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The conviction of President Donald Trump on all 34 counts of the Hush Money Case in New York has left us with more questions than answers. The main questions center around jail time for an ex-president and how it affects his campaign for a second term.

After an extremely productive four months at the Capitol, the Oklahoma Senate completed its work and adjourned this year’s legislative session Sine Die, a Latin term meaning we have adjourned indefinitely. My legislative colleagues and I finished our work and brought the 59th Legislature to a close the day before our constitutionally mandated deadline of May 31.

Stop me if you have heard this before. The Democratic Party is threatening our freedom and democracy. Its leaders care more about power than safety. By trying to remove Donald Trump from the election ballot they are killing the democratic process. They are using the criminal justice system as a tool against conservatives. In their legal precautions they claim no one is above the law except for themselves. They are using divisions such as race to divide rather than unite the nation. They label Republicans “terrorists” and “enemies.” They have taken away free speech for conservatives. The Party and their media mouthpieces make up lies about Trump and others, including working with Russia, even though there is strong evidence to the contrary. They have ignored border security to garner votes… Sure, you have heard all this before. Every conservative outlet has made these claims from Fox News to online personalities to elected officials like Ted Cruz. The airwaves are full of similar accusations. So, what makes Tulsi Gabbard’s latest attack book any different? Simple, she was a Democrat.

Tonkawa and Blackwell were the only two Kay county cities listed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as areas with flooding which had not qualified for flood insurance by March 31, 1974.