Catherine Sweeney @CathJSweeney Twitter profile

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

How is there not a show about a small newspaper? Getting tips about obviously untrue crazy shit and everyone being like 22 and ambitious but broke and the show’s “bad guys” are corporate and like an evil city manager

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4 years

There are a lot of reasons I’ve considered leaving Facebook but I just saw this and I think it’s the last straw

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2 years

So the crowd at Paramore embarrassed us lol. Hayley was visibly pissed after, among other things, having to stop the show for a FIGHT

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2 years

Sober a year today!

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 months

@offbeatorbit Olivia Rodrigo has been on her bridge shit too!

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Everything about journalism is like “Going to fuck a source for news about the president” and never “It’s midnight, I’m eating Chex mix for dinner because there is $1.45 in my bank account and someone is emailing me about chem trails.”

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2 years

@imbobswaget Read this as Colin Powell

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

I’m sorry but the only thing my problematic drinking ever caused me to do to a tween is buy $50 of Girl Scout cookies from her

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3 years

Getting some pretty racist and awful messages for simply covering the Julius Jones news today. I can't imagine how bad it is and has been for people of color closer to the issue.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

I knew going in the OKC mask hearing would be a Parks and Rec episode but

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4 years

Editor: “I know you just worked a 10 hour day but we need a story about it snowing.” Reporter: “... You know we’re in Colorado and it snows.. a lot?” Editor: 🤨 Reporter: “Daily story on snow, you got it.”

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

To all my LGBTQ friends (especially those who can’t come out) watching #okleg tonight and seeing people discuss your gender and/or sexual orientation as a disease — something to be exposed and dealt away with, I’m sorry. We shouldn’t have to deal with this shit.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Broken record here but I have no idea where people are getting the idea that Oklahomans are wearing masks. Even in OKC, which has a mandate, I constantly see people without them, especially in gas stations. Often under the nose. In Muskogee, maybe 50 percent wear them.

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4 years

To everyone saying, "See! Wind turbines froze! Wind is bad!" Natural gas wells and pipes froze too. It's all freezing.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

I paid $40,000 for a degree from Oklahoma State and the most pivotal skill I gained was shotgunning Budweisers

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Just a reminder that long voting lines aren’t feel-good images. They’re a sign of broken election infrastructure.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

2 years

New: Gov. Kevin Stitt scheduled the vote on recreational marijuana. A special election will take place March 7, 2023. A special election ensures the issue won’t affect turnout for a normal election.

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Catherine Sweeney

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2 years

Breaking: There is another new baby at the @okczoo ! This time, an okapi. They’re native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the only relative of the giraffe. There are fewer than 100 in North American zoos. The male calf was born to mother Kayin and father Bosomi.

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3 years

I can’t get over how this is what cases in OK look like right now and almost nowhere you go requires a mask.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

The White House released a statement today on Senate Bill 612. #okhealth #okleg

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

1 year

My elementary school taught us indigenous people “over-hunted” bison and that’s why they became endangered 😑 I didn’t know it was the government intentionally wiping them out to kill Natives until I read Killers of the Flower Moon. Took OKLAHOMA HISTORY twice.

Eric Nakagawa ◘ (🦇🌳)

@ericnakagawa

4 years

Website idea: you input the year you graduated high school and the website generates a list of outdated “facts” and concepts you were taught in school that have since been disproven.

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

Pitching in on Julius Jones’ case coverage for our stations. (Not tweeting much. Others have better insight.) Only thing I’ll add: After more than 20 years, Gov. Stitt will singlehandedly decide Jones’ fate. That is so much power. And a job we don’t focus on in election stories.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Ok last addition. Dramas and comedies like to have big, dramatic developments to get rid of characters. A shooting! Plane crash! For this, just a lay-off. Three in a season? Actually plausible! Need more characters? A merger.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Is My Car Shaking Violently Because The Engine Is Going To Blow Up Or Is It Just The Road? An Oklahoma Story

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

PSA: “Capital” is the city. “Capitol” is the building.

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2 years

This is the lowest-hanging OK twitter fruit and I get that but… I’m going to Tulsa tonight and wish I could just take a train and work on one of my little projects during the ride

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

During the press conference for SB 612's signing, Gov. Kevin Stitt said that he represents all four million Oklahomans, and that they overwhelmingly oppose abortion. This Pew survey from 2020 says that 51 percent of Oklahomans support access to abortion.

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4 years

OU Medicine's Dale Bratzler: We as a state have more people hospitalized for COVID-19 today than we have at any point in the pandemic.

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2 years

So groceries are just going to cost this much forever or?

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

I'll never understand people who see covid death counts and say, "Well xyz many people died of cancer and car crashes and heart disease." Like yes... people are working on those too? And they're also very sad?

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

Four hours before the scheduled execution.

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7 months

@1followernodad I would do anything to hear how she talks in a normal conversation.

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4 years

“With more than 1,500 Oklahomans now hospitalized and new positive cases averaging more than 2,600 per day, it’s time for Oklahoma to act.” Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas recommends a statewide mask mandate and capping indoor capacityZ

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

So excited to say I’ll be covering health and health care for @StateImpactOK starting in July. Obviously a wild time to do so. DMs are open for tips etc and and also for advice on transitioning to radio.

