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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,360 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:49 PM Wednesday

Oklahoma official says all OK high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing

Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing | Oklahoma | The Guardian https://share.google/J0s2fbSopaNi8hWHU

The state superintendent in Oklahoma announced plans to put Turning Point USA chapters in every high school in the state, saying it would counter “radical leftist teachers unions” and their “woke indoctrination”.

After far-right activist Charlie Kirk was killed on a college campus earlier this month, requests to start chapters of his conservative youth group, Turning Point, at colleges and high schools have surged, the organization has said.

Oklahoma is the first state where the government is getting involved to promote starting these chapters. In a press release on Tuesday, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma superintendent, detailed how students could start a chapter of “Club America”, the organization’s high school program, by gathering at least three students from the same school and completing a charter agreement. Then, Turning Point will help the club get a teacher sponsor and official recognition, and send materials such as an “activism kit”.



“We will be putting TPUSA on every high school campus in Oklahoma,” Walter said in the press release. “Charlie Kirk inspired a generation to love America, to speak boldly, and to never shy away from debate. Our kids must get involved and active. We will fight back against the liberal propaganda, pushed by the radical left, and the teachers unions. Our fight starts now.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/turning-point-oklahoma-high-schools

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Oklahoma official says all OK high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday OP
Another state to avoid newdeal2 Wednesday #1
National Religion courtesy of the extremist right wing clerics in government. nt Torchlight Wednesday #2
I live in red Kansas which is bad enough and south of Wichita not far from Oklahoma...too close these days... wcmagumba Wednesday #3
Topeka here. MuseRider Wednesday #16
Okla already is dead last in education Nigrum Cattus Wednesday #4
This is what you get for replacing critical thought with Fox brain rot. Initech Wednesday #21
Why do the Sooners have such a hard on for CK? Iris Wednesday #5
Oklahoma, where the stupid comes sweepin' down the plain Solly Mack Wednesday #6
Well done! MuseRider Wednesday #17
:) Solly Mack Wednesday #23
WTAF is going on w/Oklahoma lately? They're acting like the shitty kid Maru Kitteh Wednesday #7
I came on to say the same thing. NCDem47 Wednesday #14
YES! It's the VIGOR of their bowing and scraping that is Maru Kitteh Wednesday #19
Taxpayer funding for a blatantly partisan organisation ? Even in OK, that spells lawsuits. nt eppur_se_muova Wednesday #8
I didn't see that Oklahoma would be funding it... SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #10
Ryan Walters is a blithering Trump ass kissing jackass who's only in it for the grift. Initech Wednesday #9
I'm surprised that TlalocW Wednesday #11
Will they be teaching racism? spanone Wednesday #12
Many thanks, Oklahoma. Paladin Wednesday #13
Is Ryan Walters such an inept Superintendent mgardener Wednesday #15
And this will increase the academic rigor of Oklahoma's schools......how?... Aristus Wednesday #18
Is OK going to announce that "DUH" is now the officeal state slogan? Ping Tung Wednesday #20
Oklahoma taxpayers better set aside a shit-ton of their money maxrandb Wednesday #22
Next semester: "All students of Pigs Knuckle High School will join the Turning Point Chapter." jmowreader Wednesday #24

wcmagumba

(4,748 posts)
3. I live in red Kansas which is bad enough and south of Wichita not far from Oklahoma...too close these days...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:59 PM
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The OK government seems a bit RWNJ wacky...

MuseRider

(34,961 posts)
16. Topeka here.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:56 PM
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Keep on, it is so scary close all around. I have some very dear friends in Wichita, I hope they are ready to do what it takes to get away, you too.

Solly Mack

(95,777 posts)
6. Oklahoma, where the stupid comes sweepin' down the plain
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:04 PM
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Where the craven meet, to ensure defeat
Of the facts that could trigger your brain.

Maru Kitteh

(30,712 posts)
7. WTAF is going on w/Oklahoma lately? They're acting like the shitty kid
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:04 PM
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that you forgot was even in your algebra class because he spent so much time in detention, trying to be the funny/cool bad boy but he just sucks at it.

Oklahoma seems to have penis envy over flaccid Floriduh and Texus.

NCDem47

(3,068 posts)
14. I came on to say the same thing.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:29 PM
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We get it. You're a red state. But lord almighty...FLAMING assholes tripping over themselves to prove how right/religeous/MAGA/Republican they are.

when the Orange One passes, looking for large swaths of OK to be renamed for him.

Maru Kitteh

(30,712 posts)
19. YES! It's the VIGOR of their bowing and scraping that is
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:08 PM
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Simply BREATHTAKING lately!

Like poorly-adjusted middle kids from a knock-off version of the Duggar family, but with less sanity and a little bit more molestation.

Initech

(106,415 posts)
9. Ryan Walters is a blithering Trump ass kissing jackass who's only in it for the grift.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:06 PM
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This dude should not have any power whatsoever.

TlalocW

(15,664 posts)
11. I'm surprised that
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:14 PM
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Participation isn't mandatory, and I won't be surprised if a school's club isn't doung well, they'll be punished.

mgardener

(2,177 posts)
15. Is Ryan Walters such an inept Superintendent
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:51 PM
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That he can't control what is being taught in OK schools?

Why yes, yes he is!

States consistently ranked among the worst for education in the US include New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona. AI

He can't even improve the education standards in his state.

He is an incompetent, hot mess.

maxrandb

(16,864 posts)
22. Oklahoma taxpayers better set aside a shit-ton of their money
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:55 PM
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to settle all the pedophile sexual abuse cases that will come out of this.

Hey OK taxpayer's! Take a look at the Catholic Church to see how this is going to work out for you.

jmowreader

(52,682 posts)
24. Next semester: "All students of Pigs Knuckle High School will join the Turning Point Chapter."
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 07:06 PM
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