Shiloh
@shilohkantz.bsky.social
Cherokee Mom who wants to leave the world a better place for the next 7 generations to come. Executive Director, Oklahoma Policy Institute. Opinions are my own.
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The Roberts Court is a weapon forged against the Constitution as written and amended, especially but not exclusively the Reconstruction Amendments, and either the amendments are legitimate or the court is but they both can't be. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Roberts Court is a weapon forged against the Constitution as written and amended, especially but not exclusively the Reconstruction Amendments, and either the amendments are legitimate or the court is but they both can't be. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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More and more people are saying it:
SCOTUS is a reactionary monarchist vanguard against all the rest of the courts, who would prefer that law and their lives mean something www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
SCOTUS is a reactionary monarchist vanguard against all the rest of the courts, who would prefer that law and their lives mean something www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
More and more people are saying it:
SCOTUS is a reactionary monarchist vanguard against all the rest of the courts, who would prefer that law and their lives mean something www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
SCOTUS is a reactionary monarchist vanguard against all the rest of the courts, who would prefer that law and their lives mean something www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Meanwhile, here's part of the amicus brief from the military brass also filed today in the same case, in support of neither party, but definitely not in support of Trump.
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Meanwhile, here's part of the amicus brief from the military brass also filed today in the same case, in support of neither party, but definitely not in support of Trump.
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Trump is running everything into the ground while grifting billions for himself and his family.
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump is running everything into the ground while grifting billions for himself and his family.
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It’s easy to focus on what’s right in front of us — our own families, homes, and needs. But if we want Oklahoma to truly thrive, we must look beyond our own fence line and recognize this simple truth: when our neighbors do better, we all do better. @okpolicy.bsky.social @shilohkantz.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s easy to focus on what’s right in front of us — our own families, homes, and needs. But if we want Oklahoma to truly thrive, we must look beyond our own fence line and recognize this simple truth: when our neighbors do better, we all do better. @okpolicy.bsky.social @shilohkantz.bsky.social
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Read Tom’s piece. Every word. It’s incredibly important.
June 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Read Tom’s piece. Every word. It’s incredibly important.
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Triggered #TaxCuts sound technical, but here’s what they really do:
👉 Kick in automatically
👉 Don’t help job creation
👉 Mostly benefit the wealthy
👉 Strip funding from things we all need
It’s not policy. It’s autopilot budgeting — and it hurts real people. #TaxCutMadness #RevenueReality
👉 Kick in automatically
👉 Don’t help job creation
👉 Mostly benefit the wealthy
👉 Strip funding from things we all need
It’s not policy. It’s autopilot budgeting — and it hurts real people. #TaxCutMadness #RevenueReality
May 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Triggered #TaxCuts sound technical, but here’s what they really do:
👉 Kick in automatically
👉 Don’t help job creation
👉 Mostly benefit the wealthy
👉 Strip funding from things we all need
It’s not policy. It’s autopilot budgeting — and it hurts real people. #TaxCutMadness #RevenueReality
👉 Kick in automatically
👉 Don’t help job creation
👉 Mostly benefit the wealthy
👉 Strip funding from things we all need
It’s not policy. It’s autopilot budgeting — and it hurts real people. #TaxCutMadness #RevenueReality
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May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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OK Policy is #NowHiring! Join our Together OK outreach team as a Southeast Regional Organizer to lead grassroots efforts and engage local advocates in southeastern Oklahoma.
🗓️ Apply by May 29.
🗓️ Apply by May 29.
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
OK Policy is #NowHiring! Join our Together OK outreach team as a Southeast Regional Organizer to lead grassroots efforts and engage local advocates in southeastern Oklahoma.
🗓️ Apply by May 29.
🗓️ Apply by May 29.
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoes bill to extend eviction process: A bill that proposed to give people who are late on their rent more time to resolve problems before facing eviction earned bipartisan support in the Legislature but met with the veto pen of the governor.
Homeless impacts us all. Fix it!
Homeless impacts us all. Fix it!
May 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoes bill to extend eviction process: A bill that proposed to give people who are late on their rent more time to resolve problems before facing eviction earned bipartisan support in the Legislature but met with the veto pen of the governor.
Homeless impacts us all. Fix it!
Homeless impacts us all. Fix it!
