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Paul Jacob in the Press. Visit freepauljacob.com for more.

Media and citizens across the country are uniting to defend Paul Jacob and to expose the Oklahoma AG's attempt to silence citizens from petitioning the government.

NEW!

Letter to the Editor by OK Rep. Mike Reynolds
Wall Street Journal - Oklahoma's Most Wanted
Forbes Magazine - Has North Korea Annexed Oklahoma?
The Washington Examiner - Oklahoma Welcomes Political Activists (To Prison)

MAGAZINE
Reason - Losing our Initiative

RADIO INTERVIEWS
Paul Jacob on the John Sipas show (Warning: large file, 18 MB)
Paul Jacob with David Strom

NEWSPAPERS

The Oklahoman - 3 Letters to the Editor: Who's next on political hit list?, The only state, Swallowing camels

The Journal Record - Grand jury indicts three TABOR organizers
Tulsa World - Indictment lists three in conspiracy case
Tulsa World - TABOR petitioners indicted
The Oklahoman - Grand jury indicts three over signature gathering

The Oklahoman -Petition backers indicted on felony charges
Townhall - We, The Oklahoma 3

TELEVISION
KSWO - Petition backers indicted on felony charges
KOTV - Petition backers indicted on felony charges
KOCO - Petition backers indicted on felony charges
KTEN - Petition backers indicted on felony charges
KSWO - OK Rep. Key defends citizens' right to petition; questions AG's understanding of Constitution

OKLAHOMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Reynolds Questions Edmondson’s Double Standard in Death Penalty and Citizen Initiative Cases

BLOGS AND WEBSITES
Reason's Hit and Run -Libertarian Activist Paul Jacob Indicted
Washington Examiner - Tapscott's Copy Desk - OK's AG Indicts National Term Limits Leader; Paul Jacob Vows to Fight
Americans for Prosperity - Okla. AG Seeks to Lock-Up Nat'l. Term Limits Leader
Ballot Access News - Oklahoma Wants to Imprison Petition Organizers

Oklahoma Political News Service
Citizen Outreach - The Blog - CLC Speakers Indicted!
Free Liberal - Paul Jacob Indicted
The McCarville Report Online - Three Activists Indicted
Chetly Zarko - Founder of Term Limits Falsely Jailed for Petitioning in Oklahoma

MRebman - Libertarian activist Paul Jacob Indicted
Key Words - Gagging Paul Jacob
News and Views - CLC Speakers Indicted! 
US Term Limits - Official Statement
Citizens in Charge - Free Paul Jacob
Ron Paul Rocker Report - Do we have the right to petition our government? Oklahoma A.G. says "No!"
Disloyal Opposition - Payback for Activism
Wirkman Netizen - Which?
Fair and Biased - Three TABOR Officials Indicted! Did Drew Edmundson Do the Due?
OKCTalk - A threat to political freedom in Oklahoma?
Chicago Daily Observer: Paul in Chains: Oklahoma Handcuffs First Amendment
Laissez Faire Books - Can you be indicted for petitioning the government?
The Insider - A Vindicitive Indictment?
Wendy McElroy - Paul Jacob has been indicted
Chetly Zarko - Charged with "conspiracy against the state."
The American Scene - Political persecution in Oklahoma
Bad Cop News - Petition backers busted on unconstitutional Oklahoma law in effort
Rational Review - Statement of Paul Jacob
The McCarville Report Online - Brogdon Assails Petition Circulator Indictments
Bob Waldrop - Who is next on the state's hit list?
Lew Rockwell - Reason Interview with Paul Jacob
No Runny Eggs - Free Paul Jacob
Paulies Point - Free Paul Jacob
Trend AZ - Collect Signatures, Go to Jail
Oklahoma Political News Service - When Ballot Petitioning becomes a Crime
Downsize DC - Collect signatures, go to jail
Mark Rauterkus - Chatter about ballot access
Muskegon Daily Ron Paul Chronicle - We, The Oklahoma 3
Errors of Enchantment - Travesty of Justice, Oklahoma style
As I See it - The Oklahoma 3, A Terrorist, and Justice"
Rudy Baga - Losing our Initiative
Crime and Corruption of the New World Order - Collect Signatures, Go to Jail
Oregon Catalyst - Jailing of petition rights advocate
NW Republican - Free Paul Jacob
4 Pundits - Arresting your Political Opponents
Open Markets - Politicians Protecting Politicians
The McCarville Report Online - Key: Edmondson Guilty Of 'Grotesque Abuse'
The Conservative Voice - Political Lynching in Oklahoma
The Washington Examiner: Tapscott's Copy Desk - Update on Paul Jacob and the Oklahoma Three
Oklahoma Political News Service - State Rep.Charles Key on Indictment of Petition Drive Organizers: "Has Attorney General Edmondson Read the Constitution He Is Sworn to Uphold?"
Acton Institute - Prison for Paul Jacob?
NWRepublican - Free Paul Jacob Continues
Fort Hard Knox - The Oklahoma 3

INTERACTIVE:
Join the Facebook group "Free Paul Jacob- 100,000 Strong for Constitutional Rights."

Contribute to Paul's defense fund through Causes on Facebook.  If you don't use Facebook, click here to donate directly through Citizens In Charge Foundation. Simply click on the Donate link on the 'Free Paul Jacob' page.

 

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