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Pro-life crowd voted to kill children
A large block of voters for the Space Nazi’s Orange Chia Pet made their choice because of their “pro-life” stance. So imagine their embarrassment over this (from the Courier Journal): As a pediatric cardiologist, my specialty is treating children’s hearts, but as a pediatrician, I also recognize that surrounding each heart is a child. My…
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You be the judge
From the Courier Journal: They only need to arrest one judge. They only need to fire one professor. They only need to kidnap one person to a foreign prison without due process. They only need to prosecute one journalist. They only need to convince one university to agree to surrender its students and its soul. They only need to ignore one…
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Is not breathing an option?
From WLKY: Nearly half of the people in the U.S. live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution — and Louisville is one of those areas. According to air quality data from the American Lung Association (ALA), the new 2025 annual report covers data from 2021 to 2023, the most recent year available. … Louisville ranks…
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Oversight chairman missing in action: Was he ever there?
Remember a thousand years ago during the Biden administration when a certain Kentucky congressman was performing the Mo, Larry and Curly role every night for Fox News, claiming transcendent corruption emanating from the White House required extensive and exhaustive investigations? Well, that congressman, who still leads the House Oversight Committee, has decided that true corruption…
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Giving credit to Bluegrass U.S. senators
This from Louisville Public Media: Kentucky’s Republican senators have set themselves apart as top conservative voices expressing opposition to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. Sen. Rand Paul has spoken frequently on the airwaves and the Senate floor in recent months, decrying what he calls an “abuse of executive power.” “I don’t want to live where…
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Space Nazi’s Chia Pet: Derby reflects New Golden Age (psst … he didn’t write this)
From Fox News: President Donald Trump praised the work of his administration in a statement on Saturday and shared his “best wishes” to the competitors of the 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby, an event he says represents an “iconic American institution.” “The Kentucky Derby is not only a stakes race, but also an iconic American institution and…
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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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Kentucky CoC is a bunch of Republicans. Here’s what they say about tariffs.
From Spectrum News: Kentucky heavily relies on imports and exports. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said when tariffs like these are imposed, no one wins. “This is economically harmful to other countries, and it’s economically harmful to us as well, which is one of the reasons why we strongly discourage the utilization of tariffs as a means…
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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…
