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OKPapaTom

@okpapatom.bsky.social
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🔵 Compassionate Curmudgeon living under Blue Skies, standing on Red Dirt. Grandpa and Papa to nine Grandkids, spouse to one for many years. Retired from work, not retired from life, just living on Tulsa Time. I might be a practicing introvert?

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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 30m
America may never be great again, at least in our lifetimes
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#Oklahoma State Question 845 proposes to take party balancing out of judicial nominating process tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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State Question 845 proposes to take party balancing out of judicial nominating process
It would also eliminate a prohibition on attorneys and immediate family members of attorneys from being selected to fill at-large vacancies.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Will only GOP voters in the states his actions have created problems for GOP races get this ?
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey, #Tulsa County Voters, The Tulsa County Election Board has added early in-person voting sites for Nov. 3 tulsaworld.com/news/local/g...
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Election Board adds early in-person voting sites for Nov. 3
This is the first time the Tulsa County Election Board has offered residents four early in-person locations to cast their ballots.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Closed primaries are a curse on our democracy tulsaworld.com/article_93a5...
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Closed primaries are a curse on our democracy
I didn't leave my political party. My party left me. Both of them. I've been a Democrat, and I've been a Republican. What I am now doesn't matter. The point
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like a good science fiction or fantasy story, but this just proves he does not understand the fact that we can read this story in the news everyday. It does not have any science to back it up but it sure as hell is a lot of fantasy
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As JFK said, it is not what you country can do for you, but what you you can do for your country. Now our country needs us to vote. You have heard the phrase, how do you eat an elephant - one bite at a time. Well, we can eat the GOP elephant with each vote we cast for a Democrat
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Democrats want better than paycheck to paycheck
The GOP seems to be coming up short on ways to improve American lives. Under this administration, a new forever war in the Middle East was started, as well as
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks, was added to my book shelf 55 years ago, and still gets a read every once in a while
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#oklahoma
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How to reengage American voters who don't care
Many Oklahomans were surprised to learn Gentner Drummond had lost the gubernatorial nomination. How did Mazzei win? White House pressure and widespread voter apathy played key roles.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not me, but as I was looking I saw this and thought, why not post it
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Well said. While we may be different in many ways, we are all on the path to a better world when we accept the differences in our society fairly
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Libbie Peters: It's time to extend to all the freedoms that Christians enjoy
Why can my Christian tradition break ground on a temple in the Tulsa area this week while the Islamic Society of Tulsa cannot get approval to build a mosque in Broken Arrow, asks Libbe Peters.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Let me be crass. Does Natalie have a blue dress?
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Wonder what we could have if the Oklahoma Republican Legislature focued on what we need to live healthy, safe lives versus telling us how to live our lives
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Oklahoma Infrastructure Report Card | ASCE
See the Oklahoma Infrastructure Report Card, and learn how upgrades in roads, bridges, and utilities could positively impact residents and businesses.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Did trump make a deal to let China have Taiwan?
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US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation’s aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
SHIT. SHOW. AKA CLUSTER.....
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In #Oklahoma, 15 years of GOP control has devastated our kids and grandkids future. A lack of appropriate funding for professionally trained teachers and staffs working in buildings that provide a comfortable learning environment to ensure our future has the skills to compete in our economies.
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Oklahoma State Testing Program results show familiar struggles in reading, math
Figures released this week by the Oklahoma State Department of Education indicate spring 2026 scores remained largely flat compared to a year ago. #oklaed
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The "October Surprise" this year has some seriously dark possibilities
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Sounds like a plan to me
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
All those blue skies
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Reader urges no votes on SQ 844, SQ 846 tulsaworld.com/article_5aa8...
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Reader urges no votes on SQ 844, SQ 846
The Republican Party took total control of Oklahoma's government in 2011. In the 15 years since, they have driven Oklahoma to the bottom of most rankings compared with other states.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Let me help. Vote NO! on both
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Q: How much money did Oklahoma get from the Federal Government (who get it from blue states) to balance the budget? A: About $16-$17 billion dollars
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ThanksForVotingOK @thanksforvotingok.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Those of you who've shown up 3 times this year: we applaud you. We can't wait to celebrate you at the next one. 🎉 To those who haven't voted yet in 2026: This your official invitation. 8/25 belongs to EVERY registered voter in Oklahoma. Learn More and take the voter pledge: www.thanksforvotingok.com
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Perhaps we could pick the counties with the highest turnout of Trump Voters for these sites
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Boomer time Again?
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ThanksForVotingOK @thanksforvotingok.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
29 days until Oklahoma votes again. August 25. Put it on your calendar. 🗳️ #ThanksForVotingOK
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It boggles my mind trying to figure out what the Republicans think they're going to end up with, when they get through dismantling the America they grew up in.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Forrest had it right, Stupid is as Stupid does
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Straight party voting in Oklahoma is taking our future straight to hell
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Oklahoma is at the bottom of school and student success rankings in America. Underfunding public education by sending vouchers and tax breaks to those who already can afford private schools will continue to take opportunity from too many of our kids.
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Clareraynor 🐸 @clareraynor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thankyou 💙
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
tulsaworld.com
Rule change could benefit Trump Jr.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. helped take an online retailer known as the "Amazon of guns" public last year. Now, GrabAGun, where the U.S. president's son is a shareholder and
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
While the evening of July 4th is loud and chaotic, the morning after is one of true peace and quiet
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We are paying for this in so many ways
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
On the wait list to be called for a table in the dining room
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wait a mnute, you want American journalists to do what?
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gotta vote to get our America back substack.com/@okpapatom/n...
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Tom Dial (@okpapatom)
It is 3:00AM and I am lying awake, frustrated with the recent election results in Oklahoma. You may have heard the phrase “we are not a red state so much as we are a do not vote state” - well we just...
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
substack.com/profile/3028...
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If anyone deserves a third term it is this guy.
tulsaworld.com
Obama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, to open in Chicago
Throngs of guests converged on a lakefront park in Chicago on Thursday to dedicate the Obama Presidential Center, a sprawling campus honoring the 44th president of the United States.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The death grip the GOP has on Oklahoma's government is going to be the death of Oklahoma Looks like we will be the number one in state rankings as we work toward being the first state to be last in all economic, educational, environmental and personal freedom issues
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It is our turn to declare independence from the tyranny of an unjust Trump Administration and continue moving America along the path toward that more perfect union envision by our founders 250 years ago.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It is written in the Declaration of Independence that all men (read this as everyone) are created equally and that unjust governments should be abolished.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If you find you cannot live and let live in my America, perhaps you are not what an American is supposed to be. If you are not that person yearning to be free and let others live freely in their own lives, Can you truly be considered an American.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My version of America says that you can dislike someone’s lifestyle, but you cannot limit it just because you do not understand it. My version of America welcomes anyone who wants to live in peace with together. My America does not tolerate hatred towards those that live differently from me,
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The one where the American Dream was encouraged and supported for all, regardless of skin color, choice of faith, country of origin, or preference of who we love.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I want my America Back. The one that has staggered and stumbled on its way to a more perfect union. The one where Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness meant each of us were free, even encouraged, to be the best person we could be.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thank you. Pardon the pun, my garden keeps me grounded
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
My happy place, In a world full of hate and harm. Now, time to get up and get back in the fight!
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Grocery prices about to go higher. Time to adjust your family budget. tulsaworld.com/article_ecc4...
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Grocery prices about to go higher
As Americans confront a surge in prices at the pump, another inflation wave is headed for the grocery store.
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OKPapaTom @okpapatom.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Trump may have endorsed Mazzei, but he did not write this.
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