Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd denied a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to dismiss a Tea Party lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange. [H-L] After years of vilifying prominent religious and conservative leaders, gay activists on Wednesday turned their ire to an unlikely target: Democrats. [Politico] The Louisville Metro Council on [...]

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That welfare story we mentioned this morning? Of course Jamie Comer thought it was brilliant: Because, as we all know, welfare queens driving fancy new cars and causing crime = 100% of all recipients of benefits. Still wondering why Larry Cox left Comer hanging? And why other staffers are soon set to depart? It’s the [...]

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Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s sister has resigned as assistant executive director of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. [H-L] If you have any heart at all, this story will melt it. An elderly woman whose home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog among the rubble during a live TV interview. [...]

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Did you see all the Mitching and Moaning going on yesterday? Here’s a taste: We stopped holding our breath waiting on Mitch McConnell to offer a solution for any of this country’s problems long ago.

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Yep, let’s just make it an entire morning. Here’s Mitch McConnell on KET’s One to One: Immigration, deficits, gun control, yadda, yadda…

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Rand Paul, because he is the expert on everything, appeared on Fox News because of its worldwide standing as an institution of journalistic integrity: He must consume an awful lot of cornbread to believe he’s presidential material.

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You can’t even be in Lexington these days without getting shot or stabbed. That town is still trying to catch up to Louisville. [H-L] Pat Buchanan has a plan to win more white voters for the GOP. Which should make some racist old coots in Frankfort quite happy. [HuffPo] People magazine dubbed him “the deadliest [...]

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What are the fearmongering teabaggers up to on the Medicaid front? That. And so you know what kind of people they are? And the kind of horse crap they peddle as reality? Take a look: It got some, ahem, interesting comments: CLICK TO ENLARGE The “report” being hyped along with the photo? Well… Comparing Obama [...]

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Steve Beshear, as you already know, decided to expand Medicaid in Kentucky. Sure, it took a massive Republican-led lobbying effort to get him to take action. But action is action and Steve Beshear is to be commended. It only took a few minutes for the teabaggers (not Tea Partiers) to lose their minds: CLICK TO [...]

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Caleb Brown leaves a comment on Page One – proving he’s sane and worthy of attention: Caleb O. Brown // May 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm At the risk of referring you to additional items produced by a “septic tank,” here are two short pieces I’ve written about the pension system and its constraints. LINK [...]

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