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Daniel Cameron, you're no Ed Morrow
Daniel Cameron ought to open a Kentucky history book and read about Ed Morrow, the GOP candidate for governor in 1915. Kentucky’s attorney general, Cameron seldom misses a chance to demonize Gov. Andy Beshear, the Democrat whose job he wants. “Howdy Ed” Morrow refused to demagogue against his opponent,...
MAGA Republicans and Neville Chamberlain
Yesterday, on September 30, Kevin McCarthy and most of the Republicans in the House turned away from the MAGA right-wingers and approved a 45-day continuing resolution to keep the government funded and open. The CR that passed had almost none of the right wing’s fever dream requests. It kept government...
Republican incompetence sets the stage for a Sunday government shutdown
Set aside the details of which chamber of Congress is working on which bill for a minute—we’ll get to them next. The single basic fact everyone needs to understand is that the federal government will shut down this weekend when the deadline to fund it is missed, and House Republicans are the reason for that.
McGarvey speaks on House floor about government shutdown
Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the potential House Republican government shutdown. Below are Rep. McGarvey’s remarks:. I rise today because I’m frustrated. I came here to work – to work across the aisle and get things done....
We’ve seen enough: The MAGA GOP’s bogus impeachment inquiry is an unmitigated disaster
Via press release from the Congressional Integrity Project. Today, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer held the first impeachment inquiry hearing of President Biden. The hearing was an embarrassing and complete disaster for Republicans – and they know it. The day was filled with MAGA loyalist witnesses who exposed the lack of evidence, a mention of the Congressional Integrity Project (hi, Chairman!), custom “Comer NO Evidence” T-shirts, and more.
STATEMENT: Another impeachment talking point blows up in James Comer’s face
Via press release from the Congressional Integrity Project. Washington, D.C. – Today in a Fox News interview, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko completely blew up one of James Comer’s most repeated reasons for investigating Joe Biden: the firing of Victor Shokin. Poroshenko told Fox in no uncertain terms that Shokin was fired because of his own statements, not because of any involvement from Joe Biden.
‘A demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history’
United Auto Workers retiree Kirk Gillenwaters figured that if an American president ever joined a picket line “it would be Joe Biden because Joe Biden has supported unions since he’s been in office.”. The president, wearing a UAW baseball cap, visited striking UAW workers at a General Motors...
How to start a Democratic county committee in a deep red county
Some of my fellow Democrats think we need to work harder to win over the Trump faithful, especially in deep red rural counties like Carlisle, where my wife and I live. This 73-year-old Democrat and lifelong rural western Kentuckian doesn’t see MAGA folks as a “fertile mission field,” to use an old Baptist term. After all, a lot of them are of the “You can’t be a Christian and a Democrat” persuasion.
Longtime Kentucky labor leader will not seek reelection as state AFL-CIO president
A longtime leader of the Kentucky State AFL-CIO, a prominent union federation, is not seeking reelection as president after serving more than two decades in the position. Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan — who also served in roles with the Greater Louisville Building and Construction Trades Council and the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council — in a blog post said he believed “Kentucky’s labor family will rise to the occasion” to choose a new union president at the union federation’s upcoming convention in December.
Republicans are embracing anti-vaccine disinformation. So what happens next?
Politico has launched a five-part series on the American "anti-vaccine political movement," and yes, there is no way to understand current anti-vax hoaxes except as a "political" movement. But Politico focuses this first entry on the Biden administration’s lack of options when it comes to actually doing a damn thing about the hoaxes, and if anyone has a solution, please drop a line to either the White House or federal public health officials because there sure doesn't seem to be one that any of the rest of us can find.
Brereton Jones leaves lessons for reformist politicians
Kentucky never had a governor quite like Brereton Jones, who died Monday, and it may never again. His legacy is one of reform, with lessons for reformers. Jones wasn’t the first high-minded millionaire to use wealth to gain high office, but he did it with a most unusual pedigree. His political career began in West Virginia, where he was Republican leader of the state House, but he left politics for Kentucky and horses, his great love. He married into a prestigious Kentucky family and became a Democrat, cut a wide swath in the Thoroughbred industry, and started a foundation to provide health care to the needy.
The shutdown is the Two Santa Clauses SCAM rearing its ugly head again
As the United States barrels toward a GOP-caused fiscal disaster and government shutdown, House Republicans have laid out their vision for the future of America. In a budget document they released yesterday, the legislators proposed dramatic $9 trillion cuts to Social Security`, food stamps, aid to women and children, Medicare and Medicaid, along with a new round of tax cuts for America’s billionaires. Their argument is that we need to “balance the budget now!”
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“Every day professional librarians sit down with parents to thoughtfully determine what reading material is best suited for their children’s needs. Now, many library workers face threats to their employment, their personal safety, and in some cases, threats of prosecution for providing books to youth that they and their parents want to read.”
We have some dysfunctional county parties. Is yours one of them?
A few years ago, I wrote an article on how to be an effective local party, and not a failed one. (If you’re involved in your local party, feel free to share it with others in the party – it’s a pretty good list.) The article begins...
The Arkansas fight for transparency – a model for Kentucky
Should Arkansans claim victory and depart the field?. Arkansans are unable to agree on whether a compromise Freedom of Information Act bill – that focuses on public official travel records and has passed in the Arkansas Senate and a House committee – represents a full victory, partial victory, or no victory.
Father Shonis has retired but he’s sticking with the union
You might have heard that Republican charge if you’ve volunteered for a Democratic candidate in Kentucky — maybe even for union-endorsed Gov. Andy Beshear this time around. (He and First Lady Britainy Beshear are deacons at Beargrass Christian Church in Louisville.) “Basically, I think what they are talking...
A break in the Crystal Rogers case
No guest this week, but Robert and Jazmin talked about an update in the 8-year saga of the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, which just saw it's first arrest. Then, the pair discussed some drama in the special election in House District 93. Jazmin holds a J.D. from the UK College...
Big money for broadband w/ Mason Kalinsky of Hood to the Holler
This week we cover a couple of big money political stories: one about the election & one about roads, bridges & broadband. And, we return to a story we’ve covered a couple times - Glitch McConnell! Then, we bring you a conversation with Mason Kalinsky, organizing director for Hood to the Holler, to see what Hood to the Holler has been up to and why they’re prioritizing sending Andy Beshear back to the Governor’s mansion on Nov. 7th.
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