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My thoughts this Christmas are focused on what a blessing it has been for the past 4.7 decades to have had the opportunity to communicate with many families scattered across Choctaw County and even afar. This 48th missive cannot possibly sum up the warm thoughts and feelings I have experienced in this capacity for so many people who have been friends to my family and this business, and also to the loyal staff who make an incredible contribution to each edition.

The “Twitter Files” released by owner Elon Musk are not just about the social media platform itself. The most important revelation so far is that the FBI used Twitter (among other online platforms) to spread disinformation that interfered with the operation of a free press and to violate the civil rights of individual Americans. There needs to be a cull to rid the agency of everyone involved in these malignant operations.

TUSKAHOMA — A Texas developer canceled plans for a $1.5 billion hydroelectric storage project in this southeast Oklahoma river community last week, citing protests from 200 residents and opposition from the Choctaw Nation.

The Second Amendment explained Gun control is not an enumerated power delegated to the federal government. Our federal Constitution doesn’t delegate to the federal government any power over the Country at Large to restrict our arms.

the point Publisher The past few years have unquestionably been a time when our nation and collective states have gone through a number of transformations. While the 800-pound gorilla in the room has been the COVID virus, coming in a close second have been a number of social changes that began with both social and political migration to the left and toward leniency.

Whatever happened to “All the news that’s fit to print,” and “Democracy dies in darkness,” the respective mottos of the two most influential newspapers in the country, The New York Times and The Washington Post?

OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the growing concerns over federal violations of constitutionallyprotected rights, Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed numerous bills to push back and constrain the federal government within its constitutional limits.

Does the federal government need a budget? Not if we elected folks who would abide by the Constitution! The federal government does not provide for a budget because the enumerated powers are the budget! It’s all so simple. Only the government can muck up such simplicity.

to point Publisher I’m sure most older Americans remember the real significance of Dec. 7, as that day was etched into the annals of American history.