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When the news broke that a young nonbinary girl in Oklahoma had died after being beaten in her school restroom, the outrage was instantaneous. The left and LGBTQ activists immediately targeted Republicans and conservatives, specifically LibsofTikTok's Chaya Raichik, to blame for the girl's death. They simply couldn't wait to turn this tragedy into political ammo. However, within a few days, as the school released a timeline statement, Dagny (Nex) Benedict's texts immediately after the incident were released and the Medical Examiner determined in a preliminary report that her death was not caused by injuries in the fight, the rhetoric should...

QAs the Dagny (Nex) Benedict case unravels before our very eyes, the LGBTQ left is getting desperate. Judd Legum, alleged journalist, shared the now famous Owasso Police bodycam footage of a seemingly fine Benedict in the hospital a few hours after the alleged 'beating,' she received at school. In a new video released by Owasso Police, Nex Benedict describes how they were bullied by three girls for "the way that we dress." After Nex dumped some water on them, the girls pinned Nex to the ground and beat Nex until Nex blacked outhttps://t.co/fgfl6wP8Rd — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 24, 2024...

The death of 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict was not caused by injuries sustained in a fight in a school bathroom the day before, authorities said Wednesday. A preliminary autopsy report by the medical examiner’s office indicated the Oklahoma teen did not die from trauma, Owasso police said. Benedict — who identified as nonbinary, according to family — died on Feb. 8, a day after getting into a fight that might have been sparked by bullying about their gender identity.

Non-binary student, 16, dies after girls ‘beat her head across the floor’ in bathroom assault: reports An Oklahoma teen died earlier this month after she and another student were severely beaten inside a school bathroom, according to reports. Sophomore Dagny Benedict, 16, was involved at a fight at Owasso High School in suburban Tulsa on February 7, according to 2 News. A school staffer finally broke up the melee after Benedict, a straight A student, and a classmate were battered for an extended period — reportedly by three older female students. While her family’s obituary used female pronouns, mother Sue...

OKLAHOMA CITY—An Oklahoma judge agreed to step down Friday after she was caught sending hundreds of texts from the bench while overseeing a murder trial in the killing of a 2-year-old boy, including messages that mocked prosecutors and were sprinkled with emojis. District Judge Traci Soderstrom also agreed to not seek judicial office again in Oklahoma under a proposed settlement agreement filed with the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary. She had faced removal from the bench over accusations that included gross neglect of duty, oppression in office, lack of proper temperament, and failure to supervise her office. Judge Soderstrom had...

Oklahoma's largest newspaper must pay out a staggeringly large settlement to a sports broadcaster they wrongly identified as being a racist, it was announced on Tuesday. The Oklahoman, the state's largest newspaper, was ordered by a jury to pay $25 million to Scott Sapulpa after they accused him of engaging in a racist tirade against high school basketball players. The incident in question took place in March 2021, when players from the Norman High School girls basketball team "took the knee" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As the protest took place, audiences were astonished to hear one...

RINO Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) has found himself again at the center of a political storm as an old deposition testimony resurfaced, coinciding with his involvement in a compromised uniparty border bill. The senator, who has been a key player in pushing for the so-called “Invasion Authorization Act,” has faced a backlash over comments from a 2010 deposition suggesting his belief that a 13-year-old could consent to sex. ..... Snip..... During his time as director of youth programming at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a 13-year-old girl’s family brought a lawsuit against a 15-year-old boy for an alleged sexual assault...

The principal of an elementary school in Oklahoma who has history performing as a drag queen has resigned following intense backlash. Dr. Shane Murnan, 52, was named principal of John Glenn Elementary School in June but his controversial past, which includes child pornography charges that were later dropped nearly 20 years ago, came to light. He reportedly performed as a drag queen named Shantel Mandalay and read story books to children at local libraries while in costume. Western Heights School District had received threats and was forced to hire extra security and instruct Murnan to mostly work-off site before he...

Felt it hundreds of miles away Depth 6.0 km - fairly shallow but not extremely shallow depth Still.....got my attention

YUKON, Okla. (TND) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper is expected to be okay following a scary incident along a busy roadway. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol shared a video Wednesday that shows Trooper Jesse Gregory conducting a traffic stop on I-40 at Cimarron Road. In the video, you can see Trooper Gregory speaking to the driver of the vehicle he had pulled over through the passenger side window when another vehicle ran into them.

