The Tennessee Valley Authority will pay a $10 million penalty and shut down more coal plants in an agreement with the EPA. [H-L]

Nine things the rich don’t want you to know about taxes. This link comes courtesy Ed Martin. [WWeek]

Are these Anchor Gays?! Democrats are pushing to secure immigration rights for same-sex couples. Mouth-breathers are set to go absolutely insane ASAP. [HuffPo]

Yesterday Alison Grimes announced the endorsement of the Indiana Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights. [Twitter]

Your congresspeople need to hear from you this morning. Make your voice heard. [KYA]

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is showing its cards in primaries. Kentucky’s had first-hand experience with this the past several years, for sure. [Politico]

You should go read this story about ‘spillionaires’ – it’s all about profiteering and mismanagement in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf. [Pro Publica]

Yesterday 108 House Democrats defied President Barack Obama by voting against the 2011 spending deal. [The Hill]

Apparently, none of the top criminals of the financial crisis will face prosecution. [NY Times]

We truly feel some sadness for Bobbie Coleslaw. Serious sadness. $7K raised? Ouch. [Ryan Alessi]

Hal Rogers did an interview with Peter Cook regarding the budget proposal. Give it a watch. [Bloomberg]

The Herald-Leader editorial folks say Lexington Mayor Jim Gray’s budget is a good start but heavy lifting is ahead. [H-L]

Why are Steve Beshear and the legislature running from transparency? Why is Frankfort just as corrupt as it has ever been? [H-L]

Miami removed it’s mayor for rewarding his closest pals. Kentuckians would never do something so common sensical. [NY Times]

Is it sad or hilarious that the Republican Kentucky Democratic Party’s out-of-context stunt this week has garnered just over 100 views statewide? [YouTube]

For comparison, I tweeted a photo of me as a baby that something like 70 people immediately checked. And tweeted a telephone screenshot of what I wanted for my birthday, which pulled 300ish views. I wish they’d bother getting good advice instead of playing this weird game of pat-a-cake. [Here & Here]

Ralph Long sent out a press release today saying that the United Mine Workers rescinded its endorsement of Gatewood Galbraith’s campaign for governor. Papaw Beshear is going to lose all kinds of Democratic votes to him. They’re operating in FEAR of Gatewood. [Press Release]

All the mouth-breathers all across the land are just snatching up potassium iodide pills left and right because of their irrational fear. [The Consumerist]

No Tea For Me, Thanks. I Prefer Progress. That’s the new Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee bumper sticker and we like it. [DSCC]

Were Barack Obama’s low approval ratings just a blip on the radar? The latest polling takes a look. [Daily Kos]

Here’s an awkward one-on-one interview with Mitch McConnell. I still don’t think he’s running for re-election. At the very least, he’s mulling his options. [CNBC]

Here is a picture of Papaw Beshear walking from his expensive ass airplane to a poorly-attended presser in the Cincinnasti area the other day. Kinda like he had 12 people at his Bowling Green presser. [AP via Yahoo!]

Can you believe it?! Republicans in Warshington have discovered a path around the earmarks ban. [NY Times]

New U.S. Census data show that Kentucky’s urban areas are growing and rural areas are declining. [H-L]

Craig Dilger was re-elected chairman of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. David Martin was re-elected as vice-chairman. [Press Release]

Health reform could mean rebates for consumers. Insurance plans covering more than 50 people have to begin spending 85 cents of every dollar on care. [Chicago Tribune]

The Pentagon says no one has been dismissed for being gay in the past month. Maybe things are beginning to change. [HuffPo]

Over the past five years, companies that produce the TSA’s body scanners have doubled spending on their lobbying efforts. The entire country is so shocked. [USA Today]

As we’ve seen for a week on Kentucky sites, the national folks are catching up to the story about Rand Paul comparing Barack Obama to Hitler. Interesting how that works. [Think Progress]

Who will be the Ron Paul of 2012? There’s no way it’s gonna be Sarah The Quitter Palin. [Salon]

Dear Indiana teabagger: You weren’t censored via “corporate censorship” – your comments were deleted because we’ve told you multiple times to take your shit spin elsewhere. Nor are we afraid of embarrassment, otherwise we wouldn’t leave your other comments up. When you can’t comment without spin, you aren’t welcome. This is not some free speech zone and, yes, we do get to control what does and does not get discussed. Take your “christ” bullshit elsewhere. [Teabagger Nutjob]

