In about ten seconds, the mouth-breathers of the world are going to freak completely out because the gays have money and they make political contributions. [Wonkette] Despite his 2008 call to “let Detroit go bankrupt,” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would “take a lot of credit” for his impact on [...]

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Yesterday we unveiled Morgan McGarvey’s – a Democratic candidate for State Senate in the 19th District – problem with foreclosure and the downfall of the American economy. And it seems at least one of his opponents found a bit of courage. Amy Shoemaker issued a release in the early evening hours calling for a Kentucky [...]

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The Kentucky Division of Water is seeking public comments on its updated plan to deal with water pollution. [WFPL] Two former Kentucky attorneys were properly convicted of scamming their clients out of $94.6 million from a $200 million settlement over the diet drug fen-phen in a case in which “evidence of the defendant’s guilt was [...]

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Here comes Wayne T. Rutherford foaming at the mouth about the faux “war on coal.” Maybe he should stick to covering up for people like Keith Hall. [H-L] If you think Hillary Clinton isn’t considering a run for the presidency after Barack Obama’s second term, you’ll probably want to read this. [NYT] Hal Rogers’ staff [...]

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Like we’ve been hinting for days about Monday being an awesome day in Frankfort? Adam Edelen’s office finally made public that results of the Reeeechie Farmer investigation will be released at 10:00 A.M. [Reechie Gon' Play Tonight, Coach?] Here’s a damning story about the Ohio River Bridges Debacle in Louisville that you will never see [...]

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Mitch McConnell opposed a major farm bill. It must not have included billions in incentives for foreign shipping magnates. [Politico] It’s tough not to roll your eyes when “leaders” get together to exchange ideas for transforming the economy of Eastern Kentucky. [H-L] Do you feel safer now? The House of Representatives passed cybersecurity legislation Thursday [...]

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Clay County is the center of everything awful. Every single day there’s an awful story. Today? It’s about a magistrate stabbing his wife and then killing himself. [H-L] And just like that, the Mittens Romney revisionism begins. He’ll completely reinvent himself and whitewash everything. Just as his campaign staff said he would. [NY Mag] Here’s [...]

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Two days ago we pointed out the little SuperPAC problem Thomas Massie has on his hands. In that story, we mentioned a guy named Troy Sheldon, who has given more than $10,000 to the SuperPAC that’s dedicated to supporting Massie. Who is this guy so deeply invested in Massie’s future? He alleged toyed with a [...]

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Lawmakers in Kentucky support career and technical education. They just don’t support the funding, apparently. [WFPL] The report about poor old Reeeeechie Farmer’s shenanigans is due to hit soon. Start popping that popcorn now. [FOX41] Read this first sentence and you’ll learn again why Eastern Kentucky can’t have nice things: A 2-year-old boy was struck [...]

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If you think Alecia Webb-Edgington’s endorsements yesterday came as a “surprise” – as she claimed in an email blast? From: Alecia Webb-Edgington Sent: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 5:32 pm Subject: Surprise Endorsements Friends, A few minutes ago we announced some game changing good news in this campaign! Senator Jim Bunning and Congressman Geoff Davis both [...]

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