<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma</a> public retirement funds are being “weaponized” to back decarbonization, racial audits, and push pro-abortion policies, according to a new watchdog report shared exclusively with The Daily Wire.
The <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/OPERS-Woke-Investment-Managers-Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, from the American Accountability Foundation, found that three asset managers used by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) have used money from state retirement accounts to support shareholder proposals rooted in woke politics and environmental, social, and governance principles. According to the report, three firms — State Street Global Advisors, Newton Capital Management, and Westfield Capital Management — have used some of the $1.7 billion they manage for OPERS&#8217; portfolio to support at least 216 ESG-tinged proposals that take aim at the oil industry and push leftist social values.
The AAF obtained data on all proxy votes cast by asset managers for Oklahoma’s public retirement funds since 2022 through an open records request. “Altogether, we identified 216 votes in support of troubling policies, including racial equity audits, gender pay gap reports, initiatives to silence conservatives and trade associations, abortion rights, and the radical climate agenda,” the watchdog wrote in a memo shared with The Daily Wire.
The memo comes as Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) and Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ have <a href="https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2023/march2023/governor-stitt-joins-18-governors-in-joint-statement-opposing-ha.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoken out</a> against ESG investing, calling the push harmful to the state. OPERS did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
State Street, alongside BlackRock, were both supposed to be dropped by OPERS because of new legislation restricting state entities from working with companies that are opposed to the oil and gas industry, but <a href="https://www.pionline.com/esg/oklahoma-pers-will-keep-blackrock-state-street-after-approving-divestment-exemption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were exempted</a> after a vote from the board of OPERS.
In the last two years, State Street, Newton, and Westfield all backed resolutions that “call for increased climate disclosures or greenhouse gas emissions targets,” according to the AAF. For example, Newton backed a proposal for energy company Phillips 66 to adopt greenhouse gas “emissions reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement goal” at the company’s May 2022 shareholder meeting.
“We therefore support the Company to set emission reduction targets for all emissions: the emissions of the company’s operations and the emissions of its energy products (Scope 1, 2, and 3). Reducing Scope 3 emissions, the vast majority, is essential to limiting global heating,” the resolution said.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-724665 size-large aligncenter" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM-883x576.png" alt="" width="883" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM-883x576.png 883w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM-300x196.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM-768x501.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM-1536x1002.png 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-5.50.21-PM.png 1799w" sizes="(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px" />In another instance, Newton voted to back a proposal for Wells Fargo to conduct a racial equity audit, according to the data shared with The Daily Wire.
Citing the death of George Floyd and “systematic racism,” the resolution urged the bank’s board of directors “to oversee an independent racial equity audit analyzing WFC’s adverse impacts on nonwhite stakeholders and communities of color.”
In a supporting statement, the resolution objected to $135,000 in Wells Fargo political donations going to “members of Congress who objected to certifying the election results.”
In another example from June 5, 2023, Westfield voted in support of a resolution saying that UnitedHealth Group should create a “report on congruency of political spending with company values and priorities.” The reason the report was needed was because of employee PAC donations to politicians “working to weaken abortion access” and backing of “state attorneys general seeking to revoke LGBTQ civil rights.”
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A similar resolution backed by Newton said that Coke’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies may be hampered because of a Georgia law protecting unborn children six weeks into development. The resolution asked for a report “detailing any known and potential risks or costs to the company caused by enacted or proposed state policies severely restricting reproductive rights.”
Tom Jones, the president of the AAF, told The Daily Wire that the will of Oklahomans was being subverted by the use of OPERS funds to push ESG initiatives.
“For Oklahoma&#8217;s pension funds to be hijacked to push ESG nonsense is an affront to democracy,” Jones said. “The American people should decide our laws, not be dictated to by virtue-signaling corporations and government bureaucrats. Americans never voted to force businesses to conduct &#8216;racial equity audits&#8217; or to shut down oil and gas companies, yet that is what is being imposed on us by OPERS and the corporate advisers they hire. It&#8217;s time to put an end to this madness.”

