What’s that? Oh, yes, President Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage this afternoon. [Freedom to Marry, The Advocate, NYT, HuffPo, BBC, WaPo, Yahoo] The president of a mail order bride company has been lobbying Republicans to water down protections for abused immigrants. [HuffPo] Lexington is still super-nervous about potential United States Postal Service [...]

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Poor Mittens Romney still can’t figure out where he stands on the issue of immigration. [HuffPo] Here’s the glowing mainstream media review of Jerry Abramson and his tax “reform” commission. Absolutely no mention of his attempt to stifle transparency and to keep proceedings secret. [C-J/AKN] Lexington got something else right: the council voted against discussing [...]

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A Floriduh judge denied a new trial to a lady standing her ground but totally not because she’s black. [Wonkette] The burden of air pollution and asthma is not evenly shared among U.S. children. [HuffPo] Folks love to hate David Williams and some of that hate is well-deserved. But he helped make this thing in [...]

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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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Greg Stumbo is calling for an investigation of Coventry Cares. Now that it’s politically safe for him to do so. [H-L] Defense spending trumps poverty in the Republican Congress. That’s how it always works with people like Hal Rogers and Ben Chandler. [Politico] Whattya mean the white supremacists aren’t crazy as hell? Another instance of [...]

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This candidate in Texas says you shouldn’t pee on an electric fence. Or something like that. [Wonkette] How dare Mittens Romney hire a known homosexual to do campaign work! The shame! Horror! [HuffPo] Calumet Farm finally sold for $36 million. Guess the claims that it wasn’t being sold were flat-out lies. [H-L] Have you ever [...]

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Sorry, Thomas Massie absolutely lying about not having seen the mail piece attacking his opponents. I discussed with with one of his campaign staffers the day I published it and they shared with me Massie’s thoughts on the piece. [WFPL] An insurance provider must continue to pay for members to be treated at Eastern Kentucky’s [...]

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A former Kentucky gun shop owner has been charged with mailing a 9 mm pistol and a threatening letter to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent overseeing an investigation into his activities. [H-L] During last evening’s 4th District GOP debate, both Gary Moore and Alecia Webb-Edgington pledged to continue funding headstart programs [...]

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Wow, the information we published about Cordish Cos. in Louisville yesterday has allowed a lot of local business owners to come out of the woodwork. Yet another issue involving Greg Fischer’s pat-a-caking and trying to throw money at a lost cause. [The 'Ville Voice] Now you know why there was so much drama with the [...]

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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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