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Down for the count
I’ve only been blogging here for a couple of months, but I’ve already noted multiple times that demonstrations against the atrocities of the Space Nazi and his Orange Chia Pet are being severely undercounted in national and local media. And it’s not just happening here in the Bluegrass: Which now makes us wonder: Is this…
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Kentucky senator grows a delayed spine
From The Hill: Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is questioning President Trump’s decisions to pick “amateur isolationists” for senior policy jobs at the Pentagon and to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, without explanation. “If decades of experience in uniform isn’t enough to lead the N.S.A. but amateur…
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Republicans in disarray
Since Mitch McConnell has chosen not to seek another term in the U.S. Senate, Kentucky GOP hopefuls are in the early stages of turning their knives on each other. From the Courier Journal: The race among Kentucky Republicans to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell in the nation’s Capitol got heated in a hurry. Minutes after McConnell,…
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Nationwide boycott planned for Feb. 28
It will be interesting to see how this develops, but the targets should be any of the businesses owned by the billionaires who attended the Orange Menace’s inauguration, especially the illegal alien who was born and raised in apartheid-era South Africa (not to mention the legal South African apartheid-era immigrants who are also advising the…
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Numbers are hard (if you’re a bad reporter)
There was a nationwide demonstration on Presidents’ Day against the Musk/Trump regime. Here’s how one media outlet handled it: In Frankfort, more than 200 people descended on Kentucky’s Capitol. Organized under the name 50501, short for 50 protests, 50 states, one day, the events came together through posts made online and on sites such as Reddit.…
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McConnell introduces bill to support trees crucial to bourbon industry
Seriously?! The guy who isn’t yelling at the top of his lungs about how tariffs (by his fearless leader) on Canada are about to screw over one of this state’s most important industries, is instead focusing on what MAGA would call “hugging trees.” From the Courier-Journal: U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle have…
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The Professional Left and another voice of reason
There are liberal voices out there that aren’t living on the coasts and don’t attend parties in Georgetown like the performative liberal snobs the radical right have hallucinated into existence on the TV talk show circuit. The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal has helped keep me sane since the tenure of the…
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Kentucky GOP rep protects billionaire instead of his constituents
So Republican James (Never met a conspiracy theory I didn’t like) Comer has decided it’s more important to protect Elon Musk, the world richest man (with a net worth of $486 BILLION!!!), over his constituents, who, last I checked, had a median household income of $54,615. From the Herald Leader in Lexington: Rep. James Comer…
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McConnell falls down stairs at Capitol
This is becoming a regular occurrence: From WLKY: Sen. Mitch McConnell fell down some stairs while leaving the Senate Wednesday, according to CNN. The incident happened after he participated in the vote to confirm Scott Turner as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The office sent a statement after the former GOP leader, who…
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Driving us crazy
I know we’re in a Red State, but the petty assholery coming from a Boone County MAGA moron is a total waste of time when his constituents are getting screwed over by the Orange-utan that 68% of them elected. And you know he’s going to reverse course when his party retakes the governorship. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/05/kentucky-general-assembly-bill-would-remove-state-leaders-names-from-highway-signs-gov-andy-beshear/78218313007/