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Four people have been arrested in connection to the disappearance of two Kansas moms who haven’t been seen in two weeks.
Tad Bert Cullum, 43; Cole Earl Twombly, 50; Cora Twombly, 44; and Tifany Machel Adams, 54, were taken into custody and identified as suspects in the disappearance of Jilian Kelley, 39, and Veronica Butler, 27, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/4-people-arrested-connection-2-missing-kansas-women-osbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI). The OSBI reportedly told the outlet that one suspect was arrested in Texas County in Oklahoma – where the women were traveling to pick up Butler’s children – while the other three were arrested in Cimarron County.
The suspects were booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and one count each of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree.
Adams is reportedly the paternal grandmother of Butler’s children, and they lived with her.
Less than 24 hours after the arrests, two bodies were found in Texas County, the OSBI announced on Facebook.
“Both individuals will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine identification, as well as cause and manner of death,” the OSBI said. “This is still an ongoing investigation.”
The OSBI has not said officially that the two deceased bodies are connected to Kelley and Butler’s disappearance, though they offered condolences to the families during <a href="https://fox59.com/news/national-world/2-bodies-found-in-rural-oklahoma-amid-search-for-2-kansas-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press conference</a> on Monday. The two bodies were found in the area where law enforcement was searching for Kelley and Butler.
Kelley was traveling with Butler to pick up Butler’s young children in Eva, Oklahoma, but they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-kansas-moms-disappeared-while-picking-up-kids-in-oklahoma-foul-play-is-suspected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never arrived</a>. Their vehicle was found abandoned in Elkhart, Kansas, just a few miles from their destination, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OSBI.OK/posts/pfbid02RL17Ct1xfw5HmM9mHaEDLNch4Ah8JJZBt7xP1vvVE2zgpxHGzTDGKyk775K79axnl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Facebook post</a> on March 31.
What investigators discovered in the vehicle has led them to suspect foul play is involved, the OSBI said in an update. The bureau has not released what was found.
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The two women were traveling to pick up Butler’s 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. Butler was reportedly involved in a custody dispute with the father of her children, Wrangler Cole Rickman, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/evidence-in-car-veronica-butler-was-driving-when-she-and-jillian-kelley-vanished-points-to-foul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Rickman had been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for possession of a firearm, just a week before the women went missing. But Lauren Conlin, an independent journalist, spoke to Rickman’s grandmother, who said Rickman had been released from prison and ordered to go to rehab on the same day. She said Rickman was in rehab when the women disappeared.
“He [Rickman] was checked into rehab on the 22nd- 30 days no contact and cannot leave any outings from the facility for 30 days, and has to be there for six months. OSBI confirmed he was there,” the grandmother said, Conlin <a href="https://twitter.com/conlin_lauren/status/1775368832963502376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X on April 2.
Rickman has not been arrested or charged in the disappearance of Butler or Kelley, but his mother was one of the four arrested in connection to the disappearance.

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4 People Arrested In Connection To 2 Missing Kansas Moms, 2 Unidentified Bodies Found

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Two Kansas moms who were traveling together to pick up children in Oklahoma’s panhandle have not been seen in more than a week, and police suspect foul play.
Jilian Kelley, 39, was traveling with Veronica Butler, 27, to pick up Butler’s young children in Eva, Oklahoma, but they never arrived. Their vehicle was found abandoned in Elkhart, Kansas, just a few miles from their destination, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OSBI.OK/posts/pfbid02RL17Ct1xfw5HmM9mHaEDLNch4Ah8JJZBt7xP1vvVE2zgpxHGzTDGKyk775K79axnl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Facebook post</a> on March 31.
What investigators discovered in the vehicle has led them to suspect foul play is involved, the OSBI said in an update. The bureau has not released what was found.
Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley of the Hugoton First Christian Church in Kansas, The Christian Post <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-wife-another-woman-missing-after-car-is-abandoned.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd46F-vWAs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> posted to YouTube last week shows church officials praying for the Kelley family. Willow Christian Church also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02wgnzgcVU4Bn8DZt19L8VrFYZHDKUQUZxHiHL2PTpMKbk2Xdxth2jYMaRcLVhiP69l&amp;id=100070087011279" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> prayers for the missing women on Facebook.
&#8220;Please, please be in prayer for these women. Jillian is the wife of our new minister, Heath Kelley, and the sister-in-law of church member Hillary Kennedy,&#8221; the church said. &#8220;Please pray that Jillian and her friend Veronica are safe and that they are found quickly. God please bring these women home to their families that are so worried about them.&#8221;
Butler was a member of the Hugoton Assembly of God, and her pastor <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=395956500038685" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News that the two women were acquaintances rather than friends.
&#8220;It appears that this was not a willing incident on their own to have taken off. It looks to me that there&#8217;s something more involved,&#8221; he told the outlet.
The two women were traveling to pick up Butler’s 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. The children were living with their biological father’s mother. Butler was reportedly involved in a custody dispute with the father of her children, Wrangler Cole Rickman, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/evidence-in-car-veronica-butler-was-driving-when-she-and-jillian-kelley-vanished-points-to-foul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Rickman had been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for possession of a firearm, just a week before the women went missing. But Lauren Conlin, an independent journalist, spoke to Rickman’s grandmother who said Rickman had been released from prison and ordered to go to rehab on the same day. She said Rickman was in rehab when the women disappeared.
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&#8220;He [Rickman] was checked into rehab on the 22nd- 30 days no contact and cannot leave any outings from the facility for 30 days, and has to be there for six months. OSBI confirmed he was there,” the grandmother said, Conlin <a href="https://twitter.com/conlin_lauren/status/1775368832963502376">posted</a> on X.
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UPDATE: Regarding <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MISSING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MISSING</a> Kansas women, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VeronicaButler?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VeronicaButler</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JillianKelley?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JillianKelley</a>. I spoke with the grandmother of Wrangler Cole Rickman [Rickman is Veronica&#8217;s ex and father of her children]. Grandmother confirmed the below:
&#8220;He [Rickman] was checked into rehab on the 22nd- 30 days… <a href="https://t.co/eHuJkcZN3q">pic.twitter.com/eHuJkcZN3q</a>
— Lauren Conlin (@conlin_lauren) <a href="https://twitter.com/conlin_lauren/status/1775368832963502376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The grandmother also told Conlin that Butler’s children were safe.
Butler and Kelley remain missing.

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Two Kansas Moms Disappeared While Picking Up Kids In Oklahoma. Foul Play Is Suspected.

