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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Opposition to gay marriage has hit a new low among Americans, weeks after President Barack Obama announced his support for it, according to a new poll Wednesday. [Politico] The Environmental Protection Agency has concerns about the environmental impact of a 218-acre coal ash landfill in Trimble County proposed by Louisville Gas and Electric. [WFPL] Way [...]

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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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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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The Kentucky Supreme Court this week unanimously voted to re-elect Chief Justice John Minton to the top judicial position for another four years. [Ryan Alessi] Robert Wilcher, one of two Kentucky Retirement Systems board members representing county employees, resigned today. The board gets to appoint someone to fill his term. [Deep KRS Shenanigans] From the [...]

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After all those shenanigans yesterday, guess who went around collecting his yard signs this morning: Teabagger Wendy Caswell still has not collected her illegal signs, though: Because she’s a typical teabager. At least Reggie knows right from wrong and understands the political consequences, unlike his opponent.

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Mittens Romney’s incendiary debt speech was riddled with flaws and people are freaking out over it. [HuffPo] Mitch McConnell once again forgets that he is the pot calling the kettle black. [The Hill] How badly will the Time Warner transition from Insight hurt? Will lubrication be necessary for customers in Kentucky? [H-L] Kentuckians are already [...]

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