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A Smidgeon Of Hope In KY? Quinnipiac Poll Pulls Me Out Of Bitterness and Despair About McGrath.

Those brave few who read my diaries know that I am usually filled with cynicism, anger, and depression when it comes to politics in my home state of Kentucky.  And I was at the lowest point I could be a couple of days ago with the release of a Morning...

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  • August 7, 2020
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The Future Face of Evil In Kentucky: State Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

I don’t know how else to describe someone who is pro-coronavirus as anything but evil, or as The Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Joseph Gerth calls Kentucky State Attorney General as “bidding to become Kentucky’s most prolific serial killer.”  But Daniel Cameron is evil.  During the midst of a surging viral epidemic, Cameron has taken...

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  • July 18, 2020
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One Of The Cops Involved With Killing Breonna Taylor To be FIRED.

The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting today that one of the police officers involved in the Breonna Taylor killing will be terminated. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police is initiating termination of Officer Brett Hankison, one of three LMPD officers to fire weapons on March...

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  • June 19, 2020
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Appears LMPD And National Guard Have Shot Dead A Local Business Owner in Louisville.

I didn’t see this last night, but the Courier-Journal is reporting it today: Investigation launched into LMPD, National Guard fatal shooting of West End restaurant owner LOUISVILLE,  Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered Kentucky State Police to investigate the early Monday incident that featured Louisville Metro Police and National...

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  • June 1, 2020
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Moscow Mitch Willing To Kill His Fellow Senators To Get Political Toadie On Court Of Appeals.

A billboard in Horse Cave, Ky., referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. as Moscow Mitch has been erected on northbound I-65 Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Moscow Mitch is willing to risk the lives of his fellow senators in order to force a vote on one of his political toadies to the Court of Appeals to D.C.   The toadie in question: Only 161 days after he took his seat on the U.S. District Court in Louisville,...

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  • May 3, 2020
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Procoronavirus Rally Organized By Matt Bevin Crony Tries To Disrupt Governor Beshear's Update.

The Louisville Courier-Journal editorial board called it a “procoronavirus” protest rally that occured yesterday in Frankfort.  Joseph Gerth just called them “idiots.”  I think both are correct, and it was an “idiotic procoronavirus” rally.   Approximately 100 of the worst in humanity showed up to chant and try to disrupt Kentucky...

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  • April 16, 2020
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Kentucky Republicans Continue To Politicize A Viral Pandemic.

I shoudn’t let it surprise, shock, or bother me, but the fact that Kentucky Republicans are politicizing the coronavirus pandemic makes me very angry.  We have already lost 23,000 people nationally, and we are most likely going to break a total of 100 deaths today in Kentucky.  But never let...

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  • April 13, 2020
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Rural Counties In Kentucky Are Also Hotspots For COVID-19.

For all those people in rural Kentucky that thought they were immune to COVID-19 or didn’t take it seriously, some of the other hotspots for the coronavirus are in western Kentucky.  And yes, it only took one revival meeting to make one rural county — Hopkins — the number one hotspot...

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  • April 10, 2020
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Elections Have Consequences: Snapshots From Kentucky And Arkansas During COVID-19 Pandemic.

He may or may not be a savior during this coronavirus pandemic, but Democratic Kentucky Govenor Andy Beshear is so much better than the anti-vaccine, chickenpox loving, and anti-science former Governor Matt Bevin.  As Josepth Gerth of the Louisville Courier-Journal reminds us, Bevin posted this on his Twitter account on...

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  • April 4, 2020
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Louisville Courier-Journal's Joe Gerth: McConnell Admits Trump's Failure On COVID-19 Pandemic.

Louisville Courier-Journal reporter and columnist Joseph Gerth points out that Moscow Mitch is admitting that Trump has failed when it comes to the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.   Huh?  I thought that Moscow Mitch was blaming Democrats and Trump’s impeachment for diverting the American governments response to the coronavirus? ...

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  • March 31, 2020
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Legislative Aide For Kentucky General Assembly Tests POSITIVE For COVID-19.

The Kentucky General Assembly — state house and senate — is still meeting, despite the coronavirus pandemic, and guess what?  Yes.  A legislative aide for the General Assembly has tested positive for COVID-19. A staff member for Kentucky's General Assembly has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to an email sent to...

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  • March 31, 2020
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Louisville Courier-Journal's Response To Senator Rand Paul's Coronavirus Actions.

