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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 12h

Oklahoma, I’m optimistic about our State Dept of Ed, and we’ll help rebuild. But let’s be clear: Ryan Walters was an F-5 tornado, leaving our education system in ruins. Recovery starts now.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 12h

Ryan Walters gutted our OK State Dept of Ed, dismantling Title IX & investigative teams. These 10-, 30-, and 90-day plans aim to stabilize, but rebuilding will take years to recruit, retrain, and recover. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...

New state Superintendent Lindel Fields has plans to 'stabilize' Department of Education

New state schools Superintendent Lindel Fields says he has a 10-day plan, a 30-day plan and a 90-day plan to stabilize the Department of Education.

www.oklahoman.com

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 12h

@ 3:50 mark @wsuares.bsky.social “…attorneys who represent victims … tell me that OSDE investigations involving special needs children and sexual abuse started back up at full speed…” TRUE- 10/2 was abuse hearing in my Hugo case, 10/9 is abuse hearing in my Ardmore case! okcfox.com/news/local/e...

Ex-OSDE employee reveals turmoil under former Supt. Ryan Walters, investigations resume

They were coming into work at the Oklahoma Department of Education, terrified that each day might be their last."In the last six months, the culture has been 'I

okcfox.com

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 1d

How to succeed? It’s easy, become the opposite of Ryan Walters. The scriptures warned us of a Ryan Walters - ‘For although they knew God, their foolish hearts were darkened. Full of envy, deceit and malice. Slanderers, insolent, arrogant and boastful; with no love, and no mercy.’

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans hyped the Mark Sanchez story, but police & cameras show Sanchez as the bully aggressor. The victim? A 69-year-old white grease truck driver, just trying to do his job, now permanently injured.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 3d

🏈 AP Top 25 Preseason: Texas #1, Florida #15, OU #18 Now it’s 10/5/25 and Texas’ loss to unranked Florida shatters the Arch Manning hype. OU slips from #5 to #6 after Kent State. Gone from top 25 is Texas, Penn State, Clemson, South Carolina, SMU, Kansas State, & Boise State.

Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 3d

For 999 days (1/9/23–9/30/25), we endured the “Oklahoma Hostage Crisis”, hearts heavy, voices unbroken, defying the “Reign of Terror” Ryan Walters & Matt Langston unleashed on our State Dept. of Ed., our children, our teachers, & our administrators! #NeverForget #NeverForgive

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed!

Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 3d

🏈 OU QBs starting in the NFL today:
1. Baker Mayfield (’15-17)
2. Kyler Murray (’18)
3. Jalen Hurts (’19)
4. Spencer Rattler (’20-21)
5. Caleb Williams (’21)
6. Dillon Gabriel (’22-23) Who’s your fave to watch? #Sooners #NFL

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 3d

Oklahoma history will record the 999-day “Reign of Terror,” our “Hostage Crisis” (Jan 9, 2023–Sep 30, 2025), when Ryan Walters, guided by the “ghost” Matt Langston, led the State Dept of Ed. The false prophet fell when ‘999’ flipped to ‘666,’ revealing the devil’s hand.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 4d

‘Oklahoma held hostage’ marks the 999-day Oklahoma Hostage Crisis (Jan 9, 2023–Sep 30, 2025), when Ryan Walters led the State Dept of Education. This dark history must be taught in all OK schools now. #NeverForgetNeverForgive

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 4d

A Ryan Walters fan, furious over my criticism of his superhero until his resignation, dug up my News Nation @newsnation.bsky.social interview with Ashleigh Banfield to fuel his AI. Honored to be insulted like Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social! MAGA is wild.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 4d

Matt Langston pocketed $411,500 in 2 yrs, 8 mo, visiting the Oklahoma State Department of Education just 4 times in 2025. Fire every Langston/Ryan Walters hire, connection, or lackey still there. Time to cut out the cancer! www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...

Called a 'ghost employee' by lawmaker, Walters adviser Matt Langston exits state ed agency

A Texas-based longtime adviser of former state Superintendent Ryan Walters also has left his job with the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

www.oklahoman.com

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s spiritual adviser, Robert Morris, pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl, handcuffed, and taken away in the land of the ‘Reign of Terror” (Killers of the Flower Moon) - release the Epstein files!

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 8d

Ninnekah whines about its reckoning, yet did nothing for its daughters, sexually abused for over a decade. Ignored a lawless superintendent and a board playing dumb. Ron Akins got 40 years, and you’re paying $7.5M - because you’re guilty!

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 12d

I have been informed that I have been chosen to receive the The Jari Askins Justice for Children Award on October 15th given by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) - I am deeply honored & grateful 🙏

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 13d

Good riddance.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 15d

What do you see?

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 24d

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 25d

MAGA is the most extreme political movement in American history. It embraces anger, thrives on chaos, lives in the shadow of lies, and ignores reality. So what happens when, to succeed as a MAGA, you must out-MAGA another MAGA?

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 25d

9/9/2025, NY Times warns - 9/10/2025, Charlie Kirk is murdered. “There’s growing alarm … Mr. Fuentes, …tests the cultlike devotion of his young male fans by savaging their patriarchal figure, President Trump, for not being right-wing enough.” Democrats didn’t start this fire!

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · 25d

Ryan Walters thought Charlie Kirk’s assassination would rally his far-right base. Turned out that the killer was from a MAGA family, raised around guns, and was radicalized by Ultra MAGA—not the left. Kirk was killed for not being far-right enough. Apologize, Walters!

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was deeply moved as Epstein victims/survivors shared their stories through tears, proving they are no longer weak, powerless, or alone. I don’t care who the files reveal—all Epstein predators and their enablers must be exposed.

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · Sep 4

I warned Oklahoma! Matt Langston entered the State Dept. of Education only 11 times in 2024, yet was paid $150,000 + $32,000 bonus. $182,000 to have this Texas flamethrower set fire to us, to destroy us, & humiliate us. Ryan Walters did this to Oklahoma!
oklahomawatch.org/2025/09/03/e...

Education Department Forced to Release Key Card Data for Matt Langston - Oklahoma Watch

During his time as chief policy advisor for the state Education Department, Matt Langston has only badged into the office 42 days since Jan. 2023. His political consulting work has continued.

oklahomawatch.org

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Cameron Spradling @cameronspradling.bsky.social · Sep 2

We’ve returned to a time when a young woman’s options are so limited she faces a Catch-22: criminalized, demonized, or both. www.huffpost.com/entry/laken-...

University Of Kentucky Cheerleader Arrested After Infant Found Dead In Trash Bag: Cops

Cops say stunt team athlete Laken Snelling admitted to giving birth to the child.

www.huffpost.com

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