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KFTC sues; Adams responds
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is challenging the method used by Kentucky to remove voters from the rolls, claiming it violates federal voter rights protections. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC), which filed the suit, names...
KY Republican HQ building fund tops $3.2 million, most from corporations with lobbying interests
FRANKFORT – The Republican Party of Kentucky Building Fund raised another $314,750 in the past three months for its project to expand its state headquarters known as the “Mitch McConnell Building.”. This brings the total raised for the project to more than $3.2 million, with the vast majority...
Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing
Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to the FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report released last month. The FBI’s data, collected from nearly 12,000 law enforcement agencies representing about 77% of the country’s population,...
President Biden and the post-debate crisis
The furor aroused in Democrat Party ranks by President Joe Biden’s poor performance in the first Presidential Debate on Jun 27 can be encapsulated by three headlines that appeared in the July 1, 2024 issue of the Washington Post:. 1) Biden team works furiously to quell any Democratic revolt...
Recovery CEO gives big to support Democrat Beshear and a host of Republicans
FRANKFORT — In his State of the Commonwealth speech in January, Gov. Andy Beshear took a moment to address the scourge of addiction in Kentucky, singling out for praise the state’s largest provider of treatment services. Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, the Eastern Kentucky-based company — with about...
Colleen Davis interview, SB 151 implementation drama, and two lawsuits
This week Colleen Davis joined Robert and Jazmin to discuss her run for House District 31 in Louisville. She talked about deciding to run for office, what she hopes to accomplish, and why she thinks she was recruited for the job. Before speaking to her, Robert discussed the stalled implementation...
Biden debacle brings Beshear forward
When Gov. Andy Beshear formed a political committee in January and started making appearances around the country (he’ll be in Iowa July 27), his obvious long-term goal was the White House. In 2028. Presumably. If Beshear and his advisers were as wired into the national Democratic establishment as one...
Despite ‘rough’ debate, Beshear still backs Biden in presidential election
FRANKFORT — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said that as long as President Joe Biden remains a candidate in the presidential election, Beshear will continue to support him. Beshear, 46, a two-term governor in red-state Kentucky, has been floated as a potential Democratic nominee should Biden step aside. However, the governor on Monday pushed back at questions about getting into the race now.
Judge dismisses challenge to Kentucky’s abortion ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A circuit court judge on Friday dismissed a challenge to Kentucky’s abortion ban brought by three Jewish women in late 2022, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing because their alleged injuries caused by state laws were “hypothetical.”. Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb, and Sarah...
Kentucky’s process for purging voter rolls challenged in federal court
A grassroots advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Kentucky election officials alleging the state’s process for removing voters from rolls violates federally protected voting rights. The state’s top election official responded that undoing the law during a presidential election year would “sow chaos and doubt.”. Kentuckians...
A dark, dark day for American democracy
Today the United States Supreme Court overthrew the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law. It decided that the president of the United States, possibly the most powerful person on earth, has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for crimes committed as part of the official acts at the core of presidential powers. The court also said it should be presumed that the president also has immunity for other official acts as well, unless that prosecution would not intrude on the authority of the executive branch.
The Supreme Court’s imperial presidency is now here – not just rhetorically, but in fact
They did it. The Supreme Court handed a massive victory to Donald Trump in this so-called “immunity” case, and it will probably take a year or more before there’s even a chance he’ll be held to trial for trying to overthrow the 2020 election and, thus, the government of the United States.
Epidemiologist: Gun violence is a public-health issue
On June 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. Many narratives immediately pushed back that this isn’t public health’s lane. Let me say this loud and clear: Gun violence is absolutely in the purview of public health. And until society accepts it as such, we will continue to lose tens of thousands of Americans annually, leaving behind massive ripples in the community. Thankfully, momentum is changing.
McGarvey statement on SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 1, 2024) – Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s Trump v. United States ruling, deciding that former presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Twice-impeached former President Trump faces criminal charges of conspiracy and obstruction of official proceedings related to his participation in inciting the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol:
Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts – an interview w/ Rachel Bitecofer
Buy the book at Carmichael’s: https://www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/... Buy the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hit-Where-Hurt... Bruce Maples has been involved in politics and activism since 2004, when he became active in the Kerry Kentucky movement. (Read the rest of his bio on the Bruce Maples Bio page in the bottom nav bar.)
Elite cities have solid public transportation. Apparently, Louisville isn’t one.
I have lived in The Ville since 1992. My wife and I fell in love with the city when we moved here, and continue to celebrate its many wonderful features, including the food, the arts, and so on. What we cannot celebrate, however, is the so-called “public transit system,” or...
Kentucky’s incarceration rate among highest in the world
A new study shows Kentucky has the sixth-highest incarceration rate in the nation. The report by the Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative also compares the commonwealth’s percentage of people in jail or prison with democratic countries around the world. Wanda Bertram is a spokesperson for the nonprofit. “If Kentucky were...
Modern-day ‘Comstocks’ look to police travel, information as another strategy to end abortion
Mark Lee Dickson says he’s been home maybe once in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court vanished federal abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 38-year-old director of Right to Life of East Texas in Longview has been on an endless road trip...
My take on the debate
Thursday night wasn’t our guy’s finest hour. Thankfully, it wasn’t their guy’s either, though he and his MAGA Nation probably think it was. “The reality of the 2024 presidential contest is setting in now that the first debate of the election cycle showcased the two main options voters have in November,” wrote The Guardian’s Rachel Leingang. “Joe Biden, apparently sick with a cold, mumbled through the debate, failing to land otherwise well-crafted lines. Donald Trump, a prolific purveyor of falsehoods, repeatedly told lies and avoided answering tough questions.”
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