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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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I guess God didn’t make coal miners
From the Washington Post: MADISON, W.Va. — Emory “Curly” Carter sometimes feels like he can’t breathe. Household chores, such as cleaning and gardening, leave him gasping for air, making him feel like he has a “real bad” case of pneumonia. After nearly four decades working in underground coal mines, Carter was diagnosed with black lung, a…
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U.S. Senate race has a new candidate
Republican Congressman Andy Barr, who hasn’t met a town hall meeting he wouldn’t run away from, has announced he’s going to seek Mitch McConnell’s U.S. Senate seat. From the Lexington Herald Leader: Andy Barr made it official Tuesday: He’s running for U.S. Senate. The longtime Central Kentucky Congressman announced in a video posted to a…
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A fascist blast from the past
An old cartoon from 2018: What gets me is no one remembers Goofus and Gallant from Highlights for Children: And even sadder, Goofus grew up, was purchased by an apartheid-reared, illegal-alien South African Space Nazi, changed his name to Orange Chia Pet and became president of the United States.
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UofL agrees to kiss MAGA ass
From the Courier Journal: University of Louisville officials have developed a plan to comply with a new state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public universities, President Gerry Bradley said in an email sent to students, staff and faculty Wednesday. UofL, along with all other public universities across Kentucky, are required comply with House Bill 4 by…
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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…
