The Oklahoma Observer

T-minus 24 hours until @okobs Newsmakers @fullcircleokc, featuring @MickeyDollens & Rep Amanda Clinton on the impact of new AI data centers on utility rates, electric grid and environment. 6-7 pm Thursday. Light hors d'oeuves on us! bit.ly/4scRgHU

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A Scary Rhyme Across Time ift.tt/hd8ADGj I’d give anything not to write it this column. But the comparisons are clear when history rhymes. President Donald Trump’s America is a foghorn call across time – to Germany in the 1930s, when Adolf Hitler rose to power legally.…

The Energy Policy We Could Have Had ift.tt/i8GusSQ Oil, oil, oil. The war with Iran has oil prices soaring. And no thanks, President Trump, for your other war, the one against green energy. As Americans freak over gas prices, they are taking another look at electric v…

Simply The Worst ift.tt/kHMD8tv

Dodging Guilt On School Bombing Won’t Absolve Hegseth Or Trump ift.tt/1RznI8e Pete Hegseth won’t have to wait much longer before notching his first officially recognized war atrocity as secretary of defense. Investigators for the Pentagon’s Central Command, in charge …

Under The Big Top ift.tt/AuyTlKJ Imagine the boss buys everyone oversized shoes. They look ridiculous, but no one dares say a word. So, they put them on, stumble around, and pretend everything looks great. It’s also a pretty good analogy for how this administration see…

Secretary Of Excursions ift.tt/Vfo9w7n

When Conservative Crazy Ain’t Conservative Or Crazy Enough ift.tt/G9gYc1p Many members of this Trump bunch who hang out at the Capitol – on your dime for four months every year – are so proud of their policies, programs and plans for our state they want to keep their i…

Mar’26 Newsmakers ift.tt/iDYIkJc Rep. Mickey Dollens, left, joined Observer Editor Arnold Hamilton at March 12’s Newsmakers at OKC’s Full Circle Books for an important conversation on the impact of AI Data Centers in Oklahoma on utility bills, the electric grid and the…

New Director Of Verbal Backflow ift.tt/ChvXDxo Markwayne Mullin, the plumber-turned-senator, is back at it – mangling the English language, praising Donald Trump like it’s an Olympic sport, and now talking about the “smell of war.” Strange expertise for someone who’s n…

Master Puppeteers ift.tt/pmabhyx

AI Data Center Hucksters Wouldn’t Bribe Legislators – Would They? ift.tt/SGb4Xzk Bribery of a lawmaker used to be a straightforward retail transaction between the special interest briber and a specific bribee. But the Silicon Valley billionaires now invading rural Ame…

Worthy Message. Wrong Messenger. ift.tt/K9o45TV That’s an inescapable conclusion after an Oklahoma House committee recently torpedoed a proposal aimed at reining in the too-frequent practice of lawmakers departing office one day and signing on as Capitol lobbyists the …

The Downfall Of ICE Barbie ift.tt/VMzws1L I’m the last person to defend her. For starters, I’m a dog lover and shooting a puppy you “hate” because you couldn’t train her to hunt pheasant is no way to win my respect. The fact that she told the story on herself in her a…

The Dearly Departed Republican Party ift.tt/NzBV5Xq

Unliking Times Like These ift.tt/AH6FRmo               1 I’m a sentimentalist, a determined romantic whose love of Mother Nature extends to all her Muses. But my focus gets hijacked by criminals who threaten Earth and its inhabitants.             2 I sit here drinking …

The Worst That Could Happen ift.tt/psdwv9J It’s a good bet not very many had MarkWayne Mullin leaving a safe U.S. Senate seat to become Donald Trump’s Homeland Security guru on their Bingo cards. But here we are. MarkWayne Mullin officially on Team Trump. So many quest…

Trump’s Pumps ift.tt/C8evVTQ

In Wartime, Trump’s National Security Clown Show Endangers Us All ift.tt/APa3Y1N The belated dismissal of Kristi Noem – President Donald Trump’s woefully unqualified and performatively ridiculous custodian of homeland security — highlights the perils now faced by all …