We’ve officially hit our first deadline of this legislative session. Of the nearly 800 Senate bills that were filed this session for consideration by our chamber, we approved about 400 of them.

The world scene on this day in history is pretty messy, with Russia attempting an outright takeover of Ukraine. There are always a good number of Americans who are passive by nature, and they fundamentally don’t believe in any type of confrontation.

The Biden administration on Monday announced it would be revoking diplomatic privileges for a dozen Russian spies accused of carrying out espionage under the cover of diplomacy. “The U.S.

The Epoch Times has reported that Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday issued an apparent warning to European Union countries providing weapons to Ukrainian defense forces after Russia’s invasion last week.

The Second Session of the 58th Legislature convened this month, and we’ve been off to the races since the very first day. We modified our processes this year on how we move legislation through the Senate to increase efficiency and transparency, so the first two weeks have been especially busy.

I know I normally don’t write this many articles, but I have received a couple emails asking about this. I am far from a foreign policy expert, but I guess understanding the history helps. So for what it’s worth here is a second article if you are interested.

About the easiest thing in today’s world to do is stand back and point out things that don’t seem to be going so well. The list is pretty long.

Russia has recognized the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk within the boundaries stipulated in their constitutions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not show any resistance to Russia — they do not have the guts for it, an the liberation of the Donbass will create a domino effect.

Ukraine is a country in eastern Europe. It is slightly smaller than Texas in land mass and has a population of 41 million people. It borders Russia to the east and Poland and Hungary to the west.

From OKC Black Chronicle OKLAHOMA CITY – There is a bill making its way through the Oklahoma State Capitol that would change Oklahoma’s 2019 Open Carry Laws. The author of a new bill says changes are needed in the Oklahoma Self Defense Act to help law enforcement implement gun safety.