Two big reasons why Rand Paul’s ideas about addressing the drug problem in Eastern Kentucky are completely bogus and not based in reality. [Here & Here]
July food stamp participation in Kentucky jumped another one percent. Up 7,500 since June for a total of 794,818. 794,848! [Ugh]
Things aren’t looking too swell for Jack Conway in [...]

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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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Who won the Joe Arnold Commemorative WHAS11/Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll conducted by SurveyUSA for WHAS11 and the Louisville Courier-Journal Award For Being The Individual In Traditional Media Responsible for Assaulting People With Wands? Find out. [WE HAVE SOME WINNERS!]
Of course Jack Conway and Ben Chandler ignorantly support an extension of the Bush tax [...]

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The Club For Growth endorsed Rand Paul today. Total shocker, I know. [Club For Growth]
Monday on Kentucky Tonight, Crit Luallen and Trey Grayson will appear alongside each other. Since Luallen isn’t scheduled to speak at Fancy Farm, I expect her to discuss Rand Paul. Since this is (I think?) the first time Grayson [...]

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Very Important Anti-Liberty Update: Rand Paul’s daddy-in-law got him some sweet USDA payments. [Ronnie Ellis]
MAJOR PEE ALERT: Andy Barr says “freedom” is what the economy needs. Also, he is askeerd of the Mexicans and financial regulation. [Bluegrass Politics]
Mitch McConnell has a better approval rating than Jim Bunning for Barack Obama. [Ryan Alessi]
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Who really believes Rand Paul has had more than five minutes to review Elena Kagan’s qualifications? And who (adults who who are gainfully employed, that is) trusts his judgment, after all the crap he’s pulled? [The Hill]
Yesterday, First Lady Jane Beshear released her summer reading list: Summer Reading Is Killing Me!, Tuck Everlasting, The [...]

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Listen up, folks, you need to help me give away some books. Here’s why. [Page One]
Rich folk the biggest mortgage defaulters? Surely not! Surely it’s everyday people trying to ruin the world and not the mega rich trying to make another buck. [NY Times]
Politics are local again for Democrats, apparently. Unless [...]

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Jack Conway re-filed his request to have the LG&E/Kentucky Utilities rate increase dismissed. [Bluegrass Politics]
$40,000 fine and five years in prison for journalists venturing too close to the oil spill without permission? Nice. [HuffPo]
The committee investigating Jim Newberry’s fraud will subpoena documents. Let’s say it together: RUH RO. [H-L]
Suddenly Justice Louis Brandeis [...]

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Sylvia Lovely is back in action and is praising herself all over the place. Complete with eight videos. [Page One]
Ben Chandler is still trying to explain his problem with Democrats and it’s not working too well. [Ryan Alessi]
Love the circus, just not too excited about seeing clowns everywhere. Especially the WATB Doug Martin [...]

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Woah, Mitch McConnell actually sorta did something. He offered an alternative bill. But it failed. [The Hill]
Ah, Dave Weigel was canned from the Washington Post. Maybe he won’t tacitly take credit for the work of others in the future. Take note, Courier-Journal. [HuffPo]
Rand Paul wants you to promote Monday’s money [...]

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