More information has been revealed on the death of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old girl whose death was exploited by the media to pretend anti-trans bigotry led to her death.
Originally, the media suggested she was gender non-binary. They claimed she was abused by other students at her high school, beaten up in a bathroom, and then died due to injuries from the fight.
It turns out, not one element of that was true. It turns out, Benedict started the fight in the bathroom. It turns out, Benedict had returned to her normal state of health after that fight.
And it turns out, Benedict committed suicide. So every major element of the mainstream media’s report was false.
New details have now come to light about the life of Nex Benedict, which demonstrate as per usual, when young people commit suicide, it is not because society is mean to them due to their gender non-binary status; it is largely because there are extreme mental health co-morbidities with that identification.
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That is particularly true in this case — a tragic, horrifying case. As RedState <a href="https://redstate.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/27/nex-benedict-n2172000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Now that we have the full autopsy report for Dagney (Nex) Benedict, many of the questions surrounding her overdose have been answered. The full report, released by the Chief Medical Officer and Board of Medicolegal Investigations on March 27th, 2024, confirms what the earlier Medical Examiner’s Office reported on March 13th, 2024. There were “massive” amounts of Diphenhydramine, more commonly known over the counter as Benadryl,” in Dagney’s blood.
Dr. Paul Wax, the Executive Director of the American College of Toxicology, reviewed the results and confirmed she could have consumed 50 to 100 pills to reach that toxicity level. Her routine medication, fluoxetine, for bipolar disorder was present and may have contributed, a second authority concluded. Her death was intentionally self-inflicted.
The report indicated, “The 11 pages released indicate handwritten notes ‘suggestive of self-harm’ were found in Nex&#8217;s room by family members, and that the teen has a history of ‘bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, self-harm (cutting).’
While advocacy groups remain insistent that her distress sourced from bullying at school, Dagney did not indicate this in her last notes. The Owasso Police Department released a statement saying, “Although the notes do not make any reference to the earlier fight or difficulties at school, the parents indicated that Benedict reported being picked upon for various reasons while at school.”
As is usual in these cases, there is much more to the story. A hint was provided by the Washington Post on February 21st, 2024, that never made it beyond that report. Describing Dagney’s funeral, the article states that Dagney&#8217;s cousin spoke “along with her mother and Benedict. Nex’s biological mother was among the mourners; their father, who is in prison for abuse, was not.” </blockquote>
So where was Dad? What happened to the father? RedState continues the story, saying:
<blockquote>On July 17th, 2019, when Dagney was 11 years old, an arrest warrant was issued for James Everette Hughes, Dagney’s father. He was arrested on July 31st, 2019, in Sebastian County, AR. The charge was for rape of a minor under the age of 14, during the time period between May 2017 and August 2017, when Dagney was nine years old. Among many witnesses was Sue Benedict, the grandmother who would adopt Dagney in 2019. 
Hughes would accept a plea deal to sexual assault in the second degree on November 27th, 2019. He was sentenced to five years in prison with ten years suspended. He would be placed on the sex offender list and have no contact with his daughter. He was arrested again on January 25th, 2024, by the Little Rock Police Department for failing to comply with reporting as a sex offender.</blockquote>
That was two weeks before Dagney took her own life. The details of the rest of this story are difficult to read.
<blockquote>Hughes’ new case, in Pulaski County, AR, 60CR-24-894: State v. James Everette Hughes, was filed on March 5th, 2024 for the offense of failing to register as a sex offender or report address change. … Case details are difficult to read, and the following information is graphic. In the report, Dagney, age 11, would tell investigators her father anally raped her when she was nine years old. She reported he had molested her for years prior.</blockquote>
This is obviously a story of horrific physical sexual abuse of a child by her own father that resulted in confusion, mental illness, and problems that deserve nothing but sympathy.
But the media treated this as a case of conservative anti-trans bigotry, which is insane, sick, and wrong. Will the media walk any of what they did back here?
Of course not because their original story backs their particular narrative. That particular narrative is that America is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad place.
And their proof of that is that Nex Benedict, a young girl, committed suicide and that she must have done so because society was too mean to her — as opposed to the very specific circumstances of what appears to be a deeply tragic life.

Vigil Held At Stonewall In New York City For Nex Benedict, Non-Binary Teen Who Died In Oklahoma

