Cleveland County Grassroots Republicans

31/08/2020

"Nash resume ignored by critics

To blast Nash for having friends whose worldview “relies upon science” likely gave the soon-to-be councilman a good laugh.

While I did not tell him I would be writing this piece, I actually attended Norman Public Schools with Michael Nash from roughly first grade onward, and we reconnected a couple of years ago when he reached out about authoring commentary on NonDoc. He produced two pieces about education that, combined, could probably manage to aggravate both ends of our polarized hometown, were you read them now.

Beyond holding a doctorate in mechanical engineering, Nash is also a father, a business owner and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

As I read the scathing Unite Norman press release that criticized Nash’s wife and his friends, I looked closely for any recognition of his military service from an organization so committed to mainstream perfunctory patriotism.

But not only did Unite Norman ignore Nash’s military service in Afghanistan — where addressing the radical nature of certain groups used to be a priority — the press release offered no specifics from Nash’s own application.

Within that document, Nash — who is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation — actually stated his goals and positions on a number of things, including policing.

“My grandfather, Floyd Nash, served as chief of detectives with the Norman Police Department sometime after having served in the Marine Corps during World War II,” he wrote. “I see myself in a unique position to serve as a simultaneous advocate for Norman families, Native Americans, veterans and small business owners, and I hope to be seen as an ally to the Norman Police Department and supporters in-kind.”

How Nash will ultimately be seen is unclear at this point, but Unite Norman’s press-release denouncements are yet additional evidence of irony in the group’s name.

By making a lengthy initial post in the Norman – Ward 5 group on Facebook, Nash seems ready to be open and accountable to his constituents, even if his floating of a notion to move the Ward 5 boundary east frustrated some who apparently have strong feelings about which ward they live in.

May his willingness to speak with and listen to all constituents continue through July 2021."

Norman has been quite polarized in 2020, with the Unite Norman group serving as either a symptom or a prime cause, depending who you ask.

30/07/2020

Cain had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.

15/01/2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION

JANUARY 15, 2020 CONTACT NAME: DAVE SPAULDING
CONTACT PHONE: (405) 361-5380

CLEVELAND COUNTY CHAIRMAN DAVE SPAULDING HAS CALLED A CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 6:00 PM IN THE OKLAHOMA ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE NEW DOWNTOWN NORMAN LIBRARY. THE MEETING WILL BE AN OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A SHORT MEETING.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING THE CLEVELAND COUNTY PRECINCT MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN THE SAME LOCATION, TIME TO START AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM. PARTY OFFICIALS EXPECT A GOOD TURNOUT STATEWIDE. THE MAIN BUSINESS OF THE PRECINCT MEETINGS WILL BE TO ELECT DELEGATES TO THE COUNTY CONVENTION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 AT MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. THE COUNTY CONVENTION WILL IN TURN ELECT DELEGATES TO THE DISTRICT CONVENTION (see okgop.com for dates and times) AND THE STATE CONVENTION SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2, 2020.

IN ANNOUNCING THE MEETINGS TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020, DAVE SPAULDING, COUNTY CHAIRMAN SAID, "A PERSON MUST BE A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN VOTER OF THE PRECINCT TO TAKE PART IN A PRECINCT MEETING OR TO SERVE AS A DELEGATE TO ANY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. OTHERS ARE MOST WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MEETING, BUT MAY NOT VOTE. THESE MEETINGS ARE INFORMATIVE WITH TIME ALLOWED FOR DISCUSSING PROBLEMS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS."
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26/09/2019

Read it here.

29/07/2019

"Attorney General William Barr recently announced the reinstatement of the federal death penalty — this comes as executions and death sentences in states are at historic lows. While people may differ about the morality of the death penalty, there has been a growing movement at the state level to repeal it because of its deep racial bias, fiscal irresponsibility and proven inaccuracy. The federal government should take note.
Consider the following data: More than 160 innocent people across the nation have been exonerated from death row since 1973. Twenty of those people were exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing. And according to a recent study, at least 4 percent of all defendants sentenced to death in the United States are innocent. More than half the people on death row in this country are people of color. In 2018, the Washington state Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty as unconstitutional and “racially biased.”
There are human faces behind the data. Kirk Bloodsworth was the first man in the United States whose capital conviction was overturned by post-conviction DNA testing. A Marine with no criminal record, he was convicted based on the mistaken identification of five eyewitnesses of having r***d and murdered a little girl in Baltimore County, Maryland. DNA testing led the state to vacate his conviction and dismiss the case against him, but Maryland still wouldn’t concede Bloodsworth was innocent.

Ultimately, a DNA profile from semen found in the girl’s underwear was run in the CODIS DNA database system and came up with a “hit” to the real assailant who, astonishingly, had actually lived on the same cell block with Bloodsworth. After two horrifying years on death row awaiting the ultimate punishment, Bloodsworth narrowly escaped with his life."

H/T Stephen Tyler Holman

More than 160 innocent people across the nation have been exonerated from death row since 1973.

06/07/2019

😂🇺🇸

22/06/2019

Just last week, a government lawyer argued in open court that it should not be required to provide these children soap, toothbrushes, or anything more than a concrete floor and a foil blanket to sleep.

“Children as young as 7 and 8, many of them wearing clothes caked with snot and tears, are caring for infants they’ve just met, lawyers said. Toddlers without diapers are relieving themselves in their pants. Teenage mothers are wearing clothes stained with breast milk.”

Inspectors and lawyers traveling to border facilities in Texas described tremendous overcrowding and filthy conditions for hundreds of children and other detainees.

22/06/2019

“From a CIA coup and supporting the Shah’s brutality to enabling chemical attacks, shooting down a civilian airliner and training terrorists, ‘aggression’ between the US and Iran is overwhelmingly one-sided”

From a CIA coup and supporting the Shah’s brutality to enabling chemical attacks, shooting down a civilian airliner and training terrorists,‘aggression’ between the US and Iran is overwhelmingly one-sided.. Someone attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. The Trump administratio...

19/06/2019

I don’t care what you say, this is funny!

WASHINGTON—Blasting the Middle Eastern nation for the brutal assault on the Olympic figure skater, President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Iran was behind the infamous 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan. “It is because of the crazed actions of the Ayatollah that a world-class athlete was cut down...