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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The Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund just doled out $700,000 ($696,288, specifically) in On-Farm Energy Efficiency and Production grants and this is why Kentucky can have nice things. You won’t often see us hyping anything that lame duck hack/retributionist Steve Beshear promotes but this is one rare instance. The first round (nearly $2 million will be [...]

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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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There’s a billion dollar bait and switch going on with states diverting foreclosure deal funds. http://www.propublica.org/article/billion-dollar-bait-switch-states-divert-foreclosure-deal-funds States have diverted $974 million from this year’s landmark mortgage settlement to pay down budget deficits or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis, according to a ProPublica analysis. That’s nearly forty percent of the $2.5 billion in penalties [...]

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Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama is unwilling to lead on finding solutions to our economic challenges: Gotta be one of the most bogus lies McConnell has told in a week.

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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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The Obama Camp has a nice new video about Mittens Romney that focuses on job loss and bankruptcy at a company called Ampad. Ampad’s a paper company that purchased and quickly closed a plant in Marion, IN – killing all 250 jobs. The company went on to shed a total of 1,500 jobs while Mittens [...]

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Tomorrow is Selection Day in the 4th Congressional District and the week wouldn’t be complete without a couple more anti-Thomas Massie mail pieces. Like this one: CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE Ouch. That teabagger hypocrisy is just a little ripe. What does tomorrow hold for the 4th District?

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This week President Barack Obama discusses Wall Street reforms:

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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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