Do we even need to review all of the pork Mitch has spent on his wealthy friends through the years?

Like this one:

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Ouch. That teabagger hypocrisy is just a little ripe.

What does tomorrow hold for the 4th District?

Like Alecia Webb-Edgington’s guy, who was/is/maybe/was/who knows? helping to operate this joint:

Citizens for Working America is not the biggest or the most influential of the super PACs, but it may provide one of the clearest illustrations of how hard it is to track the shadowy organizations that have sprung up to influence elections in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision.

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Jeremy Hughes, a Kentucky political consultant who worked on the unsuccessful Senate campaign of Trey Grayson (who lost the Republican primary to now-Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul) was the PAC’s treasurer for the 2010 cycle but has since left.

Which just spent $50,000 attacking Thomas Massie:

Citizens For A Working America PAC is dropping $50K on a TV buy hitting Lewis County Judge Executive Thomas Massie (R), while their sworn enemies at the Americans For Growth, Opportunity and Prosperity have spent another $31K on direct mail in support of Massie. (James L)

Details:

Purpose of Expenditure: Television Advertising
Name of Federal Candidate supported or opposed by expenditure: THOMAS H. MASSIE
Candidate ID: H2KY04121
Office Sought: House of Representatives
State is Kentucky in District 04
Date Expended = 05/15/2012
Person Completing Form: Mr. David Langdon, Esq.
Date Signed = 05/16/2012
Amount Expended = $50000.00
Calendar YTD Per Election for Office Sought = $50000.00

This information comes just a couple days after Alecia appeared on KET yammering on about how awful it is that outsiders are trying to buy the election:

Interesting how that works, isn’t it?

Hughes can’t pretend he’s not in contact with Alecia and the PAC folks on a regular basis. Or that he’s worked with/currently works with both.

Who wants to bet that PAC cash came from the special interest-types she met with in Washington, D.C. several weeks ago?

Alecia could have a problem on her hands if Massie’s folks decided to pursue this.

The wife of Chuck Wells says a defective heater caused a fire that killed her husband and she’s suing the manufacturer. [H-L]

Mittens Romney used to love the gays and once claimed he was a stronger supporter of gay rights than Ted Kennedy. Now? He’s terrified of the gays and trashing equality left and right. All because he’s trying to appeal to the mouth-breathers. [HuffPo]

Holy crap, it’s been a slow spiral for Jerry Lunsford. he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs. He’s still a business partner of Lt. Dan and is a division director with the Finance and Administration Cabinet. [State-Journal]

The Department of Justice is probing the JPMorgan Case mess. Will the DOJ ever look into the Kentucky Retirement Shenanigans? [NPR]

This idiot in Morehead shot his dog. This is why Eastern Kentucky can’t have nice things. [WKYT]

Banks can’t even exist in Maysville these days without just cold being robbed. [WLEX18]

Mike Huckabee is really mad at President Barack Obama and some thing about “morally repugnant political whores.” [Wonkette]

Democrats and Republicans are on another collision course over increasing U.S. borrowing authority as President Barack Obama told Republicans on Wednesday that he does not want spending cuts to accompany such legislation. [Reuters]

The orange man is basically threatening to take the economy to the brink of disaster again. [HuffPo]

This water fountain snafu in Lexington is just itching for a sexist joke that would offend most people. [H-L]

Pro-tip to teabaggers commenting on Ryan Alessi’s story about Super PACs: suggesting we’re less than okay because we legitimately criticize and discuss opponents of our advertisers is silly. If that’s your talking point, you’ll want to consider every other media outlet on earth that produces stories that are less than positive about opponents or competitors of advertisers. In fact, you’ll recall Jack Conway in 2010. He’s spent tons of cash with us and what happened? We revealed the truth about him, just as we’re doing with Thomas Massie, the teabagger. You need to get your teabagger logic checked before opening your mouth, “Mica.” [They Get Hilarious Comments]

Have you seen what the teevee folks in Louisville are freaking out over this week? Some country music people are in a town in Indiana where a tornado hit. [FOX41]

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 familiar with the damage that can be done with outside campaign money and activity. It’s the only way teabaggers can get elected. [NPR]

What? You mean your schools are selling out to big ag like Monsanto left and right? [Mother Jones]

Trader Joe’s is opening in Lexington at the end of June and that means Lexington hipsters are pooping their pants in excitement. [WLEX18]

Thomas Massie seems to have a problem with Kentucky Open Meetings laws and the Office of the Attorney General is sniffing around. [Page One]

This mess in Colorado where bond companies get involved in pushing school construction campaigns sounds a lot like what goes on here in Kentucky. With both schools and court houses, that is. [Denver Post]

A former supervisor of the KFC Yum! Center has sued the Kentucky State Fair Board, claiming he was fired after reporting “illegal and dangerous conduct” by board employees. Which sounds just right in Louisville and Kentucky. Whistleblowers always get fired and torn apart. [C-J/AKN]

Do you live in one of the most well-read cities in America? Of course not! You live in Kentucky. [HuffPo]

The last few years has been pretty much a nonstop ride of positive safety PR for the nuclear power industry, right? I mean, this is a technology that absorbed an enormous earthquake and tsunami and barely even killed anyone/left whole towns uninhabitable/terrified the world. Heh. [Wonkette]

Police in western Kentucky are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman who worked as a counselor in a middle school. [WKYT]

During a February meeting of Lewis County’s fiscal court, a resolution was presented to authorize an application for a Community Development Block Grant that would have added 27 jobs.

