❗️VOTER ROLLS- Oklahoma has lost more than 211,700 democratic voters since December 2020. (far more than the 15k+ republican voters lost.)
Any guesses why? We are working on breaking down the latest data. More to come... @OKCFOX VOTER PURGE- Since 2021, more than 453,000 ineligible Oklahoma voters were purged from rolls. Democrats and Independents made up the majority of deleted voters. While Democrats only make up 28% of registered voters in the state, they represented 34% of the deleted registrations..

‼️HUMAN WASTE- a neighbor shared this video of what she says is treated human waste fertilizer (aka HUMANURE) being spread on farmland right near a creek off Peebly Rd in Choctaw right now. There are serious concerns about the safety of this practice…. 🧵 @OKCFOX MORE- The EPA recently updated its guidance on using humanure (“sludge”) amid claims these biosolids
contains hundreds of harmful pollutants that are linked to illnesses. There have been efforts for years to regulate the practice on a state level in Oklahoma…

🚨State Superintendent Ryan Walters and @oksde targeted in a new lawsuit involving rampant child abuse within Kingfisher schools.... @okcfox WALTERS SUED AGAIN- The lawsuit includes stomach churning details about what has been allowed to occur within the district's athletic program. It alleges Walters, the KPS district, and OSDE/ board of ed all knew about it and did nothing. @OKCFOX

❗️ MENTAL HEALTH - Amid a mental health crisis and shortage of providers, Oklahoma therapists are left scrambling after learning of surprising new changes that they say will greatly increase their costs and workload while decreasing client privacy. Here's more on the partnership that stands to benefit from the potential windfall if this proposal passes, which includes your therapist sharing visit notes with the state of Oklahoma.... (Note- Orion Health is the company working on this, NOT "OrionNet")
hcinnovationgroup.com/interoperabili…

COSTLY BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS- Oklahoma lawmakers thought they solved this problem. But @okcfox learned our law isn't enough to make insurance companies foot the bill for women who are considered 'high-risk.' 🧵 okcfox.com/news/local/bre… A regular mammogram isn't enough for 'high-risk' women. OK became one of 9 states last year now requiring insurance companies to pay for additional screenings, like an MRI. @proven4oklahoma fought hard to get the HB 3504 across the finish line. But many insurance plans are EXEMPT

❗️NEW- The teacher at the center of the Norman High book controversy says she’s had to leave her home because of threatening and vulgar messages, including some with her address and apartment number listed… Summer Boismier says she no longer feels safe returning home amid the harassment. The threats began, she says, after @sec_walters posted this letter accusing her of providing “pornagraphic materials” to students…

A quick🧵on the Norman teacher controversy. As we reported, @sec_walters called for her to lose her teaching license after she shared a QR code to an online library. He said "sexualizing our classrooms will not be tolerated." But other districts also offer public library access.. The specific book that prompted the Norman complaint was 'Gender Queer,' a graphic novel. The Norman parent called it "pornography." (The mom told us she chose to seek out the book and purchase it.) Efforts to ban the book in Virginia just failed.... time.com/6210087/gender…

‼️NORMAN BOOK BAN- A close source tells me an English teacher has already been removed at Norman High for providing students a qr code link to the Brooklyn Library and informing them there are free e-books there. This caused further fallout among other teachers in the district... NPS, like many districts, is also making teachers review their classroom libraries and remove any titles that don’t have 2 research articles demonstrating their value. Teachers were given virtually no time to accomplish this so students returned to classes with empty bookshelves.