The Louisville Courier-Journal has both an editorial and one of their columnists excoriating Senator Rand Paul’s actions with regards to him catching the coronavirus.  I wish more Kentuckians paid attention to the Courier-Journal though, but I will take any of the state newspapers taking a Republican politician to task.  Most...

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  • March 24, 2020
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Kentucky Rednecks' Reaction to Coronavirus Pandemic: Have Public Meetings and Buy Guns and Ammo!

How do Kentucky rednecks respond to the coronavirus pandemic?  First up, treat it like terrorists and 9/11 and go out and live your lives! State Rep. Jim Gooch received applause from fellow Republicans after a House floor speech Wednesday defending the legislature's decision to continue meeting amid the pandemic, urging...

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  • March 20, 2020
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McConnell Crony Kentucky State Attorney General Mum On Investigating Bevin's Corruption.

While I grateful that Democrat Andy Beshear beat the corrupt Republican Governor Matt Bevin, Kentucky voters elected one of Moscow Mitch’s political cronies as state attorney general —  one Daniel Cameron.  When asked by the Courier-Journal if Cameron would investigate Bevin’s pardonfest, Cameron was Sphinxlike in his response: FRANKFORT — Freshly...

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  • December 26, 2019
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Courier-Journal: FBI Asking Questions About Former Governor Matt Bevin's Pardons.

The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting that the FBI is asking questions about former Governor Matt Bevin’s pardons.  For those not familiar with loser Matt Bevin, he issued a whole lot of pardons as he left office, and at least one of those pardons looks and smells like a pay for...

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  • December 24, 2019
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Some Good News Out of Kentucky.

Between the SCOTUS decision to let stand Kentucky’s anti-abortion law and former Governor Matt Bevin’s middle finger to the justice system (see Meteor Blades’ diary on Bevin’s corrupt pardonfest), I wanted to let you all know about some good political news out of Kentucky. Democratic Govenor Andy Beshear shit canned...

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  • December 13, 2019
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Kentucky's New Democratic Governor Promises to Enfranchise 100,000

http://www.cbsnews.com/… http://www.courier-journal.com/… Andy Beshear promised to restore the voting rights of  more than 100,000 former felons in his Inaugural speech Tuesday. The newly elected governor won by 5,100 votes last month.  “My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches forgiveness,” Beshear, a Democrat,...

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  • December 11, 2019
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Here's How Republicans Will Spin Kentucky Election Results.

As for now, Andy Beshear is declared the “apparent winner” of the Kentucky governor’s race.  If it holds, which I think it will, THANK GOD!  But given how the rest of the voting went for the rest of the Kentucky statewide offices, Republicans will spin their loss of the governorship...

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  • November 6, 2019
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Shouldn't Candidates Who Are Confident of Victory Not Act Deranged? See KY Governor's Race.

OK.  My mood took a nose dive when I saw this last public poll in Kentucky on the upcoming governor’s race: Mason-Dixon poll: Matt Bevin and Andy Beshear tied in race for Kentucky's governor A new survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy shows Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear deadlocked in...

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  • October 20, 2019
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Remember Those Protesting Kentucky Coal Miners?

There is a rather lengthy (surprisingly) Louisville Courier-Journal article on the plight of the laid off coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky.  The coal mine they worked for — Blackjewel — declared bankruptcy, and the miners’ paychecks bounced.  The miners have been blocking the tracks to prevent Blackjewel from shipping out any...

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  • September 29, 2019
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News About Kentucky Governor's Race: Republican Smears Against the Democrat, and I Got Canvassed.

First up, a hopeful sign from the Democrats in Kentucky governor’s race:  I got canvassed by someone for the Beshear campaign. What is so great about that?  Glad you asked.  It means that the state Democrats are taking this race seriously, along with the other state wide offices up in...

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  • September 14, 2019
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KY-Gov: Mother Jones, “He’s Scott Walker’s politics with Paul LePage’s mouth.”

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Mother Jones has a pretty brutal piece about Governor Matt Bevin (R. KY) why being a complete asshole might cost him re-election despite being the Governor of a deep red state: For Bevin, winning a second term should be a breeze. He’s running in a state Trump won by 30...

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  • September 4, 2019
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There Might Be a Way to Stick It to Moscow Mitch This November.

