Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment

Michael and Jenni will be talking with ROPE Report Regular, Karmin Grider. This time, Karmin will talk with us about the campaign finances of several different legislators, including Rep. Kevin Wallace, Chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. You won't want to miss this! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Today, Michael and Jenni will talk to ROPE Regular V1SUT Vantage blogger about how the academic achievement scores of public schools hide often dismal student proficiency scores. Parents and taxpayers need to know the truth about how low OK student scores really are. Be sure to TUNE IN ! V1SUT will also re-cap her latest posts concerning public school Coaches who prey on their players. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Last time Representative Conley was on with Michael and Jenni, they talked about her bill to prevent individual school employees from 'talking' with students privately - apart from their parents - via phone apps and other communication methods. We'll hear from her about the progression of her bill now that legislation is wrapping up at the capitol and talk to her about education in general - and anything else that pops up! Tune in LIVE to as questions and comment! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Our guest Wednesday morning (5.8.24), Michael and Jenni will talk to NeAnne Clinton. NeAnne lives in Enid, Oklahoma where developers have made it known that they want to create a solar farm on the north end of town. Why Enid? How will this affect Enid? Is this a good thing? What do residents think? NeAnn will provide some really eye-opening information about solar farming in the US – you won’t want to miss this! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Michael and Jenni will be covering as many items that have been in the news in Oklahoma over the last several weeks as possible. Often, it seems as though we never have the time to discuss some of the more interesting things happening here in Oklahoma because there are SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING here in Oklahoma! Please tune in on Friday - LIVE - and get in on the conversation. We'll talk about Republicans and the Convention, the death of SB1100 (the R-sponsored death of free speech bill), the OSDE's new Office Of School Choice, Chaplains in public schools and anything else YOU want to talk about, so TUNE IN and CHIME IN! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Mic Rosado, retired nurse, will be with us again on Wednesday to talk about health care legislation. Mic was on our show March 1st, to talk about the Rally for Medical Freedom that took place at the Capitol February 20th. Since that time, she - and others - have been very hard at work trying to convince our legislators to pass SB426 and HR1042 which would declare Oklahoma sovereign over our health care. This is important because the WHO is expected to pass a vaguely-worded Pandemic Agreement next month that could effect our ability to exercise personal health care. You'll definitely want to TUNE IN! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Friday morning Michael and Jenni will go back to our conversation about election integrity in Oklahoma with Wendi and chat a bit with Ric about an instance he had recently in his capacity as a county poll official. He roams around wherever he's needed in the county and has recently served as the Inspector for Precinct 305 in Mustang where he picks up the voting machine from his county election board and makes sure they both get to the precinct in time to be ready to go by 7am on election Tuesdays. We'll also talk with our friend Amber Evans about a very interesting Contest of Candidacy hearing held at the state Capitol 4.18.24. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Saundra Traywick is the most fascinating person you may never have met. She and husband Walt own the state's only Donkey Dairy. Yes, they milk mammoth donkeys. The chemistry of the milk is amazing and helps humans with everything from autism to eczema. But we're not even going to talk about that! We're going to talk about biosludge, aka humanure, aka biosolids, aka DISGUSTING. If you don't know what this is, here's an article from 2019 in the Guardian. Suffice it to say, we in the country don't want it out here and you in the city don't want to eat anything grown in it! Tune in to see why! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Friday morning Michael and Jenni will talk to Jeff and Robbie McCommas - wind farm fighters extraordinaire! ROPE has always been a proponent of working LOCALLY and Jeff and Robbie are amazing examples of what you can do to effect change in your city/town with a bit of effort. Tune in, because you won't want to miss hearing from this Lincoln County Power Couple fighting for their property rights against often taxpayer-funded wind generation companies. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Harmful Coaching Series Returns: What started as a small group of women fighting to tell their stories of abuse at the hands of public school coaches has expanded to include similar reports from across Oklahoma. We’ll discuss how some in Oklahoma are taking decisive action to stop the decade’s long problem of sexual abuse within public education and the movement of offenders between districts as others perpetuate policies that shield perpetrators. After a pause to engage a range of stakeholders in this conversation about student safety, this series is back. We’ll discuss the latest developments. 9-Year-Old Served Protective Order at School - No One Asks “How Did That Happen!?!?” Recently, an Oklahoma story went viral and neither the local nor national legacy media asked any of the obvious questions. The V1SUT Vantage dug in and uncovered the judge, a taxpayer-funded non-profit, two law enforcement agency’s and a school district discipline strategy that merged to serve a 4th grader with an unlawful court order at an elementary school. We’ll discuss why a district judge was forced to dismiss her own order and just how interagency overreach is harming and potentially targeting Oklahoma families.

