Good Senator from Norman Mary Boren

#Pinks
#GiftArticle

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Honduras’s former President Juan Orlando Hernández walked free from a federal prison in West Virginia Monday, after he was granted a pardon by President Trump. He’d been serving a 45-year jail term in the U.S. for cocaine trafficking.

@jvl.bsky.social and @willsommer.bsky.social give their take on the latest culture-war absurdity: a 650-word psych class reaction paper at the University of Oklahoma that somehow escalated all the way to the governor’s office and right-wing media ecosystem.

@cyndimunsonok.bsky.social is running for Governor in Oklahoma.

Hope y’all have a good weekend in Norman. Hate that the weather is so dreary.

There’s a light show at 6:30 pm outside the Bizzell library south entrance, next to the lit up tree.

Snow Goose Landing in Morning Light -Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma

A Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) was standing on a Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on November 16, 2025. These birds only come here in winter.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on November 16, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Nov...

#birds #warbler #wildlife #nativeplants #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

The small fights for democracy are the epics of our time | Alabama Reflector In a time of elite impunity and institutional failure, the battles for American ideals are raging in a thousand different places.

My column from Monday. Some lessons for our time from epic poetry: Monsters are inevitable; heroes are not. There are boundaries not even the most ruthless can cross. And, as the Irish bard Antaine Raiftearai said, in the times of struggle stand the righteous.

#GoodnightBlueSky

Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending In addition to rising prices and tariffs, readers cite growing unemployment as a reason not to exchange gifts this year

Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending
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Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - ICT Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada

Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...

My prayers are with the National Guard members injured in today’s senseless shooting. Grateful for the officers and first responders who moved quickly. There is no place for this kind of violence in our country.

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

Seems like most (esp. "journalists") criticizing Fani Willis for using RICO or getting disqualified are glossing over the facts that she elicited several guilty pleas from defendants and was replaced by a MAGA prosecutor who is the one requesting the dismissal. Are journalists really this ignorant?

#GoodnightBlueSky

Does the military have to follow unlawful orders? What the oath says. Democrats urged members of the military to refuse illegal orders — something President Trump called “seditious.” In fact, service members are bound by their oath of enlistment.

Short answer? No. They don’t.

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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: President Donald Trump, Who Pardoned Convicted Seditious Conspirators After January 6, Calls for a Number of Military-Veteran Democratic Members of the House and Senate to Be Executed Simply for Reminding U.S. Soldiers That They Can Refuse Illegal Orders

“You can refuse illegal orders.
You MUST refuse illegal orders.
We need you to stand up for our laws, our constitution.”

DON’T GIVE UP!!!!!

Repost, like, whatever!!!!

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Here’s an article about the Sheriff’s posse and how it was a response to peaceful protests in OKC after George Floyd was murdered.

Trooper's savage response to MAGA sheriff after pulling him over A dramatic roadside encounter between police officer and the sheriff of a neighboring county has exposed tensions between lawmen on opposite sides of the jurisdictional line.

Here’s an article where Sheriff West got in an argument with OKC PD

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Oklahoma lawmakers humor inflated data, a sheriff's 'feelings' during illegal immigration study Lawmakers in Oklahoma’s House State Powers Committee looked into how much money illegal immigration costs the state annually. They relied on inflated numbers from a partisan report and the testimony o...

Here’s an article where Sheriff West testified about illegal immigration and his fears about an attack on America by immigrants.

www.kosu.org/politics/202...

Here’s a NYT article about J6 and Sheriff West of Canadian County Oklahoma
Who was the boss of the sheriff’s Deputy who molested boys and prisoners.

www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/u...

Here are the statements from 2021 from Sheriff West’s J6 activities.

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Canadian County Sheriff Chris West defends participating in protest at U.S. Capitol, says he didn’t join in violent mob action Canadian County Sheriff Chris West held a news conference Friday afternoon to discuss his thoughts on mob violence at the U.S. Capitol and debunk social media rumors about his trip to Washington, D…

I found this article where Sheriff West was at the US Capitol on J6 2021.

kfor.com/news/local/c...

I’m
Pretty sure that Sheriff West was involved in some pretty inflammatory statements while running for election.

Hope everyone enjoys their nice White House dinner honoring the Saudi crown prince… The same regime the CIA says ordered the murder of a U.S.-based journalist and that 9/11 families say helped bankroll the attackers.
Bon appétit, we guess.

ABC Mary Bruce deserves a Pulitzer Prize for asking the Saudi Prince this question:

US Citizen Violently Detained, Window Smashed During Morning Stop in Charlotte, NC