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Lankford Joined Trump Backstabbers


John R. Houk, Blog Editor

© May 19, 2022

I live in Oklahoma. I was supportive of Senator James Lankford in his last run for the Senate and was please he was elected. THEN I began to notice an apparent anti-Trump streak in Senator Lankford’s backbone. This really emerged in Election 2020 when Senator Lankford ignored the loads of Voter Fraud that not a single Court would look at based on CORRUPT rulings of lack of standing rather than examining the merits of election/voting crimes in 2020. Here is a sampling of Lankford betrayals from giddy anti-Trump MSM sources:

As a result of Senator Lankford tossing President Trump under the bus a local Tulsa Pastor (Sheridan.Church – formerly Sheridan Christian Center) in Jackson Lahmeyer is challenging Lankford in June 28 GOP Primary.

Lankford’s apparent polling indicates a commanding lead over Pastor Lahmeyer giving Lankford the hutzpah to refuse any public debates with his challenger claiming the lame excuse it’s a “sideshow.” As for me, it smells more like fear of being publicly exposed as a Trump-hater in Oklahoma.

If you are a fellow Okie, you should be interested in Jackson Lahmeyer’s campaign ABOUT PAGE:

Meet Jackson

Pastor. Businessman. Conservative Fighter.

 Jackson Lahmeyer is a 4th generation Oklahoman, devoted father, faithful husband, successful businessman, teacher, and pastor running for the U.S. Senate. Lahmeyer never thought he would run for political office, but after James Lankford betrayed President Trump on January 6, Lahmeyer said he was ‘fed up’ and decided to enter the race. During Covid’s lockdowns and mask mandates, Lahmeyer kept his church open, despite escalating legal threats from Tulsa County – and Lahmeyer won. As a business owner, Lahmeyer took on far-left activists from groups like Black Lives Matter in the face of death threats – and Lahmeyer did not back down. Lahmeyer is a proven leader who does not compromise his Christian principles under political or legal pressure. 

Lahmeyer attended Oral Roberts University (ORU) and received a B.A. & M.A. in Theological & Historical Studies graduating Magna Cum Laude. Lahmeyer was then appointed to serve as the Crusade Director traveling the United States for Christ for All Nations, a ministry of Richard Bonnke that has helped lead 74,000,000 people to Christ since 1974. While serving as the Crusade Director, Lahmeyer served as the State Coordinator for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association leading more than 300 churches reaching across Oklahoma’s 77 counties to get engaged and fight for conservative values.

​Jackson Lahmeyer serves as the Lead Pastor of the historic Sheridan Christian Center in Tulsa, OK – now known as Sheridan.Church. He is also a successful businessman and teaches at Victory College. Jackson and his wife, Kendra, have five children and reside in Owasso, Oklahoma. Lahmeyer is 100% committed to the America First Agenda championed by President Trump. He will protect our God-given rights and will not fold under political pressure. 

YUP, I’M VOTING PASTOR LAHMEYER on June 28!

Jackson & Kendra Lahmeyer & Children

For ANYBODY weary of Election Fraud justifications, I urge YOU to throw some monetary support behind the Lahmeyer Campaign! [LAHMEYER DONATION LINK]

If you click the Lahmeyer Campaign you will notice the national scale of big dog endorsements. In saying that the reason I took notice of Pastor Lahmeyer is a Dr. Rich Swier post indicating John Paul Mac (Hunter Biden laptop repairman) will be at a Lahmeyer Campaign Event. Below is that cross post.

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Man Who Uncovered Hunter Biden Laptop to Rally with Oklahoma U.S. Senate Candidate

By Dr. Rich Swier

May 17, 2022

DrRichSwier.com

The Delaware computer repair shop owner who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden’s “Laptop From Hell,” is coming to Oklahoma for two rallies with U.S. Senate candidate Jackson Lahmeyer on May 21st in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

Youtube VIDEO [Swier uses a Hannity video from 1/22/21]: Computer repair shop owner details exactly what he saw on Hunter Biden’s laptop | Part 2

[Posted by Fox News

Posted on Jan 22, 2021

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TULSA, Oklahoma/PRNewswire/ — Jackson Lahmeyer, the Businessman and Pastor who is seeking to unseat establishment GOP Senator James Lankford in Oklahoma will be feature alongside John Paul Mac Isaac, the whistleblower who gained national prominence in the lead up to the 2020 election when he sounded the alarm about the content he discovered on a laptop left at his computer repair shop by Hunter Biden. Lahmeyer has previously appeared at rallies and secured the endorsements of Trump advisors Roger Stone and General Michael Flynn.

John Paul Mac Isaac first went to the FBI with the hard drive from Hunter’s “laptop from hell,” but was dismayed when he realized that the Bureau did not want anything to do with the laptop President Biden’s son abandoned at Mac Isaac’s computer repair shop. When the contents were eventually leaked, the mainstream media, Democrats, and their allies in Big Tech, claimed it was all a hoax and “Russian disinformation or propaganda.” Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times confirmed that the laptop was indeed real and the contents were not a hoax.

“To have someone as courageous and brave as Mr. Mac Isaac in Oklahoma to support our campaign is a great honor. When he came forward with the laptop from hell, he was doxxed and harassed by powerful billion-dollar media conglomerates. This led to threats against his livelihood and his personal safety. I think it’s very important for Oklahomans to hear his story. When I am elected to the United States Senate, I will fight for more expansive and responsive protections for whistleblowers like John Paul Mac Isaac, who is an American hero. Whether you are exposing corporate greed or government corruption, you should be afforded respect and protection from the United States, even when you are exposing the wayward son of a former Vice President who was at the time campaigning for President,” explained Lahmeyer.

There will be two rallies with Mac Issac and Lahmeyer on May 21st, the first occurring at 2pm in Oklahoma City and then another at 6pm at Sheridan Church in Tulsa (4121 S. Sheridan Road). You can get tickets here.

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OK Gov signs bill banning ‘nonbinary’ gender on birth certificate


I live in Oklahoma. Thank God we have a Governor that comprehends God created humans male and female and NOT any crazy ungodly notion of multiple genders beyond God’s creation.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. – Genesis 1: 27 NKJV

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OK Gov signs bill banning ‘nonbinary’ gender on birth certificate

Gov. Kevin Stitt (OK-R)

By THE RIGHT SCOOP Staff

APR. 27, 2022 10:41 AM

The Right Scoop

The Oklahoma governor just signed a bill last night into law that bans the nonbinary gender option on the birth certificate in his state.

Via NBC News (the AP):

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday explicitly prohibiting the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates, a ban experts say is the first of its kind in the nation.