This Friday, we're going to talk to Rope Regular, Sherrie Conley about her decision to leave the legislature this year. What factors did she consider? What is she planning to do when her time in the legislature is over? We’ll also talk about her legislation to prevent school personnel from talking to students without their parent’s knowledge. Where is it in the process? What can we do to help? Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Michael and Jenni will talk to ROPE Regular Julianne Romanello about the rise in GOVERNMENT TYRANNY. Are we noticing all the ways government is making it harder for us to live our lives? We might not be and recognizing it is the key to making it stop. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Beth Anne Childs has been a practicing attorney for over 28 years during which she has helped cities and towns act lawfully on behalf of their citizens - particularly through the way they hold their meetings. Beth Anne knows about Oklahoma Open Meetings law. Friday, she'll tell us all about the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act - and more! Don't let a state agency or board not be transparent about what they're doing with your tax dollars. Know the law so that you can know what's going on. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Wednesday morning, Michael and Jenni will talk to Kendal Sacchieri, current McClain County Assessor. She is an Oklahoma transplant who grew up in her dad's tractor listening to Rush Limbaugh. She came to study at Randall University in Moore, played volleyball, left to study back in Illinois, then returned to Oklahoma to teach Spanish. Kendal has loved being her county's assessor. She'll explain what she does, why she wanted to do it and why it's important. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

So excited to have the woman from the organization that single-handedly drives Oklahoma leftists off the rails! Janice, Michael and Jenni will talk about the surveys that are being given to public school students in Oklahoma - surveys that expose students to information they may have never seen before that can be psychologically harmful and drive a wedge between parent and child.

Wednesday morning, Michael and Jenni will talk about the kinds of election 'interference' we have here in Oklahoma. So many people know Jenni's work in Dark Money, but that's not the only thing that drives the vote here in Oklahoma. Tune in to see the presentation Jenni gave the Lion's Den last Thursday, where there were lots of shocked and angry faces afterward... Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

The NorthStar Project is a Think Tank formed last year to help assist in the reformation of Tulsa Public Schools. It is also very concerned with local School Board election - finding good, parent-centered, financially responsible candidates to run - and then to assist them with their elections. So far this year, the NorthStar Project has sent about 5000 mailers inside 3 TPS voting districts announcing the need for good school board members. They have sent candidate surveys to every candidate running and then published the responses on its website. They then created a voter guide from the responses, which can be found at https://tpsrescue.org/independence-scorecard.html . They have also helped to form another organization called the TPS Rescue Coalition to bring people together in support of their reform mission. The Board is made up of numerous Tulsa-area officials including, former OK AG John O'Connor, Glen Mulready, OK Insurance Commissioner and Vic Regalado, Tulsa County Sheriff. We'll talk to Ken about what spawned his efforts and how well he thinks the group is doing in its efforts after its first year. If you're at all interested in how important School Boards are to the mission/direction of your school, you'll want to tune in to glean some ideas for yourself! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

Multiple waves of attack against the First Amendment rights of Oklahomans appear to be coalescing into a tsunami of censorship just in time for November elections. Is the Oklahoma legislature exploiting the death of a child to control your right to express your opinion on a myriad of topics? Could a bill that just passed the OK State Senate put you in jail over a social media post about faith, family or politics? Beyond the bill, pending cases before the Oklahoma State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court will decide both your right to online speech and the government’s ability to control what information you can access. Bring a pen and paper…you’ll want to know what to say when you contact your representatives to stop the censorship and defend your 1A rights.

Unfortunately, Karmin wasn't able to join us for her regularly-scheduled podcast, so Jenni and Michael spent the hour talking about the woman running against Frank Lucas - Robin Carder - and how she was SWATTED by the FBI for a meme she posted to Telegram about Oklahoma elections. We also talked about how legislators in Oklahoma, sent out a press release that referred CHILDREN to the Trevor Project. Oklahoma is in a world of trouble, all across the board, from tyranny to legislators who make decisions that don't benefit Oklahoma students. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

