How not to be fooled today by Kalu. Eyes shut to avoid seeing ✔️ Cover nose so you don't smell ✔️ Cover mouth so you don't respond to anything crazy you hear ✔️ Nap the majority of the day away like this ✔️✔️

The President committed to opening at least 12 new federally-run mass vaccination sites by April 19. We’ve brought 9 online in the last 10 days, and today we are announcing that we will open two new sites next week: - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Senate Majority Floor Leader Kim David tells me she was shocked when she heard what Sen. Dahm said about the VP. She says this is beyond politics, and Dahm’s comments are being dealt with internally, but assured me this is not going to be brushed aside. bit.ly/3gG29jt

They decline to say what brings him here. Let me know if you spot the senator at the Gathering Place or Safari Joe’s

Very proud of the KTUL Newsroom -- our team won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in BREAKING NEWS and DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION reporting.

Reporter Tyler Butler won for a piece on an out-of-control COVID outbreak inside an Oklahoma prison.

The breaking news award was a huge team effort focused on demonstrations and police clashes last year in the wake of George Floyd's death. Here's a link to that one: youtube.com/watch?v=WUEvNH…

(1) There have now been two cases of the Indian “double mutant” strain B 1.617 found in #Oklahoma. gisaid.org/hcov19-variant…

The owner of a Gaza high-rise housing the AP and other media outlets says he has received a call from the Israeli military that the building would be targeted. The man said he was told to make sure all residents have evacuated. apne.ws/NaeXULy

We have communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.

Good job by Tyler Butler confronting vaccine misinformation/conspiracy theories head on. Need to see more local media outlets do this ktul.com/news/local/vac…

Remembering Paul Howard more: kutv.com/news/local/kut…

.⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ departs for Oklahoma to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the race massacre in Tulsa.

I showed @SunnyLeighKTUL this and she had the appropriate response. Laugh uncontrollably and say “I love weird kids”

From @reeseg_3 at the Norman Transcript.

Oklahoma National Guard Adjutant General Thomas Mancino spoke to me yesterday about his order not requiring Oklahoma guardsmen to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Here, he explains his view of the chain of command and an example of how it could play out in the weeks ahead.

This is an odd phenomenon of color happening in #Oklahoma compared to its surrounding border States. Are we counting Covid cases differently? #Covid19 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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Apparently it’s “Free speech for me. Not for thee.”

I have not been a Twitter Fan for a long time, and it’s now abundantly clear it’s a place where journalism is easily silenced. It isn’t much better, but for future updates, I have a Facebook page. I’ll see you there. facebook.com/tylerbutlernew…