user avatar
Paul Monies
@pmonies
“Twitter ain’t real life.” 🤷‍♂️ Native Scotsman. Honorary Texan & Okie. Reporting without fear or favor. #FOI Send me tips: [email protected].
Oklahoma City
Joined July 2008
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    FWIW, I’ve muted the eejits. I’ll leave it to y’all to figure out who that might be…. 😉
  • user avatar
    “Gov. Kevin Stitt's office cited uncertainty about how the federal government will administer the program.” (The state just launched a $150 million private school tax credit program whose rules and statutes were filled with uncertainty. It paid an outside vendor $4 million.)
    State to opt out of food program
Federal initiative offers assistance in summer
Dale Denwalt
The Oklahoman
USA TODAY NETWORK
Despite one of every five Oklahoma children living through food insecurity, the state won't participate in a new federal summer food program for children.
Gov. Kevin Stitt's office cited uncertainty about how the federal government will administer the program.
The Summer EBT program would have doled out $40 per month this summer for children who get free or reduced price meals during the school year.
Families would be able to purchase groceries using an electronic benefits transfer, or EBT card. It's similar to the pandemic-era children's food program that recently expired, which gave eligible families $120 per child to buy food during summer months.
  • user avatar
    Truer words have not been spoken: "They’re little kids and that’s how things are." wsj.com/articles/when-… (via @WSJ)
  • user avatar
    Can confirm that Nextdoor is still up if you feel like asking whether loud noises are gunfire or fireworks. Or if you just like reporting “suspicious” people in your neighborhood.
  • user avatar
    NBD. Just stuck behind this on I-35. 😬
  • user avatar
    Guy who *inherited* his family business getting sideways with a union guy. 👀
    Teamsters president Sean M. O'Brien vs. Sen. Markwayne Mullin in the Senate this morning.
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Friends, I tested positive for #COVID19. I’m pretty surprised. I have zero symptoms (so far) and I feel fine. In fact, I ran 5 miles this morning. I spent the last few hours calling people I know I’ve been in contact with in the last 14 days. Be safe out there. 😷
    “This won’t be painful, but it will be uncomfortable. We have this big Q-Tip that we’ll put up your nose for 10 seconds. I’ll count out loud.” Got my post #TulsaTrumpRally #COVID19 test. Called Monday for appointment & got one for this morning. Results in 2-3 business days.😷
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Drag me all you want, but I feel like the teachers I talk to on the regular aren't trying to indoctrinate beyond the actual letters and numbers. And doing the homework. 🤷🏼‍♂️ #oklaed
  • user avatar
    #MattGPT, take me off your distro list. Thanks.
    A media advisory from a state agency publicizing an event featuring a public official. It also features a request not to share details of a public event on social media.
  • user avatar
    Respectfully, Ryan, with the caveat that I don't cover education. But as an Oklahoma reporter: You won. Congratulations. At what point do you pivot from campaign rhetoric and go toward the non-cultural issues facing Oklahoma educators and education? #oklaed
    My replies are open - parents do you agree that your voice matters most in your kids decisions?
  • user avatar
    Remembering my freshman year in college when we had a party in my dorm room and the campus cops got called. I got a "minor-in-possession" ticket, had to pay a fine & attend an alcohol-awareness class at my expense. I also got called into the Dean's office and put on probation.
  • user avatar
    Happy to drop a copy of this at your office, sir. Is it still in Austin? #FOI #transparency #oklaed
    How Elon Musk Says He Catches Leakers at His Companies theintercept.com/2022/12/15/elo… by
  • user avatar
    Got my latest #coronavirus test results back this morning: Negative. 🎉 👊😷 Me leaving quarantine:
    GIF
  • user avatar
    At his *economic development* presser, @GovStitt is asked a question about the recent investigative reporting on Tourism Dept. and Swadley’s BBQ. He notes, without irony, that it’s interesting these allegations are coming out in an election year. 🤔 #okgov