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You MAGAts happy, now?
The Big Beautiful Bill is looking pretty ugly. From the Courier Journal: In Kentucky, more than 11,000 jobs and billions of dollars in economic development hang in the balance as Congress considers axing clean energy tax credits approved in the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, according to an analysis from Rhodium Group and MIT — threatening a key…
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Think housing, medical care and breathable air are human rights? Think again.
When you think things are as bad as they can be for the poor and infirm, the GOP finds new ways to make them worse. From the Herald Leader: Recently, the White House released the Administration’s proposed FY26 federal budget. The suggested cuts to housing and homeless services are dramatic. The proposed budget would slash…
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Oversight chairman missing in action: Was he ever there?
Remember a thousand years ago during the Biden administration when a certain Kentucky congressman was performing the Mo, Larry and Curly role every night for Fox News, claiming transcendent corruption emanating from the White House required extensive and exhaustive investigations? Well, that congressman, who still leads the House Oversight Committee, has decided that true corruption…
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Giving credit to Bluegrass U.S. senators
This from Louisville Public Media: Kentucky’s Republican senators have set themselves apart as top conservative voices expressing opposition to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. Sen. Rand Paul has spoken frequently on the airwaves and the Senate floor in recent months, decrying what he calls an “abuse of executive power.” “I don’t want to live where…
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Cops take DOGma to the extreme in Kentucky
We’ve heard of support animals, but prayer pups? From the Courier Journal: Several Kentucky law enforcement agencies, including the Kentucky State Police, sent officers to a paid canine training conference at Northern Kentucky’s Ark Encounter that has included gospel sermons and memorizing Bible verses, The Courier Journal has learned. The participation in the annual conference…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 3
Let’s talk about the arts and history: Focusing on the Kentucky Derby, the Underground Railroad, 20th century women in Paris and the Pulitzer Prize.
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Black folk hunt and fish? This GOP state senator won’t have it.
From the Kentucky Lantern: The first Black Kentuckian to serve on the board overseeing Kentucky’s fish and wildlife management agency says he’s concerned a bill passed by the Republican-controlled legislature is intended to push him off the board. Senate Bill 245, which Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed, could apply only to Jerry Ferrell this…
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A crowded field of R’s for Ky. governor
Al Cross, a longtime observer of Kentucky politics, takes a look at the political landscape in this summary of upcoming elections and possible candidates in the attached piece from Forward Kentucky.