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4 years

Clarifying: It would be a comedy

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

Pretty bizarre we're getting data analysis and trend updates from medical industry trade groups — who are volunteering and bear no responsibility to the public — and that the state's public health department hasn't done a briefing in a month.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

There really is just something about people who downplayed the coronavirus getting the first vaccines that hits different

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Fully vaxxed, baby

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4 years

I’ll be writing and recording a short bit for @NPR today about the governor’s test results. Everyone please pray I don’t sound stupid on my first one thank you

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

It pains me to say it, but reheating in the oven instead of the microwave is worth the extra effort

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1 year

My last day at StateImpact is going to be the 12th and I’ll be leaving OK shortly after. Excited to share what’s next later. This is a great job, especially to transition from print to public radio. The listing isn’t up yet, but I’m happy to talk with anyone interested.

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Catherine Sweeney

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5 years

I always say this: Tulsa is the sister that grew up hot. OKC is the sister that got hot after high school.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Our ICUs are full and we’re just having a casual indoor mass spread event … ok. Hat tip to Carmen for covering this.

Carmen Forman

@CarmenMForman

3 years

Hello from the Oklahoma state Capitol where hundreds, if not more than a thousand, folks are protesting COVID vaccine mandates. Organizers say roughly, 1,500 people are still waiting to get inside These folks are calling on Gov. Stitt/the #okleg to prevent vaccine mandates.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Dr. Birx came all the way to Oklahoma to give no recommendations...?

Tiffany Alaniz

@TiffanyAlaniz

4 years

“That was something she said, you gotta be ready if you see positives kick up then you can maybe limit bar capacity. Some governor's and we know this, have limited bars at 10 or 11pm." @GovStitt says Dr. Birx’s visit went well & she didn’t give any recommendations. Watch @FOX23

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Catherine Sweeney

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2 years

Oklahoma State Medical Association (represents OK physicians) issued a release on HB1007 and SB3. In part: "It’s disturbing that some legislators have chosen to hijack what should be a straightforward special session focused on COVID relief funding to advance a political agenda."

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

Mf Braum’s a patron of the arts.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

I know there is a lot worse religious + queer trauma, but yeah the self-loathing and guilt and rejection by people in my life wasn’t super fun. Love that Oklahoma continues to do conversion therapy bills so people like me can feel terrible all over again!

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Give us a fast train between OKC and Tulsa dammit

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3 years

Believe me, I LOVE OKC, but our state will be better when we throw away the silly rivalry and collaborate the state’s two strongest economic engines and cultural hubs.

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3 years

I HATE that people go from Halloween straight to Christmas. Non-Halloween fall is its own thing! The color palette, the food, the vibe. For everything, there is a season dammit

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

“No one is going to believe the line that it was actually antifa.” There are people saying the coronavirus is a hoax from their own death beds.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

“Like many Oklahomans, Governor Stitt worked remotely this weekend ..." The everyman spin on "the governor announced an emergency then left for ski trip" just really makes this.

Carmen Forman

@CarmenMForman

4 years

Stitt's office did not answer specific questions about whether the governor and his family self-quarantined before traveling to New Mexico or whether they took COVID-19 tests upon arrival, as is "strongly advised" by the state of New Mexico.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

How do I tell every social platform my voter info is already updated

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Catherine Sweeney

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11 months

Breaking:

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Do all these people who keep saying “black people should protest more like MLK” know he was harassed by the FBI constantly and then murdered or

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

I don't know if I'll ever understand the aversion to masks? For almost no sacrifice whatsoever, you could be cutting down the risk of getting someone else sick. Why is that offensive?

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Catherine Sweeney

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2 years

Oklahoma’s best journalists quitting in droves. Must be a coincidence!! Not a systemic problem!

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 months

@verymimi That’s hot. Hope this helps ❤️

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11 months

Legitimately how do people survive this

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😂 no because this is the scariest stage. That sleep deprivation is real!

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4 years

So grateful I can’t put it into words.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

I would like to be drunk at the @CainsBallroom again someday 🙁

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

I’ve see a few tweets picking on “I got the vaccine” posts. As someone who finds everything and everyone annoying, I get it! But vaccine hesitant people are most likely to change their minds seeing trusted friends and family (over PSAs etc) so it’s actually pretty important!

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

This sucks lol via @ocolly

Column: Enough is enough

Last week I was kicked out of a classroom for not wearing a mask. Is this really what Oklahoma State has come to?

www.ocolly.com

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

It is November and Oklahoma state employees weren't required to wear their masks inside state buildings until this week.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Charge your phones now, OG&E customers

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

On a personal level, the first person who supported me through coming out and navigating it was trans. On a macro level, trans people have been some of the most pivotal fighters for LGBTQ+ rights. It’s heartbreaking to see people demonizing them to create a wedge issue.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Stitt on the White House document with OK a red zone: "We look at those recommendations. We're on calls with those guys every week." Says that report is from Congress "trying to make a political statement." It's from Pence's White House task force.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Just saw a listing for a $1,000 studio in Muskogee, Oklahoma I need to lie down

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3 years

Personal news: I don’t have a new job lol just want to feel included

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3 years

Joining the hordes of people who aren’t feeling too hot, want a COVID test, can’t find one. Paints a pretty clear picture that we aren’t getting anything near surveillance-level testing

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Explain to me how I can watch 8 episodes of any show back-to-back no problem but a movie feels like a commitment

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

1 year

Wait what

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@SumSumFoSho

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yea i’m siding with our queen

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

This is literally cancel culture and using the power of the state to censor private business...?

