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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 17
A month-by-month look at the year in review (and it was a bad one for Kentucky). Among the topics discussed: WalletHub lists the best states for retirement. Kentucky is the worst. Looking back at the No Kings demonstrations across America. The Democrats who backed Republican shutdown deal – and why How the White House and…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 15
Traveling abroad and domestically, the effect of the UPS plane crash on the Derby City, the political impact of Mamdani and MTG, shortcomings of the Louisville education system and making a difference in the Bluegrass State. Full List of Democrats Voting to Condemn Socialism as Mamdani Comes to Town Roll Call 305 | Bill Number: H.…
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Cops crashing cars on purpose
I was looking through recent episodes of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and saw he did a segment that focused on a series I helped edit when I worked at the San Francisco Chronicle: The award-winning Chronicle series looked at the phenomenon of police chases well beyond the borders of the Bay Area and…
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The Joe and Andy show hits the campaign trail
Where’s Kentucky’s governor these days? Former President Joe Biden highlighted harsh economic realities facing American families under President Donald Trump. And Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear pitched a recipe for helping Democrats win in deep-red states. Both headliners for the Nebraska Democrats’ top annual fundraiser Friday rallied a downtown Hilton crowd of 630 people headed into…
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Let’s talk about student journalism in the Ville
This headline appears in the CJ: U of L finds millions for sports but looks to cut newspaper funding. Another headline says: 3 things to know about UofL’s student newspaper potentially losing funding Read the above stories, and you’ll see that UofL is trying to introduce a student fee to run the student newspaper. And…
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Louisville GOP backs sexist soul-sucking Senate candidate
Just a reminder that the never-ending rot of MAGAt Republicans includes your next-door neighbors in Jefferson County. From Louisville Public Media: The Republican candidate running for a state Senate seat in a special election in South Louisville stands by a 2018 blog post that says “millennial females” aren’t “wife material” and described the “vast majority…
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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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Can the local media get it right?
Just a quick thought on the No Kings rally and how it was covered in Louisville. It was obvious that the protest against the Orange Menace and his MAGAt cronies in Congress was a success. This from Louisville Public Media: From Paducah to Prestonsburg, Kentuckians gathered at No Kings protests on Saturday to voice dissatisfaction…
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No Kings rally in Denver
Some of us aren’t in Louisville today for the No Kings in America rally, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t able to find a protest to join. In Denver, the rally at the state capitol had tens of thousands of participants in a peaceful, but spirited, gathering against the evils of the Trump regime. People…
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No Kings day expected to draw millions for anti-Trump mass protests
That’s the Kentucky Lantern’s headline on the following: More than 2,600 nonviolent demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s administration are slated Saturday as part of No Kings day. The second No Kings day, following another in June, is in response to what a broad coalition of liberal advocacy and labor organizations say is “the increasing authoritarian excesses and…
