Friedman of the Plains

Your Thursday Oklahoma (On Friday)

Courtesy of Esquire's Charles P. Pierce with help from yours truly

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Barry Friedman
May 09, 2025
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Big damn thanks as always to good friend Charles P. Pierce of Esquire for the shoutout and for reminding us, if such reminders were necessary, that in Oklahoma, we’re third nationally when it comes to murdered and missing indigenous people — and our governor wants to make sure we don’t drop in the rankings.

And we conclude, as is our custom, in the great state of Oklahoma, whence Blog Official Rabelo boat inspector Friedman of the Algarve brings us the tale Governor Kevin Stitt, who again demonstrated that it's Not About Race because it's Never About Race.

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