the home they just moved into. (1/2) kfor.com/news/local/w...

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More than 350,000 Oklahoma voters should be on the lookout for “address confirmation notices.”

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TIME CHANGES for the first day of races due to rain. Saturday 5K Start moved to 1PM, Senior Marathon starts at 2PM and Kids Marathon starts at 2:30 PM.

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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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New potential measles exposure alert form OK Dept. of Health. @kfor4.bsky.social

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The Oklahoman @murrayevans.bsky.social noticed draft minutes from the Social Studies Board Meeting have been changed & the meeting video is gone from Facebook. OSDE's Grace Kim says it was a clerical error and suggested calling Facebook to see where the video is. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...

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My sister in law posted this from the FDR Memorial in Washington. It is from his 2nd inaugural address and always timely.

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