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  • OK registration trend continues shift from Dem to GOP, independent

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    An area trend in party affiliation over the past 14 years shows a dramatic shift in registered voters, including an increase in folks voting independent.

    Cherokee County Election Board Secretary Tiffany Rozell shared the data with Tahlequah Daily Press, which shows that over this time span, the number of Republicans increased from 5,833 in 2011 to 12,924 by October 2025. Registered Democrats in 2011 numbered 14,768, and by 2025, the number registered in that party has decreased to 9,313.

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    By Lee Guthrie | lguthrie@tahlequahdailypress.com

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  • OK registration trend continues shift from Dem to GOP, independent

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    An area trend in party affiliation over the past 14 years shows a dramatic shift in registered voters, including an increase in folks voting independent.

    Cherokee County Election Board Secretary Tiffany Rozell shared the data with Tahlequah Daily Press, which shows that over this time span, the number of Republicans increased from 5,833 in 2011 to 12,924 by October 2025. Registered Democrats in 2011 numbered 14,768, and by 2025, the number registered in that party has decreased to 9,313.

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  • OK registration trend continues shift from Dem to GOP, independent

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    An area trend in party affiliation over the past 14 years shows a dramatic shift in registered voters, including an increase in folks voting independent.

    Cherokee County Election Board Secretary Tiffany Rozell shared the data with Tahlequah Daily Press, which shows that over this time span, the number of Republicans increased from 5,833 in 2011 to 12,924 by October 2025. Registered Democrats in 2011 numbered 14,768, and by 2025, the number registered in that party has decreased to 9,313.

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  • Elon Musk’s X Sign Taken Down After Neighbors File Complaints

    Elon Musk’s X Sign Taken Down After Neighbors File Complaints

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    Twitter’s new X sign has been taken down after complaints from residents about intense light shining into homes and the sign lacking safety permits from the city. What do you think?

    “We can’t let bureaucracy stifle the most annoying innovators of our time.”

    Shelly Prechtel, Systems Analyst

    Congress Placed On Lockdown After Deranged Man Enters Senate With Gun Control Measures

    “When has Musk’s technology ever put the public at risk?”

    Ross Yanczer, Pecan Gatherer

    “These people are just jealous of the creativity and genius that it takes to imagine a bright X.”

    Chelsea Bujak, Taboo Specialist

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  • Contemporary Japanese politics and anxiety over governance

    Contemporary Japanese politics and anxiety over governance

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    Newswise — Chapters start by revealing the declining impacts of social capital on politics, the shrinking range of political parties from which to choose, and the mixing of Asian values with liberal democratic values. Then, by conceptualizing and empirically examining anxiety over governance, i.e., the perception of excessive risk for future governance, Ikeda explores the links of anxiety to Japanese political behavior. While the high regard for democratic politics lowers anxiety among the Japanese, the changes in Japanese political behavior/environment and culture contribute to a generally high level of anxiety, which also had a significant negative impact on the evaluation of countermeasures against COVID-19.

    Chapter 1 captures the changes in Japanese political behavior in the 21st century by contrasting social capital and political actors as determinants. A gradual decline in social capital and weakening of the ties with political actors occurred. By examining the elections from 1983 to 2019, especially the 2009 election that switched power from the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Chapter 1 shows that the transition of power to the DPJ in the 2009 election was not supported by the social capital of civil society, but rather by perceptions regarding the political actors. The DPJ administration ended along with a decline in their reputation, whereas what is visible in the LDP administration after regaining power is a decline in the prospective expectations on the administration. 

    Chapter 2 examines the changes that have occurred in micro-level vote choice and macro-level meaningfulness since 1996 when voters became entitled to cast two votes in every national election in both Houses. Voting behavior is a choice for a set of alternatives, i.e., a set of political parties, but voters do not vote from the full range of the set as available choices; rather, they vote from a limited set of parties. On the other hand, the set of possible party choices defines the sense of meaningfulness that voting brings, i.e., the subjective empowerment on national politics. In fact, voters’ perceived set of party choices fluctuated in multiple LDP- and DPJ-centered clusters, and vote choices were basically distributed among possible choice sets of parties in each cluster. The LDP-centered clusters were consistently stable in determining vote choice, while the DPJ-centered clusters were less stable, and vote choice for the DPJ was rather heavily dependent on selective cues provided by its political actors. After the collapse of the DPJ administration, the perceived set of possible political parties to choose from has been greatly reduced to for or against LDP-centered clusters, along with the sense of empowerment.

    Chapter 3 examines whether the Japanese are unique in Asia and the world (which is often claimed) and whether such uniqueness is linked to the Japanese people’s social capital and their support for democracy, using extensive international comparative data from the Asian Barometer and World Values Surveys over a 20-year period. Although the Japanese are outliers in the Asian value system, which consists of the two dimensions of “vertical emphasis” and “harmony orientation,” in that the Japanese are weak in these characteristics, Japan is not uniquely positioned on the cultural map of the world. Nevertheless, Japanese people’s attitudes and actions are influenced by Asian values in terms of general trust and political participation, which are formed through social interactions with others, whereas this is not the case in terms of support for liberal democracy, which is enculturated by the post-war formal education. Overall, the Japanese may not necessarily be capable of making political and social decisions in a value-consistent manner, which may have a negative impact on the operation of the process of politics.

