Like we told you would happen, the national press is pointing out how anti-Obama Kentucky Democrats happen to be. [WaPo]

Why the hell did it take a judge to decide it was okay for a kid to wear a gay t-shirt? [WKYT]

Nope, no one turned out to vote. So few voted, in fact, that it is embarrassing to be a Kentuckian at the moment. [H-L]

The top Democrat in charge of protecting his party’s majority in the Senate thinks it can be done. But he’s deeply concerned his organization won’t have the money to do it. [HuffPo]

Here’s how the mainstream looked at teabagger birther segregationist Marilyn Parker. The hilarity is here, folks, and it is golden. [C-J/AKN]

A majority of people think Mittens Romney was more concerned with profits than he was concerned with jobs at Bain. [Daily Kos]

We are so, so very sad. Newt Gingrich is all out of whore diamonds! The world is such an awful place. Poor Newt. [Wonkette]

BRAVE PATRIOT Teabagger Birther Marilyn Parker is now essentially a Louisville Metro Council member. PEE ALERT. Let’s take this trip down the crazy lane. [The 'Ville Voice]

How a 21-year-old college kid bankrolled a congressional primary victory in Kentucky. Here’s a look at the RonRandMassie teabagger kid. Also, Preston Bates. HAHAHA. [Mother Jones]

Here’s the Ronnie Ellis take on the Fourth Congressional District primary that played out for Republicans last night. [Ronnie Ellis]

All the sudden, Geoff Davis is concerned about outside groups having influence in Kentucky. [Ryan Alessi]

Way to go, Eastern Kentucky! Two women were shot in the face by a man who then turned the gun on himself in Stanton on Tuesday afternoon. [H-L]

Kentucky students are why we can have nice things.

But he’s been having fun in Warshington lately:

From: Alecia Webb-Edgington
Sent: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 5:32 pm
Subject: Surprise Endorsements

Friends,
A few minutes ago we announced some game changing good news in this campaign!

Senator Jim Bunning and Congressman Geoff Davis both endorsed my candidacy for Congress at a rally in Covington early this afternoon.

Then you aren’t paying attention. Davis has been involved since day one and Jim Bunning has been pressured since the beginning.

But don’t let this go to your head just yet.

Why would Alecia roll something like that out before Derby in Kentucky when no one is paying attention to politics? Two big reasons: she’s tanked in the polls and couldn’t raise money if Greg Stumbo made it rain all around her (not just because she’s never in Frankfort to cast a vote). Common sense and political experience would have had her wait until after the Kentucky Derby. She’d roll out the Bunning endorsement (note: he promised both Moore and Massie he wasn’t getting involved) one week, the Davis endorsement the next and would do so with paid media. But. Uh. That common sense and political experience thing has to go out the window, apparently.

Unfortunately, neither the endorsement from Jim Bunning nor Geoff Davis will turn into much of a cash cow for Webb-Edgington. You’ll recall that Bunning couldn’t raise money for himself so he dropped out of the U.S. Senate race. And Davis? Look at his campaign finance reports. Most of his money – and he has readily admitted such on these pages – comes from Political Action Committees, lobbyists and companies that only give to sitting congresspeople. He says he accepts cash like that so he doesn’t have to be bothered with actually raising money and being politically indebted to anyone. He doesn’t have a campaign finance machine in Kentucky to rely upon. It’s unfortunate because Webb-Edgington’s folks are both Bunning and Davis people and have first-hand experience with the campaign finance realities in those camps.

One thing’s for sure: yesterday’s move likely caused more drama in the 4th District than it helped Alecia Webb-Edgington. Her campaign staffers have been busy trying to leave nasty comments here all night so we know they’ve got a lot of free time on their hands.

The Lundergan Family brought President Bill Clinton back to Kentucky today and everyone in Lexington is still freaking out. [H-L]

That welfare recipient drug testing law in Georgia? Mmm hmm, it was supported by bad research. Somebody call Lonnie Napier’s hair dye and let it know. [HuffPo]

What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado? Recovery in Eastern Kentucky will take a long time and only the Red Cross remains on the ground supporting the people who most need it. [Click Here To Give]

Today the White House announced that several schools in Kentucky are U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools: Rosa Parks Elementary School, Lexington; Georgetown Middle School, Georgetown; Richardsville Elementary School, Bowling Green. [Press Release]

Just like Greg Stumbo originally pretended that he didn’t know Kelly Flood and she pretended that she hated him because she’s friends with his ex-wife, he’s being less than honest in this situation. He most certainly did sit down with Republicans in the Senate and made promises to get what he wanted. [C-J/AKN]

