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Massie gets final vote to release Epstein files
I’m not sure if this is the right interpretation for this, but this is the way the CJ presents it: Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s charge to release the Epstein files is making significant movement. A discharge petition spearheaded by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, secured its 218th signature on Nov. 12, a crucial step to force…
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Dumb ways to die in Ky.
Last year, this court ruling was made concerning the images at the top of this post: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently unanimously upheld the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s mandate for graphic health warning labels on cigarette packs and advertising. The graphic health warning labels show written statements with photo-realistic…
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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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A Black woman looks at the political scene in the Ville
Attica Scott, a former member of the Louisville Metro Council and former Kentucky state rep for the city, has a spot on view of the New York mayoral election (From Facebook): Mamdani’s win and what it means to me as a Black woman in the South As a Black woman living in Louisville, Kentucky, I’m…
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Ky.’s only woman governor, Martha Layne Collins, dies at 88
This happened over the weekend (from Kentucky Lantern): Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Lexington. She was 88. Her husband, Dr. Bill Collins, said his wife died in her sleep…
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Data center power plants: If they build it, we are screwed
We recently posted an item on how Meade County rejected a rezoning application that would have paved the way for a data center. The concerns included the cost of the operation as well as the impact on the local environment. So imagine what we thought when we saw this (from Kentucky Lantern): Kentucky’s utility regulator…
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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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MAGA GOP starves Kentucky’s equivalent of District 12
Paul Krugman makes this interesting point in his Substack column “The Hunger Games Begin.” Consider, for example, Owsley County in Kentucky. The county is 96 percent white, and last year it cast 88 percent of its votes for Trump. Also, 37 percent of residents are on SNAP. So, by refusing to maintain food aid, Republicans are hurting many…
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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…