    Chapter 4 examines Japanese idiosyncrasy in their perception of social and national risk. In the World Values Survey, the degree of anxiety about future unemployment, education, and possible involvement in war, terrorism, and civil war perceived by the Japanese is considerably higher than objective indicators, demonstrating excessive risk perception, termed the “anxiety over governance index.” It was presumed that this excessiveness comes from Japanese people’s sense of worry over the future governance of their country. Analyses confirmed the excessive level of risk perception among the Japanese and revealed that this perception was reduced when the country was perceived to be democratically governed, i.e., the index was precisely related to perceptions of governance. Finally, anxiety over governance was more conceptually sophisticated as a pair conception, i.e., political distrust and anxiety over governance expressing diffuse negative evaluations of the past and the future, respectively.

    Chapter 5 explores the structure of Japanese anxiety over governance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite Japan’s relatively good control during its first wave, an international comparative survey demonstrated that not only was there an overperception of risk, but the intensity of fear (risk perception) was positively correlated with a low evaluation of government handling ability, especially among the Japanese, which is consistent with Chapter 4. An Internet survey on the first general election of the Kishida administration in October 2021 revealed that Japanese excessive risk perception corresponded to the newly constructed direct measure of anxiety over governance, indicating that it was indeed anxiety about the future direction of Japanese politics and political dysfunction. Anxiety was reduced by perceptions of Japan’s degree of democracy, while its high level was explained by the cumulative negative effects of factors such as nonfunctioning social capital, reduced party choice, and inconsistent values.

    Chapter 6 examines a possible countervailing approach from citizens’ perspectives using an analysis of the 2021 election. While criticizing the government in the face of anxiety over governance, many Japanese are less involved in politics, even when confronted with the pandemic. However, the analyses indicated possible pathways for the Japanese to engage in politics, starting with protecting their everyday lives. The book closes by arguing that such grassroots movements are one way to reduce Japanese people’s anxiety over governance.

    [Book URL] http://www.routledge.com/9781032159331

    [About the author] Dr. Ken’ichi Ikeda is a professor in the Department of Media Studies at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan since April 2013, after 21 years of teaching at the University of Tokyo. He has been involved in many national/international survey research as the Principal Investigator of Japan, such as Japanese Election Study, World Values Survey, Asian Barometer, and Comparative Study on Electoral Systems(CSES).

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  • Michael Dukakis Fast Facts | CNN Politics

    Michael Dukakis Fast Facts | CNN Politics

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    Here’s a look at the life of Michael Dukakis, three-term governor of Massachusetts.

    Birth date: November 3, 1933

    Birth place: Brookline, Massachusetts

    Birth name: Michael Stanley Dukakis

    Father: Panos Dukakis, an obstetrician

    Mother: Euterpe (Boukis) Dukakis, a teacher

    Marriage: Katharine “Kitty” (Dickson) Dukakis (June 20, 1963-present)

    Children: Kara,1968; Andrea, 1965; Adopted: John, 1958, Kitty’s son from her first marriage

    Education: Swarthmore College, Political Science, B.A., 1955; Harvard University, J.D., 1960

    Military service: US Army, 1955-1957, Specialist Third Class

    Religion: Greek Orthodox

    First Greek-American to run for president.

    His first cousin was Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis.

    As a high school senior, he ran the Boston Marathon.

    Michael and Kitty Dukakis’ first child, a daughter, was born anencephalic in 1964 and died shortly after birth.

    October 1960 – Joins the Boston law firm Hill & Barlow as an associate.

    November 6, 1962 – Dukakis is elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

    1966 – Unsuccessful bid for Massachusetts attorney general.

    1970 – Loses race for lieutenant governor.

    1970 – Becomes a partner of Hill & Barlow.

    October 1, 1973 – Announces candidacy for Massachusetts governor.

    November 5, 1974 – Defeats incumbent Francis Sargent in the gubernatorial election.

    January 2, 1975-January 4, 1979 – 65th Governor of Massachusetts.

    September 19, 1978 – Loses the Democratic gubernatorial primary to Edward King, who goes on to win the general election.

    1979-1982 – Dukakis teaches at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

    January 1980 – His book,”State and Cities: The Massachusetts Experience,” is published.

    January 1982 – Announces his campaign to take back his job as the governor of Massachusetts.

    November 2, 1982 – Defeats John Sears in the gubernatorial election, with 60% of the vote.

    January 6, 1983-1991 – Governor of Massachusetts.