Barack Obama’s top advisers are making a mid-“core” correction in their attacks on Mitt Romney — with a little nudge from Bill Clinton, who is finding a niche as an Obama campaign whisperer and fundraiser. [Politico]

Did you hear? Lexington Mayor Jim Gray is giving people money to put on hot pants and spread glitter everywhere. [WKYT]

Thomas Massie continues to insinuate that he’s been endorsed by Geoff Davis. He wanted desperately for Davis to endorse Webb-Embarrassment so he could get Liberty Christ to endorse him. That will likely happen now. [Head - Desk]

HAHAHA! PEE ALERT! Wingnut mouth-breathers are furious that Mittens Romney is going to bring his mormon cult games to Jerry Falwell’s pretend university. [Wonkette]

Poverty in America: Defining the New Poor. You should probably read this and give it some deep thought. [NPR]

Mouth-breather/evolution deniers are advancing their “cause” under the guise of free inquiry. But it’s a bunch of monkey kabuki. [The Economist]

The police chief in the Trayvon Martin case is stepping down. This means basically everyone on the case has had to quit because of being awful. [HuffPo]

Primarily surrounding the reason Webb-Edgington is in the race.

While we think it’s silly, there’s plenty of speculation that she’s in the race to benefit Thomas Massie. Many believe she pulls votes from Gary Moore. So it’s not too far fetched.

After our earlier story that mentioned Larry Tomlinson being in business with Dick Knock, the guy running the Massie SuperPAC, everyone went crazy. Their jointly-owned LLC gave $10,000 to the SuperPAC.

Turns out? Tomlinson gave Geoff Davis $2,100 in 2006 and has been in close operation with Davis campaign folks since then. So has Dick Knock.

And that makes people freak out, spinning all kinds of stories.

Again – it’s silly. But that’s the latest political gossip.

The race is on to see how long it takes to get Mitch McConnell to endorse Gary Moore and Rand Paul to endorse his look-alike, Thomas Massie.

The flip-flop by Geoff Davis to endorse Alecia this late in the race should make it clear to the average reader that she’s hurting severely in the polls. Even with the endorsement, most believe it’s a Moore-Massie race.

Call us crazy but we’re pretty sure there are hundreds – if not thousands – of Kentucky women who have more business sense and experience than Anita Madden. Throwing drug-fueled orgies and being involved with the most corrupt of the good old boy network is hardly an honor. [H-L]

A racist past is still haunting the Florida town where Trayvon Martin died. [Reuters]

Do you need another reason to stop being as fat as a house? You could maybe cause your kid to have autism. [NPR]

All kinds of mouth-breathers have been freaking out over John Yarmuth’s Congressional art competition. So here’s a link to Republican Geoff Davis’ own art competition. [Click the Clicky]

Yep, no racists in America. None at all. Mark Judge would like the world to know that he no longer has any “white guilt” because his bike got stolen and the perpetrator may have been a black person, or possibly (the culprit is still at large!) black people in general. [Salon]

It’s almost sad watching Alecia Webb-Edgington flush her entire professional life down the drain. Now she’s freaking out because an anti-tax group is demanding that she return pay she wasted while fundraising in Washington, D.C. [Ryan Alessi]

Now that corporations have begun to cut ties with ALEC, it’s time to demand that legislators do the same. Legislators like Denise Harper Angel – who is furiously trying to distance herself without effectively doing so. [The Nation]

Nope. The reason there is no high-tech sector in Kentucky is because Frankfort is a damn disaster. It’s also about education, brain drain and quality of life. [H-L]

Mitch McConnell says the war on women is manufactured. So we’re going to go ahead and say anything and everything Mitch McConnell says or does is manufactured. [The Hill]

Who really believes, sadly, that Kentucky is among the top states for entrepreneurial activity? [The Lane Report]

Yet another story about Hal Rogers’ Disney World vacation. This time it’s about Steve Beshear also going on the trip. [WFPL]

The Herald-Leader is once again coming out on top as the state’s most reliable paper. [The 'Ville Voice]

You can’t even drive a cab in Lexington these days without being robbed by some douchebag. [WLEX18]

Today, Congressman John Yarmuth announced that the Federal Highway Administration has said it expects to approve the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ohio River Bridges Project. Federal approval is required for the project to move forward. [Press Release]

Wait, wait. PEE ALERT. Pat Robertson now says homosexuality is related to a type of demonic possession. [HuffPo]

Congressman Geoff Davis has been publishing transcripts and audio clips from the Supreme Court hearings on health care reform legislation. [Click the Clicky]