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I was focusing so much on getting rid of Tea Party lunatic Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky that I missed a way that Kentucky Democrats might have to shaft Moscow Mitch this November.  Kentucky has stupidly been running its statewide offices in odd years, and all the major offices are...

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  • September 3, 2019
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Amy McGrath's Ad About Coal Miners Forces Moscow Mitch To Pop His Head Out of His Shell.

I haven’t seen Amy McGrath’s ad about Moscow Mitch dissing coal miners who suffer from black lung disease yet on the TV, but McGrath is being credited with getting Moscow Mitch to pop his head out of his shell to write a letter to the Labor Department over a current...

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  • August 31, 2019
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Possibly Some Good News for Progressives in Kentucky Senate Race.

Progressives in Kentucky may have something to cheer about with regards to next year’s U.S. Senate race against Moscow Mitch:  Matt Jones has formed an exploratory committee. Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones is forming an exploratory committee for a potential U.S. Senate bid against Mitch McConnell in 2020. Jones, a...

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  • August 29, 2019
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Massacre Mitch Opens His Coffin And Says Senators Will “Reflect” On Mass Shootings.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: WASHINGTON – After a torrent of criticism blasting congressional inaction, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has directed key senators to begin examining ways of curbing gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. In a statement issued Monday, the Kentucky...

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  • August 6, 2019
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Massacre Mitch Is Trending, and Kentucky Newspaper Noticed It.

It appears that another nickname is trending for our Moscow Mitch:  Massacre Mitch. Sunday evening and Monday morning, in the aftermath of two mass shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio, there was a new one — “Massacre Mitch.” Many critics in Kentucky and across the U.S. have placed...

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  • August 5, 2019
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Another Poll Showing McConnell and Governor Matt Bevin As The LEAST Popular Politicos.

The Courier-Journal had another Morning Consult Poll on Kentucky Republican Governor Matt Bevin and the Satanic Snapping Turtle Mitch McConnell.   A new list of rankings from a high-profile polling organization is giving a big red thumbs down to Gov. Matt Bevin. Kentucky's governor is the least popular in the...

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  • July 18, 2019
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Kentucky Political News: McConnell, Bevin, Beshear, and Matt Jones.

Not sure what got into the Courier-Journal’s coffee, but they had a lot of political news today. The Prince of Fucking Darkness — Mitch McConnell — is doing fine with Wall Street campaign contributions. FRANKFORT — Boosted by big bundles of Wall Street contributions, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection committee took...

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  • July 17, 2019
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Hazards Of Being a Pro-Trump Democrat Running In a Redstate.

I will vote for Amy McGrath, and I have given her money before.  I will support her to the best of my ability.  I want to get all that on the record because I’m going to layout what I think is some caution about her political strategy.  McGrath is going...

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  • July 10, 2019
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Slow News Day in KY: GOP Establishment Does Not Like Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY 4th).

Seems some folks in the Republican establishment want to send a message to Republican Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4th):  we don’t like you being a pain in the ass.  Phillip M. Bailey of the Courier-Journal has a couple of sources who confirmed that the GOP establishment is trying to recruit a...

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  • July 3, 2019
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This Article About Kentucky Farmers May Explain Why All Farmers Sing From the Same Hymnal.

A retired Kentucky farmer who only does limited farming now has written a short article about how Republican land owners and Republican bankers are keeping dissent down on the farm against Trump’s trade war with China.  Besides the trade war, there is budget that cuts insurance subsidies by 15%, and...

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  • May 25, 2019
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Not Sure That Daily Kos Should List Kentucky Governor's Race as Lean Republican.

I knew that Governor Matt Bevin was not popular with Kentuckians.  And I knew he was not even that beloved by his fellow Republicans.  But Bevin did not set the world on fire with his primary results today.  Bevin had three other Republicans running against him, but Bevin — the sitting...

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  • May 22, 2019
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KY-Gov: Politico, “The 2019 governor's race that has Trump's team sweating”

It’s been a busy and hectic month for me already but I wanted to take today to do some catch-up diaries on the races going on this year and next year. So earlier this month, Politico posted this piece about how a certain idiotic Governor from a deeply red state...

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  • May 12, 2019
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Kentucky Governor Bevin Least Popular; Cook Rates November Election Tossup

http://www.wcpo.com/… Republican Governor of Kentucky Matt Bevin is the least popular in the nation, according to a poll released today by Morning Consult. Bevin has an approval of 33% versus 52% who disapprove. He’s not alone as an unpopular Kentucky politician, although at least Mike Pence seems to like him. Morning Consult’s...