The bill followed a flap last year over the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s agreement in a civil case allowing a nonbinary option. The birth certificate in that case was issued to an Oklahoma-born Oregon resident who sued after the agency initially refused the request. People who are nonbinary do not identify with traditional male or female gender assignments.

Full stop. To the Associated Press author who wrote the article, people are NOT nonbinary. They may choose to believe that about themselves, but they are either male or female. Stop with the propaganda.

It continues…

News of the settlement prompted outrage among Republicans, including Stitt, who along with fellow conservatives in a number of GOP-led states have been engaged in a culture war over issues like restricting LGBTQ and abortion rights that drive the party’s base in an election year. Stitt’s appointee to lead the agency abruptly resigned the next day, and the governor then promptly issued an executive order prohibiting any changes to a person’s gender on birth certificates, despite the settlement agreement. A civil rights group has challenged the executive order in federal court, but the state has not yet responded.

Whoa whoa whoa! Now the AP is claiming that Republicans have been engaged in a ‘culture war’ against LGBT whatever rights around the country for election purposes. That’s like saying Ukrainians are attacking Russians for traveling to Ukraine. It’s completely wrong and backwards.

Just like Russia invaded Ukraine, the LGBTers have invaded our institutions and culture, inventing absurd rights that never existed so they can normalize their mental illness and sexual proclivities.

GOP-led states are simply defending the culture which has been apart of this country since its founding, a culture grounded in Christianity.

Man, the propaganda is deep in this article.

It continues…

Many states only offer male or female gender options on birth certificates, but Oklahoma is the first to write the nonbinary prohibition into law, according to Lambda Legal, the civil rights group suing Oklahoma.

Currently, 15 states and the District of Columbia specifically allow a gender marker designation outside of male or female, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality. That number will increase on July 1 when Vermont’s new statute goes into effect.

“People are free to believe whatever they want about their identity, but science has determined people are either biologically male or female at birth,” said Oklahoma Rep. Sheila Dills, the House sponsor of the bill, in a statement after the bill passed the House last week. “We want clarity and truth on official state documents. Information should be based on established medical fact and not an ever-changing social dialogue.”

Dills is exactly right and I’m glad the governor signed this bill into law. I’m sure the crazies will challenge it, but I believe ultimately Oklahoma will prevail.

Way to lead the way Governor Stitt. [Blog Editor bold emphasis]

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OK state senator introduces ‘Kyle’s Law’ to hold ‘malicious’ prosecutors accountable


I live in Oklahoma. I grew up in Eastern Washington State (the side outnumbered Conservatives primarily reside). Because of where I grew up Oklahoma Summer humidity has often been an annual gripe for me. BUT TODAY I read my Americans For Limited Government email dated 11/29/21 which sends Daily Torch articles (not really certain of the connection). I wish AFLG sent this Daily Torch article dated 11/24/21 earlier. The title alone makes me care less about Oklahoma humidity: “OK state senator introduces ‘Kyle’s Law’ to hold ‘malicious’ prosecutors accountable.”

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OK state senator introduces ‘Kyle’s Law’ to hold ‘malicious’ prosecutors accountable

“The right to self-defense is paramount.  This bill will ensure that what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse cannot happen to the people of Oklahoma.” – State Sen. Nathan Dahm 

OK State Sen. Nathan Dahm screen shot

By Catherine Mortensen

11/24/21

Daily Torch

Oklahoma state Sen. Nathan Dahm has filed legislation to ensure Oklahomans who use self-defense won’t have to face trial for political reasons.  Under Senate Bill 1120, victims of malicious prosecution would be able to receive compensation for expenses and damages.

Kyle Rittenhouse was recently acquitted of all charges in the deaths of two men and the wounding of a third during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020.  Rittenhouse had claimed self-defense in the shootings.

“Kyle Rittenhouse should never have been charged.  The video evidence from early on showed it was lawful self-defense,” Dahm said.  “It is our duty to protect the rights of the people we represent, and the right to self-defense is paramount.  This bill will ensure that what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse cannot happen to the people of Oklahoma.”

Under Dahm’s legislation, if a person is charged with murder but is found not guilty due to justifiable homicide, the state would have to reimburse the defendant for all reasonable costs, including loss of wages, legal fees incurred, and other expenses involved in their defense.  When a homicide is determined to be justified and the accused establishes that they had sustained injury due to malicious prosecution, then that person will be awarded “fair and just compensation.”

SB 1120 further states that in order to support a claim of malicious prosecution, the claimant must establish that the prosecution was instituted or instigated by the prosecutor and was without probable cause; that the prosecution had legally and finally been terminated in favor of the claimant; and that as a result of the criminal prosecution, the claimant sustained injury.

Malice may be established if the motive for the prosecution was something other than a desire to bring an offender to justice, or that it was one with ill will or hatred, or willfully done in a wanton or oppressive manner and in conscious disregard of the claimant’s rights.  Under the legislation, a prosecutor may be held personally liable to a claimant if malicious prosecution is established.

Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning applauded Dahm’s efforts. “This is exactly why Justice Louis Brandeis called our states ‘laboratories of democracy,” Manning said. “If this measure passes and proves successful in protecting an individual’s right to self-defense in Oklahoma, it ought to be adopted in every state of the union, and at the federal level.”

Immediately following the Rittenhouse acquittal, Manning issued a statement in support of the verdict.

“Justice was served in the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, breathing new life into the presumption of innocence and upholding the fundamental principle of the right to self defense,” Manning said. “The jury, which has been subject to death threats and intimidation, has proven they were willing to put that aside to uphold the American system of justice and the presumption of innocence. It is our prayer that they are left alone and able to return to their regular lives as unsung, anonymous heroes defending liberty and the justice system that is essential for the rule of law to prevail.

“The irresponsible major media companies and the President of the United States that each tried and convicted Rittenhouse based upon deliberate misinformation and libel should be held accountable by Mr. Rittenhouse using our nation’s tort system. Let justice be done.”

Rittenhouse, who is now 18, lives in Antioch, a northern suburb of Chicago about 15 miles from Kenosha. On August 25 of last year when he was 17, Rittenhouse decided to patrol the downtown Kenosha area alongside other armed men in order to protect a used car dealership from looting and vandalism. The city had devolved into rioting over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse took a medical kit and armed himself with a Smith & Wesson M&P15, which is an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle that police say his friend illegally bought for him.

While guarding the used car dealership, he was chased by protesters and ended up fatally shooting two people, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring a third, Gaige Grosskreutz. The defendant and the three men he shot are all white.

He was arrested and charged with five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. The most serious charge was intentional homicide, Wisconsin’s top murder charge, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The others were reckless homicide, attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, and being a minor illegally in possession of a firearm.

