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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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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. …
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‘Paw Patrol’ villain: Donald Trump
It’s babysitting time, and I can’t believe a children’s cartoon offers a better representation of the Orange Menace than much of our national media. The guy at the top of this post comes from “Paw Patrol”: Mayor Humdinger of Foggy Bottom (WOW! I have a place in D.C. and have walked by Foggy Bottom tons…
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A political sports diversion
I am a huge fan of watch parties for major sports events. I was in Paris in 2007 when the Rugby World Cup appeared on a big screen on the Eiffel Tower. I was in Brussels in 2006 when the FIFA World Cup was on a big screen at the Bourse downtown. I was in…
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Andy Barr’s campaign, illustrated
A quick rant. Andy Barr is running for Mitch McConnell’s U.S. Senate seat with the campaign message, “I love kissing Donald Trump’s ass.” The image above shows one of the key platforms in his campaign. Every struggling Kentuckian who votes for this sycophant deserves to suffer for the rest of their life. (Let’s throw this…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 28
Our primary election “autopsy” (GOP is evil, Dems are incompetent); a medical emergency portends sad future for Kentucky; get out and visit the state, and Shakespeare is back in Louisville (to like or not to like, with a dramatic reading from a galaxy far, far away). Attica Scott: Kentucky democrats need to reckon with a…
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Charts on political reality
Sad to say, but most people don’t read full newspaper stories. They might look at the headline. They might even read the first few paragraphs until they get bored. As a result, charts are important. So here are a few (some already used in past posts) to give people who won’t read in depth something…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 27
Election Day in Kentucky and its implications, IVF in the courts and we’re out of town at home and abroad. CORRECTION: The GOP senator who lost his primary was Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. We incorrectly said it was a North Carolina senator. In this podcast, we refer to: Republican fights to survive Trump’s wrath in…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 25
Self-care in trying times, the villainy of the ultrarich, Kentucky elections, national politics and why developers shouldn’t hold public office. In the podcast, we refer to: 1: Pete Hegseth, a moron, reads from the book of Samuel L. Jackson: The King James version of Ezekiel 25:17: And I will execute great vengeance upon them with…
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Ripping Trump’s budget lackey
My local congressman Morgan McGarvey, who I am constantly criticizing for showing a lack of spine, tore apart the Orange Menace’s budget director/Project 2025 stooge Russ Vought in a House hearing yesterday: I’m hoping McGarvey is sincere in his outrage and not trying to change his image because he disappointed so many constituents with his…
