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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D.

@soonerhawkeye.bsky.social
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Oklahoma Democrat. News junkie. Here to find all the news those other platforms don't show.

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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Who are we going to invade?!?!?
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This eastern Oklahoma idiot. Puh-lease. Statistically Greater chances in his hometown of: food insecurity - having a low birth weight baby - having to travel 30 minutes or more to see a OBGYN or a hospital or a doctor! - than getting carjacked in DC.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
THIS is why??
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Oh FOR FUCK'S SAKE
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Scoop! We got the agreement between ICE and Medicaid to share sensitive data with ICE agents. @leahfeiger.bsky.social @makenakelly.bsky.social @hudsongiles.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-ac...
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ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
What tf was she doing over the weekend?? Good gawd. These people are monsters. Sure take your holiday weekend.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Maybe it needs to be destroyed?
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C-Bo the Eggman @cbotheeggman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The so-called party of “limited government” and “Don't Tread on Me” just voted to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to create a domestic police state.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Twitter died @countmackula.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
With Evil doing so well these days I fully expect spiders to grow very large and take over the planet
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
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Politico @politico.com · 25/06/2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio today threw cold water on European calls for more sanctions on Russia. That came as a surprise to the foreign ministers Rubio met the night before the #NATOsummit.
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Rubio surprises NATO allies with softer rhetoric on Russia sanctions
Allied foreign ministers say the secretary of state took a harsher tone against the Kremlin in private.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
.@CBS8 in San Diego reports that due to Bishop Michael Pham’s presence in the courtroom, in effect, cases of migrants today were postponed.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors is a major loss for the transgender community at an extremely vulnerable moment. “Materially and emotionally, for transgender young people and their families, the worst case scenario has already happened.”
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors
"[The Court] authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children," Justice Sotomayor wrote in a dissent.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025
Just in: In a major ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning transgender kids, but not cisgender kids, from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy, regardless of their parents’ support for the treatment.
motherjones.com
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors
"[The Court] authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children," Justice Sotomayor wrote in a dissent.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
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Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2025
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"
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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
These devils got to go and I hope they waited them out. Come up here and get me. FUCK ICE 🧊
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Said like a white guy from Wisconsin.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
For those of you who knew Victoria Brownworth on Twitter, she passed away from cancer yesterday. She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption. Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
Victoria Brownworth
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The Wife's Bestie here. It is with a heavy heart that I must report that Victoria passed away yesterday morning. It was a gentle and peaceful ending to her long fight against cancer. She loved her X community and I hope she will be remembered here. Please remember her in your prayers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/05/2025
New in PN: A cabinet of dunces "Noem isn't alone. Profound inability and/or unwillingness to perform competently are job requirements for service as a senior member of the Trump regime."
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A cabinet of dunces
In the Trump regime, incompetence is a job requirement.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/05/2025
Investor unease over President Donald Trump’s economic program drove the government’s borrowing costs to their highest level in nearly two decades, following House approval of tax legislation that is expected to add trillions of dollars to the ballooning U.S. national debt.
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Trump’s tax bill plan adds to federal debt, prompting investor backlash
President Trump's tax plan has sparked concern among investors, driving Treasury bond yields to a nearly two decade high, amid growing worries over U.S. debt.
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Tyler Talley @tylertalley579.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
UPDATE: SB364 (banning the use of corporal punishment on disabled students by school staff) officially became law last week without the signature of Gov. Kevin Stitt, concluding a TWO-year journey that saw heated discussion and debate in both chambers. #okleg #oklaed
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Always the case. ALWAYS.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 11/05/2025
Oklahoma will receive the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA softball tournament but shares conference tournament title with Texas A&M. www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/colle...
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Texas A&M, Oklahoma declared co-champs of SEC softball tournament
Oklahoma will receive the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA softball tournament but shares conference tournament title with Texas A&M.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“Bustin’ makes me feel good”
Screenshot of People Magazine article with photo of Queen Elizabeth Ii:  “Queen Elizabeth’s Final Diary Entry Contained Only Fve Words.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.” $1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company. www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
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Baraka Arrested for 'Trespassing' at Controversial Immigrant Detention Facility - Insider NJ
Authorities with Homeland Securities Investigations at the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall this afternoon arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025
She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Huh. Wonder why.
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tef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Ohhhhhh my god. Violation of privacy, FOR STARTERS?!?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"Trump won over 90% of news deserts across the country. These are communities that don’t have a local source of news...that’s where Trump is really succeeding." On the pod, a rural Dem organizer is illuminating on how Trump's rural support thrives in info vacuums: newrepublic.com/article/1949...
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Trump’s Odd New Tariff Musings Show How Badly He’s Screwing His Voters
As a perfect storm of Trump policies is set to hit rural America, a veteran Democratic organizer reflects on whether his party can capitalize to peel off some of Trump’s lockstep rural support.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Um are we sure about this?
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Tyler Talley @tylertalley579.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
JUST IN: The House PASSES SB796, banning public colleges and universities from using public dollars for DEI initiatives. It now goes to the governor’s desk. #okleg #oklaed
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
There's like 10 other airports closer by then somewhere like OKC or DFW so...
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Trump is envious that all the world leaders that attended Francis' funeral and came up with this shit.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Wtf
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
IN A CHAPTER TITLED W H A T ????????
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Oh gawd. Nuclear grade police state on tap.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/04/2025
Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.
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U.S. economy shrank in early 2025, as tariffs sapped growth
GDP shrank in the first quarter, a new report shows, offering a look at how tariffs are reshaping spending patterns and changing the economy.
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
But they have a hard time outlawing corporal punishment for kids with learning disabilities
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
They CAN or they DO??
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MaryAnn Martin, Ph.D. @soonerhawkeye.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Um...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/04/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office
The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas.
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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
i’m not calling twitter by its slave name
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/04/2025
Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
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Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times
After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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