The judge dismissed the misdemeanor firearm charge, which was considered the easiest charge for the state to prove. Previously, Rittenhouse was also charged with violating curfew, but that charge was dismissed by the judge as well.


Catherine Mortensen is Vice President of Communications for Americans for Limited Government.

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Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signs anti-abortion, ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary,’ ‘Religious Freedom’ bills


I found this on Social Media (of course one not associated with Big Tech) and can’t remember who shared. Sorry about that if that person views this post.

AND SO … I am pleased to reside in the State of Oklahoma where the State Congress and Governor appear to be on board to resist the tyranny of the Beijing-Biden Dem-Marxist fraudulently elected regime. CHECK OUT THE RESISTANCE (so far).

JRH 4/29/21

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Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signs anti-abortion, ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary,’ ‘Religious Freedom’ bills

By CARMEN FORMAN – THE OKLAHOMAN

APRIL 29, 2021

American Military News

The Honorable Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, center, was given a tour of Tinker Air Force Base and its various missions Feb. 1 by 72nd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Kenyon Bell, left, and Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, right. (Kelly White/U.S. Air Force [photo link blocked])

Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed bills to limit abortions in Oklahoma, make the state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” and prevent the government from closing places of worship during emergency situations.

The bills were hotly debated in Oklahoma’s Republican-led Legislature, but had widespread support among GOP legislators.

Here’s a look at some of the legislation the governor signed Monday.

Stitt signed three bills that seek to limit the number of abortions performed in Oklahoma.

One or more of the laws is likely to result in a court challenge because critics have said the measures interfere with a woman’s constitutional right to seek an abortion.

Gloria Pedro, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes regional manager, said the laws are designed to punish abortion providers, shame women and block access to safe and legal abortions.

“Politicians should not insert themselves into a person’s private medical decisions about pregnancy or between doctors and their patients,” Pedro said.

Stitt signed House Bill 2441, which would prohibit an abortion if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. In some cases, a fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks into a pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant.

Under the bill, any doctor who performs an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected could be charged with homicide.

Stitt also signed House Bill 1102 to revoke the medical license of doctors who perform abortions that are not medically necessary to prevent “irreversible physical impairment” or death of the mother.

The governor also signed House Bill 1904 to require that abortions be performed only by physicians who are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, which critics said will severely limit the number of qualified medical professionals who can perform abortions.

When Stitt was campaigning for governor, he vowed to sign every piece of anti-abortion legislation to come across his desk. On Monday, Stitt said he was upholding that promise.

“When I ran for office, I told Oklahomans that I would every piece of pro-life legislation that hit my desk, and I stay true to that promise,” he said.

As for the threat of legal challenges, “we’ll let the courts work out if any of those get overturned,” he said.

In 2019, 4,424 abortions were performed in Oklahoma, according to the most recent data from the State Department of Health.

Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women, chastised the governor for signing the “radical and unconstitutional measures.” Trust Women operates an abortion clinic in Oklahoma City.

“He is wasting taxpayer money and violating Oklahomans’ privacy,” she said in a statement. “The people of Oklahoma would be better served by government officials improving health care access for Oklahomans.”

These laws will take effect Nov. 1.

Oklahoma has become a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State” under a new law that took effect upon Stitt’s signature.

Senate Bill 631 by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, seeks to preempt federal firearm laws.

“Any federal, state, county or municipal act, law, executive order, administrative order, court order, rule, policy or regulation ordering the buy-back, confiscation or surrender of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition from law-abiding citizens of this state shall be considered an infringement on the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms,” the law reads.

“This measure builds a wall of protection around our Constitutionally-protected, God-given, blood-bought rights to keep and bear arms,” Hamilton said in a statement.

Stitt also signed the “Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act” that aims to prevent the closure of houses of worship during emergencies.

The new law comes after some places of worship in Oklahoma and other states were forced to close or operate under certain limits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

House Bill 2648 bars government entities from closing places of worship, saying that “shall be considered a substantial burden” even if the emergency order applies generally.

However, the law wouldn’t stop government officials from imposing other restrictions on churches, such as capacity limits, mask mandates or social distancing requirements.

“This country was founded by individuals seeking freedom to worship in the manner they so choose without persecution,” said House Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City. “I can think of nothing more patriotic than protecting those rights for future generations.”

During the pandemic, Norman set restrictions on local businesses and places of worship. Norman Mayor Breea Clark came under fire for allowing some businesses to reopen before places of worship, a decision she quickly reversed.

HB 2648 will take effect Nov. 1.

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Oklahoma Passes Bill Allowing Rejection of all Biden Executive Orders


I live in Oklahoma. HENCE, I am pleased the OK House has passed HB 1236 that enables the Oklahoma State Attorney General to review Faux-President Biden’s Executive Orders to measure if they measure up to the U.S. Constitution. It is my sense the Bill has to pass the OK Senate to have the force of State law. Considering HR 1236 passed on a 79 yea to 18 nay votes, I’d be surprised if the OK Senate failed to follow suit. Below is the story.

 

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Oklahoma Passes Bill Allowing Rejection of all Biden Executive Orders

 

Dementia Joe

 

By Martin Walsh

March 1, 2021

The Conservative Brief

 

The Oklahoma House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans, has passed a bill that would allow the state to put the brakes on the power of Joe Biden’s executive orders in the state.

 

Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall and State Rep. Mark McBride, both Republicans, introduced the bill, which passed in the House 79 to 18.

 

The bill, HB 1236, would allow the Oklahoma state legislature to review each executive order and determine if the order should be given to the Oklahoma attorney general, who would determine if it is allowed under the U.S. Constitution.

 

If the attorney general deemed an executive order unconstitutional, the bill seems to indicate the attorney general could sue for a court order invalidating the executive order.

 

If the attorney general decides not to take action on an order, the legislature could conduct a majority vote declaring it unconstitutional.

 

If the legislature invokes its option to declare an executive order unconstitutional, the statute is unclear whether the Oklahoma government would file suit or the state would ignore the order inside the state, leaving it to the federal government to enforce or try to take it to court.

 

The bill states:

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state, county, political subdivision or any other publicly funded organization shall not implement any action that restricts a person’s rights or that the Office of the Attorney General or the Legislature by a majority vote determines to be unconstitutional.

 

Federal law always trumps state law, but any federal action that is unconstitutional is not a law at all.

 

Oklahoma is the second state to take such action.

 

Last month, South Dakota’s Republican-controlled House introduced legislation that would allow the state to nullify Biden’s executive orders if it determines they are unconstitutional.

 

“The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council may review any executive order issued by the President of the United States if the order has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law, as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States,” the bill’s text reads.