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  • April 26, 2019
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Victory for Kentucky Public Teachers, at Least for Now.

The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting that two anti-public school teacher bills that were advancing in the state legislature are dead:  Legislation that drove hundreds of teachers to shutdown Kentucky's two largest school districts — and motivated Jefferson County teachers to continue calling out sick — will not reach the governor's...

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  • March 13, 2019
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Mikaela Curry of Pike County KY Has an Important Op-Ed on Mitch McConnell and Coal Miners.

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Here is an important piece from a community organizer in Pike County, Kentucky — a woman by the name of Mikaela Curry — on the coal miners’ “friend” Senator Mitch McConnell.  This is from someone who lives in Trumplandia, and I think her views are far more important than any of the...

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  • February 23, 2019
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This is Why Sharks Are Starting to Circle Republican Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky.

I do not know if most of you have heard the latest, but Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin loudly complained about closing some of the schools on Wednesday because of the Artic blast of air: “Now we cancel school for cold, I mean …” Bevin said during an appearance Tuesdayon Terry Meiners’...

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  • January 31, 2019
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About Those Punks from Covington Catholic High School.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Covington Catholic High School and the Diocese of Covington apologized to the man in the video, identified as Vietnam veteran and Native American elder Nathan Phillips, and said they will take appropriate action, which could include expulsion. This is a possibility, but it will not be...

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  • January 20, 2019
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Kentucky Media Is Beginning to Notice Government Shutdown…Maybe…

Seems a few local media outlets in Louisville, Kentucky are running some stories on Trump’s and McConnell’s government shutdown.  First up, WLKY, a CBS affiliate, has been runnings some stories about the government shutdown.  This is actually a little surprising to me.  CBS is bothsiderist on a good day, but...

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  • January 18, 2019
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The Heartlessness of Congressman Thomas Massie and Senator Mitch McConnell.

Yeah, the Louisvile Courier-Journal highlights the heartlessness of Republican Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4th) with his vote AGAINST back pay for furloughed federal workers, but why is there NOT another update on the heartlessness of Senate Majority “Leader” Mitch McConnell?  It’s McConnell who is supporting Trump in this government shutdown.  It’s...

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  • January 11, 2019
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Alternate Theory On Governor Matt Bevin's ProPublica Rant: Auditioning for Job with Trump.

According to Joseph Gerth of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky Republican Governor Matt Bevin’s rant against ProPublica’s partnership with the Courier-Journal is more about his auditioning for a job with Trump than further investigations into his own corrupt dealings here in KY.  It appears that ProPublica has a podcast that is...

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  • December 16, 2018
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Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Thinks Indentured Servitude Was GREAT!

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Marse Bevin — according to WFPL — went to the Kentucky Registered Apprenticeship Summit on Monday and extolled the virtues of indentured servitude as being something akin to an early form of an apprenticeship. My history teacher in high school didn’t spend a lot of time going over...

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  • September 13, 2018
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Trump Only Has So Much Time to Campaign For Republicans.

As noted by Howard Fineman on MTP today, Trump making time to campaign for Ted Cruz in Texas — something that screams more about Cruz’s character and that Beto O’Rourke must be doing something right — highlights the dire political straits that Trump is careening towards.  According to Fineman, Trump is...

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  • September 1, 2018
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Hey! Maria Butina Was at NRA Convention in Louisville in 2016! Guess Who Met with Her?

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Maria Butina, arrested and accused by the U.S. government of being a Russian spy who tried to influence American politicians, was a last-minute speaker at a 2016 fundraising dinner in Louisville that included Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin and Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton as guests. Butina, identified...

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  • July 24, 2018
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Letter to the CJ Editor from Toyota Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. President about Tariffs.

While I was writing my latest diary about Trump’s plan to place a 20% tariff on auto parts imports from the EU, I had wondered if those proposed tariffs would have an impact on the Toyato plant in Georgetown, KY.  Remember, Kentuckians LOVE us some Trump!  Well, seems I got...

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  • July 21, 2018
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DCCC Decides to Help Liz Watson Flip IN-9th to Blue.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: The DCCC, which pushes to get Democrats elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, added Watson to their “Red to Blue” program, which sends support to top-tier candidates they think have potential to flip districts. In a release, the group cites Watson's grassroots engagement, campaign organization...

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  • July 20, 2018
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