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Poverty, thy cause is Hal Rogers
The map at the top of this post says it all. The purple doesn’t signifying the political climate is a mix of red and blue. It shows counties where at least 20 percent of the population lives in poverty. So, let’s focus on Eastern Kentucky, where there is a major saturation of purple. That’s the…
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words
So instead of writing a thousand word piece on ex-proto-Trump MAGA Kentucky governor Matt Bevin (pictured above in his fashionable prison orange, because orange is his favorite color), we’ll refer to this piece from the Miami Herald: “Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who was arrested in Central Kentucky Thursday, will spend 60 days in jail…
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Kentucky MAGA candidates: Our constituents are idiots
Within the past two weeks, we’ve posted on how the MAGA Republican Hal Rodgers of Kentucky’s 5th Congressional district voted against a huge Biden-era infrastructure bill, calling it “socialism,” then recently posed with a multimillion dollar check that was the result of the bill he said he was against: Exhibit A: Then we posted on…
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Ky. MAGA Trump fluffer wants us not to notice this
Here’s a screenshot from the campaign site for the racist Garland Hale Barr IV, who’s running for the currently vacated seat of Schroedinger’s senator, Mitch McConnell: Hmmm? Something (or someone) is missing from the site. I wonder who? Let’s have a look at who was the cover perv on the site not that long ago.…
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Ali Museum will honor a civil rights champion athlete
The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville recently announced that its Humanitarian of the Year Award will go to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The ceremony is schedule for Nov. 7. Kaepernick, pictured above wearing No. 7, was discarded by the NFL, not because of subpar play, but because he actually took a knee…
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Hal Rogers is a lying hypocrite
The image at the top says it all about the decrepit MAGA Republican representing Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. I’ll let Facebook say the rest: Wow 88 year old Hal Rogers with infrastructure checks. Perhaps Hal forgot that when some moderate Republicans joined in to help pass the Biden infrastructure…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 31
Where our hiatuses took us; Kentucky politicians making national news; the state’s economy worsens (while MAGA politicians focus on the irrelevant); the Commonwealth ranks at the top in bottom-feeding statistics, and updates on Louisville’s Community Defense Network. NOTE: The street holding the political fundraiser reopened after an earlier closure. Our statistical references are:
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What’s in a name?
Michigan had a primary for the U.S. Senate, and this was the result: Abdul El-Sayed has narrowly won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan, according to a race call by The Associated Press. The result marks a win for the progressive wing of the party, with El-Sayed defeating Rep. Haley Stevens, who had the…
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Schroedinger’s senator is still dead/alive?
For anyone keeping track: We all know the “deadline” has passed to call a special election to fill out the remainder of the current term of “Weekend at Bernie’s” understudy, Mitch McConnell. The general consensus seems to be, “who cares if he’s dead or alive? At least he ain’t voting.” Anyway, you can read the…
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Let’s look at bad newsletters
Our locally misguided newspaper, the Courier Journal, distributed this newsletter this morning about one of the most important annual events in Kentucky politics. Can you spot what’s missing? Read in browserOn Kentucky PoliticsThu Aug 6 2026 Lucas Aulbach | Chief Politics Reporter@LucasAulbach Let’s talk about Fancy FarmGet a little extra coffee, because Fancy Farm (and other Kentucky political…
