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Where to get access to food
MAGA Republicans are hell bent on starving poor people. This appeared in the Courier Journal: With millions of Americans about to lose their SNAP benefits, Kentucky communities are struggling to fill the gap. SNAP is a federal program that provides low-income families with monthly benefits and food stamps to afford healthy food. Due to the continuing partial government…
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Let’s put billionaire donations in perspective
I think this is supposed to be a story about the benevolence of the ultrawealthy. From Kentucky Lantern: Yes, it’s heartwarming. We even have a photo (above) of the donation ceremony. But the story never gives Tom Golisano’s net worth. A quick Google search, and this comes up from Rochester Business Journal: Tom Golisano’s net…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 14
No Kings rallies across America, media shortcomings, government shutdown continues, while food prices rise and health access falls. White House demolition meets Argentine payoff. And finding good cheesecake. Podcast includes references to: Scenes from the No Kings rally in Denver. 200,000 Kentuckians may lose health insurance by 2027 There goes that last tooth in your head
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There goes that last tooth in your head
Leave it to Republicans in Kentucky to find new ways to destroy the health of the people who voted for them. From Kentucky Lantern: Kentucky lawmakers will try again in 2026 to let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether or not to fluoridate their water. Rep. Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, said the bill he will…
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200,000 Kentuckians may lose health insurance by 2027
The Orange menace and his MAGAt henchmen in Congress pushed through the Big Bullshit Bill this past summer that took money that could have helped people and gave it to billionaires, a flailing Argentine economy and a vanity ballroom at the White House. But if you are trying to fight an addiction, they have nothing…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 13
Dealing with the government shutdown: Is it safe to fly and what’s happening at national parks? Kentucky Democrats on the campaign trail. Reflections on the art fair (show) and a slowdown at the Speed. Links to our discussion: Why the U.S. government has shut down and what happens now (BBC) A couple of quick notes…
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Keeping Kentuckians in the dark on their health
This entry in the CJ is pretty interesting in what it doesn’t say: The future of health care was on the minds — and signs — of some 100 people who took the downtown Louisville amid the federal government shutdown. The assembly of concerned locals at the “Healthcare Not Authoritarianism” rally on Oct. 4 drew…
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Andy Barr is full of –it
As usual, the CJ takes the word of a MAGAt when it comes to the evils of government shutdowns. This is from the Republican rep from Kentucky’s 6th congressional district: Every year, hardworking American families sit around their kitchen tables and make sure their bills are paid. They don’t get to “shut down” their household…
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A couple of quick notes on the government shutdown
The main reason for the closing of the government is the impact the big bullshit bill will have on healthcare. Here’s the reality, according to the Kentucky Lantern: Getting health care when you need it can be the difference between life and death, between happiness and misery. It should be a right for everyone, especially…
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Billionaire Bezos wants you to blame Democrats for shutdown
Jeff Bezos (net worth $233.7 billion) and his cronies on the editorial board of the Washington Post have decided to conjure up a trap for Democrats who are trying to save lives threatened by the Orange TACOs budget slashers. [T]he Democratic Party shut off any potential escape valve to avoid a shutdown, which began at…
