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📷👩💻🧘♀️🎹 || she/her || I tweet about tech, gender violence, and the beautiful city I call home.
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Joined April 2014
An #Oklahoma group announced today it will file an initiative petition for open primary elections. Open primary systems are often cited as a factor in legislatures becoming less politically extreme, and independents could vote in races w/ no opposing general election candidate
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Do you think we can add 5 new donors to The Frontier before the day ends? Remember, every donation is matched, up to $1,000, and if you sign up for a recurring donation, it's matched 12x. https://t.co/bNwmrTBCAx
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At The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our...
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New podcast: As soon as 2026, Oklahoma voters could be asked to make a change to the way the state's primary elections are held. https://t.co/1hE5dXUtbj
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State-level races are often decided in Republican primaries in Oklahoma, because there are no Independent or Democratic candidates on the ballot, leaving many voters locked out.
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Lessons from a Red State: I understand the entire “find out” narrative. But I think the implied assumption is that people will find out, reconsider their choice, and potentially change because they’ve recognized their choice caused them direct harm in some way. But,
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Statewide election protection hotline for Oklahoma below. Save this number. 405-849-5220
If you encounter any issues while voting tomorrow, please call our nonpartisan election protection hotline. *Remember to stay at your polling location until your issue is resolved.
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Gisele Pelicot is quite literally helping to change the world.
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Public Ed is on the ballot! ✅
School districts impacted - Bethany, Putnam City, Piedmont - PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR CONTACTS IN THESE DISTRICTS! ✅ PUBLIC ED PICK - Chaunte Gilmore ❌ EXTREME CAUTION AHEAD - Rep. Marilyn Stark
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The damaging tornadoes that injured 6 last night in Oklahoma are a reminder that we must maintain our tornado warning system. Why federal money for maintenance was vetoed by Gov. Stitt after overwhelmingly passing the house and senate with strong bipartisan support is a mystery.
🔺Oklahoma Tornado Warning System maintenance was vetoed🔺🧵 $8 MILLION of ARPA funding that would have replaced 15 aging transmitters that are over 30 years old. Both House and Senate overwhelmingly passed this money with bipartisan support. Out of $1 billion in ARPA funds,
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Trump says he’ll "protect" women whether we "like it or not." Look: No abuser starts out saying they want control. They say they’ll protect you—and decide what happens in your life. Trump wants power over every woman in this country. But for now, WE have the power to stop him.
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It’s also probably a violation of federal law too since there’s no disclaimer and is an ad against Kamala Harris. Hey @FEC, you might want to take a look at this ad paid for by an Oklahoma state agency.
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BREAKING: 150 billionaire families have now poured a record-breaking $1.9 BILLION into the 2024 election. That's $700 million more than 600+ billionaires spent on the 2020 election. Billionaires shouldn't get to buy our elections. End Citizens United. Tax billionaires.
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@HeatherThomasAF This is the updated information... some of the phone numbers have changed as of the 2024 cycle, but the point still remains.
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Cannot overstate how much this matters for survivors of domestic violence and child abuse. Not everyone has a support system and abusers often alienate their victims from whatever support they may have had. We cannot go back.
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The Washington Post is the paper which broke Watergate. It won a Pulitzer for coverage of January 6th. For the Washington Post to refuse to endorse a candidate because it fears retribution from Trump is an enormous flashing red sign that the country is on the brink of fascism.
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Thank you to everyone who made ThunderPlains a success! 🙌 Your passion keeps the OK tech community thriving. 🌩️ We’d love your feedback—please fill out our quick survey: https://t.co/o4LGSIQHEB
#ThunderPlains #Techlahoma #Feedback #ThankYou
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Thank you for participating in our ThunderPlains Conference! We hope you had as much fun attending as we did organizing it! We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving our logistics and...
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