Category Archives: National

Lankford leadership team growing

Rep. James Lankford, OklahomaA partial list of Congressman James Lankford’s Senatorial campaign State Leadership Team was announced today in a release by campaign manager Holly Isch.

Among the list of respected community leaders are the original campaign co-chairs from Lankford’s successful 2010 campaign when he was first elected to represent Oklahoma’s Fifth District: Frank and Nadine McPherson, Gene and Jo Downing, Steve and Jackie Green, Pat Adams, Ralph and Wanda Hill, Dave Gillogly and Randy and Susan Kemp.
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Senate Obamacare replacement plan

Senator Tom Coburn

Senator Tom Coburn

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) unveiled the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act – a legislative plan that repeals Obamacare and then replaces it with common-sense, patient-centered reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care.  In contrast with Obamacare and its government centered mandates and regulations, the Senators’ proposal empowers the American people to make the best health care choices for themselves and their families.
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CBS News: Abusive propagandists

CBSTedCruzCBS Face the Nation on Sunday morning was once one of the most respected news shows in America.  Apparently, producers have no desire to regain that status.  NewsBusters’ Jeffrey Meyer reports when Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday morning, he was abused by editing – his views distorted by producers.

Meyer wrote, “Based on video from Senator Cruz’s YouTube page and what aired on today’s Face the Nation broadcast, the senator’s comments surrounding President Obama’s “abuse of power” were edited from the program. Instead what aired was a segment that ignored many of the senator’s complaints directed at President Obama.”

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Moves to control communications

BarackObamasAmericaAnalysis:  Apparently, IRS targeting of groups critical of President Obama and NSA spying on everyone are not the only efforts to control communication and culture by an administration increasingly considered communist.  Now film makers and other Hollywood conservatives are being attacked.

The Hollywood Reporter has published a story that conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, whose documentary 2016: Obama’s America took a critical look at President Barack Obama and was a surprise hit in 2012, will be arrested in New York today for allegedly violating campaign-finance laws.
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Rep. Lankford: Let the people see the video

JamesLankfordSpeakingWashington, DC— Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) spoke on the House floor today to call on the Administration to release the video footage of the September 11, 2012 attack on our embassy compound in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the lives of four Americans.

Following the embedded video, the transcript of Rep. Lankford’s floor speech is provided.

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