    June 1986 – His book, “Revenue Enforcement, Tax Amnesty and the Federal Deficit,” is published.

    November 4, 1986 – Wins a third term as governor, defeating George Kariotis 69% to 31%.

    April 29, 1987 – Formally declares his candidacy for president of the United States.

    February 1988 – His book, “Creating the Future: The Massachusetts Comeback and its Promise for America,” with Rosabeth Kanter is published.

    June 1988 – During the campaign, George H. W. Bush, the Republican nominee for president, paints Dukakis as soft on crime because of an incident involving Massachusetts’s weekend furlough program for prisoners. Inmate Willie Horton failed to return and later terrorized a Maryland couple before being captured.

    July 12, 1988 – Names Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) as his running mate.

    July 20, 1988 – Receives the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.

    October 13, 1988 – In the second presidential debate, moderator Bernard Shaw asks Dukakis if he would favor the death penalty if his wife, Kitty, was raped and murdered. Dukakis says no in an answer that many considered emotionless.

    November 8, 1988 – Loses the election to Bush by roughly seven million votes, earning 111 electoral votes in the Electoral College to Bush’s 426.

    1991-present – Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston.

    1991-2022 – Visiting professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.

    2000 – His book, “How to Get Into Politics and Why: A Reader,” with Paul Simon is published.

    April 27, 2007 – Is awarded the city’s Medal of Honor in Athens, Greece.

    July 7, 2008 – Is quoted in the Boston Herald as saying that the country should get rid of the Electoral College and elect presidents through a popular vote.

    July 9, 2010 – “Leader-Managers in the Public Sector: Managing for Results,” with John H. Portz is published.

    October 16, 2014 – Testifies for the defense in the trial of Robel Phillipos, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. Phillipos is charged with lying to the FBI during its investigation.

    November 13, 2016 – Dukakis again calls for an end to the Electoral College, Politico reports. Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election is because of “an anachronistic Electoral College system which should have been abolished 150 years ago.”

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  • Forget What You Think You Know About the Israel-Palestine Conflict

    Forget What You Think You Know About the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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    Jeremy R. Hammond’s new book Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict explains not only why peace in the Middle East has remained so elusive, but also why you won’t hear the answer from the US government or mainstream media.

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    ​​​Worldview Publications will release Jeremy R. Hammond’s new book, Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on July 9, 2016.

    In a meticulously documented account, Jeremy R. Hammond deconstructs standard mainstream narratives about the conflict, shattering popular myths and navigating the maze of conflicting information to reveal a clear direction forward.

    “Obstacle to Peace is a call to action. To achieve peace, there needs to be a proper understanding about the true nature of the conflict. The book’s purpose is to empower readers with knowledge to effect the necessary paradigm shift.”

    Jeremy R. Hammond, Author of Obstacle to Peace

    The publication date coincides with the anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s 2004 advisory opinion finding that Israel’s settlements and separation wall in the occupied West Bank are violations of international law.

    The Court’s ruling underscores the legal foundations of the two-state solution to the conflict, which include the requirement of international law that Israel fully withdraw from the Palestinian territories it occupied during the June 1967 “Six Day War”.

    As Obstacle to Peace details, the framework for negotiations under the US-led “peace process” is one that rejects the applicability of international law. Far from being designed to produce a peaceful settlement, the so-called “peace process” is the process by which Israel and the US block implementation of the two-state solution.

    The book sets out to demonstrate that US policy is itself a primary impediment to a peaceful solution and constitutes a rejection of the right of the Palestinians to self-determination. The book also closely examines the role of the mainstream media in manufacturing consent for the US’s rejectionist policy.

    “Obstacle to Peace is a call to action,” says author Jeremy R. Hammond. “To achieve peace, there needs to be a proper understanding about the true nature of the conflict. The book’s purpose is to empower readers with knowledge to effect the necessary paradigm shift.”

    Obstacle to Peace will be available on July 9 from Amazon.com and other fine retailers, in both hardcover and paperback editions, with electronic editions later to be announced.

    Review copies are available, and the author is available for interviews. View the media kit at:

    http://www.obstacletopeace.com/media-kit/

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    About the Author

    Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst and publisher and editor of Foreign Policy Journal. In 2009, he received the Project Censored Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for his coverage of the US’s support for Israel’s 22-day full-scale military assault on the Gaza Strip, “Operation Cast Lead” (Dec. 27, 2008 – Jan.18, 2009). He is the author of three books: The Rejection of Palestinian Self-Determination (2009), Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman (2012), and Obstacle to Peace (2016) Find him on the web at JeremyRHammond.com.

    Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Jeremy R. Hammond

    Worldview Publications

    P.O. Box 181, Cross Village, MI 49723

    Publication Date: July 9, 2016 • ISBNs: 978-0-9961058-0-4 (hardcover); 978-0-9961058-1-1 (paperback) • 538 pages • Trim Size: 6” x 9” • $37.99 (hardcover); $22.99 (paperback) • Political Science/History

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