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
Apr 11, 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, our junior senator, Markwayne Mullin, née plumber to all that was good and holy around the Sooner State, believes if you write a story critical of Donald Trump, even (or maybe especially) if it’s true, you should be shot. He’s patriotic that way.

And we conclude, as is our custom, in the great state of Oklahoma, whence Blog Official Salted Cod Inspector Friedman of the Algarve brings us the latest Big Thoughts from Senator Markwayne Mullin, who apparently learned his history from repeated viewings of Tombstone. From the Oklahoman:

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