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 to go Carter County. You’ve done it again. An Carter County man was shot and killed by state troopers Wednesday after police said he pointed a rifle at them and refused to put it down. [H-L]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how sad will it be watching Andy Barr lose to Republican Ben Chandler one more time? [WTVQ]

It’s interesting that in stories like this one, it’s never mentioned how much Bill Bissett is paid to literally spin for the Kentucky Coal Association. That’s his job – to spin – not to provide facts or tell you anything based in reality. [C-J/AKN]

Hal Rogers continues to pretend that there’s some war on coal. Interesting that concern about a devastating practice (mountaintop removal) still equates to a war on every other form of mining in their feeble minds. [WKYT]

Public scholarship funds – meant for the needy – are benefiting private schools. Because that’s how the “conservatives” want it. [NY Times]

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County government has paid $60,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the July 2010 death of Dean Ferguson, a prisoner who collapsed at the local jail and later died. [H-L]

Here’s more of that fancy mainstream coverage about Kentucky. Voters registered a strong protest against President Barack Obama in Democratic primaries in solidly Republican Kentucky and Arkansas, while Republican Mitt Romney easily captured both states, according to unofficial election returns. [Reuters]

Is this maybe why America can’t have nice things? The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday moved forward with legislation to increase airline passenger security fees, beating back a GOP attempt to keep them at current levels. [The Hill]

Consultants paid for by the University of Louisville are saying exactly what UofL money-drivers have been saying. Imagine that! What a coincidence. [Business First]

This American Airlines pilot believes sluts should pay the price based on his backwater beliefs. [Wonkette]

Even Colin Powell says the gays should be allowed to get married. Which will cause a bunch of racist twits to freak out. [HuffPo]

We’re wondering how he’ll line the pockets of his wealthy friends and family in the next year.

Donors to Hal Rogers (shocker!) got a sweet deal from the government to sell them $6.5 million worth of $17,000 drip pans. All thanks to Rogers’ fancy earmarks. [NYT]

A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful “die in” on Thursday at President Barack Obama’s election campaign headquarters in Chicago to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan and unmanned drone aircraft attacks overseas. [Reuters]

Oh, please. These Democrats are only a member of ALEC so they can go on trips for free. The same as every other Democrat and Republican in the state legislature. [WFPL]

Roger Alford spends almost every waking moment attacking this website and loving the teabaggers. So here’s more on his obsession with them. [H-L]

The Republicans are still terrified of President Barack Obama and they can’t stop foaming at the mouth. Chris Christie tried to eat everybody. And there’s no way the RPK is raising much cash with K.C. Crosbie at the helm. Won’t be long til that joint is as bad off as the KDP. [Ronnie Ellis]

In a nondescript building next to the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Washington, a group of lawyers gathers every fortnight to bicker in public. [The Economist]

Even the NAACP has decided it doesn’t hate the gays and supports gay marriage. [Reuters]

And Maryland has decided that the gays can now get gay divorced. So. Get ready for all kinds of gay fighting. [BBC]

The Paulbots are slowly beginning to eat each other alive. It’s almost interesting watching them foam at the mouth now that their overlord has admitted permanent defeat. [Politico]

When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. Later, she said, she found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor’s campaign committee, Nellis said. [ProPublica]

This whole “war on coal” scam is near-death. Almost no one believes there’s actually an effort to kill coal forever. The mouth-breathers like Bill Bissett and the Kentucky Coal Association continue to push that non-sense and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking anyone who dares question mountaintop removal or dares suggest the world consider other energy options. [The Hill]

I’ll Have Another overtook Bodemeister, blazing down the stretch to win the Preakness in the final strides Saturday and keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. [NPR]

Nope, Chris Christie didn’t rip his suit while in Lexington. He apparently ripped Barack Obama. Or tried to. But it was really tough to stand at the podium for a long time. [H-L]

The Obama administration on Thursday ordered hefty tariffs on solar panels imported from China, arguing the Chinese goods are sold below fair-market place and are endangering the U.S. clean energy industry. [Slate]

Why is he always so anxious lately?

