This week President Barack Obama discusses the “end” of combat operations in Iraq:

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What’s that sound? I hear this is unofficially being called Non-Merit Layoff Day in Frankfort. Can’t confirm any numbers (200 saving $5 million?), but quite a few non-merit employees were axed today. So many, in fact, that some didn’t even bother showing up for work. Anyone have details? [Frankfort Rumor Mill]
Kentucky [...]

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What? World Equestrian Games ticket sales suck you-know-what? Imagine that. No wonder so many staffers have quit or mentally checked out of that mess. I bet Kentucky ends up in the red on that deal. [Linda Blackford]
Rand Paul is so inept he missed the deadline for filing his Personal Financial Disclosure. [...]

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Earlier today I railed on Roger Alford for pushing his latest stenography piece on the U.S. Senate race as new and fresh. Reality has it that the story isn’t new. Rand Paul’s been saying what he’s saying for months.
No one seems to be willing to ask Rand Paul follow-up questions. So. [...]

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Rand Paul admitted he doesn’t support the war in Iraq and he appears on stage with anti-gay folks Frank Simon and Jerry Stephenson. He’s using his dad’s talking points, despite saying he’s not like his father politically. His campaign is fueled by national donors and national interest. The Kentucky Right to Life says [...]

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Daniel Mongiardo went to Paducah wearing a bunch of makeup that was too light for him and he did a fancy teevee interview:
CLICK HERE to watch the entire interview, as WPSD’s embedding feature is screwed up.

Here’s what he says: lawyers are the problem in Washington. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. Lawyers broke health care [...]

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Last week Vote Vets hit Mitch McConnell with a television spot featuring Iraq & Afghanistan veteran George Zubaty.
This week Andrew Horne is keeping it up:
“Senator McConnell knows this is the wrong approach — particularly at a time when we are trying to grow good jobs here at home,” Steurer said.
But Andrew Horne, a member of [...]

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Bill Nighbert told Joe Prather to stay close to Leonard Lawson. Lawson wanted Prather to take care of three people: Jim Rummage, Ellen Briscoe (Danny’s wife) and another person Prather said he couldn’t recall. [Tom Loftus]
Steve Beshear testified for 90 minutes at the Lawson-Nighbert trial and it wasn’t all puppies and rainbows [...]

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Dear Gas Station Governor: over-hyping a story about a garden will not take the focus of your corrupt firing practices. Nor will it take the focus off your ignorance of tax policy in both the Commonwealth and the United States of America. [Press Release]
Steve Nunn pleaded not guilty to murdering Amanda Ross, the [...]

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Brave Patriot Marilyn Parker is getting some Republican competition. Todd Lally, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky Air National Guard and UPS pilot, is launching an “exploratory” campaign for John Yarmuth’s congressional seat in the third district.
From his press release:
Lally, 38, is a combat veteran of both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He [...]

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