Sen. James Lankford

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3 years

We should immediately block the sale of all #Benandjerrys in the state and in any state-operated facility to align with our law.

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not zac looking like somebody’s dad bc they had to stop the show during pool

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Grandparents got the vaccines and wait period is over so I took the day off. At their house, wearing a sweat suit, eating Cheetos just vibing

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

2 years

Oklahoma has requested about a quarter of the monkeypox shots the feds have offered. No jurisdiction has asked for a smaller share of its vaccines, and only one other state has ordered less than 98% of their allotment. via @RyanGaylorNews #okhealth

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Catherine Sweeney

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2 years

Screaming crying counting down the minutes

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

2 years

Two selfies in a row is embarrassing but I cut even more of my hair off after being super attached to it for 20 years

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

My self care routine tonight is not watching the Broken Arrow council meeting

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

2 years

Again upset about tweets shaming people for saying cooking is expensive. Because it is! And as someone who does try to cook most every meal at home (for ONE person) it is hours and hours of mental and physical workload a week with planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning up.

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5 years

Pink hair

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

It's difficult to understand how this messaging is coming out of the governor's office, considering health officials in the same executive branch have spent the better part of a year encouraging everyone to get their vaccines. How is this not contradictory?

Governor Kevin Stitt

@GovStitt

3 years

Freedom is the ability to say “No” - including to a vaccine for religious, health, or personal reasons. If you’re an out-of-state law enforcement officer who is tired of politicians not having your back, I want you here in Oklahoma where we support you!

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

If you’re a reporter and you don’t cover anything relevant to the situation in Ukraine, you can just retweet. No one is expecting us to break news from Kyiv.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

No shade at all to @koconews , @NEWS9 or any of the stations who did excellent work getting information out today, but it is WILD these massive companies are simply doing interviews or small briefings while not updating their social/websites or sending out releases.

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@CathJSweeney

3 years

I don’t want to make a deal out of it, but I’ve been abstaining from alcohol. Two months this week! I don’t expect anyone to commit it to memory or anything, just kind of want to clue everyone in to why I’m not engaging with “drink to cope” humor in the mentions as much etc

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3 years

My friend saw the Denver tornado from the plane omg

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3 years

I’ve been with @StateImpactOK for a year! Transitioning to radio and covering health in the middle of a pandemic was something, but my editors took a chance on me, and the team has been so supportive. A big thanks so all of you for sticking around through the learning curve.

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Unlimited material honestly

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@CathJSweeney

4 years

We’re seeing a big drop in cases and hospitalizations and hearing it’s from “good behavior” etc but how much of it is just that it’s not the holidays anymore?

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Wish more OKC bars had alcohol-removed wine or mocktail menus

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

This is so deeply upsetting. There are so many people who have no choice but to be in that building, they’re making the environment so dangerous. Especially considering the new variants.

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Catherine Sweeney

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1 year

@queensofbravo

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

I do NOT understand masks falling under the nose. I mean this literally. Mine rides up to my eyes.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

2 years

Went to Paseo Pottery’s clearance fundraiser! Got all of this for $40!

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Normalize including the reason for leaving in resignation announcements.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

The desperation we're hearing from these people — about the death they're seeing and sheer resource scarcity — feels so disconnected from the fact that we are hearing nothing similar from health officials or the governor. Without these pressers, you'd never know.

Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

3 years

Ou hospital briefing has started. We're hearing from OU Health, SSM Health (Saint Anthony's), INTEGRIS and Mercy. #okhealth First up is Dr. Dale Bratzler, OU Health's chief COVID officer. "As of yesterday, we've had more than a half-million cases in Oklahoma."

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Catherine Sweeney

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4 years

Just a note that OG&E announced its rolling blackouts in an interview with @KOCODillon . Still hasn't updated its Twitter or Facebook. No press release listed on its website. And the blackouts have already started.

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Check out what I picked up today

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Oklahoma County's health department announced the county is expected to be the site of a mega-POD, a vaccine Point of Distribution that will be able to vaccinate 6,000 people a day. The site will be a partnership with the state, OK Dept of Health and the National Guard.

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Catherine Sweeney

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3 years

I had a helpful conversation with Dr. Aaron Wendelboe, a professor at OUHSC and former state epidemiologist, about waning antibodies this morning. Here's a little thread for anyone interested. #okhealth

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Catherine Sweeney

@CathJSweeney

4 years

Beginning Monday, everyone in Oklahoma will qualify for the vaccine. Deputy Commissioner of Health Keith Reed: “No more screening for eligibility groups. No more contemplating about whether you’re eligible.” #okhealth

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