But because it was a federal program? Massie voted against it and the 27 well-paying jobs it would create:

The text, if you can’t read it above:

On a motion made by Joe Bentley duly seconded by Milt Stanfield voting yes and Judge Massie voting no to approve Resolution #12-2, Industrial Park with Buffalo Trace Area Development District.

Fortunately, he was outvoted by magistrates and was forced to sign the application:

And then he sent a letter along with the application objecting to the involvement of Buffalo Trace Area Development District.

So what was that, again, about being a job creator?

So he’s telling you how to vote in KY-04.

Just as he directed a bunch of SuperPAC cash (according to Massie camp staffers).

The hypocrisy is as ripe as Thomas Massie’s:

In that ad, you see him saying he won’t take a pension in congress. Despite the mainstream reports that he cannot opt out of a congressional pension. He says he doesn’t take a pension now but doesn’t bother mentioning he can’t because – get this – he isn’t retired.

Just like saying taxes didn’t raise during his term as Judge-Executive when they, you know, absolutely did.

Kinda like Massie trashing subsidies while at the same time pocketing thousands of dollars in farm subsidies.

Funny how the teabagger hypocrisy works, isn’t it?

We’d ask him how he comes up with all of this fancy hypocrisy at his kitchen table but we hear he (allegedly) has had trouble getting a certificate of occupancy because of all the code violations.

And we wouldn’t want to die up in that Davidian/teabagger castle that, you know, the average 4th District voter couldn’t afford.

Moore has received more than $275,000 in contributions since entering, making him the top fundraiser in a crowded field hoping to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis.

Financial reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission show Moore added another $37,000 between April 1 and May 2. But they also show an independent political group supporting Massie has dumped more than $500,000 into the race.

Neither Moore nor Alecia Webb-Edgington (where on earth is she these days, anyway? It’s like her campaign has died) are relying on out-of-state PACs or large personal loans to push their candidacy.

On a related note: we’ve been looking at Thomas Massie’s claim that he cut his county’s budget by 21%. Could it be because – get this – all those federal stimulus dollars stopped rolling in? He had no control over that mess and wants to claim costs were cut by his hand.

Massie claims taxes in Lewis County haven’t raised under him but, uh:

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And he claims the Lewis County jail’s budget was merely increased because it had been operating in the red in previous years:

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Unfortunately for Massie, that’s not based in reality. The budget increase came in order to beef up salaries.

The tea at Massie’s kitchen table must be hallucinogenic.

Aww, Michele Beard Bachmann decided to flip-flop and withdrew her Swiss citizenship or whatever. Funny how that works. [Wonkette]

Where was Greg Stumbo months ago when ARH officials reached out to legislators about a certain Medicaid manager? Nowhere to be found. [Chicago Tribune/H-L]

Here’s Mittens Romney hating the gays at Jerry Falwell’s little school. [NPR]

Here’s Mittens Romney being a homophobic prick all the way back in the 1960s. [WaPo]

Let’s talk about how Mittens Romney has flip-flopped left and right about whether or not he hates the gays or loves them. [Wonkette]

Oh, look, it’s the head of the Republicans pretending that the gays haven’t faced persecution, crimes and discrimination. [Politico]

The fates of the American economy and the presidency of Barack Obama are inextricably linked, and both of them hit a bump in April. [The Economist]

Teachers in Boone County have decided to forgo raises in order to keep 46 positions from being cut. [H-L]

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honored 34 police officers at the White House on Saturday for “extraordinary acts of bravery,” including two cops from Los Angeles who halted a shooting and one from Chicago who intervened during an armed robbery. [Reuters]

U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. [The Hill]

Looks like Michele Beard Bachmann’s glittery husband’s line of work is under major scrutiny. [HuffPo]

Haha, so, funny story… A Kentucky Newspaper’s telephone system didn’t even work after it recklessly and confusingly announced paywalls and subscription price increases. Also, Wes Jackson is pushing the paper because of it’s “coupon savings.” These folks are doing a real disservice to the hardworking people employed by the paper and the community in general. [C-J/AKN]

We’re not sure how horses have anything to do with Mother’s Day but whatever. The newspaper seems to think it’s a big deal. [H-L]

Interesting how that works.

He’s got one thing right: the American people know hypocrisy when they see it.