 

“Upon review, the Executive Board may recommend to the attorney general and the Governor that the order be further examined by the attorney general to determine the constitutionality of the order and to determine whether the state should seek an exemption from the application of the order or seek to have the order declared to be an unconstitutional exercise of legislative authority by the President,” it adds.

 

The legislation adds:

 

Notwithstanding any other law, no state agency, political subdivision, or any elected or appointed official or employee of this state or of a political subdivision may implement an executive order that restricts a person’s rights or that is determined by the attorney general to be unconstitutional under this section if the order relates to:

 

(1) A pandemic or other public health emergency;

 

(2) The regulation of natural resources;

 

(3) The regulation of the agricultural industry;

 

(4) The regulation of land use;

 

(5) The regulation of the financial sector through the imposition of environmental, social, or governance standards; or

 

(6) The regulation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

 

The bill sets up a process for reviewing the president’s executive orders, which would be submitted to the governor and attorney general so that the attorney general could “determine whether the state should seek an exemption” from the order or have it “declared an unconstitutional exercise of legislative authority by the President.”

 

Biden has set a record-shattering pace for executive orders and Republican-controlled states are fighting back.

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The Republican Party is an Utter Failure


Even in Oklahoma

 

John R. Houk

© January 27, 2021

Just to be clear – I AM EXTREMELY UPSET with the Republican Party. If the so-called Grand Old Party (GOP) actually supported the Constitution, the tenets of America’s Founding and President Donald Trump; then Trump would still be President.

It was bad enough the Courts REFUSED to even look at the volumes of evidence of election fraud with arbitrary rulings of a lack Standing, but Republican leadership on both the State and Federal level WOULD NOT force the issue legislatively to expose the election crimes.

I began with my anger with the Republican Party because I am on Oklahoma’s Sooner Tea Party email list.

I am inclined to dump the Republican Party for another political party; however, the Sooner Tea Party though angry at members of the Republican Party failing Trump, rightfully calling for the resignation of Oklahoma Senators Inhofe and Lankford for their betrayal of President Trump; the Sooner Tea Party wants to work in local GOP precinct meetings across Oklahoma to influence change.

Although local grassroots meetings are a necessity to begin reclaiming America, it is my sense the National version of the Republican Party is far too corrupted by Establishment thinking for local Republican precinct meetings to affect ANYTHING on a national level. That means Inhofe and Lankford will not be resigning from local pressure.

Below is the Sooner Tea Party displeasure with treasonous Republicans.

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President Betrayed – There is No Doubt

Sooner Tea Party Logo – President Trump

 

Sooner Tea Party Newsletter

Sent Jan 24 at 11:04 PM

Our President has been betrayed and the election stolen.  Of that there is no doubt.

The only question is what you are going to do about it.  Trump was what I once thought impossible, the silver bullet.  The one thing that could turn around our country and give us a chance to push back the forces of evil.

I never believed in silver bullets because they gave people an excuse to avoid the fight, that is just human nature to protect oneself and avoid conflict if possible, to put their faith and hope in a miracle.  That leaves a people weak, for it is by fighting that humans become both strong and noble.

But now Trump has been cheated out of the election and it is clear that before we fight back, we must first clear out the traitors and weak  that refuse to fight back.  We do that  by taking control of the GOP, banding with other GOP leaders that are willing to fight and to lead their counties and elect new leadership of the Oklahoma GOP.  We do that by becoming a delegate to the State GOP  Convention so we can support better leadership and to drive out the traitors in the Party.

One of the crucial reasons we need every single conservative Republican to attend their precinct meeting and qualify as a county and state GOP convention delegate is to deal with our disgusting traitor senators that threw us and President Trump under the bus.

Below is the resolution.   Print a few copies, date it and sign it, and turn it in with your precinct meeting paper work by describing the resolution on the actual paperwork and stating that the resolution is attached to the precinct meeting forms.  Give your extra copies to others, the more that get filed the greater the chance of the County GOP convention putting the resolution on the agenda.

Once you have attended the precinct meeting and your County GOP Convention, you get to vote for this man who is running for the GOP State Chairman slot. Cleaning up Oklahoma is needed and once done we can focus on helping other states that need the GOP cleaned up or their election laws fixed.

Now a trick learned from the 2012 Ron Paul effort, take pictures of all of your paperwork and resolutions that you turn in so you can prove you attended the precinct meetings and applied as a delegate.  And pictures of the resolution you turned in.

You will elect yourself as precinct chair or vice chair if no one else shows up or elect whoever wins the informal election.  You can choose an open or closed delegation.  This is your choice once elected as the Precinct chair or vice chair, not the person running the precinct meetings, not the County GOP officials.  In all matters at the precinct level the precinct is the final say once voting upon an issue.

You can choose which committee you wish to volunteer on, Rules Committee which sets the rules for the convention, Credentials which decide any appeals for anyone rejected as a delegate (very rare), or the Platform which helps modify the Party Platform.

If you have more attendees than delegate votes (which will be written on your precinct paperwork given to you) you might choose to have a closed delegation so that the County GOP officials cannot dilute your vote by adding late comers to the delegates from your precinct.  One delegate can carry up to two convention votes or if more delegates than votes, the votes are equally divided up among the precinct delegates.

If that fails, have several copies with you at the County GOP convention and get as many signatures as possible and we can file the resolution at the convention from the floor.

And lastly, if you have any problem being seated as a delegate call me after business hours at 405-942-2644 and give me the name of whoever is standing in your way.  If you are a registered Republican and can prove that with a voter ID card or printing out proof from the Election Board you have the right to attend your precinct meeting and become a delegate.  It is possible in a precinct with a large turnout to specify and elect delegates, in that case lobby hard to be one of the delegates.  That is rare though, inclusion usually is expected by dividing the votes among attendees.

Generally, any shenanigans happen at the County Convention in the Credentials Committee.  Save that phone number and call while you are in the room if they reject you so we can document the fraud and get the names of those responsible.  We will have no problem making them pariahs in the GOP if they are acting irresponsibly.  No better friend, no worse enemy is our adopted motto.

Lankford and Inhofe Resolution

Senators James Lankford and Jim Inhofe

Whereas Senator Jim Inhofe and Senator James Lankford have betrayed the Oklahoma Republican Party and their Republican, Independent, and conservative Democrat constituents.

Whereas neither Inhofe nor Lankford represented the desires or interests of their constituents on January 6th 2021 by refusing to support the effort to delay the counting of the Electoral Ballots until a ten-day investigation had occurred.

Whereas their subsequent vote to confirm Joe Biden as the president elect was a complete betrayal of  Oklahoma, the Republican Party,  and President Trump.