How many times have we said it here at ROPE? We fought so many non-profit organizations during the Common Core repeal in Oklahoma. Foundations that had money pouring in from private donors - like the Gates Foundation - to try and push a national curriculum down the throats of Americans, while poor parents just trying to prevent losing control over what their kid/s were learning in school had ZERO funds backing us up. The Keizer Foundation pours MILLIONS of dollars into subsidizing day care for children - when we KNOW children are better off in their own homes with their own parents - yet no one sees the danger in starting children in a learning program subsidized by a left-leaning Foundation as early as 3 months old! Julianne will talk with us about how non-profit organizations today not only influence education, but nearly every other aspect of our lives as well! You won't want to miss this, but check out this interview first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6236986205667328

This Friday, Michael and I will stream our talk with Rope Regular, Sherrie Conley about what is going on under the dome of the State Capitol so far this session. We'll talk about Oklahoma school board elections, the 'toe-licking' incident at Deer Creek high school, her House Bill 3958 (to keep school employees from contacting students via electronic devices without parental consent) and EPS trying to keep books in the curriculum. She'll also talk about the documentary project she's starting to bring awareness to sexual assault in public schools.

Whitney Mullica is with a group called PikeOffOTA - a nonpartisan, non-profit group dedicated to protecting property rights and government expansion. The group was formed after the announcement of the Access Oklahoma program by Governor Stitt and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Pike Off OTA’s focus originated in an effort to prevent the development of two proposed turnpikes, the East-West Connector and the South Extension, and reduce the overreaching impact of the Oklahoma Transportation Authority. Recently, head of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Tim Gatz, was removed as Secretary of Transportation and the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority - all three positions which he simultaneously held - after an opinion by AG Drummond said that no individual can simultaneously hold three positions within transportation. Join Michael and Jenni as they talk to Whitney about PIKEOFFOTA, its mission and its concerns!

This Friday, we're going to have Mic Rosado of the Conservative Continuum talk with us about something that is near and dear to her heart as a former nurse - healthcare. Specifically, the rally for medical freedom that was held at the capitol on February 10th. Should Oklahomans be concerned about our medical freedoms even without a looming pandemic? If so, why? We'll ask Mic!

Recently, the Oklahoma State Board of Education adopted new rules (which still have to be approved by the OK Legislature) that would downgrade the accreditation of schools for having "Pornographic material or Sexualized content" available to minors on campus (https://sde.ok.gov/sites/default/files/FINAL%20210.35-3-121%20Prohibiting%20Pornographic%20Materials.pdf). While many parents applauded this rule, Superintendent of Edmond Public Schools, Angela Grunwald says that her school's accreditation should not be downgraded due to 'curriculum' choices. Apparently, the books Glass Castle and Kite Runner, which have been used in the EPS high school English curriculum for many years, were reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Education through the Awarity system - an online program which accepts complaints about Oklahoma public schools originally set up to report bullying incidents. Once the books were reported, OSDE told EPS that they must remove the books according to the new rule, or have their accreditation downgraded. Instead of removing the books from the curriculum and EPS' library system, Grunwald is electing to use taxpayer funds to pay attorneys to thwart taxpayers by taking their case to the Oklahoma Supreme Court to STOP the OSDE from downgrading the school while keeping books that parents have objected to since 2016 (https://thefederalist.com/2016/03/15/parents-shouldnt-let-schools-force-kids-to-read-smut/). A formal complaint was field with EPS in 2017 regarding both books. We'll be showing evidence of the complaints and pointing out various inconsistencies in Grunwald's video 'explainer' to parents of why they're using taxpayer dollars to stop taxpayer complaints.

Our ROPE Regular substack blogger V1SUT was live with Jenni and Michael (2.21.24 - this video has been edited to remove photos) to talk about two pieces of her latest research - the story of Swadley's barbeque restaurant who was accused by the state of fraudulent business practices and the story of several Oklahoma high school sports coaches who, witnesses say, raped (or had inappropriate relationships with) players while they were employed by the district. During the late 1990's and early 2000's, a group of Oklahoma Public School coaches from the Little Axe Public School district, had inappropriate sexual relationships with students. Recently, a brave young woman has come forward to our blogger to reveal that she was raped by her high school softball coach while on spring break in Padre Island, Texas during that time. Despite being told by the Oklahoma State Department of Education that she should collect her own evidence and THEN maybe the OSDE could help her, she began contacting former teammates and others only to find out that this didn't happen just to her. Sadly, these coaches have never had charges brought against them - or been fired from their teaching/coaching positions. Instead, they have simply moved to another school where they were often covered for by district administration.