Above Photo: A student browses through books in the Presidio Middle School library in San Francisco, California on September 10, 2019. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) ‘Madness’ “These books are there to give our kids the language that they need to express how they are already feeling, and that’s it,” said one LGBTQ+ rights advocate. “And if we take those books away from their libraries, then we’re saying…that they are alone in those schools.” A bill proposed by a Republican state senator in Oklahoma would empower parents to have books that discuss gender identity removed from public school libraries—a […]
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Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land By Dwanna L. McKay, The Conversation. July 22, 2020 Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/native-tribes-gather-in-oklahoma-in-1880-from-the-national-archives-e1595432450712.jpg200px200px Above photo: Delegates from 34 Native tribes at the Creek Council House in Indian Territory, now called Oklahoma, 1880. National Archives. Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. They wonder whether they must now pay taxes to or be governed by the Muscogee. In alarmist language, Sen. Ted Cruz of neighboring Texas tweeted that the Supreme Court “just gave away half of Oklahoma, literally. Manhattan […]
On a day where President Donald Trump tried to stick to his script in a return to coronavirus briefings, he still managed to mangle his messaging by lying about his mask use and wishing an accused sex trafficker well. Appearing solo without the burden of fact purveyors like doctors and experts, Trump initially read stiltedly from a paper in front of him, telling assembled reporters about the importance of masks and social distances following months of ignoring or deriding both practices. “I have the mask right here, I carry it. And I will use it gladly, no problem with it,” Trump […]
The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But… July 14, 2020 The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But…2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest-mount-rushmore-e1594745848827.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man faces a row of police as activists and members of different tribes from the region block the road to Mount Rushmore National Monument in Keystone, S.D., on July 3. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP – Getty Images. Indigenous people deserve more. To realize a complete vision of Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice takes people power. The U.S. legal system from the Supreme Court on down delivered a suite of rulings over the past week that have reaffirmed Indigenous land […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107829/74/1078297401_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_566f3e274dab110bf44bd18dda918b2f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Michelle Witte, Bob Schlehuber. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/radio-political-misfits/202007141079875865-oklahoma-natives-victorious-in-sovereignty-case-nfl-team-changes-name/ Native Americans are gaining back sacred ground and respect in Oklahoma and in the National Football League (NFL), but there is still more to do. Is America ready to right her wrongs? Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation, takes us through the recent McGirt v. Oklahoma case, a monumental win for Native Americans. Now that the US Supreme Court has ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma belongs to Indigenous tribes, what does that mean? We’ll also look at several other sovereignty cases. David Shams discusses: what’s in a name? […]
Supreme Court Rules Against Oklahoma In Creek Nation Case By Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman. July 10, 2020 Supreme Court Rules Against Oklahoma In Creek Nation Case2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/supreme-court-native-americans.jpg200px200px Above photo: BB/PA Images. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation was not officially terminated at Oklahoma statehood, as justices issued a decision that may upend state jurisdiction in much of eastern Oklahoma. “The federal government promised the Creek a reservation in perpetuity,” the 5-4 decision states. “Over time, Congress has diminished that reservation. It has sometimes restricted and other times expanded the Tribe’s authority. But Congress has never withdrawn […]
While critics of US President Donald Trump gloated over the Supreme Court ruling in the matter of his taxes, another verdict returning much of Oklahoma to the Creek Nation has far bigger implications for the country down the line. “On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise,” Justice Neil Gorsuch – a Trump appointee presumed to be a conservative textualist – declared at the start of the majority opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma, referring to the removal of Native Americans that began in 1831. Gorsuch sided with the four liberal justices in ruling that a large portion of […]
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that about half of the land in Oklahoma is within an Indian reservation as stated in treaties. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that about half of the land in Oklahoma is within an Indian reservation as stated in treaties. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled today that about half of the land in Oklahoma is within an Indian reservation, a decision that will have major consequences for both past and future criminal and civil cases. The court’s decision hinged […]
Then-Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper speaks at an Iowa forum in 2019. Now the former Colorado governor is running for U.S. Senate — and locked in a battle for the Democratic primary. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP Then-Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper speaks at an Iowa forum in 2019. Now the former Colorado governor is running for U.S. Senate — and locked in a battle for the Democratic primary. Charlie Neibergall/AP A progressive shift underway in Colorado Democratic politics is spotlighted Tuesday in the primary for a U.S. Senate race that will likely help decide control of the […]
Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump’s drive to hold rallies with sparse public health measures Friday, even as officials and health experts are sounding alarm bells that a resurgent coronavirus is causing problems in states across the country. “Well, the freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States and we have an election coming up this fall,” Pence said when asked how the administration could justify the events. “And President Trump and I believe that taking proper steps, we’ve created screening at recent events and giving people the very best […]