The burden of air pollution and asthma is not evenly shared among U.S. children. [HuffPo]

Folks love to hate David Williams and some of that hate is well-deserved. But he helped make this thing in Louisville happen. [C-J/AKN]

Sorry, Marty Cockring, but the jesusian mouth-breathers did refuse to print those t-shirts because the clients were gigantic, sparkly gays. Stop playing pat-a-cake. What you neglect to mention, however, is that the mouth-breathers also did the right thing by finding another company to print the shirts for them at the same damn price. So you can’t really say they’re discriminating. The Lexington gays went after them because they knew it would be a problem. It’s so blatant that you don’t even hear the usual gay voices chiming in to support them. Additionally, I hope you some day have to suffer at the hands of the Aryan Nation for daring compare gay rights activists to the AN. What a despicable thing. [H-L]

Every singly media outlet in the state ran a story about Hal Rogers’ longtime aide retiring. Because that’s apparently important news. [WTVQ]

We’ve heard more about this story from the bourbon industry than we ever imagined. Seems a certain signature industry is about a pop a vein. [The 'Ville Voice]

Yes, this absolutely is the most boring presidential election ever. [Rolling Stone]

Wait, are we supposed to feign shock and surprise that the University of Kentucky board of trustees is going to vote to raise tuition again? [WKYT]

What? Yet another Republican who is unfamiliar with the minimum wage? Surely not! [HuffPo]

Something doesn’t smell quite right about these Kentucky tourism claims made this week. [H-L]

Who wants to bet this Paul Patton effort to take coal severance funds from several counties to create scholarships at the University of Pikeville isn’t going to work out so well? [C-J/AKN]

Looks like Alecia Webb-Edgington’s silly “gun rights” endorsement is negated by the latest teabagger move. [Kenny Coleslaw]

Adam Edelen says he’s going to review micro-government groups like lie-berries, sewer and fire districts. [Ryan Alessi]

If you think Hillary Clinton isn’t considering a run for the presidency after Barack Obama’s second term, you’ll probably want to read this. [NYT]

Hal Rogers’ staff finally decided it was time to give up the Commodore 64 and join the Twatter. [Press Release]

What happens to a two-party political system when one party goes mad (teabagger)? Does the world come to an end? [The Economist]

It’s official. Laurel County wants to give Clay County a run for its crazy money. Some guy was arrested for shooting at a passing car. [WKYT]

Mitch McConnell just cannot stand that political spending on television ads should be readily available for examination. He believes free speech should come at a cost – i.e., you should have to spend 50 cents per page and take time off work to go see what a campaign is spending on television. [National Journal]

Money always trumps childhood health. Even when it’s common sense. [Reuters]

This guy in Indiana has felony convictions for lying about his voter registration. Meanwhile, Democrats in Frankfort like Ruth Ann Palumbo aren’t even questioned about their illegal registrations. [WFPL]

What was that, again, about Steve Beshear not playing politics with the Road Fund? Look at the size of Greg Stumbo’s unnecessary project compared to that of David Williams. Who got their project? It wasn’t Williams. [Al Cross]

This should make you feel really safe and should further illustrate that Richie Farmer is dumb as hell. A distant relative of former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer worked in the Department of Agriculture for nearly five years as an amusement ride inspector despite never receiving certification to do the work. [H-L]

Here’s Mittens Romney making yet another gaffe about, you know, reality. Don’t worry about student loans, just borrow $20,000 from your parents to start a business! Because they totally have $20K in checking to give you. [Wonkette]

You can’t even go out for cheap Chinese food in Lexington these days without someone driving their car into the restaurant. [WLEX18]

Thomas Massie can’t refuse that pension he said he would turn down. He’d have to donate it to charity like John Yarmuth does with his salary. [Ryan Alessi]

The report about poor old Reeeeechie Farmer’s shenanigans is due to hit soon. Start popping that popcorn now. [FOX41]

Read this first sentence and you’ll learn again why Eastern Kentucky can’t have nice things: A 2-year-old boy was struck by a van Monday while playing in a Rowan County road. [H-L]

Republicans are beginning to blame Mitch McConnell for just about everything wrong with Washington. [Roll Call]

A well-known McConnell Scholar, Daniel Utley, has died. He was a bronze star recipient and died a hero. [Click the Clicky]

The facts already proved that Boone County parks thing wasn’t a tax and was revenue neutral. Years ago. But it takes a mouth-breather for some wingnuts to feel okay about it? [Amanda Van Benschoten's Replacement]

The House Appropriations Committee in Washington is cutting labor, health care and foreign aid. Hal Rogers is right in the middle of it all. Hitting his people – the poorest in the country – where it hurts the most. All while giving the richest of the rich everything they want and more. [The Hill]

Why can’t Eastern Kentucky kids have nice things? Because scandals like this continue to happen. [WYMT]

What’s this? A massive corporation engaging in legal bribery to make sure illegal bribery is more legal? You don’t say. [WaPo]

