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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 5
A wide-ranging discussion on the Big Beautiful Batch of Bulls— Bill, the billionaire catfight (i.e. Republicans in disarray), University of Louisville sports and Kentuckiana’s ties to the Underground Railroad (through song). Contains a few swear words, so hide the kiddies!
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Homeland Security targets Louisville
Don’t be surprised if you see a bunch of masked federal goons in black terrorizing people in the Derby City. From the Courier-Journal: Louisville is one of more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the U.S. being accused of obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws by the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a list of…
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What drives MAGA? No surprise here.
From the San Francisco Chronicle: In January, (political sociologist David N.) Smith and his University of Kansas colleague, associate sociology professor Eric A. Hanley, published a 47-page paper deconstructing the Republican president’s appeal. Building on decades of scholarship about the lure of authoritarianism and their own analysis of American voting psychology in 2012 and 2016,…
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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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Race at the race track
Today’s the Kentucky Derby. In the early days of the race, back in the early 20th century, Black jockeys dominated the field. What does WDKY in Lexington say about it today? While no Black jockeys are riding in 2025’s Kentucky Derby, the jockeys riding in Derby 151 will either join the exclusive club of winning…
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Gannett (and by extension the C-J) kisses MAGA ass
From Nieman Lab: America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce, and has revamped its corporate site to remove mentions of diversity. The announcement was made in a company town hall meeting on Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson told me the company is “adapting to the evolving regulatory…
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Do Kentucky colleges stand for anything?
From the Herald Leader: Officials with the University of Kentucky and the state’s other public universities have not signed an open letter by the American Association of College and Universities challenging some of President Donald Trump’s administration’s higher education policies. Kentucky institutions of “higher education” have already bowed to the MAGA demands of the sycophantic…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 2
Look who’s running for U.S. Senate. And who is threatening healthcare in Kentucky?
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Some takes on the firing of Kim Schatzel
Bob hill today on Facebook A CAREFUL READING OF THE TEA LEAVES now indicates – via a Courier-Journal story – that the University of Louisville Board of Trustees had sufficient evidence to terminate (fire in common parlance) former president Kim Schatzel for cause but gave her the opportunity resign with a $700,000 severance package to…
