AG Hunter’s Statement On New EPA Water Rule

Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) replaced the Obamaera Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule with the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

The Court Ruling That Sold Our Democracy

Ten years ago, in January 2010, the Supreme Court released its disastrous Citizens United decision. The court, either through remarkable naivety or sheer malevolence, essentially married the terrible idea that “money is speech” to the terrible idea that “corporations are people.

Democracy Dies In The Dark

The United States of America is a nation founded upon certain fundamental premises. First and foremost of these premises is the notion of government “by the people and for the people,” as labeled by President Abraham Lincoln.

Let’s Work Together To End Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry affecting nearly 25 million people around the world. Throughout the United States, there were 10,949 cases of human trafficking reported in 2018 to the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH).

Executive Power: Alan Dershowitz’s Imagination Versus The Constitution

“The Constitution,” Alan Dershowitz claims, “allocates to the president sole authority over foreign policy (short of declaring war or signing a treaty).” Dershowitz makes that claim by way of defending US president Donald Trump against conviction in the Senate on two articles of impeachment.

BF-DC Superintendent: Thank You To Board Members

Members of the Burns Flat-Dill City School Board exemplify local control and decision-making in education. They volunteer an immeasurable amount of time and energy to ensure that our schools are providing the best education possible for the children of our community.

In Oklahoma Domestic Abuse Is Technically A Non-Violent Crime

While the law says Domestic Abuse is a non-violent crime, Oklahomans and your Oklahoma District Attorneys know better. The reality: domestic abuse is violent. It is an act of physical harm or threatening imminent physical harm of an intimate partner or a family or household member.

Trump And Iran: Power Doesn’t Just Corrupt, It Deludes

On January 8, US president Donald Trump addressed the American public concerning a casualty-free Iranian missile attack on US bases in Iraq, where just last week Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike.

Felonious Democracy: The Leaders Of Our Country Don’t Like Participation

The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people.

War Profiteering Is Real; We Need To End It

The prospect of war with Iran is terrifying. Experts predict as many as a million people could die if the current tensions lead to a full-blown war. Millions more would become refugees across the Middle East, while working families across the U.S. would bear the brunt of our casualties.