Actually, Kenny Coleslaw, about a quarter of Democrats in Kentucky admitted that they voted against Barack Obama on the basis of race in 2008. [WFPL] It’s silly to protest this North Carolina nutjob. He’s so crazy that a protest isn’t necessary. His words do all the work for you. [HuffPo] The paper in Lexington felt [...]

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KET’s now-infamous Donna Verhoeven’s job has been posted because she’s rumored to be retiring at the end of July. Convenient timing, isn’t it? Here’s the listing: RESPONSIBILITIES: Overall management of financial affairs of KET, including budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, real estate, contracts, legal, insurance, and long range forecasting Ensures timely and accurate budget preparation [...]

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The Obama Camp has a nice new video about Mittens Romney that focuses on job loss and bankruptcy at a company called Ampad. Ampad’s a paper company that purchased and quickly closed a plant in Marion, IN – killing all 250 jobs. The company went on to shed a total of 1,500 jobs while Mittens [...]

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Tomorrow is Selection Day in the 4th Congressional District and the week wouldn’t be complete without a couple more anti-Thomas Massie mail pieces. Like this one: CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE Ouch. That teabagger hypocrisy is just a little ripe. What does tomorrow hold for the 4th District?

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The Kentucky Supreme Court this week unanimously voted to re-elect Chief Justice John Minton to the top judicial position for another four years. [Ryan Alessi] Robert Wilcher, one of two Kentucky Retirement Systems board members representing county employees, resigned today. The board gets to appoint someone to fill his term. [Deep KRS Shenanigans] From the [...]

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Gary Moore released a fancy new jobs plan yesterday: CLICK FOR HUUUGE PDF We haven’t dissected it but feel free to dig in. According to a release, he’s also going on a jobs tour in the 4th District.

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Thomas Massie loves to refer to himself as a job creator. That’s true – as long as you consider using government money to give your friends salary increases. 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 [...]

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Wait, wait, here’s a fancy mail piece from Alecia Webb-Edgington claiming that government doesn’t create jobs: CLICK TO ENLARGE What, exactly, would she know about that? She’s been suckling at the gubmint teat her entire career. How many government pensions does Alecia have, again? Roger Alford will write a story about what a job-creating genius [...]

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Here’s Mitch McConnell blaming everyone but himself for this country’s hot mess of an economy: Empty words falling on deaf ears.

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China gets the nod to take over a US bank, the first such US approval for a Chinese firm. [BBC] Makers of flame retardants manipulate research findings to back their products and downplay health risks. [Chicago Tribune] Colin Powell says that Dubya didn’t bother consulting his national security council on [...]

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