The Death Of Nex Benedict: The Media Lies To Vilify America

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A medical examiner has determined that the death of Oklahoma “nonbinary” teenager Nex Benedict, which became a national news story based on media suggestions that the teen died from a beating by bullies, actually died from an intentional drug overdose.
In a statement, the Owasso Police Department said it waited to release the cause of death until the toxicology report was completed, KJRH <a href="https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/me-report-reveals-nex-benedicts-cause-of-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. That toxicology report indicates that Benedict died by suicide, the result of an overdose of Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine, or, Benadryl and Prozac.
&#8220;From the beginning of this investigation, Owasso Police observed many indications that this death was the result of suicide,&#8221; the police statement said. &#8220;However, investigators did not wish to confirm that information without the final results being presented by the Oklahoma Medical Examiners Office.&#8221;
The original narrative surrounding Benedict’s death was that the teen died as a result of a beating from three girls who had been bullying Benedict and Benedict’s friends. Teen Vogue <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/nex-benedict-everything-we-know-about-16-year-old-oklahoma-students-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> when the story broke that “a source who claimed to be the mother of Benedict’s best friend told a local outlet the cause of death was ‘complications from brain trauma,’ and that ‘three older girls were beating the victim and her daughter in the girl’s bathroom.’”
This same anonymous source told the outlet that Benedict needed help walking to the nurses’ station after the fight and that Benedict texted a family member saying the teen “got jumped at school 3 on 1 had to go to the ER.” Benedict also claimed the girls “had been bullying me and my friends and I got tired of it so I poured some water on them and all 3 came after me. School did not report to the police and is probably getting sued.”
Other media outlets followed that general narrative, while also blaming Oklahoma law that requires students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their biological sex.
The narrative of the tragedy was revealed to be completely different than what certain media outlets reported. Benedict told a police officer while in the hospital with no visible injuries that the three girls didn’t actually start the fight, <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/02/23/oklahoma-teen-dies-nex-benedict-owasso-police-bodycam-footage-of-interview/72719139007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Oklahoman</a>.
&#8220;They said something like &#8216;why do they laugh like that,&#8217; and they were talking about us, in front of us,&#8221; Benedict told police officer Caleb Thompson, referring to the other girls involved in the fight. &#8220;So, I went up and poured water on them and all three of them came at me.&#8221;
Benedict’s mother told the officer that the three girls had bullied Benedict and the teen&#8217;s friends previously, even claiming the girls had thrown things at them. But the actual encounter that took place the day before Benedict died involved Benedict instigating the fight. Throughout the interview, Benedict’s mother refers to Benedict using female pronouns.
Thompson also informed Nex that because of this, Benedict could face assault charges.
&#8220;You got freedom of speech,&#8221; Thompson told Benedict and Benedict’s mother, referring to the other teen girls. &#8220;The minute you threw water on them you made the first jab. It may not go the direction you want it to go.&#8221;
&#8220;Running the mouth is freedom of speech, unfortunately,&#8221; the officer adds. &#8220;You can say mean, hurtful things all day long and you gotta let it roll off your shoulder.&#8221;
Benedict returned home from the hospital but the next day, Benedict’s mother called 911 to report the teen’s breathing was shallow. Benedict died shortly after – due to an overdose, not any physical trauma.
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oklahoma-schools-chief-says-radical-leftists-exploiting-death-of-nonbinary-student" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously called out</a> the media&#8217;s portrayal of Benedict&#8217;s tragic death.
“I think it’s terrible that we’ve had some radical leftists who decided to run with a political agenda and try to weave a narrative that hasn’t been true,” Walters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times in February. “You’ve taken a tragedy, and you’ve had some folks try to exploit it for political gain.”
“We’ve been told death wasn’t directly related to the fight at school,” he added.
The same New York Times article, several paragraphs above the claims by Walters, suggests that her death was related to the fight the day before, referring to &#8220;the death earlier this month of a 16-year-old nonbinary student a day after an altercation in a high school girls’ bathroom.&#8221;

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Media Ran With Claim That ‘Nonbinary’ Teen Died From ‘Brain Trauma’ Caused By Bullies. It Was Actually A Drug Overdose.

Medical Examiner Releases Actual Cause Of Death For Nex Benedict, Who Media Tried To Claim Was Beaten To Death