Kentucky teabaggers don’t think the curbstomper should face charges. They want the aggravating girl who got curbstomped to be charged criminally. [B&P]

The Republicrat victory a few weeks ago wasn’t much of a mandate. Here’s more on that. [PPP]

BREAKING: We have just learned how Sylvia Lovely gets around these days. I repeat, we have just learned how Sylvia Lovely gets around these days. [WaPo]

Last night we released Daniel Solzman’s latest epic video. Completely amazing in every way. [WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY]

Jack Conway and the DSCC claim he’s leading Rand Paul by two points. Do you buy it? [WaPo]

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is receiving Sweden’s Insignia of First Command, Order of the Polar Star. Because she actually works to promote clean energy. When will something like this happen in Kentucky? Not while Governor Steve Beshear is suing the EPA. [CNBC]

In case you missed it, here’s John Yarmuth on MSNBC taking an actual Democratic stance on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. [B&P]

Take a read/listen to this story about Erika Webb, the 2011 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Webb’s a high school English teacher from Jessamine County. [Tony McVeigh]

WHAS11 pulled the NRSC ad claiming that Jack Conway supported cap and trade, claiming it was inaccurate. Unfortunately, WHAS is in the wrong here. As we have written on dozens of occasions, Jack was a supporter before he decided not to be. [TPM]

Hal Heiner is hitting Greg Fischer hard in a new ad about election fraud in Louisville. Later today, on The ‘Ville Voice, we’ll have details of the mess. [The 'Ville Voice]

Because he hasn’t pretended to be right-wing enough, Jack Conway is now considering joining a lawsuit against the EPA. It’s a far cry from the days when his staff were expressing frustration about how Jack had to “shift” his views on coal, MTR and the environment in order to beat Daniel Mongiardo and sway over the electorate in Kentucky. If he joins the lawsuit, it’s politically motivated, and that’s a shame. [Bluegrass Politics]

President Barack Nobama canceled a visit to a shrine over there in Indier because he didn’t want to put on a Muslin costume and scare meemaw on her Rascal. So, did Papaw Steve Beshear go to that shrine in Indier? Did he put on that fancy outfit? Is he a secret Muslin, too? [Wonkette]

Lt. Dan Choi re-enlisted in the Army yesterday. And Todd Lally is probably crying all over Louisville because the gays get to be scary and gay in the military again. [The New Civil Rights Movement]

This obviously tests high in focus groups and polling, but will it be enough for Conway to beat Paul?

Meanwhile, the Paulbots are up in arms over Paul’s idea of a deductible saying his own words don’t mean what, you know, they actually mean.

Not to be outdone, Rand Paul has also released a new ad:

Black people are so scary!!1!

My favorite part of the spot? The gay moment when “867-5309″ pops up on the screen.

Oh, wait, here’s yet another Rand Paul ad. He claims Jack Conway is lying about the $2,000 Medicare deductible bit… despite the dozens of times he’s promoted it:

As Joe pointed out, Rand is full of it. Maybe if he lies about pushing the deductible often enough, it’ll erase history.

Oh noes – Lt. Dan is putting his Frankfort farmhouse on the market. Guess he finally got that heater fixed. [H-L]

It’s no secret that Ben Chandler says one thing and then does another. But this is ridiculous. His supporters like Jonathan Miller should have to explain why they can tolerate this kind of horse shiz. [B&P]

Kentucky State Parks have eleventy dozen Halloween events going down this year. Be sure to check them out. [State Parks]

The DSCC canceled an October 5 media buy in Louisville and Lexington markets. This doesn’t sound like good news for Jack Conway. Or maybe it’s a reaction to Republicans pulling back their buys. [Twitter]

Naturally, the NRSC is going absolutely insane over the ad buy adjustment. [NRSC]

And the Washington press is jumping all over it. Connecticut’s gain and Kentucky’s loss, apparently. [Hotline]

Nope, wait. The DSCC bought back what it canceled in Kentucky.  Bet you won’t see the NRSC freaking out over that. [More Twitter]

Remember how about ten million years ago I said Adam Edelen was running for State Auditor? He finally told Ryan Alessi the same thing. [CN|2]

Does the Nancy Pelosi effect impact Ben Chandler? Probably not. [National Journal]

