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10. It would be brilliant to have a Woman on the
Thu May 1, 2025, 04:15 PM
May 1

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Kalyn Cherie Free is an American attorney, former elected district attorney, and a tribal citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She is the first woman and Native American to be elected district attorney in Oklahoma. Free represents Oklahoma as the National Committeeperson on the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyn_Free

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Systems will predictably resist change Fiendish Thingy May 1 #1
How is a Native American woman "status quo?" mcar May 1 #8
Brilliant quesiton, mcar.. Cha May 1 #14
That's not the point Fiendish Thingy May 1 #18
"Status quo" for this group means money in politics, corruption, so I'm sure they'll attack her that way next. betsuni May 2 #36
Hogg IS the status quo, the establishment, part of the system. Must be "pissed off and frightened" according betsuni May 2 #34
That is your opinion, but That is not accurate Fiendish Thingy May 2 #44
Rich white male Mountainguy May 2 #45
Wow, Us Democrats are really good at fighting ourselves. FSogol May 1 #2
KF wants a redo which she may be entitled to Meowmee May 1 #4
Yes. And Trump and his magat followers will contine to reap the benefits rollin74 May 1 #7
Good Luck to Native America Attorney, Kalyn Free, who is Not Cha May 1 #3
Yes. I noticed when I looked at who was elected Meowmee May 1 #5
It would be brilliant to have a Woman on the Cha May 1 #10
Yes she seems like a good candidate 😁 Meowmee May 1 #11
I suspect that her election would really shake up mcar May 1 #23
lol Precisely! Cha May 1 #24
Carville said the DNC needs Hogg, like Lincoln needed Grant. Duncan Grant May 1 #6
I like Hogg on the DNC, but he needs to wear one hat and not try to encourage primaying DEMS who are solid Attilatheblond May 1 #13
Hogg would have been great at a different time. Right now, we have an emergency. kerry-is-my-prez May 1 #19
X1000 yorkster May 1 #28
Apt BoRaGard May 1 #22
Say what? Grant won the Civil War for Lincoln. comradebillyboy May 1 #29
I'm prejudiced. I'm always for the Native leftyladyfrommo May 1 #9
I just looked her up in previous post.. Kalyn Free Cha May 1 #12
I usually am but surprisingly, they were the largest group to vote for Trump. kerry-is-my-prez May 1 #20
I believe she previously had this chance as she was on of the candidates when Hogg was chosen. Nanjeanne May 1 #15
If you read the article it says she says the election was not fair/done properly Meowmee May 1 #16
Yes I read that. So we shall see... If it was unfair it was unfair back in February. It's May now so not sure what Nanjeanne May 1 #17
Appeal filed on 28feb wanderer54 May 1 #27
She appealed it in February which was before he announced his plans I think Meowmee May 1 #31
but there is also this from the article: Celerity May 1 #25
Either way Free is entitled to due process MichMan May 2 #32
She will get her due process, but IF she is trying to change the rules on an ex post facto basis, the appeal should not Celerity May 2 #35
Her argument is that the election did not follow the already established overall DNC bylaws MichMan May 2 #37
And that is being disputed, as I have pointed out in multiple posts. We shall see what becomes of it all. They both will Celerity May 2 #39
I had hoped he's be an impetus for change Torchlight May 1 #21
I hope that this lady prevails LetMyPeopleVote May 1 #26
I feel the same way- any primary generally hurts all the candidates Meowmee May 1 #30
Yes, and it's difficult to believe they haven't figured that out yet. Nixie May 2 #41
Dems in disarray? jalan48 May 2 #33
I hope she succeeds. nt LexVegas May 2 #38
It would look pretty bad if the DNC allowed her to steal the election. Renew Deal May 2 #40
It would look bad if the election wasn't fair to start with 😀 Meowmee May 2 #42
If she's 3rd way. She can go away. Blue Full Moon May 2 #43
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