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Billionaire scumbag’s plan: 5 votes for me, no vote for thee
Human toilet brush Tobi Lutke (pictured above realizing he’s full of shit) has endorsed this proposal on U.S. voting rights. (From Fortune): Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke, whose company commands a market capitalization near $154 billion, told his social media followers this week that a tax-tiered voting system—one that would strip voting rights from anyone who pays…
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What’s in a name?
Michigan had a primary for the U.S. Senate, and this was the result: Abdul El-Sayed has narrowly won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan, according to a race call by The Associated Press. The result marks a win for the progressive wing of the party, with El-Sayed defeating Rep. Haley Stevens, who had the…
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Schroedinger’s senator is still dead/alive?
For anyone keeping track: We all know the “deadline” has passed to call a special election to fill out the remainder of the current term of “Weekend at Bernie’s” understudy, Mitch McConnell. The general consensus seems to be, “who cares if he’s dead or alive? At least he ain’t voting.” Anyway, you can read the…
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Let’s look at bad newsletters
Our locally misguided newspaper, the Courier Journal, distributed this newsletter this morning about one of the most important annual events in Kentucky politics. Can you spot what’s missing? Read in browserOn Kentucky PoliticsThu Aug 6 2026 Lucas Aulbach | Chief Politics Reporter@LucasAulbach Let’s talk about Fancy FarmGet a little extra coffee, because Fancy Farm (and other Kentucky political…
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This is the opponent to our quisling mayor
Shameka Parrish Wright is running for mayor of Louisville, facing the quisling incumbent Craig Greenberg. We’ve continually pointed out how Greenberg has threatened the lives of our immigrant neighbors by bending the knee to the Orange Menace in the White House and letting ICE agents run rampant across the city. Competent mayors don’t intentionally let…
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A note to the transphobic, racist Trump-fluffer Andy Barr
MAGA Orange Menace fluffer Andy Barr is running for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky. Go to his website, and you see his list of talking points geared toward MAGA morons who love the fact that Barr is a bottom feeder. But also recognize that the bigoted Republican most likely sees these losers as his…
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Craig’s ICE tyranny in action
This is Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s fault: A Louisville-area family is calling for answers after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a Ugandan woman at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, and her family says she was denied critical medication for sickle cell disease for more than 24 hours. Sarafinah Bukirwa arrived in the United…
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Two messages to Rand Paul
This one at the top is from Facebook. The one below is also from Facebook: “You were vaccinated. Multiple times.” A Pittsburgh chef fired that at Rand Paul this week, in reply to the senator’s post claiming “we all knew infection was the best protection.” Paul’s post went up Tuesday, the day before he chaired…
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A message to Schrödinger’s senator
Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, wants the state’s senior senator to prove he’s not the star of “Weekend at Bernie’s.“ Meanwhile, here’s Mitch McConnell’s staff in action: (And the bad-taste jokes will stop when Mitch makes a public appearance.)
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 30
Visiting our neighbor to the North. Where is our senior senator, and what are our government officials doing while we have limited representation? Was our MAGA U.S. Senate candidate behind a controversial billboard? The curse of Louisville’s “Can Opener.” The rise against data centers. And superheroes are just as depressed as the rest of us. …