Be it resolved that both men shall be stripped from the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Oklahoma, along with any representatives they might send or have sent in the past.

Be it  also resolved that both Inhofe and Lankford are hereby stripped of Republican Party membership and any right to speak at any Oklahoma Republican Party event or meeting.

Be it also resolved that both Inhofe and Lankford are stripped of any right to run as a Republican candidate or use the Republican brand or name from the day this resolution passes.

Be it finally resolved that a copy of this resolution once passed shall be sent to all Oklahoma GOP County Chairmen, to the National Republican Party, to all State Republican Parties, and to all media outlets in the state of Oklahoma.

Please print off several copies of this resolution  to take to the Precinct meetings for attendees to sign and for them to file their own copy with signatures.

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Osage County GOP Convention Censures Lankford and Inhofe

Osage County held their precinct meetings/county convention on Saturday and led the state in censuring Oklahoma’s two traitorous Senators for their attack on President Trump and their refusal to represent the will of the voters of Oklahoma.

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What a great job by some great Americans.

We need to follow this up with dozens of counties passing even stricter resolutions condemning Lankford and Inhofe for cowardice and treachery and removing them from the Republican Party.

Let them run as Democrats.

The Arizona GOP censured three leading Arizona Republicans, Cindy McCain the widow of  John McCain, Governor Doug Ducey, and Senator Jeff Flake.

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Libs Go Nuts as Oklahoma Approves Gun Law w/ No Permits, No Training


There may have been a time when I would have questioned a law enabling carrying a gun without permits or training (I’m still not sure on the training). But the way the American Left openly attacks Conservatives physically with a bit of egging on by the Lame-Stream Press, I can see the wisdom of possessing firearms for protection. ALSO, I am more and more convinced there is an emerging American Civil War between the visions of American Patriots supporting the Original Intent of our Founding Documents AND American Leftists dedicated to the Marist-Socialist transformation of American culture.

I wasn’t born or raised in Oklahoma but I am proud to have lived here for over 20 years.

 

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Libs Go Nuts as Oklahoma Approves Gun Law w/ No Permits, No Training

‘Oklahomans all over…wanted us to protect their right to bear arms…’

 

Firearms

 

Author: Nwo Report

March 3, 2019

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(AFP) Residents in Oklahoma will be allowed to openly carry firearms without a permit or training, thanks to a new law signed by the state’s governor.

 

Supporters of the law, which takes effect in November, say it upholds the constitutional right to bear arms and is similar to laws in 15 other states.

 

The measure sailed through the state’s Republican-controlled legislature this week and was the first bill signed by the newly-elected Republican Governor Kevin Stitt.

 

“As I traveled all over the state, all 77 counties, I heard from Oklahomans all over that they wanted us to protect their right to bear arms,” Stitt said during the signing ceremony Wednesday.

 

The law says that anyone 21 or older — or 18 if a current or former member of the military —  who is legally allowed to purchase a shotgun, rifle or pistol can carry it openly in public without a valid handgun license.

 

Convicted felons, undocumented immigrants [Blog Editor: Should read, Illegal Aliens] and minors will remain prohibited.

 

The law included protections for private property owners to ban firearms, as well as colleges, schools and public areas such as zoos and sports arenas.

 

Weapons also would remain banned from government buildings.

 

The Michael Bloomberg-bankrolled gun control group Moms Demand Action condemned the new law, saying states with similar laws have seen “a substantial increase in firearm violence.”

 

“I’m embarrassed for our state. I’m embarrassed that our elected leaders put politics before the safety of our families by passing permitless carry,” the group’s Oklahoma leader Christine Jackson said in a statement.

 

The Oklahoma law was passed on the same day lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the first major national gun safety measure in a quarter century, which would expand background checks to virtually all firearms sales. But it is doomed to failure in the Senate.

 

Earlier this month, Americans marked the one-year anniversary of the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school where 14 students and three staff were killed.

 

The mass shooting galvanized gun control proponents.

 

According to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, legislators in 26 states and the nation’s capital Washington passed 67 new gun control laws in 2018.

 

In seven states, background checks for gun buyers were added or existing laws strengthened. Four states raised the minimum age to purchase firearms.

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Time to Remember the Forgotten Jihadist Beheader in Oklahoma Now Cleared for Execution


Prison converted Muslim Alton Nolen after asked if regretted beheading Colleen Hufford at an Oklahoma food plant:

 

“There wasn’t nothing but a trial for me. I passed it because, like I said, I felt oppressed. I knew for sure that, if I was to die right then, I was going to heaven.” He added: “I feel, you know, you know what I’m saying, if I was to die in five or 10 minutes, I’m going to heaven. That’s all that matters to me.”

 

This scum of a Muslim had his last appeal to avoid the death penalty rejected by SCOTUS on 10/1/18. Clearing the way NOT for him to go to a Muslim heaven of carnal pleasures with eternal virgin Houri hookers, but to suffer in the fires of hell where all unrepentant murderers are headed.

 

Revelation 21: 6-8 AMP:

 

6 And He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I will give [water] from the fountain of the water of life without cost. 7 [a]He who overcomes [the world by adhering faithfully to Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior] will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. 8 But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

 

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Time to Remember the Forgotten Jihadist Beheader in Oklahoma Now Cleared for Execution

 

By TODD BENSMAN

December 31, 2018

Middle East Forum

(also at The Federalist)

 

THE SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 ATTACK IN OKLAHOMA IS SOMEWHAT NOTABLE IN THE ANNALS OF MANY OFFICIALLY UNCALLED TERRORIST STRIKES IN THAT HE EMULATED A FAVORITE ISIS DEATH TACTIC NO DOUBT LEARNED ONLINE. 

 

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially cemented the execution of America’s least known Islamic terrorist. Jihadist convert Alton Nolen is now set to be put to death in Oklahoma, likely by nitrogen gas inhalation.

The Supreme Court’s October 1, 2018 rejection of Nolen’s final death penalty appeal went unremarked upon by any news media and so, partly as a result, even I missed it. But the Nolen case is very much worth remembering along with all religiously motivated attacks that occur on U.S. soil, if not just for the victims and their survivors but for lessons that can and must be learned.

 

Nolen on death row, the forehead mark from frequent praying in his Islamic faith. Photo: Oklahoma State Penitentiary 2017

 

The September 24, 2014 attack in Oklahoma is somewhat notable in the annals of many officially uncalled terrorist strikes in that he emulated a favorite ISIS death tactic no doubt learned online: he fully beheaded a co-worker – the very beloved wife, mother and grandmother Colleen Hufford – inside the Moore, Oklahoma food processing plant where they both worked. Shouting “Alluah Akbar” throughout the attack, Nolen was using the same oversized butcher knife on the neck of a second co-worker, Tracy Johnson, when the company’s chief operations officer, a reserve law enforcement officer named Mark Vaughn, burst in with an AR-15 rifle. He shot and wounded Nolen as Nolen disengaged from his second victim and charged at him with the bloody knife.

