Really? You’re shocked that former Massey CEO Don Blankenship was part of Steve Beshear’s Kentucky Derby entourage? And that all of his biggest donors got first pick of the best 360 seats at Churchill Downs? [CJ/AKN Here & Here] Donors to Hal Rogers (shocker!) got a sweet deal from the government to sell them $6.5 [...]

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Lawwwwd, Virginia Republicrats are about as dumb as Kentucky Democrats. Almost as hateful, too. The gays will want to check this one out. [Politico] Not all Kentucky State Police officers are like this guy. Not all officers try to get a little sexytime in exchange for not making an arrest. [H-L] This Winchester man did [...]

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RONNIE ELLIS IS BACK! Everybody go read this ASAP! [Ronnie Ellis] Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Russ Cassady, Bill Estep, Tom Loftus. Sure to be a great show with Cassady – the editor of the Appalachian News-Express. [KET] Steve Nunn’s attorney, Warren Scoville, finally ditched him. [...]

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This week President Barack Obama discussed using war money to pay down this country’s debt:

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Ouch, this editorial took Steve Beshear to task over his growing Medicaid scandal. Beshear can’t outsource responsibility for poor, sick Kentuckians to low-bidding out-of-state companies or the courts, as much as he might wish he could. [H-L] At the bottom of its press releases the US Postal Service brags that if it were a private [...]

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Maybe Steve Beshear and crew should have looked at what Passport does to properly manage its Medicaid patients before it pushed this latest mess through? Beshear loved to talk Passport up while pushing his Medicaid proposals and now he’s just ignoring a tremendous resource, it seems. [H-L] Did Richard Beliles finally wake up from his [...]

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Tons of specimens collected by Charles Darwin have been uncovered and a new online “museum” is opening today. [HuffPo] From the Department of Things That Actually Happened: Rick Perry called on a mannequin with its hand raised to ask him a question. [Wonkette] Did President Barack Obama give up on diplomacy too soon when it [...]

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Sorry, pushing your discriminatory catholic beliefs on the public at large just isn’t going to cut it. UofL should be completely ashamed. [C-J/AKN] President Barack Obama is getting ready to pitch to gay voters. Will they catch? [Politico] Will Katie Stine run for Geoff Davis’ seat in the KY-04 Congressional district? That’d further divide the [...]

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Many of you have asked for a copy of President Barack Obama’s remarks as he awarded Kentuckian Dakota Meyer the Medal of Honor. So here you go… East Room 2:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please be seated. Thank you, Chaplain Kibben. Good afternoon, everyone. And on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome [...]

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This week Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear spend 1:53 discussing the anniversary of 9/11

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