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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 20
Ice makes roads dangerous while ICE threatens lives. The Kentucky Legislature at its worst. National videoconferencing, and Bluegrass state musicians win awards. Some of the topics we discuss: Got thoughts about letting 18 year olds conceal carry? KY Legislature doesn’t want to hear them. Kentucky GOP senators make public education a cornerstone of their priority…
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Louisville media fails us again
It’s no secret that we have constantly criticized local media for their lack of understanding of the dangers this country faces because of the Orange Menace and his ICE goons. But this recent story from WDRB manages to submarine below what was already a low bar: In Louisville, a candlelight prayer vigil was held at…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 19
A discussion on the health, education and human-services failures we’re seeing in Kentucky. How our Democratic politicians are failing us, and a little sports talk at the end! Some of the topics we discuss: Lexington neighborhood littered with KKK fliers ahead of MLK Jr. downtown march Far fewer people buy Obamacare coverage as insurance premiums…
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Another weekend, another protest
Several hundred people showed up in Louisville this weekend for another protest against the Orange Menace’s ICE Gestapo in the wake of the murder of a Minneapolis woman whom every MAGA incel swears was a radical out to do harm, when, in fact, she was a mother trying to get away from masked hoodlums who…
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And the curtain comes down
Some bad news on the entertainment front. Baxter Avenue Theaters in Louisville is closing at the end of the year, according to the CJ. Baxter Avenue Theatres is coming to a close after a long life in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood. The theater’s last day open will be Dec. 31, according to a Dec. 22 statement…
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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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Rand Paul on redistricting and the art of gerrymandering
This was an interesting take from Kentucky’s junior senator (soon to be senior senator) on state Republican musings on eradicating Democrats from the U.S. Congress: Contrary to what Rand Paul says, the issue isn’t “both sides,” which plays well in the corporate media. Republicans started this in Texas. The Orange Menace demanded it, and when…
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Local news bombards us with BS
Looking through various local news feeds this past weekend, we came across this steaming pile of BS from WDRB: Hundreds of Indiana National Guard members arrived in Washington, D.C. The planned deployment of 300 soldiers was part of President Trump’s Safe and Beautiful mission aimed at offering security to select cities. Hoosier Guardsmen will assist…
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Why do people vote against their own interests? Racism.
Here’s a Bluesky post from Mr. Spock. It’s logical. We’ve been on Bluesky as an antidote to Elon Musk’s (you know, the centibillionaire whose net worth rose $15 billion today to $475.5 billion) garbage dump, X. Anyone who has been on X knows it’s a MAGA cesspool filled with far-right feces. And the Guardian tells…
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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.…
