Actually, Kenny Coleslaw, about a quarter of Democrats in Kentucky admitted that they voted against Barack Obama on the basis of race in 2008. [WFPL] It’s silly to protest this North Carolina nutjob. He’s so crazy that a protest isn’t necessary. His words do all the work for you. [HuffPo] The paper in Lexington felt [...]

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Oh, wait, here’s Rand Paul claiming “these people” (who don’t support him) don’t understand capitalism and economics: Oh, and defending Bain. Cute how that works.

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Kentucky has the second highest rate in the nation of children living with relatives or close family friends instead of biological parents, according to a report from a national foundation released Wednesday. [H-L] A study finds that – yet again – Fox News viewers are the least informed of all. You’re so shocked, we know. [...]

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not backing down on its promise to engage in the most aggressive campaign operation in its 100 year history, despite a recent court decision that would require disclosure of secret donors behind issue ads. [Politico] This was a dumb idea in Lexington to begin with, right? Who comes up [...]

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Let’s just read the release from the OAG: Attorney General Jack Conway announced the guilty plea today of a former social worker with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to nine felony counts of tampering with public records. Sixty-one-year-old Margaret “Geri” Murphy entered the guilty plea in Anderson Circuit Court in connection with her [...]

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Ooooh, lawwwd. It is election day and you should listen to this hilarity from some man of “jesus” (after tens and tens of you cast your votes, of course): “I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers,” he says in his sermon, delivered on May 13. “Build a great, big, [...]

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Yep, Kentucky Retirement Systems is a hot box of shit. And that’s putting it nicely. So let’s put on our gloves and dig in: KRS assets fall $680 Million The Kentucky Retirement Systems’ net assets have fallen $680 million in this fiscal year’s first nine months as investment income and contributions failed to cover rising [...]

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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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Carter County is a corrupt poop hole of awful. The County Attorney and the Journal-Times are reporting open meetings violations. [Journal-Times] Comment on Kentucky will likely be a bit boring tonight on KET at 8:00 P.M. Eastern. But you should consider watching it anyway. Scheduled guests: Joe Gerth, Donna Groves, Amanda Van Benschoten’s replacement. [KET] [...]

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The Kentucky Coal Association freaks out and goes crazy on anybody who dares question mountaintop removal. So what’s the latest? A super-expensive “white paper” attacking the Sierra Club. Take a look: CLICK FOR PDF Bill Bissett wishes desperately that he could be accepted by everybody as a non-spinster. But. Uh. As long as the KCA [...]

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