Maybe it was a mistake, but someone needs to do more than apologize to the family. Shutting a family of a medal of honor winner out of a scheduled White House visit a day after his burial because a kid was wearing shorts? Uh. Kind of ridiculous. [HuffPo]

The Fraternal Order of Police (Bluegrass Lodge #4 & Town Branch Lodge #83) endorsed Jim Gray for Mayor yesterday. [Press Release]

It turns out that Lexington Failure Jim Newberry did have something to hide. And I keep thinking of that time Mark Riddle told me, “Nah, Jim’s one of the good guys!” [H-L]

Here’s a Davenport, IA take on the former Robert Felner “sweetie” named Thomas Schroeder. [KWQC]

Oh, the shades of stupid! Known corrupt fool, Sylvia Lovely, is palling around with Kathleen Imhoff, the lady who was canned by the Lexington Library for Kentucky League of Cities-scale corruption. [B&P]

What was that about the DSCC taking Kentucky seriously? Just look at those numbers. [Roll Call]

I’m wondering where Jack Conway’s Bowling Green media buy is. And why he’s not trying to hold a forum/debate there. [Deep Thoughts]

The NRCC is spending big against Ben Chandler on behalf of Andy Gozirra Barr. [CQ Politics]

Speaking of Ben, will he have problems on his hands if he continues to lie in campaign ads? Probably not. [Politico]

Despite Ben continuing to lie over and over and over. It’s the Ben Chandler way. [H-L]

Mitch McConnell loves burning flags but isn’t keen on burning the Koran. Apparently, if you just ignore it, he says it’ll go away. [HuffPo]

Stealing from your loved ones? Taking advantage of those elderly or challenged by health or age? You should rot in prison. [FOX 41 & WHAS11]

Rand Paul snubbed the Kentucky Narcotic Officers’ Association. Everyone is so surprised. [Bluegrass Politics]

More details on the jacked up guy who threatened Jim Bunning’s life. [HuffPo]

Ugh. Looks like the Waffle House bit is going to be beaten into the ground this election cycle. [DSCC]

Rand Liberty Christ Paul will hit the teevee airwaves today. [Ryan Alessi]

Roger Alford has more on Rand’s “substantial” ad buy and his first ad, highlighting his work as a physician. [AP]

Sometimes we get comments from folks in Washington, D.C. telling me how wrong I am. [We Get Comments]

The NRCC may want to get its ducks in a row. Lest Democrats start leaking all the personal info they’ve got on Republican staffers. [Jesus]

Instead of Steve Beshear asking private landlords for a 5% break in rent to the state, maybe he could cut a few dozen of his personal advisers? [Just A Thought]

Does the U.S. Senate race help Andy Barr in his bid against Ben Chandler? [Southern Political Report]

Mitch McConnell is lending out his staffer, Josh Holmes, to help the NRSC. Guess the Paul campaign is fully embracing Mitch like woah. [Roll Call]

Reeeeechie is addicted to that new car smell. Prolly gets stuck all in his mustache. [H-L Editorial]

Rick Santorum has a … problem. Remember when he endorsed Trey Grayson? [Mother Jones]

In a press release today, the NRSC blamed Jack Conway for the state’s nursing home problems and ignored the millions received by Republicans from the industry. [Press Releases]

What? A couple billionaire brothers are funding the “tea party”? You don’t say. [The New Yorker]

Congressman John Yarmuth is standing up for the American taxpayer. [The 'Ville Voice]

Ron Paul and Rand Paul are just cold fighting each other over the non-existent ground zero “mosque” in the big city. [Daddy Ron]

Now the DSCC and the Democrats are all upset that Rand Paul has taken money from a pornographer. [The Google Machine]

The Richmond Register says Rand Paul’s comments keep getting scarier. [Click the Clicky]

Dear Associated Press: It’s not a flap if it is exactly what he meant to say. [H-L]

Does discussion of the phantom CentrePointe in Lexington make you sick to your stomach? Then read this thing about magical tubes, for fun. [B&P]

Fearless librul and protector of our white women, Mr. Cockring, is so outraged over instant racing that he’s developing all kinds of roids and popping veins. [Bluegrass Politics]

Louisville’s mayoral campaign ads begin hitting the airwaves this Wednesday. Which means it’s time to fire up the DVR or commercial skipping again. [The 'Ville Voice]