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After Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, blasted the state of Oklahoma for appointing Chaya Raichik, aka Libs of TikTok, to a state advisory panel on education, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction fired back that Chasten Buttigieg “is actively indoctrinating kids.”
Raichik was appointed to the Oklahoma Library Media Advisory Committee in January by Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, a committed Christian who is a fierce opponent of inculcating LGBT values in public schools. Last week, Chasten Buttigieg <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/chasten-buttigieg-calls-oklahoma-superintendent-135324054.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, “Look, Oklahoma ranks number 48 in education. So, if your state ranks number 48, you’ve got some work to do. And I think the choice to bring someone like Libs of TikTok is going in the completely wrong direction. And if I were in Oklahoma, I would be very embarrassed that that is what my state superintendent was focusing on.”
Raichik responded on X, “The husband of a current Cabinet member publicly blasted a citizen journalist because I post tiktoks he doesn&#8217;t like and don&#8217;t want kids being transed in school. Does anyone else find this alarming?”
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The husband of a current Cabinet member publicly blasted a citizen journalist because I post tiktoks he doesn’t like and don’t want kids being transed in school.
Does anyone else find this alarming? <a href="https://t.co/pSfYJ6U0xC">pic.twitter.com/pSfYJ6U0xC</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1766904489532141601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“As a parent and former teacher, I want qualified people involved in education,” Buttigieg reacted. “This is actually quite simple. Chaya isn&#8217;t qualified for her appointed government position. She doesn&#8217;t live in Oklahoma. Holds no degree in education. Zero classroom experience. The rest is theatrics.”
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As a parent and former teacher, I want qualified people involved in education. This is actually quite simple. Chaya isn&#39;t qualified for her appointed government position. She doesn&#39;t live in Oklahoma. Holds no degree in education. Zero classroom experience. The rest is theatrics. <a href="https://t.co/dV78j7Dx7t">pic.twitter.com/dV78j7Dx7t</a>
&mdash; Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chasten/status/1766916749125902781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Raichik then reposted a video originally posted by the Log Cabin Republicans in 2022 showing Chasten leading children at Pride Camp, an Iowa summer camp for gay and transgender identifying high school students, to chant, “I pledge my heart to the rainbow of the Not So Typical Gay Camp. One camp, full of pride, indivisible, with affirmation and equal rights for all.”
She wrote, “Chasten Buttigieg, husband of @SecretaryPete is attacking me because he feels threatened by LoTT&#8217;s mission to expose child groomers like him. He doesn&#8217;t want you to see this video of him making kids &#8216;pledge allegiance to the rainbow&#8217; and LGBTQ pride, so definitely don&#8217;t share it!”
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Chasten Buttigieg, husband of <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecretaryPete</a> is attacking me because he feels threatened by LoTT&#39;s mission to expose child groomers like him
He doesn&#39;t want you to see this video of him making kids &#39;pledge allegiance to the rainbow&#39; and LGBTQ pride, so definitely don&#39;t share it! <a href="https://t.co/osa9Wy03it">https://t.co/osa9Wy03it</a> <a href="https://t.co/Juwp5taO97">pic.twitter.com/Juwp5taO97</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1767229108449059164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Walters took a shot at Buttigieg, tweeting, “In Oklahoma we will not be taking advice from someone who is actively indoctrinating kids.”
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In Oklahoma we will not be taking advice from someone who is actively indoctrinating kids. <a href="https://t.co/gPcG6eIjvK">https://t.co/gPcG6eIjvK</a>
&mdash; Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanWaltersSupt/status/1767656469271347515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In 2023, Walters stated, “We’ve been really clear here. We’re going to only allow boys to go to the boys’ bathroom and girls to go the girls’ bathroom. And there’s dangerous consequences when common sense is vacated. And we’ve seen a district here in the state where a boy was allowed to go to the girls’ restroom and assaulted two young girls there.”
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“What we’ve seen is an assault on truth in our education system,” he continued. “And what we’ve seen is instead of telling kids that there’s two genders, it’s biology, we have injected radical gender theory in telling kids that they want to be other genders. It’s dangerous; it puts our girls in jeopardy; it endangers their safety &#8230; What we’ve got to do is return back to the common sense polices that we had just a decade ago in our schools and say, &#8216;Listen, we are absolutely going to affirm truth. What is reality?&#8217;”
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‘Actively Indoctrinating Kids’: Oklahoma Superintendent Of Public Instruction Blasts Chasten Buttigieg

Education

Pete Buttigieg

Politics

Oklahoma’s public schools chief last week called out the &#8220;radical leftists&#8221; he said are exploiting the death of a young student who identified as &#8220;nonbinary.&#8221;
Nex Benedict, 16, died on February 8, the day after an altercation in the high school girls&#8217; bathroom. A cause of death has not yet been revealed, but police said the death was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/nex-benedict-body-camera-footage-interview/story?id=107516210">unrelated</a> to physical trauma from the fight.
Last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters criticized those trying to politicize the situation.
“I think it’s terrible that we’ve had some radical leftists who decided to run with a political agenda and try to weave a narrative that hasn’t been true,” Walters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times. “You’ve taken a tragedy, and you’ve had some folks try to exploit it for political gain.”
“We’ve been told death wasn’t directly related to the fight at school,” he added.
Walters also reiterated that Oklahoma schools would not allow students to go by preferred names or pronouns at odds with their biological sex.
“You always treat individuals with dignity or respect, because they’re made in God’s image,” Walters said. “But that doesn’t change truth.”
He added, “There’s not multiple genders. There’s two. That’s how God created us.”
The bathroom altercation happened at Owasso High School near Tulsa.
On the day of the fight, Benedict admitted in an interview with a police officer to pouring water on several girls in the bathroom who were allegedly making fun of Benedict. The girls responded by knocking Benedict to the floor and &#8220;beating&#8221; Benedict, the teen said.
Benedict&#8217;s mother <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5nHh8ghaEc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refers</a> to her child with female pronouns in the police body cam video of that interview, which took place at the hospital the same day. Benedict went home later that day.
However, the next day, Benedict was rushed back to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The bathroom altercation lasted less than two minutes, according to the school district, and Benedict is seen able to walk in the aftermath of the bathroom fight in a video <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> by the Owasso Police Department. The school district also said the students involved in the altercation were able to walk to a nurse&#8217;s office afterward.
The state medical examiner’s office said the report on Benedict&#8217;s cause of death would eventually be made public, but declined to comment in the meantime on the autopsy or any toxicology results.
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Walters has been outspoken about his opposition to radical gender ideology, which has spurred attacks from leftists.
Last year, Walters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbc-obfuscates-child-pornography-charges-against-oklahoma-drag-queen-principal">called</a> for the firing of an Oklahoma school principal who was previously charged with child pornography and moonlighted as a drag queen.
Back in the fall, Walters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-going-to-do-the-transgender-game-oklahoma-education-board-denies-districts-request-to-let-students-change-gender-on-records" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> the state was &#8220;not going to do the transgender game&#8221; when it came to changing students&#8217; genders in school records.
Last month, Walters <a href="https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-ryan-walters-chaya-raichik-libs-of-tik-tok/46518260">appointed</a> Libs Of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik to a state agency advisory committee.

