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[ Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.” Send an email to Jarrett] The legacy media’s new freak-out–after they got finished with the “Elon Musk makes Nazi salutes” cycle–is that the new administration is bringing in too many young people.
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I have been appointed by the House speaker to serve as a member of The Energy Council. This national, bi-partisan legislative group is made up of members from 14 states as far ranging as Alaska and West Virginia and many southern states. Oklahoma was one of the five founding member states when the council formed in 1975. As chair of the House Utilities Committee and a member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Oversight, I’m honored to get to serve in this role – to learn from other states and to share Oklahoma’s energy successes and challenges.
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A friend asked me recently if I thought President Donald Trump’s first actions as president were appropriate.
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With an open Oklahoma Supreme Court seat scheduled to be filled this year, Oklahomans deserve to know about the judicial philosophy of any potential appointee.
Read moreCelebrity Selena Gomez recently posted, and then quickly deleted, a video of herself sobbing uncontrollably over the treatment of illegal immigrants being expelled by the Trump administration.
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“Would you please speak up?” I asked town trustees last month during their Town Hall meeting.
Read moreHouse Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, issued the following statement in response to the Governor’s State of the State address: “I look forward to working with Governor Stitt and Pro Tem Paxton to enact many of the priorities the governor discussed in the State of the State speech.
Read moreAmong bordering states, only Kansas and New Mexico have higher personal income-tax rates than Oklahoma.
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