What do Democrats do when they have a candidate in a special election they don’t want to be tied to Barack Obama? Have Obama’s CAMPAIGN MANAGER serve as a consultant on the race so the candidate is tied directly to the president. Smooth move. [Bluegrass Politics] Just how bizarre-o crazy is the NRCC? It published [...]

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Hal Rogers has been calling Urban Outfitters out for selling shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles. Like clockwork, Jack Conway has decided to jump on the bandwagon. From a press release: Attorney General Jack Conway is calling on Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, to stop selling [...]

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Joseph Adam Minor has been on the stand in a federal courtroom in Bowling Green for about five hours over the course of two days, and only two out of four attorneys have questioned him so far. [Glasgow Daily Times] The old county courthouse lawyer came out in Hal Rogers last week as the Kentucky [...]

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The administration of Eastern Kentucky University fired EKU Center for the Arts director Debra Hoskins on June 12 because of allegations including fiscal misconduct and falsification of university records and documents. [H-L] Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 [...]

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Hal Rogers took time from a Food and Drug Administration budget hearing to preach about prescription drugs: It wasn’t just during his opening remarks, though. He went on and on and on: Pills are a big problem, sure. But if you were wondering why the economy is still tanking? It’s because folks in Washington waste [...]

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The old county courthouse lawyer came out in Hal Rogers last week as the Kentucky Republican tore into the Federal Aviation Administration for springing on Congress — without warning he insisted — its fateful furloughs of air traffic controllers. [Politico] The Fayette County Board of Education says it will raise the compulsory school dropout age [...]

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Wanna watch Hal Rogers talk to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel? He starts off with “Msssssssr Seckatury” and rattles on from there: What about Secretary of State John Kerry? Here you go:

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Did you see Hal Rogers last week when he railed against prescription drug use/abuse?

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You won’t want to miss the first part in our multi-part series about Shawn Reilly and Progress Kentucky. It’s the story behind the story that sheds light on a familiar history, one that Democrats didn’t see coming. [Page One] An Eastern Kentucky mayor has submitted his resignation after council members asked for it. [H-L] The [...]

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Since we see so little of Hal Rogers, it’s a good idea to take a look at this video from a week ago when he urged passage of CR to prevent a government shutdown:

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