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Badge Before Citizenship? Oklahoma Republican House Members Say Yes as Oklahoma Joins the Blue States
How House Speaker Kyle Hilbert and Republicans in The Oklahoma House of Representatives helped Democrats defeat the bill banning foreign nationals from…
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Jason W. Murphey
The Official Release of The 2025 Capitol Conformity Tracker
Is your state representative one of the ten who stood with the people—or just another lemming, mindlessly hitting the green button? If it's the latter…
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Jason W. Murphey
The Midnight Execution
While you slept your legislators carried out a political execution in the dark — and set a dangerous new standard.
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Jason W. Murphey

May 2025

When “Shall” Becomes “May”: Why the People of Oklahoma Face a Dangerous Four Days Ahead
The People of Oklahoma Are in Grave Danger: How Charles McCall’s One-Word Power Grab Will Hit Hard This Week
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Jason W. Murphey
$255 Million in 72 Hours
The Oklahoma House just gave a foreign corporation one of the largest handouts in state history—with almost no public debate. This is not lawmaking…
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Jason W. Murphey
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They Tried to Ambush Ryan Walters—Here’s How They Almost Got Away With It
While most House Republicans likely had no idea what was happening, leadership tried to sneak through a bombshell amendment—but three sharp lawmakers…
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Jason W. Murphey
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The Emperor in the People’s House
In a moment that stunned observers, Kyle Hilbert seized the presiding officer’s chair and rewrote the rule—on live vote. Here's how normal legislative…
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Jason W. Murphey

April 2025

How the Capitol Conformity Tracker was Received by Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and What is Next?
How legislators responded to the Oklahoma Capitol Conformity Tracker and introducing the new tool to help the voters hold them accountable: The People's…
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Jason W. Murphey
The Rise of Censorship in The Oklahoma House of Representatives: How the Oklahoma House Is Silencing Its Own
What happens when a state representative tries to warn the public—and gets silenced by the House of Representatives.
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Jason W. Murphey
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The Curse of Absolute Power
New House Speaker Kyle Hilbert is now likely feeling the full weight of the curse of having absolute power. It didn't have to be this way.
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Jason W. Murphey
Freedom in The Oklahoma House: What's Driving Republican Legislators to Shake Off Establishment Control
Republican state house members are finally shaking free of establishment control. The shift is subtle but significant—and it’s being driven by the…
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Jason W. Murphey
Something Big is Happening in The Oklahoma House of Representatives
Don’t look now, but the first green shoots of independent thought are starting to emerge from the darkness of the Oklahoma Capitol.
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Jason W. Murphey
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