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Call for Support of Family Caregivers

By David Arnett

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives today called on Congress to pass a federal version of Oklahoma’s first-of-its-kind tax credit for working family caregivers.

In 2023, Oklahoma became the first state in the nation to implement a comprehensive caregiver tax credit, the Caring for Caregivers Act, offering up to $3,000 annually to qualified residents. Now, lawmakers are urging their federal counterparts to help ease the financial burden on the nearly 490,000 family caregivers across Oklahoma. 

Rep. Tammy West, R-Oklahoma City, who proposed the state tax credit, introduced House Concurrent Resolution 1009 on the House floor Monday.

“Whenever someone cares for a loved one, unexpected out-of-pocket expenses inevitably arise,” West said. “Oklahoma led the way in recognizing and supporting this essential work and now we have the chance to lead again by advocating for national relief through the Credit for Caring Act.”

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Up Yours China, Local Boycott Declared

By David Arnett, Publisher

In a post on Truth Social and later by media release, President Donald J. Trump today has made his position clear. America will reset trade relationships with all who will welcome fairness in commerce or hammer those that do not – in this case, the Criminal Slaver Nation of Chinese Communists.

President Trump wrote, “Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable.

“Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately,” President Trump continued.

“Thank you for your attention to this matter,” President Trump concluded.

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Cuts in science funding?

By Jane Orient, M.D.

Public Health Watch: What Is the State of American Science?

Are you worried that the U.S. will lose its preeminence in science if DOGE manages to achieve massive cuts in spending?

Universities are loudly lamenting the termination of grants and the slashing of the “overhead” portion that goes to the institution rather than to the researcher. “The weeks ahead may be the greatest test the US scientific community has ever faced,” writes editor-in-chief H. Holden Thorp (Science 2/28/25).  But is the threat to science a loss of funding—or the lock that the system places on innovation or discoveries that disrupt the status quo, as shown below.

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America Loves Trade Fairness

By David Arnett

Analysis: Republican President Donald J. Trump’s popularity has increased after his announcement of reciprocal tariffs worldwide on nations that have been ripping off America for decades. Fairness was found, in an exclusive DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners survey (over 1,000 registered voters conducted from March 31 to April 3), to ring up the Trump Administration’s popularity to “53 percent, a 4-point increase over last week when it was 49 percent.” But don’t tell Tulsa’s Leftist protestors.

It is striking that both young people and people of color are tired of playing the patsies to a greedy China, India, and European Union among others. The survey found Trump’s popularity “up by 13 points since March 7 among those aged 18 to 29” and “support among black voters skyrocketed 17 points since last week.”

President Trump shows chart in the Rose Garden on reciprocal tariff rates
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