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A bold stand or feeble maneuver?
From the Courier Journal: U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey is co-sponsoring new legislation aimed at reinstating veterans caught in the mass federal employee layoffs under the Trump administration and protecting their positions. McGarvey, a member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, announced the new bill introduced by Rep. Derek Tran, D-California, Thursday. According to the language of the…
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Typical Republican behavior
From the Courier Journal: There’s got to be something that screams “white supremacy” more than holding a legislative committee meeting on a topic that affects Black people more than anyone else and not allowing any African Americans to speak. But I’m not sure what that might be. The Kentucky House Committee on Postsecondary Education did that on…
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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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San Francisco looks at Louisville police
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-pursuits-race-deaths/ The San Francisco Chronicle has done an impressive series on fatalities resulting from police pursuits, and the people most likely to be killed in them. Back in December, the series focused on an innocent bystander in Louisville’s West End.