 

Such an attack must feel a particular horror to its witnesses and, when Nolen is finally put to death, one should keep in mind what Colleen Hufford must have experienced in her last moments.

Rather than to charge this attack under federal terrorism statutes and ascribe a religious motive to it, President Obama’s U.S. Department of Justice let the local district attorney charge Nolen under state murder statues (and as an assault and battery against survivor Traci Johnson). The whole disgusting affair was quickly forgotten by the rest of the nation, government and all but those involved and some locals.

But make no mistake; This was a jihadist attack on American soil, motivated by interpretations of the Quran that are commonly preached in Wahabi mosques and cited by killers across the globe.

Some have argued that earmarking attacks aggrandize and gratify the killers. There is something to be said for that. But the Nolen attack – as well as events such as the Supreme Court’s rejection of his appeal and, one day, the execution itself – warrants our full national attention and should be properly memorialized until all related matters are finally resolved, not least for any comfort doing so can still bring the victim, survivors, and witnesses. Government acknowledgement of a repetitive motivation for killings like this, and media treatment of it, can encourage the nation to comfort those who were there and help them close the emotionally important loop of knowing WHY loved ones and innocents died, who did it and for what Cause.

But calling out Islamist religious motivation for murder portends practical benefits too. It can open the throttle on investigations that identify co-conspirators and foreign connections. Public acknowledgement and remembrance can spur suspicious activity reporting from the general public, which can roll up other cocked and loaded extremists before they too kill.

Also importantly, identification of repetitive Islamist motivation for violent acts helps homeland security authorities look inward to determine if intelligence failures occurred. Homeland security professionals learn from those what not to repeat and how to fix broken processes, to reduce the chances of future law enforcement intelligence failures, which invariably lead to funeral processions.

The Obama administration decided not to involve itself in a prosecution under federal terrorism statutes, even though Nolen, a prison convert to Islam, had filled his Facebook page with hideous ISIS propaganda and openly praised the death cult’s rise to global prominence through constant blood-letting. Nolen had just been suspended after co-workers rejected his Islamist proselytizing and demands for religious accommodations at the company, Vaughan Foods. This gave those already predisposed to downplay Islamist motivations for attacks the excuse needed to suggest workplace violence and mental illness was somehow at play, instead.

Proof of Motivation Overflowed at Trial

The 2017 trial, which received only some highly localized Oklahoma TV news coverage, decisively showed this was neither mental illness nor workplace tension drove Nolen to do what he did.

Taped police interviews of Nolen and other evidence showed Nolen was motivated by Quranic scripture and the very same well-worn extremist ideology we have seen cited for attacks across the globe, to include the 9/11 attacks. Nolen has proven unrepentant.

On September 29, 2017, a jury rejected defense arguments that Nolen was insane after hearing the evidence.

Right after the attack, for instance, police asked a very calm and collected Nolen if anyone told him to behead unbelievers. He responded that the Qur’an gave him the idea. (Qur’an 47:4 states that “When you meet the unbelievers, strike their necks.) Nolen answered: “Uh, no. I read the Qur’an. Like I say, the Qur’an is easy to understand. No one guides me but Allah.”

When asked why he beheaded Hufford, he answered: “I just feel like…I did what I needed to do. What Allah says in the Qur’an to do. Oppressors don’t need to be here. You know the Muslim is somebody who submits their will to Allah…Whatever he wants done, that’s what we do…And you know he wants us to get the oppressors out of this place.”

When asked if he regretted murdering Hufford, Nolen answered: “There wasn’t nothing but a trial for me. I passed it because, like I said, I felt oppressed. I knew for sure that, if I was to die right then, I was going to heaven.” He added: “I feel, you know, you know what I’m saying, if I was to die in five or 10 minutes, I’m going to heaven. That’s all that matters to me.”

Nolen also confirmed that he screamed “Allahu akbar” as he beheaded Hufford.

Traci Johnson testified that she ran into the next room after hearing screaming and saw Nolan standing over Hufford with a bloody knife. “When I saw the defendant, I was frozen. I couldn’t move. And I saw the knife with the blood on the knife, and he made a mad dash toward me and pushed me up against the wall and held me up with his forearm against the wall and just started splicing my neck. He was just going back and forth like he was just cutting a piece of meat.”

The hero of this tragedy is Mark Vaughan, then COO of Vaughan Foods and an Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy. When the call came that a knife attack was underway, Vaughan suited up with his weapon, ammo and first aid on a vest. Vaughan testified that he and another employee entered the building where the attack was underway and saw Nolen on top of Johnson. He testified that he called for Nolen to stop. Nolen jumped up, ran around a corner and charged Vaughan at full speed. Vaughan said he fired three rounds.

Nolen leaned against a wall and fell to the ground. Vaughan then held Nolen at bay until police arrived and took the suspect away.

Execution Date Unclear But Deserves Right-Of-Passage National Acknowledgement and Coverage

Although Nolen’s execution warrants national notice, no solid date was readily available. Oklahoma has been caught up in political wrangling with death penalty opponents and shut down the state’s supply of lethal injection drugs. Most of the state’s executions are awaiting a resolution over state plans to start using nitrogen gas. Earlier this year, the state announced it was working to develop a new execution protocol making nitrogen hypoxia the preferred method.

When this is all sorted out, politically and legally, Nolen’s turn will come and bring the state’s only possible final resolution to this episode so we can all properly move on. And when that resolution is at hand, I hope somehow the world finds out about it.

Todd Bensman is a Texas-based senior national security fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies. For nearly a decade, Bensman led counterterrorism-related intelligence efforts for the Texas Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division. Follow Todd Bensman on Twitter: @BensmanTodd

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Immigration Reform Thoughts


Looking at a Senator James Lankford Email


John R. Houk

© March 15, 2018

 

I live in Oklahoma. One of my Senators is Republican James Lankford. Yesterday I received what is probably a form email from Senator Lankford addressing Immigration reform and Border Security.

 

Since my name is used in the salutation, the Senator’s email is in response to a petitioned I signed or an immigration reform organization’s form email that I electronically signed. Either way, my signature was sent so long ago I don’t recall who I partnered with to share my feelings as an Oklahoman voter to Senator Lankford.

 

I vaguely remember that the issue was the Senator was supportive of a Border Wall for National Security against illegal border crossings. I do not recall the specifics of my displeasure with the Senator I did vote for in the past. The Senator Lankford email is what jogged my sketchy memory.