Seems like all kinds of #HIPPA violations 👀
This IS a privacy violation of Autistic persons. RFK jr can not just conduct "research" on Autism by pillaging people's Medicaid or Medicare records. They still need consent from the individuals to use their data for something it's not intended for. It's infuriating, he has NO right. #MentalHealth
RFK Jr. announces plan to research autism with Medicare and Medicaid data
Comes as Kennedy continues his efforts to find the cause of the ‘autism epidemic’
www.independent.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Seems like all kinds of #HIPPA violations 👀
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Appointing a wellness influencer with an inactive medical license as Surgeon General is like naming a retired food blogger as Secretary of Agriculture. Credentialed branding is not a substitute for public health expertise.
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Appointing a wellness influencer with an inactive medical license as Surgeon General is like naming a retired food blogger as Secretary of Agriculture. Credentialed branding is not a substitute for public health expertise.
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$921 million
State agencies in Oklahoma at the beginning of this year said they needed an extra $921 million in the coming year to deliver its services to the people of Oklahoma.
State agencies in Oklahoma at the beginning of this year said they needed an extra $921 million in the coming year to deliver its services to the people of Oklahoma.
May 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
$921 million
State agencies in Oklahoma at the beginning of this year said they needed an extra $921 million in the coming year to deliver its services to the people of Oklahoma.
State agencies in Oklahoma at the beginning of this year said they needed an extra $921 million in the coming year to deliver its services to the people of Oklahoma.
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🚑 When your neighbors can’t get care, we all pay the price through higher emergency room costs, lower productivity, and greater strain on public health systems. #ProtectPublicServices #PublicHealth
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚑 When your neighbors can’t get care, we all pay the price through higher emergency room costs, lower productivity, and greater strain on public health systems. #ProtectPublicServices #PublicHealth
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Listened to my cousin today about how they’ve ghosted some people out of Alabama and i guess folks aren’t hearing about it b/c it isn’t being covered?
Apparently there was an ICE raid at a school where they took peoples’ kids away and when some parents came to look they ghosted them too
Apparently there was an ICE raid at a school where they took peoples’ kids away and when some parents came to look they ghosted them too
March 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Listened to my cousin today about how they’ve ghosted some people out of Alabama and i guess folks aren’t hearing about it b/c it isn’t being covered?
Apparently there was an ICE raid at a school where they took peoples’ kids away and when some parents came to look they ghosted them too
Apparently there was an ICE raid at a school where they took peoples’ kids away and when some parents came to look they ghosted them too
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This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared.
And we will remember their names.
And we will remember their names.
March 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared.
And we will remember their names.
And we will remember their names.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Building a momentum is crucial for mass control over power. Without sustained collective action, authority consolidates unchecked. Mobilization must be continuous, not episodic, to ensure accountability and prevent the erosion of democratic influence. #3E
March 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Building a momentum is crucial for mass control over power. Without sustained collective action, authority consolidates unchecked. Mobilization must be continuous, not episodic, to ensure accountability and prevent the erosion of democratic influence. #3E
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Proposing tax cuts absent any other factors has appeal to voters. But the resulting revenue loss has real, practical implications for the programs and services that Oklahomans rely upon daily.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Proposing tax cuts absent any other factors has appeal to voters. But the resulting revenue loss has real, practical implications for the programs and services that Oklahomans rely upon daily.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
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From OK Policy's Sabine Brown: "Workers should be able to afford basic necessities like housing; policymakers can help make this happen by increasing the minimum wage, incentivizing jobs that pay a livable wage, and supporting affordable housing development." okpolicy.org/a-job-isnt-e...
A job isn’t enough to afford housing for many Oklahomans - Oklahoma Policy Institute
State leaders often say the answer to housing instability is a job – but jobs don’t help if they don’t pay enough. Wages have risen at less than half the rate of rent for the last two decades, putting...
okpolicy.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From OK Policy's Sabine Brown: "Workers should be able to afford basic necessities like housing; policymakers can help make this happen by increasing the minimum wage, incentivizing jobs that pay a livable wage, and supporting affordable housing development." okpolicy.org/a-job-isnt-e...
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Can we stop using the word free in the expression "free market". Nothing free about it. Capital market makes more sense. He or she who has is, can play.
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Can we stop using the word free in the expression "free market". Nothing free about it. Capital market makes more sense. He or she who has is, can play.