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Oklahoma Schools Chief Says ‘Radical Leftists’ Exploiting Death Of ‘Nonbinary’ Student

Oklahoma Schools Chief Says 'Radical Leftists' Exploiting Death Of 'Nonbinary' Student

Gender

Public Schools

An NBC News article buries the mention of child pornography charges against an Oklahoma school principal who moonlighted as a drag queen and resigned when the charges came to light.
Last month, Shane Murnan, a 52-year-old man who <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2023/09/12/western-heights-public-schools-oklahoma-libsoftiktok-drag-show-principal/70832065007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">performs</a> in drag as Shantel Mandalay, resigned as head principal at John Glenn Elementary in Oklahoma City. The Western Heights school board voted Monday to accept Murnan’s resignation.
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An Oklahoma principal with a side gig as a drag queen says he was forced to resign under pressure from state Superintendent Ryan Walters and others. <a href="https://t.co/bLg3U8gnfJ">https://t.co/bLg3U8gnfJ</a>
&mdash; NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1757249528892162292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In the months leading up to his resignation, a substack called V1SUT <a href="https://v1sut.substack.com/p/oklahoma-school-district-hires-drag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> about Murnan&#8217;s previous arrest on child pornography charges, putting pressure on the school district to reexamine its hire.
Murnan was <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/02/15/prosecutors-appeal-ruling-on-evidence/62106535007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> in 2001 after police found four images of children engaged in sex acts on his computer, court documents say. However, the charges were ultimately dropped when a judge ruled that prosecutors had not proven that the people in the photos were underage.
At the time, Murnan was a 30-year-old fifth-grade teacher at a different elementary school in the Oklahoma City area.
Back in June when Murnan was hired at John Glenn, the school district <a href="https://www.facebook.com/whisd/posts/1142532123364984?ref=embed_post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> that it was aware of the old charges. Nevertheless, the district said Murnan came &#8220;highly recommended&#8221; and said they were &#8220;very excited about his vision&#8221; for the school.
Soon after he was hired, however, the former charges against the teacher went viral. The popular X account Libs of TikTok posted about Murnan, and State Superintendent Ryan Walters called for him to be fired.
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Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at <a href="https://twitter.com/wh_isd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wh_isd</a>.
Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books about gender to kids while dressed in drag.
Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.
Would you want this person in charge of your kid’s school? <a href="https://t.co/yNuZyt3HRK">pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1696906000660308341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“I’ve heard from parents all over the state,” Walters <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2023/09/12/western-heights-public-schools-oklahoma-libsoftiktok-drag-show-principal/70832065007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in September. “They want this principal out of the school, and I’m going to do everything in my power to ensure that that happens.”
Finally last month, Murnan said that Superintendent Brayden Savage told him that if he didn’t resign, the district would fire him because of the cost of increased security due to threats the school was receiving.
NBC&#8217;s Monday article focused on Murnan&#8217;s drag persona rather than the &#8220;decades-old criminal charges against Murnan that were dropped,&#8221; which it first mentions were related to child pornography way down in the 13th paragraph.
&#8220;He never had a problem with his dual identities, he said, until last year,&#8221; NBC&#8217;s article says.
“I’m a very professional person — I’ve worked really hard,” NBC quoted Murnan as saying. “I’ve gone to school. I got my bachelor’s, my master’s, my doctorate — I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better thing. But they’ve destroyed me, and I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m doing now. This has been a nightmare.”
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The article also says Murnan is the &#8220;latest example of an educator singled out by Walters over ideological disagreements.&#8221;
The piece finishes with a quote from Murnan, who laments that &#8220;right now, it’s not about the kids in Oklahoma&#8221; but &#8220;all about politics.&#8221;

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NBC Obfuscates Child Pornography Charges Against Oklahoma Drag Queen Principal

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Child Sex Abuse

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>-based <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">country</a> radio station was accused of racism after it denied a request to play Beyoncé’s new single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
The 42-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">recording artist</a> best known for R&amp;B and pop announced the release of two country singles and an upcoming album during Sunday’s Super Bowl game. Followers believe the new album, set to be released in late March, will have heavy country influences. 
This prompted one social media user to request the newly released country single on Oklahoma&#8217;s 100.1 KYKC. The X account said it got a response saying Beyoncé isn&#8217;t played on the station&#8217;s country format. He posted about the station’s denial on X, which caused the exchange to go viral and the radio station to reverse course after realizing Beyoncé had released country songs.
“I requested Texas Hold &#8216;Em at my local country radio station (KYKC) and after requesting I received an email from the radio station stating &#8220;We do not play <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> on KYKC as we are a country music station,” the fan shared, tagging a Beyoncé fan group in the post. 
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This station needs to be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé.
&mdash; JUSTIN 🫧 (@jussatto) <a href="https://twitter.com/jussatto/status/1757445359029129508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“This station needs to be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé,” a follow-up tweet said. 
“This is absolutely ridiculous and racist. You guys should be ashamed. I grew up listening to your station,” the X account continued, adding a plea for listeners to start flooding the station with requests for the song.
When the post racked up millions of impressions in just a few hours, KYKC responded on its X account, writing, “&#8217;Lots of calls coming in for Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em. It’s coming up in minutes.” The post included an image of the song in the upcoming playlist. 
A rep for KYKC’s owner (South Central Oklahoma Radio Enterprises), which owns multiple stations of different formats, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/beyonce/article-13082059/Beyonce-new-single-Texas-Hold-Em-refused-airplay-Oklahoma-country-music-radio-station.html">told</a> The Daily Mail that its country station didn’t realize the “Lemonade” singer had released a country song, and further stated it didn’t have the track when the social media user first requested it. 
“Then when we began getting requests for it, we literally didn&#8217;t have it. No label or distributor could get it to us. So we literally couldn&#8217;t play it. Finally after many calls and emails we finally got the song and added it to not only our country station, KYKC, but it&#8217;s also on our Top 40 station KXFC, and our classic hits station, KADA-FM.”
“We have been playing Beyonce&#8217; for 20 years so we are fans,” the statement added.
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The rep also clarified that the situation had nothing to do with racism.
“First, we are owned by a minority owned company, so there&#8217;s that. Secondly, we play music if it&#8217;s good. We don&#8217;t care who it is or what they look like. Thirdly, we embraced Beyonce&#8217; when she hit the scene decades ago. She has always been a core artist for us, especially on two of our stations.”
“We honestly didn&#8217;t know she had dropped a country song, plus no distributor sent it to us. As soon as we finally got it, we added it to our playlist,” the statement concluded.