Everybody is fighting like crazy in Frankfort over the budget. What a hot mess this week has turned into. [H-L]

If you missed it earlier, we’re wondering if Jack Conway is paying attention to these corrupt Eastern Kentucky elected officials freely admitting in the press that they are breaking the law. [Page One]

We cannot breathe after reading this terrific story about Nancy Reagan. What a… fancy saint… that woman. [Wonkette]

Rather than try solving the health care and economic crises in the United States, Mitch McConnell is wasting time on college sports. That’s not what we pay his ass for. [ABC]

People are just cold freaking out and having heart attacks over gas prices in the Louisville area. Here’s a pro-tip: drive less, walk more. You’ll be healthier and won’t weigh 400lbs. [FOX41]

Don’t act like you’er shocked over this one. Trainer John Ward, Gov. Steve Beshear’s pick to lead the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, is asking for a two-week delay in his previously announced start date to resolve business relationships that could pose conflicts of interest. [C-J/AKN]

Lawwwd, Hardin County Republicans (we’re looking at you, Tim Moore, with your gay panic and such) are going crazy these days. [The 'Ville Voice]

Those damn cattle brokers finally pleaded guilty this week. Maybe we can stop reading and hearing about that scandal. [WKYT]

Lawwwd, all kinds of idiots tried to set Lexington on fire over the weekend. People are dumber than you think, folks. [H-L]

Of course House and Senate leaders in Frankfort are clashing at the beginning of budget discussions. That’s how it always works. Nothing will change in Kentucky. [C-J/AKN]

The Spruce Mine reversal signals that mountaintop removal permits are not slowing to a trickle. Despite what Hal Rogers would have you believe. [HuffPo]

Oh, nah, Hal Rogers is too busy complaining about making health care available to his constituency – one of the most impoverished in the entire country – to complain about the EPA for a minute. [WYMT]

Geoff Davis says the responsibility of replacing bridges falls in Frankfort’s lap. Does that mean Frankfort should be paying for Louisville’s bridges debacle? [Amanda Van Benschoten's Replacement]

Unka Dick Cheney apparently received his first heart. Which means some other deserving person didn’t receive a heart. [Wonkette]

Basically, all of Eastern Kentucky is a hot mess of pills and despair. According to the papers. And nothing is ever going to change until Frankfort starts actually caring more about Appalachia than it does sweet coal cash. [H-L & More H-L]

Pimps in Spain are tattooing prostitutes with barcodes to keep track of them or something. So where’s Jack Conway’s owned-by-KRS-scandalizers barcode? [HuffPo]

Looks like the American Legislative Exchange Council is behind all the ‘stand your ground’ gun laws in the country. That probably won’t work out so well for them. [NYT]

You should probably read this story about a Berea high school student making a name for herself in the cake world. It’s a great piece about entrepreneurial spirit in Kentucky. [Richmond Register]

The Republican budget in Warshington? Haha, even the foreigns recognize that it is an unworkable counter-offer to the president’s own doomed budget. [The Economist]

You may think Asian grain traders taking over huge portions of North American turf isn’t a big deal to you and you’d be sorely mistaken. [Reuters]

Why does anyone care what Sarah The Quitter Palin is doing or not doing? [HuffPo]

The Mine Safety and Health Administration released an internal review of its actions prior to the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. [WFPL]

Everybody is freaking out because Jamie Comer got a speeding ticket. Who flipping cares? Not even us and we don’t like his teabagging paranoia. If you knew how many legislators get away with horrible traffic violations, you would be rolling your eyes right now. [KY Courts]

The funtimes tax party has a funtimes website for you to peruse and send commentary. [Click the Clicky]

Geoff Davis is continuing the harp with the myth that gasoline prices can be lowered super-quick with increased domestic drilling. [Twitter]

If you missed it, get a load of what we discovered Greg Fischer trying to sweep under the rug. We’re revealing more tomorrow. [The 'Ville Voice]

Quietly but quickly, anti-gay attitudes are vanishing in British schools. Not really happening in Kentucky’s public schools, though. [The Economist]

The Alcoholic Beverage Commission joined Facebook and the Public Protection Cabinet thought that was reason enough to send out a press release. [Facebook]

A Kentucky woman lost her legs saving her children in an Indiana tornado. This is why you must support the Red Cross. [WKYT]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. finally got it right on the prostitute and call girl front with James Inhofe. [Wonkette]

Some school districts in Eastern Kentucky won’t be opening for days and days. That’s why you need to support the Red Cross. [H-L]