Here’s yet another reason no one should give two flips about the mouth-breathing, discriminatory printing company in Lexington. They’re complete and total hypocrites. The gays knew what was going on, too. And the faux christians knew they’d be using their homophobic assholery to cause a scene. [H-L]

Kenny Coleslaw woke up and realized those SuperPAC shenanigans in the 4th District are a bit crazy. [WFPL]

Again, this is the woman the Beshear Crew are working against. [The 'Ville Voice]

Investigation into the financial crisis suggests another disaster could be on the horizon. Be sure to tell your meemaw right away. [HuffPo]

Debby Yetter’s new position as an editorial writer at A Kentucky Newspaper is a strong move for the paper. She not only deserves the position but is one of the most solid and honest journalists in the state. [C-J/AKN]

Whattya mean the white supremacist nutballs are going absolutely insane these days? Now they’re paying lobbyists in Warshington. [Wonkette]

There is poison in the water in the 4th District and people are just going completely crazy. Now there’s apparently no race? Let’s just bang our heads against a wall. [Click This Mess]

Michele Bachmann says it’s shocking that a non-Republican woman thinks a mega-wealthy Republican woman who has nannies and all kinds of cash to raise kids doesn’t know what it means to bust her ass trying to feed her babies. What’s really shocking, though, is that Michele Bachmann still doesn’t know that glitter and a purse fall out of her husband’s mouth every time he speaks. [HuffPo]

Republican Ben Chandler barely out-raised his embarrassingly bad opponent, Candy Barr. [The Hill]

Seems Hal Rogers took more of his friends – the one he’s represented as an attorney or paid – to Florida with him to talk about drugs. [Hal Rogers]

Wondering where Tim Moore’s backwater and often bigoted shenanigans come from? Here’s a solid look at the 16th Century Mayflower mess that controls Moore. [H-L]

Joe Gerth says David Williams has been outmaneuvered. Unfortunately, it’s not David you should give two flips about. It’s yourself. You’ve been hoodwinked into voting for these shysters who continue to run the Commonwealth into the ground. [C-J/AKN]

The presidential campaign looks likely to sharpen American divisions. At least, that’s according to the foreigns who can’t believe people like Mittens Romney exist. [The Economist]

Kentucky’s special legislative session begins today and will cost you more than $60,000 per day. To accomplish next to nothing. All because Steve Beshear couldn’t be bothered to talk to legislators other than teabagger wannabe Damon Thayer. [FOX41]

The Kentucky Supreme Court will hear arguments this Wednesday in Frankfort on a case that could force Jefferson County Public Schools to change its student assignment plan. [WFPL]

Remember Sexytime Herman Cain? Turns out he’s still got those fancy campaign finance problems on his hands. Just cold paying people these days. [Politico]

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]

You know you want to win a fancy copy of Jim Higdon’s Cornbread Mafia! Go enter ASAP and consider supporting his Kickstarter project to take the book on tour. [Page One]

Steve Beshear, after facing a mountaintop removal zone worth of heat, finally spoke out about the hate rally planned in Frankfort: “The Constitution affords the right to free speech and free assembly to all, and we will respect those rights, even for this Michigan-based, hate-filled group. This group should know that their ideology is reprehensible to Kentuckians, and that Kentucky is a tolerant, progressive, and welcoming state for all people.” [Press Release]

Really? You wonder why we continue to lose hope for Louisville Metro Government on a daily basis? [The 'Ville Voice]

States with abstinence-only sex education requirements continue to knock their teens up the most? Surely not! [Wonkette]

Stand Your Ground laws coincide with a jump in justifiable homicide cases. Ruh ro. [WaPo]

The great American foreclosure story: the struggle for justice and a place to call home. [Pro Publica]

A “preferred” Ohio River Bridge plan has been chosen for I-75 between Kentucky and Cincinnasti. Will Louisville ever move along? Or will it continue to be a massive failure? [H-L]

There are just too many things to be said about 21c. It’s going to be interesting to see how Lexington reacts once the hotel is finished. [WKYT]

It’s just shameful watching Mitch McConnell advocate for the mega-wealthy billionaires of the United States while throwing 99.99% of his constituents and the rest of the country under the bus. [WFPL]

How are the people in Floriduh reacting to Hal Rogers’ fun times meth vacation at Disney World? Take a look. [Sun Sentinel]

Listen, folks, you’ve got to stop using “Santorum” and “edge” in the same headline. It is offensive and gross. [NYT]

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]