Beyonce

Social Media Cries ‘Racism’ When Country Station Says ‘We Don’t Play Beyoncé’

Country Station Caves, Puts New Beyoncé Song In Rotation After Angry Fans Complain

Country Music

Entertainment

Music

Racism

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma</a> Republican Party (OKGOP) is disavowing a censure resolution against Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) over his participation in bipartisan talks for a deal coupling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border security</a> reforms with aid for U.S. allies, such as Ukraine and Israel.
Not all members of the State Committee received &#8220;proper notice&#8221; for an &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; meeting on Saturday where the panel <a href="https://okgrassroots.com/okgop-state-committee-condemns-james-lankford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to condemn Lankford, the OKGOP said in a statement on Monday.
&#8220;None of the actions done at the meeting are the official position of the OKGOP,&#8221; the statement continued, adding that the media was advised to refrain from reporting that passage of the resolution was an &#8220;official action&#8221; of the party.
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The OK GOP issues a statement saying Saturday’s meeting, in which a group of Republicans passed a resolution condemning U.S. Sen. James Lankford, was illegitimate. “None of the actions … are the official position of the OKGOP.”
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&mdash; Carmen Forman (@CarmenMForman) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarmenMForman/status/1752021690635227339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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OKGOP Vice Chairman Wayne Hill announced in a <a href="https://okgrassroots.com/okgop-state-committee-condemns-james-lankford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a> on Saturday that the State Committee approved the resolution that condemns and censures Lankford over his negotiations with Democrats.
The resolution called on Lankford to &#8220;cease and desist jeopardizing the security and liberty of the people of Oklahoma and of these United States&#8221; and declared the party would refrain from supporting the lawmaker until he backed off.
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Press release from the <a href="https://twitter.com/officialOKGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@officialOKGOP</a> on the Resolution on the Senate Border Deal. <a href="https://t.co/L7Mx1FgFxr">https://t.co/L7Mx1FgFxr</a>
&mdash; Dusty Deevers (@DustyDeevers) <a href="https://twitter.com/DustyDeevers/status/1751482094809698682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Today’s meeting was attended by 172 active Republicans from all across Oklahoma. The 124 voting members of the State Committee resoundingly approved this resolution and others as their first official act of the 2024 election year,&#8221; the release said.
One purported detail of the not-yet-released deal mentioned in the resolution involved allowing 5,000 illegal immigrants a day to enter and work in the United States.
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News: The OKGOP passed a resolution saying they “condemn” JAMES LANKFORD and his work on bipartisan border security package and until he stops they don’t support him
“Until Senator Lankford ceases from these actions the Oklahoma Republican Party will cease all support for him.” <a href="https://t.co/93a9cBlxab">pic.twitter.com/93a9cBlxab</a>
&mdash; Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) <a href="https://twitter.com/reesejgorman/status/1751382476126105793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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During an appearance on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Lankford pushed back on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-negotiators-wrapping-up-border-deal-push-back-on-internet-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;internet rumors,&#8221;</a> saying it would be &#8220;absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day&#8221; and contending the section in question is designed to shut down the border if there is a &#8220;rush of people&#8221; approaching.
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Some critics of the talks have discouraged compromise. Former President Donald Trump, who is the frontrunner in the 2024 GOP presidential contest, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111775026153711896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Truth Social he opposed the deal &#8220;unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., fired back at Lankford in response to the lawmaker suggesting Republicans are flipping on support for U.S. allies and border security because it is a presidential election year.
&#8220;This is total BS from this RINO,&#8221; Trump Jr. <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1751622657840157057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;Lankford is cutting a deal with Dems to fund [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy with billions, while giving a mass amnesty to illegals. That&#8217;s why we oppose his shitty deal. Anyone who supports it deserves a primary. Why is it so hard to just secure the damn border???&#8221;