 

I did respond to Senator Lankford’s explanation of his Senate voting options. You should read the email I am cross posting, but since my response is shorter, I am posting that first. Some will agree with my thoughts. Some will partially agree. I have a suspicion some will strongly disagree with my favorability of inclusion of current benefactors of the so-called DACA dudes Obama unconstitutionally allowed to remain in the USA. The irony is I am with President Trump on giving immigration status to 1.8 million illegals as opposed to the fake Dem-proposal of (I think) 600,000 illegals.

 

Here was my email response to Senator Lankford:

 

Senator Lankford,

 

I’d rather jump at 1.8 million employed illegal immigrants to have a Green Card to become legal. I do not consider drug trafficking, human trafficking or gang membership to be gainful employment contributing to the benefit of the communities they live in. Those illegals need to be arrested then deported or imprisoned depending on the laws broken other than being just illegal.

 

BUT, before any move to legally absorbing gainfully employed illegals, border security needs to be enhanced. I appreciate your suggestion of expanding technology for a less expensive securing of the border, but I gotta tell ya; I don’t care how many billions taxpayers pay for a wall built even in difficult terrain. I’ve listened to various proposals by the private contractors and I am aware it is a physical possibility to accomplish a border wall. Combining tech with a wall provides at the very least that the government is serious about stemming the flow of illegal immigrants into the USA.

 

I am confidant many of my fellow Oklahoman voters feel the same way. So, by all means. Work on reforming the status of gainfully employed illegals, throw the book at the horrid criminal illegals and dear god, please end chain immigration in favor of merit immigration. That would make this voter happy.

 

And below is Senator James Lankford’s email sent to me and probably his Oklahoma constituents.

 

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Response from Senator James Lankford

 

By Senator James Lankford

Sent 3/14/18 9:18 PM

Sent from Lankford.Senate.gov

 

Dear Mr. John Houk,

 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns on the congressional plan to fix our nation’s broken immigration system.  I have heard from other Oklahomans like you who also sent emails and letters or made phone calls to share their thoughts and ideas on proposals to repair our nation’s immigration policies.

 

As a member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I remain actively involved in conversations and negotiations surrounding proposals to repair the faulty immigration policies in our country.  My staff and I have had daily conversations and meetings for the past several months with Members of all political parties, in both Chambers of Congress, and with the Administration to develop policies that focus on the economic and security needs of our nation and can receive enough votes to become law.

 

Though immigration has been a contentious issue for some time, its resolution did not have a deadline.  However, on September 5, 2017, President Trump rescinded the 2012 Obama Administration initiative Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) because while he agreed that DACA recipients should receive protection, it is inappropriate for any president to create the program through executive action.  DACA provided temporary relief from removal for individuals who entered the United States as minors, most often with their parents, but it did not provide legal certainty for the DACA recipients or provide additional security for our nation.

 

When President Trump rescinded the program, he set the effective end date to be March 5, 2018, which gave Congress six months to provide legislative permanency for these individuals and time to include provisions to prevent a similar situation from happening in the future  It is worth noting that DACA-eligible individuals were at no time given the opportunity to go through the naturalization process unless they returned to their home countries for at least 10 years and then began the application process.

 

As you may know, the White House released its framework for immigration reform and border security on January 25, 2018.  I share the opinions of the President and other Administration officials who believe a permanent solution for individuals who qualify for DACA should be paired with border and entry security, reasonable limitations on family unification visas, and the elimination of the convoluted visa lottery.  The framework of this agreement was based on four pillars that Democrats and Republicans agreed to with President Trump during a White House meeting earlier in January.

 

As part of the negotiations to fund the government after a shutdown in January, during the week of February 12, the Senate opened the floor for proposals and debate to solve our nation’s immigration issues.  Throughout the week several groups of Senators proposed a variety of plans and ideas to create a solution for DACA-eligible individuals, but only one of the proposals, the SECURE and SUCCEED Act, included the necessary reforms in the White House framework and could have received enough votes to also pass the House.  I joined Senators Grassley (IA), Cornyn (TX), Tillis (NC), Perdue (GA), Cotton (AR), Ernst (IA), Corker (TN), Isakson (GA) and Alexander (TN) to introduce the Act.

 

Each of the four bills debated in the Senate received bipartisan support, but every bill fell short of the 60 votes needed to proceed to a final vote.

 

I have heard from some Oklahomans who have asked why I did not support alternate proposals that contained aspects of the four pillars.  For example, one proposal included funding for border security, but not until 2020.  Even then, the bill restricted how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could use those fund, and it included no enforcement provisions.  The bill created a convoluted process that could lead to a rapid pathway to citizenship for a large group of undocumented individuals.

 

For all other undocumented individuals in the country, it provided deferred action and a guarantee they could remain in the country illegally unless they committed a felony or three misdemeanors.  Regarding family unification, the bill’s proposal did nothing to help clear the visa backlog of family members who have already been sponsored by American citizens.  Another proposal provided a pathway to citizenship for many individuals with a variety of immigration statuses but authorized no funds for border security.  These provisions made the proposals impossible to support.

 

I believe strong border and entry security is an important step to necessary step to reform our immigration system.  Every nation, including ours, has the right to secure its borders and control its entry process for safety and economic development.  It is important to remember that the southern border is full of diverse terrain including mountains, desert, and the Rio Grande River.  I do not believe a 2,000-mile fence alone is the best and most cost-effective solution.  Technology like tethered drones, seismic sensors, and vehicle barriers are very effective in many areas of the desert Southwest.

 

The SECURE and SUCCEED Act appropriates $25 billion for a variety of border and entry security.  DHS has developed a ten-year plan for increased personnel and for a variety of infrastructure such as a wall system, fencing, levees, technology, and other physical barriers.  It also included necessary methods of enforcement, such as the permanent authorization of the voluntary electronic employment verification system (E-Verify) and the enactment of Kate’s law.

 

In addition to border and entry security, Oklahomans on both sides of the immigration debate are rightly concerned about permanency for DACA recipients.  The SECURE and SUCCEED Act provides an opportunity for 1.8 million DACA-eligible immigrants to earn naturalization in 10 to 12 years.  Much of this proposal mimics my original proposal from September 25, 2017, called the SUCCEED Act.  You can read more about the SUCCEED Act on my website. 

 

It is important to note that under DACA, recipients were not granted legal immigrant status, were not put on a pathway to citizenship, and did not have the right to vote in our elections.  Additionally, they are barred from receiving any federal public benefits, which would continue while the individual has conditional permanent residency.

