Oklahoma Observer

Memo from corporate headquarters to staff: “Notice – the beatings will continue        until employee morale improves.” That corporate joke would also fit the perverse ethic of the Republican Party’s latest assault on homeless Americans.

On Aug. 14, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro filed felony charges against a Kentucky woman for spray-painting graffiti on the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, and throwing soap bubbles into the memorial’s fountain. The overriding charge in the federal statutes is “Depredation of the property of the United States.” There was a second charge of destroying a veterans’ war memorial. Penalties could include up to 10 years in prison for damage estimated at $1,000.

“Bob’s efforts on our website have been herculean. He’s at the ready, 24/7, for whatever crops up and he’s always on the lookout for ways to refine and improve our site. He has just the right touch to make it more eye-catching, user-friendly and accessible. He was especially invaluable when the theme developer suddenly dropped support, requiring creative patching to keep it going.

WASHINGTON – Sure, build a ballroom dwarfing the clean and classic design of the White House. Go ahead, murder the history of Lafayette Square with prison bars keeping tourists away from our traditional place of dissent. Close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since it will never be the same again, with your name spoiling the grandeur and memory of the slain president.

“Bob’s efforts on our website have been herculean. He’s at the ready, 24/7, for whatever crops up and he’s always on the lookout for ways to refine and improve our site. He has just the right touch to make it more eye-catching, user-friendly and accessible. He was especially invaluable when the theme developer suddenly dropped support, requiring creative patching to keep it going.

According to the 2025 census, Oklahoma’s population is around 4.1 million. Of those, 2.4 million are registered voters, nearly 1.3 million as Republicans, 600,000 as Democrats, 23,000 as Libertarians and almost 500,000 as independents. Saying the GOP rules the state is a bit of an understatement, given that nearly half of registered voters not signed up as Republicans. So, it’s far from the truth to say they have complete control of the state. So why does it feel like they do?

With its latest ruling on the Trump administration’s attempt to seize control of the midterm election, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority once again advertised its contempt for democracy and the Constitution.

“Bob’s efforts on our website have been herculean. He’s at the ready, 24/7, for whatever crops up and he’s always on the lookout for ways to refine and improve our site. He has just the right touch to make it more eye-catching, user-friendly and accessible. He was especially invaluable when the theme developer suddenly dropped support, requiring creative patching to keep it going.

“Bob’s efforts on our website have been herculean. He’s at the ready, 24/7, for whatever crops up and he’s always on the lookout for ways to refine and improve our site. He has just the right touch to make it more eye-catching, user-friendly and accessible. He was especially invaluable when the theme developer suddenly dropped support, requiring creative patching to keep it going.

https://okobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/8.31.26OCast-Coffey.mp3 Like Donald Trump’s Justice Department, Oklahoma’s Attorney General’s office has strayed from its historically independent, just-the-facts approach to enforcing the law into a murky, disconcerting world of hyper-partisanship. For Oklahoma, the slide began with Mike Hunter’s 2021 resignation. Like Trump’s latest choice of Todd Blanche as the nation’s attorney general, Gov.