A gas pipeline exploded January 30, 2024 north of Darrouzett (Elmwood, OK Fire Department) The pipeline is reportedly owned by DCP Midstream. According to the Booker Fire Department, flames are shooting 500-feet into the air. Crews are staged a "safe distance" away until the gas can be turned off.

The gatekeepers opened the gate and divided Western nationsThe Hill reported, “Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority.“On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs.“In a statement Wednesday, Abbott justified the actions by claiming his authority to combat an invasion of the state supersedes federal law. “GOP Govs. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of...

A school district in Oklahoma is investigating after two men filmed PORN inside a Tulsa elementary library and then posted it online. The graphic footage was uploaded last week to X, formerly Twitter. The man who posted it said he was led into the school by an employee after hours looking for a 'fun break after work', Fox 23 reported. School officials said they have not been able to identify the individuals that appear in the social media post or confirm the location where the explicit act was conducted, or when the lewd act took place. But parents recognized the...

Plans to build the tallest skyscraper in the United States are shaping up in an unlikely metropolis: Oklahoma City. Developers at a real estate company are adjusting the already ambitious plans to construct the Boardwalk at Bricktown Tower by a few hundred feet to make the building reach 1,907 feet high — which would make it the tallest in the country, the Oklahoma City Free Press reported. “The symbolic height honors the year that Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state of the United States,” Matteson Capital said in a statement.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A woman was taken into custody after meeting an undercover agent for sex in a vacant Oklahoma City apartment as part of a prostitution sting. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics took Mary Heath, 48, into custody after she agreed to meet an undercover agent in the same apartment complex she worked at. OBN agents took her into custody at the complex, where she worked as a leasing agent, according to an arrest affidavit. The affidavit showed that an OBN agent found Heath's commercial sex advertisement on a website and started reaching out to her via text message....

Joe Biden's National Park Service under Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will remove the statue of William Penn from the park erected in 1982 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of his founding of the colony of Pennsylvania. The park is on the site of his original home in Philadelphia. The park, located in Philadelphia near the Delaware River at Sansom and Second Streets, will be "rehabilitated" and that proposal will include an "expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia." The plan was "developed in consultations with the representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware...

OKMULGEE, Okla. — The Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority, who runs the Okmulgee County Jail, issued a statement on Dec. 29 about an incident between its employees and Muscogee Nation Lighthorse police over a week ago. The OCCJA called a fight between their officers and Lighthorse police on Dec. 18 a "challenging interaction." The argument, which turned physical, was sparked by a disagreement over jurisdictional rights. Lighthorse police arrested a man for fentanyl possession and driving recklessly in a school zone. The OCCJA said it has no contractual detention agreement and therefore, denied taking the arrested man into the jail....

The Osage Nation won a massive ruling in Tulsa federal court on Wednesday that requires Enel to dismantle a 150-megawatt wind project it built in Osage County despite the tribe’s repeated objections. The tribe’s fight against Rome-based Enel began in 2011 and is the longest-running legal battle over wind energy in American history. As reported by Curtis Killman in the Tulsa World on Thursday, the ruling grants the United States, the Osage Nation, and Osage Minerals Council permanent injunctive relief via “ejectment of the wind turbine farm for continuing trespass.” The decision by U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Jennifer...

School Supt. Ryan Walters announced a plan to banish drag queens from public schools and welcome back Jesus.Supt. Walters announced a three-part plan to get back to teaching kids how to read and write.Step one is to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs. He says DEI should actually be called discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination.“What we will be doing with this rule is to ensure that we don’t have anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion positions. So that would be the roles themselves. This would be the curriculum. This would be the programs.”

An 8-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the head while he was out looking at Christmas lights with his mother who was also delivering food for DoorDash. It happened in Lawton, Oklahoma, which is about 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. Nichole Groshong said in a GoFundMe post that she, her sons Zack and Waylon and her mother-in-law were in the 900 block of SW 35th Street around 8 p.m. on Dec. 10 when she stopped and put the car in reverse to show them some more lights. Then shots rang out. “I drove away as fast as I...