After Tulsa, it was a straight shot to Yuma. Sure, that sounds like the opening line of a geographically incoherent high lonesome song, but it’s really the arc of Donald Trump’s shattered ego on his failed road trip to recapture the old magic of his crowds. Today’s trip to Yuma should have been the salve he needed, but even an afternoon visit with a crowd of Trumpjugend Turning Pointers sporting red hats, cargo shorts and Charlie Kirk tramp stamps couldn’t offset weeks of utter personal and political humiliation. With more than 125,000 Americans dead on his watch, Trump two rallies in […]
Armed Protesters Peacefully March On Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion By Dave Cathey, Oklahoman. June 22, 2020 Armed Protesters Peacefully March On Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion2020-06-222020-06-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-armed-protester-outside-of-oklahoma-governors-mansion-jun2-20-2020-by-doug-hoke-for-the-oklahoman.-e1592852275445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Omar Chatman stands in front of the gate to the Governor’s Mansion at a 1,000 brothers and sisters in arms for second amendment walk by predominantly black men and women to advocate for their second amendment rights, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Doug Hoke for the The Oklahoman. Between 150 and 200 protesters peacefully marched from the Ralph Ellison Library to the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday to deliver a double-barreled message. “We aren’t going to allow people to come […]
Seth Meyers could hardly wait to ridicule President Trump for his “disaster” of a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the weekend. After running down stories about John Bolton and William Barr, the Late Night host finally arrived at the president’s latest “mosh pit-slash-group therapy session.” “Never mind the fact that Tulsa is a coronavirus hotspot with spiking numbers that have alarmed local health officials,” Meyers said, “Trump disregarded that just to make himself feel better.” That made the fact that it backfired spectacularly all the more ironic. After bragging that “over one million people” had RSVP’d to the big event, […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver took a break from his ongoing flame war with “racist” Fox News host Tucker Carlson to roast President Trump over the embarrassingly low attendance at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night. Prior to the event, White House officials—along with Trump—boasted repeatedly that over a million people had registered for the ego-stroking endeavor, and that the crowd would be so large that they needed to construct an overflow area outside the Bank of Oklahoma Center arena to house all of the accused serial sexual abuser’s adoring fans. And yet, according to the Tulsa Fire Department, […]
Despite earlier claims by US President Donald Trump and his 2020 re-election campaign chief Brad Parscale that almost one million tickets had been reserved for the president’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, around 6,200 supporters appeared at the event, according to local officials. US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Sunday rejected claims that the present’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sabotaged by anti-Trump activists on TikTok and K-Pop music fans who had threatened to purchase large numbers of tickets with no intention of showing up. “Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, […]
US President Donald Trump held a rally on Saturday for his November 2020 re-election campaign. While the event was roundly criticised for its small turnout, the family of a musician whose song was used has produced another denunciation of Trump, followed by legal action. Relatives of the late Tom Petty issued an official cease and desist notice to US President Donald Trump for illegally using the songwriter’s 1989 hit ‘I Won’t Back Down’. In a Sunday statement, the family noted that Trump was not “authorized” to use the song and that the celebrated musician, who died in 2017, would “firmly stand against […]
This month Trump decided to resume his mass rallies starting in Tulsa, less than a mile from the site of the infamous 1919 race massacre there—and originally scheduled it for Juneteenth. The venue is an enclosed arena, although the spike in COVID cases there raised questions about his motivations. We know he misses the energy of his crowds, and that Oklahoma is one of the reddest states in the union. But there’s another strategic reason for propelling the rallies forward. Trump needs them to propel the “juggernaut” 2020 Trump mobile app that campaign manager Brad Parscale has boasted about, that uses […]
A 4.5-magnitude rattle has struck Oklahoma at a shallow depth of about 8 km, United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The tremor came shortly after US President Donald Trump rally finished in the state. The USGS initially reported the seismic event as a 4.2-magnitude quake, but later upgraded it to 4.5. USGS preliminary report of a 4.2 magnitude earthquake centered 5 miles northwest of Perry, OK. at 10:15 PM. The depth of was 7.9 km.#okquake#okwx — NWS Tulsa (@NWStulsa) June 21, 2020 The quake struck 10:15 pm local time (03:15 UTC) some 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) northwest of Perry, which is […]
It started with an underwhelming crowd, which only matters because of how he’s hyped and exaggerated expectations for them. To paraphrase the movie Spinal Tap, Trump’s popularity isn’t waning, his appeal is just becoming more selective. But even the crowd who did show up seemed to be more subdued than normal. Sure, they applauded. Sure, they cheered. But it seemed like they were going through the motions. There’s a difference between a crowd that is enthralled and one that is polite. This was a polite crowd (which is something you don’t often say about the MAGA crowd). In fairness, they didn’t […]
TULSA, Oklahoma—Trump flags, coronavirus conspiracies, and cartoons of the president pissing on the CNN logo outnumbered face masks on Saturday afternoon outside the arena where President Trump will hold his first mid-pandemic campaign rally. Some in the crowd began lining up days ago at the border gates surrounding the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa—all for a glimpse of Trump in his first rally since March. It will be the first visit to Tulsa by a sitting U.S. president in more than 25 years. It comes in the middle of a global pandemic and as coronavirus cases in Oklahoma are on the […]
