Brett D - OKC
@brettdokc.bsky.social
Founder and retired Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City Free Press. Lifelong Oklahoman and resident of Oklahoma City. Raised on a farm by Eisenhower Republicans. Nowadays: Democrat. Liberal. Thinker. Writer.
Unlike American right-wing radicals, Catholic doctrine condemns state actions against the sanctity of all life instead of showing blood lust against criminals while worshipping a fetus.
Archbishop Wenski condemns Catholic governor Ron DeSantis’s execution rampage
“I can’t explain the thinking other than that wants to come across as a tough guy,” the Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said.
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“We cannot deny our heritage as a nation built by immigrants. We cannot watch our democratic institutions erode to the point where no compromises can be found, which enables our society to overcome the polarization that divides our nation.”
Bishop DiMarzio: Immigration is what makes America great
On this 250th anniversary, we celebrate our democracy and our achievements as a nation, but we can never forget that it was because of immigration that we have achieved so much.
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So, how did the rest of you like *your* immunity deal? Oh, you didn’t get one, too?
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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Surfed around on cable for some news and several channels were still broadcasting Trump's off-the-wall, off-topic, Oval Office blather with few interruptions from those gathered. The super said it was "breaking news" about the Iran War. Text-based news is not as captured because of the medium.
✨ Oklahoma's new portal program is bringing high-speed internet access to rural communities through public libraries, enabling virtual healthcare, job training, and remote services. 📍 KOSU Oklahoma 🇺🇸 https://tinyurl.com/2ynkadkk
Ken Paxton currently owns a 5 bedroom, 3 story lodge in Oklahoma, advertised as a “modern luxury.” The property is worth over $1.6 million.
Good point. This seems to be more of a deal to let those GOP senators off the hook with a “deal” that’s actually not a deal.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat will the media companies who are publishing stories that Blanche agreed to a “deal” with Cornyn & Tillis to kill the slush fund write when people start getting paid with our tax dollars & this whole thing is revealed as a sham? Since they aren’t writing how it’s a sham now.
What will the media companies who are publishing stories that Blanche agreed to a “deal” with Cornyn & Tillis to kill the slush fund write when people start getting paid with our tax dollars & this whole thing is revealed as a sham? Since they aren’t writing how it’s a sham now.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Or, how the Paul Weiss firm shifted its culture from justice-first to money-first. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.
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The reason the GOP had to retake the White House was to control the Epstein narrative. I fear that control of the Epstein narrative is why so many corporations have bent the knee to Trump. I think the Epstein horror extends to govt officials, and corporate heads.
The very last line of this piece should be the lead for their reporting: “With none of Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war that Russia and China will welcome.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/b...
Oil Prices Plummet as Investors Digest Pause in Iran War Fighting (Gift Article)
The markets’ moves were the first since President Trump said he had halted a planned U.S. assault on Iran.
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The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets.
US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions
The U.S. dollar has weakened sharply against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3d ago1/ Here’s the dumbest part of the AI gold rush nobody or few say out loud. A handful of giant companies mostly just sell to each other, book each other’s cash as growth, and let their stock prices balloon on it. It’s a circle pretending to be a market. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
NEW - City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to renew and continue OKC Police’s contract with controversial Flock Safety, makers of AI-powered ALPR cameras | Brett Fieldcamp reports:
Flock camera contract renewal heads to City Council Tuesday
City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to renew and continue OKC Police’s contract with controversial Flock Safety, makers of AI-powered ALPR cameras.
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Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 6d agoI wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.
With Donald Trump, everything is at someone else’s expense. Hope this guy sues for millions. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Charges to Be Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)
President Trump had repeatedly accused vandals of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On Friday, prosecutors acknowledged it was “the result of flawed installation” and moved to dismiss cha...
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This is a solid, readable piece about how it is possible to stop a coup attempt. It's not just a "we are so f*cked" piece. Worth your time. prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup - The American Prospect
If we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.
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This world isn't collapsing because humanity became too compassionate, too equal, or too free… It is collapsing because greedy fucking sociopaths, converted governments into protection rackets for oligarchs and crooks, like Trump!! Any Questions?! 😎✨
Who’s in TEXAS? I don’t know how accurate this is but I’d bet it not altogether false.
GDP growth for Q2 came in lower than expected this morning: 1.5% (vs. the 2.1% economists predicted). Growth has averaged 1.9% under Trump — lower than the 2.4% during Biden's last year and the 3% Trump's Treasury Secretary has promised to deliver by the end of the year.
I Don't Give A Flying Fuck About Fauci's Diary. Release The Fucking Epstein Files. open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/... We want the #Epsteinfiles released not GOP theatrics. Repost #Blues #Epsteinfilesrelease
I Don't Give A Flying Fuck About Fauci's Diary. Release The Fucking Epstein Files.
They subpoenaed the immunologist and left the Epstein filing cabinet locked.
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As trust in the Trump admin erodes, more record requests are being sent, and officials are either behind or just stonewalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Federal Agencies Face Record Backlog of Public Records Requests (Gift Article)
A Times analysis of 16 years of available federal data shows federal agencies lag in processing requests for government records.
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For those who missed the past eras of threats, proven false in the Pentagon Papers in Vietnam, Communism was not the threat. Arms manufacturers rose from the propaganda & many young people were killed or damaged for life in a foreign land with no experience in the cultures or geography over & over.
Mindcite💥@mindcite.bsky.social · 7d ago🚨 🚨 "Communists", a GOP dogwhistle as old and tired as Trump himself, is their new "Woke" (and Antifa, DEI, Vermin...) Share my reminder meme liberally. And vote Blue at midterms in numbers too BIG to rig‼️ #Blues
Former MAGA Insider Richard Logis Says Democrats Are America’s Last Line of Defense Against… mannyotiko1.medium.com/former-maga-...
City forced to euthanize 250 birds seized in June drug bust | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/city-forced-...
City forced to euthanize 250 birds seized in June drug bust
Officials from OKC Animal Welfare have confirmed that they were forced to humanely euthanize roughly 250 birds seized by police in a headline-making June drug bust.
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