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Listener, you probably know by now that we live in Oklahoma, which is a deeply red state with a Republican supermajority,

that means that we have a Republican governor and both houses of Congress and a conservative

state Supreme Court. And what's happening in these states post-Trump era is they are already enacting Project 2025.

It's already happening.

And Oklahoma, depending on which stat you look at, is ranked either 49th or 50th in education.

It is ranked 50th for the well-being of women in the country. Both of those

listeners are dead last. And this is what Republican supermajority policies give the people.

Also, I believe they really start the propaganda machine with the public, and you see a

voting public that is voting against their best interest. For some reason, unbeknownst to me,

the citizens of Oklahoma elected the biggest nut on the planet as superintendent of school.

We've done episodes about him two or three months ago.

His name is Ryan Walters.

He is a full-blown Christian nationalist.

He is a full-blown Trump sycophant.

He is superintendent of public schools who also wants to dismantle the Department of Education.

But just to give you a little flavor for the level of net that we're dealing with here, here's a most recent clip.

We're going to make an important announcement today regarding the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

My staff has been looking at Oklahoma statute.

We've been looking at Oklahoma Academic Standards.

And it's crystal clear to us that in the Oklahoma academic standards, under Title 70, multiple occasions,

the Bible is a necessary historical document to teach our kids about the history of this country,

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