In his decision to hold a Saturday campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of a 1921 race riot in which an angry white mob killed an estimated 300 people and burned the black business district, President Trump has, as news reports have rightly noted, borrowed a page from the Ronald Reagan playbook. In 1980 Reagan launched his presidential campaign from the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. Reagan spoke, as The New York Times report of his August 4 speech noted, “before […]
The rally is considered US President Donald Trump’s first big public event since the beginning of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. The event, scheduled for Saturday, has been criticised by many health officials, warning it could be a “super spreader” of the respiratory disease. US President Donald Trump said on Friday in an interview with Axios that he is expecting to “have a wild evening” at his Saturday rally in Oklahoma’s Tulsa City amid the coronavirus outbreak and the ongoing nationwide anti-racism and anti-police brutality demonstrations. Although the Trump reelection campaign is planning to make the wearing of […]
WARNING: This post contains content, including video of a shooting, that may be disturbing to viewers. This month, as anti-racism protests erupted across America, a former jail sergeant and motel security guard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked an unarmed Black man with pepper spray, then shot him to death in a parking lot. Now newly-released footage of the disturbing incident reveals the guard sprayed the victim when he wasn’t looking, sparking an altercation that ended with the guard taking the man’s life. Christopher Straight, 53, is charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection to the death of Carlos Carson, who was gunned down […]
As President Donald Trump travels to Tulsa to whip up his white followers’ racism—while putting them in danger by packing 19,000 people into the indoor BOK Center on Saturday in the midst of a spike of local coronavirus cases—there’s another part of the city that he won’t get to see. Within walking distance from the downtown arena is the Woody Guthrie Center, a museum and archives devoted to the troubadour’s life and legacy. Ironically, Trump is part of that legacy. Guthrie, best known for composing “This Land is Your Land,” was born in 1912 in Okemah, 64 miles from Tulsa. In 2001, […]
The head football coach at Oklahoma State, Mike Gundy, has faced online wrath after being seen in a t-shirt bearing the logo of a conservative TV network, prompting calls for his firing and a star player to boycott the team. OSU coach Gundy sparked controversy on Monday, appearing in a photo online wearing a One America News (OAN) shirt, a right-of-center media outlet which often voices staunch support for US President Donald Trump. It wasn’t long before the wardrobe choice – on a private fishing trip, no less – landed Gundy in trouble, with star running back Chuba Hubbard vowing to […]
When President Donald Trump announced his plan to restart his 2020 campaign rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19, it was met with widespread disgust. Not only is the date he chose one that honors the freedom of all enslaved African Americans in the U.S., but the Juneteenth rally was to take place in a city that was home to what may have been the most brutal anti-Black slaughter in post-Civil War America, the Tulsa Race Massacre. For once, even he couldn’t ignore the outrage and moved his event to the following day. But even if his campaign had planned the […]
The executive director of the Tulsa County Health Department believes that Donald Trump’s rally at the BOK Center scheduled for Saturday, June 20 could be a public health catastrophe. “Regardless who is hosting this rally, we would recommend you not attend large events,” said Dr. Bruce Dart during an interview on Saturday, June 13. “If you want to stay safe, don’t go.” Dart said that he spoke to Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum – whom he described as a “good mayor who has done the right things since the pandemic hit” – on Saturday night. He urged Bynum to “postpone the event […]
President Trump’s mega MAGA rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the hottest ticket ever! By Friday afternoon, more than 300,000 people signed up for tickets to attend Trump’s first rally after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The MAGA rally is scheduled for Friday, June 19 at the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa. Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale said they are looking at a 2nd event in town to get more people to be with President Trump. TRENDING: JUST IN: Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Votes to Replace Police with ‘Community-Led Public Safety System’ Correction now 300,000! Going to be epic! https://t.co/36wBjA7duT — Brad Parscale […]
This veterinary lab is the linchpin in one state’s coronavirus testing approach by Karen Brulliard/The Washington Post Akhilesh Ramachandran emailed Oklahoma’s public health laboratory just days after the novel coronavirus hit the state in March. As a manager of a veterinary school diagnostic lab, he knew lots about rapid, high-volume testing for viruses — in animals. He offered his facility as a “backup” for human testing, he said, figuring officials “might say, ‘You guys do 100 samples, and we’ll do the rest.’ ” But within weeks, the Oklahoma State University lab — which typically tests for diseases such as rabies in dogs and […]
Will The Supreme Court Return Eastern Oklahoma To The Five Tribes? By Albert Bender, People’s World May 11, 2020 Will The Supreme Court Return Eastern Oklahoma To The Five Tribes?2020-05-112020-05-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/jimcy-mcgirts-case-before-the-supreme-court-could-determine-whether-eastern-oklahoma-is-still-reservation-land-or-not.-from-ap-and-public-domain-photos.jpg200px200px Above: Jimcy McGirt’s case before the Supreme Court could determine whether eastern Oklahoma is still reservation land or not. From AP and Public Domain photos The case of McGirt v. Oklahoma sits at the top of the Supreme Court docket as the Indian law case that will decide the issue of whether eastern Oklahoma will be returned to reservation status. Oral arguments in this matter had been scheduled for April 21, but the Supreme Court delayed the hearing to June due […]