Senator James Lankford

Oklahoma GOP Disavows Censure Of Sen. Lankford Over Border Talks

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Congress

James Lankford

Republicans

U.S. Senate

Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has issued an <a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/executive/2092.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> banning state funds, property, or resources from being used by state agencies and institutions to support &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion positions, departments, activities, procedures, or programs.&#8221;
That ban will be implemented “to the extent they grant preferential treatment based on one person’s particular race, color, sex, ethnicity, or national origin over another’s,” the governor’s office <a href="https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2023/december2023/governor-stitt-signs-anti-discrimination-executive-order--takes-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. Stitt joins Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/?Tab=BillText" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed a bill</a> last May that banned Florida&#8217;s public colleges and universities from using funds for DEI programs.
“In Oklahoma, we’re going to encourage equal opportunity, rather than promising equal outcomes,” Stitt said. “Encouraging our workforce, economy, and education systems to flourish means shifting focus away from exclusivity and discrimination, and toward opportunity and merit. We’re taking politics out of education and focusing on preparing students for the workforce.”
The funds may also not be used to force someone to “participate in, listen to, or receive any education, training, activities, procedures, or programming,” “swear, certify, or agree to any loyalty oath that favors or prefers one particular race, color, sex, ethnicity, or national origin over another,” force someone to “certify or declare agreement with, recognition of, or adherence to, any particular political, philosophical, religious, or other ideological viewpoint,” force someone applying for a job to “provide a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement,” or force any person to “disclose their pronouns.”
“As a nation, we strive for equality of opportunity to give every young person a chance at achieving their American Dream,” Patrice Onwuka, director of Independent Women’s Forum’s Center for Economic Opportunity explained, adding:
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Race, ethnicity, gender, and heritage should not be used to discriminate against any person. Yet, discriminatory DEI programming has done damage on college campuses—fomenting division between students, eroding free speech rights, threatening academic freedom, and bloating school bureaucracies, which in turn drives up tuition costs. Furthermore, these efforts do not prepare young women and men for the diverse workforce that values aptitude, grit, and skill, not a sense of entitlement driven by victimhood. 
We applaud Governor Stitt and the state for taking leadership on removing discriminatory and divisive race-based programming and staffing from Oklahoma colleges and universities. Every student deserves a campus free from discrimination. Thankfully, legal protections already outlaw race-and sex-based discrimination, but this executive order guards against efforts to bypass those protections.
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“For years, universities and government agencies, even those in red states, have become increasingly beholden to a coercive liberal agenda, often framed under the banner of DEI,” said David Safavian, general counsel for the American Conservative Union. “The transformation of these institutions has been exposed following the response by major universities in the aftermath of the October 7th terror attack by Hamas. Especially with that in mind, CPAC applauds Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt for acting through executive order today to take down DEI in all of Oklahoma’s government.”

2023 Concordia Annual Summit – September 18

Oklahoma Governor Joins DeSantis, Bans Using Funds For DEI At All State Agencies, Universities

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Ron DeSantis

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma&#8217;s</a> state education board on Thursday voted down a request from two school districts to allow students to change their gender on school records.
The Moore Public Schools district near Oklahoma City and Cushing Public Schools about 70 miles north of the city both requested that students be allowed to change their sex designation on school records.
At a meeting Thursday, the State Board of Education unanimously <a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/not-going-to-do-the-transgender-game-osde-rejects-school-districts-changing-students-gender-records/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> both districts&#8217; requests.
&#8220;What we want to do is bring common sense to schools and say, &#8216;Listen, we don&#8217;t need to be going back recorrecting records based on transgender ideology.&#8217; We have two genders. Those are the genders that are set,&#8221; State Superintendent Ryan Walters said during the meeting.
“I believe we’ve got to continue to stand in line in the way, I would say, of these radical leftist Biden judges that are sitting here trying to dictate this to our schools,” Walters said. “I think this is a great opportunity to show the districts – look, we’re absolutely going to stand for common sense. We’re going to stand against this. We’re not going to do the transgender game of back and forth, back and forth. We’ll be clear on this and stand with common sense and Oklahomans. We’re not going to allow the intimidation of our schools.”
Last month, the state education board passed an emergency rule barring school districts from allowing students to change their gender on school records without the board&#8217;s permission.
At a press conference Thursday, Walters was asked whether he would ever approve a similar request from a school district on changing a student&#8217;s gender in school records.
“We don’t want this issue being thrust upon kids. We don’t want it in the curriculum. We don’t want it in the text. We don’t want it in the novels,” he <a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/not-going-to-do-the-transgender-game-osde-rejects-school-districts-changing-students-gender-records/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a>.
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Gender identity, bathroom use, and parental notification in school policies have become hot-button issues in recent years.
A student&#8217;s gender designation on official school records is usually accessible to parents, but some parents have complained that their children&#8217;s transitions began behind their backs at school, long before any changes on school records.
More than 18,000 schools across the country have rules saying school staff can or should hide a student’s gender identity from parents, according to <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/list-of-school-district-transgender-gender-nonconforming-student-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a list</a> compiled by Parents Defending Education.
Some of the larger districts on the list are New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Baltimore, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.
Parents across the country have also expressed concerns about trans-identifying children being allowed to use the bathrooms of the opposite sex.
Meanwhile, gender identity changes are more popular than ever among children. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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‘Not Going To Do The Transgender Game:’ Oklahoma Education Board Denies Districts’ Request To Let Students Change Gender On Records

'Not Going To Do The Transgender Game:' Oklahoma Education Board Denies Districts' Request To Let Students Change Gender On Records

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