 

Regarding family unification, our current system allows individuals who have earned a naturalization to petition for numerous extended family members, who in some instances may not otherwise qualify for a visa.  The SECURE and SUCCEED act would place reasonable limitations on family-based immigration to allow spouses and minor children visas to immigrate with their parent or spouse.  Other family members could still come to the U.S. for extended visits, but they would not get automatic citizenship eligibility.  This proposal is similar to the proposal made by the Clinton Administration in the 90s and the “Gang of Eight” bill in 2018.  It is important to note that this change would not affect individuals who have already petitioned for extended family members to enter the United States.

 

Currently, the Diversity Visa program provides green cards for up to 50,000 immigrants each year from countries with low rates of emigration to the United States.  Prospective immigrants register with the Department of State, which then selects applicants at random.  Both Republicans and Democrats have supported legislation to get rid of the diversity visa program in the past.  Similar to the Senate’s proposal in 2013, the SECURE and SUCCEED Act would end the lottery program and reallocate the visas to eliminate the existing family-based and employment-based immigration backlogs.

 

As I have said before, our nation was built on the strength and diversity of legal immigrants.  However, unchecked illegal immigration can create a serious threat to our nation’s security and a financial strain on our economy.  While I believe that all people are made in God’s image and deserve dignity and respect, it is reasonable to expect those entering and living within our borders to obey the laws of our nation.  Although the debate can get heated, we must remember that immigration is about real, live human beings, not just numbers on a page.

 

Although the SECURE and SUCCEED Act was limited to the four pillars I mentioned above, there are many other areas of our nation’s immigration system that need to be repaired by Congress, such as visa and Temporary Protected Status reform.

 

Congress needs to create clear and consistent immigration laws that establishes a better legal immigration system to disincentivize illegal immigration. As you may know, the March 5th deadline for DACA recipients became somewhat obsolete due to temporary federal court orders, but I will continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, in both Chambers of Congress, and in the Administration to come up with long-term solutions to fit the needs to the American people.

 

I hope this information is helpful to you.  Please feel free to contact me again via email at www.lankford.senate.gov for more information about my work in the United States Senate for all of us.

 

In God We Trust,

 

 

 

James Lankford
United States Senator

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Immigration Reform Thoughts

Looking at a Senator James Lankford Email 

 

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© March 15, 2018

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Response from Senator James Lankford

 

Senator Lankford About Page

 

Senator James Lankford is committed to the protection of the future for our families, the transparency and efficiency of the federal government, and the ability of our nation to remain the world leader. He believes that empowering families, individuals, communities, and private enterprise will grow our economy and protect our values.

 

After serving four years in the U.S. House of Representatives, James was elected to the U.S. Senate to complete an unexpired term on November 4, 2014 and re-elected to a full six-year senate term on November 8, 2016.

 

As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, Lankford fights unnecessary and burdensome regulation and advocates for a more restrained federal government.

 

Personal faith, local decision-making, and opportunity for every person, regardless of their background, are core values for Senator Lankford. Before his time in Congress, from 1995 to 2009, James served as Director of Student Ministry at the Baptist Convention of Oklahoma and Director of the Falls Creek Youth Camp, the largest youth camp in the United States, with more than 51,000 individuals attending each summer.

 

James lives in Edmond with his wife Cindy. They have been married for 25 years and have two daughters: Hannah and Jordan. He enjoys spending time with his family, sport shooting, and reading.

 

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OK Dems Target YOUR Privacy


John R. Houk

© May 2, 2017

 

I am on the FreedomWorks email list. They know I live in Oklahoma. As such FreedomWorks tracks legislation in my fair State. When the legislation is antithetical to Conservative principles, they get the ball rolling to stiffen opposition to the Left-Wing agenda.

 

I have discovered the Oklahoma State House is preparing to vote on a Bill if passed, would make ALL your donation history a matter of public knowledge.

 

I don’t know about you, but I don’t Left Wing Nuts – like violent the anti-Trump rioters – to know where I live giving them the opportunity to harass me potentially violently to intimidate my Conservative stand, DO YOU?

 

The Bill is SB 579. A brief reading of the Bill indicates it is aimed at PACs, the State Dems (the Bill author is a Dem State Senator) want to know who and what every Joe-citizen is giving to. If you ask, “Why?” The possible answers lead to Big Brother monitoring of politically active citizens. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT!

 

Being a Joe-citizen myself, I am unsure of the proper citation Bill sections or sub-paragraphs or whatever. I think you can figure out from the labelling I have below:

 

SB 579; Section 2; B (1)

 

B (1) The name, address, occupation and employer of any person other than a political action committee making a contribution or contributions exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in value in the aggregate, the date and amount of any monetary or in-kind contributions made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all contributions accepted from the person during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;

 

Section 2; C (5)

 

(5) The name, address, occupation and employer of any Oklahoma resident making a contribution or contributions exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in value in the aggregate, the date and amount of any monetary or in-kind contributions made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all contributions accepted from the person during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report.

 

NOT GOOD MY FELLOW OKLAHOMANS!

 

The FreedomWorks email provides a link for individuals to participate in emailing an Oklahoman’s State District Representative. Unfortunately, the form does not provide the name of your Representative according to the District you vote in.

 

Also in my personal search for my District and Representative, I discovered the dot-gov does not provide the Representative’s personal email.

 

What I did then was locate my District, find my Representative and then use the dot-gov email form with the FreedomWorks wording for the mass email to the dot-gov form with the proper information to get to my Representative.

 

To find the State District you live in, GO HERE to find the map you wish to use.

 

After you get your District number, you can GO HERE to find your current OK State Rep.

 

When you find your OK State Rep, simply click the email button and a form email will come up for you to enter your info and the FreedomWorks text to protest SB 579.

 

Below is the FreedomWorks email alert.

 

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Liberal Extremists

 

By Jason Pye

Sent 5/1/2017 5:00 PM

FreedomWorks

 

For weeks, the radical left has terrorized Berkeley, California, turning that city into a war zone. They’ve smashed windows, hurled Molotov cocktails to set fires, and violently attacked conservatives like you, all to silence conservatives’ voices.

 

But if that’s not bad enough, several liberals in the Oklahoma House of Representatives want to make it easier for these extremists to target YOU! Don’t let that happen. Contact these state representatives right now. Tell them to protect your privacy rights. Tell them to stop SB 579 today.

 

John, if enacted, this bill will put your donation history online for the world to see, making you and your family an easy target for these extremists.

 

Don’t let them put your family at risk. Don’t let them pass this bill!

 

Send these state representatives a message right now. Tell them to protect your privacy rights. Tell them to stop SB 579 today.

 

For Freedom,

 

Jason Pye
Director of Public Policy, FreedomWorks

 

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