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‘Krishna, Krishna’ at graduation
Every school has a Ron Kaufman. A nonconformist slacker kid who doesn’t care if the school’s admin likes him or not. He’s in the school band or maybe in chorus or maybe one of the lesser sports. Or maybe he’s not in any after-school program at all. A very mellow dude. And for $50 or $100, he’d be happy to promote the First Amendment protection against the establishment of religion. Through prayer. A Hindu prayer.
Surprise: American voters actually largely agree on many issues, including topics like abortion, immigration and wealth inequality
As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall – perhaps also a tense January. But that isn’t the whole story, according to reporting and poll results from the American Communities Project, a journalism and research effort we lead that is based at Michigan State University that analyzes the country by looking at 15 different community types.
‘This is not the time to waver’ – Democrats in Kentucky affirm support for Biden
WASHINGTON — Nearly two weeks after President Joe Biden’s debate performance shook some Democrats’ confidence in him, lawmakers in Washington were looking for the path forward Tuesday. In Frankfort, where Democrats are far outnumbered by Republicans, party leaders said they're sticking with Biden. “This is not the...
Medical cannabis facilities progressing in several Ky. communities
The move to allow medical cannabis facilities is progressing in four Kentucky communities. This week, Elizabethtown’s city council unanimously agreed to an ordinance to allow the facilities. That action came after the council considered an ordinance to deny medical marijuana businesses in the city limits, according to a report in the Elizabethtown News-Enterprise.
United by their objections to Trump, congressional Dems largely close ranks behind Biden
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appeared to quell some inner tumult over supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, after highly anticipated internal meetings Tuesday showed the president retained considerable support from the Congressional Black Caucus and other lawmakers in public statements. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Democrats from...
Kate Farrow interview & Andy Beshear’s big week
Our guest this week was Kate Farrow, the Democratic candidate for House in District 48. She told us about her district, her campaign, and the issues she hopes to impact in Frankfort. Before speaking with her, Jazmin and Robert talked about Andy Beshear’s big week, which saw him become a...
Both candidates are old. Only one has shattered presidential norms.
As everyone opined in the aftermath of the Biden-Trump debate, our grandchildren (ages 4 and 5) were arriving to spend the Fourth of July holiday week with us, so we were careful in how we discussed the debate within their earshot. And we were certainly not tuning into TV pundits who, I later learned, spent most of the last week poking fun at old age and excusing rampant lying.
Kentucky auditor, cabinet clash over access to child abuse database as new law takes effect
FRANKFORT — The legislature last year moved responsibility for a watchdog office and child support enforcement from the Beshear administration to Republican officeholders. Barely out of the gate, one of the transitions is stumbling over a disagreement about access to a child abuse database. Republican Auditor of Public Accounts...
Should Biden step aside? Dems in western KY share their thoughts
A growing number of Democratic donors and big-name politicians nationwide are saying, publicly or privately, that Joe Biden should abandon his quest for a second term. But a Forward Kentucky survey of party loyalists in western Kentucky, including a Democratic National Convention delegate, suggests a lack of consensus among the faithful on what the president should do.
U.S. Supreme Court sets stage for industry lobbyists to write health, safety, and environmental rules
The U.S. Supreme Court just ended something called Chevron deference, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Case No. 22-451. Should you worry? Alas, yes, the Supreme Court just threw our protections under the bus. Here’s how. In 1984 in a case involving Chevron, the Supreme Court decided that when...
National abortion ban splits the Trump campaign and Republican activists writing the party platform
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Trump imposed...
Biden tells congressional Dems he is staying in the race, urges end to speculation
President Joe Biden pledged Monday to stay in his race for reelection, even after a weekend in which a growing number of Democrats asked for him to withdraw and a key U.S. House Republican called for an investigation into the president’s doctor. In a letter to congressional Democrats, Biden...
Clarence Thomas should thank President Joe Biden
Boomers are always snarking about what ingrates Millennials or Gen X or Gen Z or Gen Alpha — or whoever — are. But ingrates have been around forever. Take, for instance, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He really owes President Joe Biden, but have you ever heard Harlan Crow’s best buddy express thanks? Not on your life.
The looming threat of Christian Nationalism
Provided by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Remember that crushing feeling when we lost Roe v. Wade? The experts warned us. The Christian nationalists told us that was their main goal and the litmus test for their judges. Still, the moment was as devastating as it was surprising. Big steps backward don’t seem possible. But they are. And we’re on the precipice of another appalling and disastrous backward slide.
Christian Nationalists accelerate their plan to dismantle public education
When Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz attended the 2023 Turning Point USA convention, he gave the Christian nationalists in attendance a preview of the National Prayer in School Act, a bill he introduced into the House of Representatives shortly after the convention. His speech electrified the crowd: “The beautiful new Supreme Court that President Trump gave us just might uphold a constitutional law based on the values that the country was built on,” he began.
His old pal Epstein
Donald Trump has never cared what the fallout of conspiracy theories have been — as long as they benefited him. Trump may not have planned to have his raging minions kill Vice President Mike Pence, but he’s yet to express any remorse or even pity. Trump expressed the same indifference on the effect of his false conspiracy-laden tirades against judges, prosecutors, jurors, and witnesses in all of his trials. Indifference to the harm to others is a feature, not a bug.
Louisville Starbucks baristas file for election, as demand for union at coffee giant continues to grow
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Starbucks baristas at the Holiday Manor location filed a petition for a union election today, joining a growing movement of workers nationwide calling for a voice on the job at the coffee giant. With their election filing with the National Labor Relations Board, the Starbucks partners...
The Supreme Court Hall of Shame
Move over, Roger B. Taney. Make room, Henry Brown. John Roberts is joining you in the Supreme Court Hall of Shame. Roberts wrote the MAGA majority opinion in Trump v The United States. The 6-3 decision gives a president — they hope Donald Trump again, come Jan. 20 — unprecedented broad immunity for official acts. The ruling all but guarantees Trump will never face justice in a federal court. (The decision also complicates the Georgia state case against him.)
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