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Frankfort born, living at the old cock fighting pit.
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Gregory Hays
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Apparently someone would very much like to not be remembered in history solely as the guy Kavanaugh stops are named after but guess what motherfucker
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J.M. Berger
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la pigeonne
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reminder
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dan sinker
5 days ago
Birth of a Nation was so racist that it literally *restarted the Klan* when it came out.
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Sylvia Goodman
13 days ago
"One man teared up when he learned from an LPM reporter that not everyone was being turned away, just him and a few others." The Trump administration announced last week the pause on all immigration applications and U.S. citizenship processing for people from 19 countries
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Michael Sainato
8 days ago
Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
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Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
https://www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teamsters-interrogated-on-strike
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Marc Guilfoil, I have your steward credentials on my horse picture wall.
#FrankfortGoodwill
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Courtney Milan
8 days ago
Just to be clear, he means the people who are Democratic county chairs, the people who go canvassing, the people who are making sure that doors get knocked on and we get out the vote.
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www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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Here are 8 novels NPR staff and critics loved in 2025
Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5609215/best-books-2025-fiction-what-to-read
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Spot the Buffalo Trace water tower?
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Kentucky Public Radio
12 days ago
Early voting is underway for a Kentucky Senate
#kyga26
special election in southwest Louisville ahead of Election Day. Find out more about each candidate, from
@sylviaruthg.lpm.org
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Kentucky’s state Senate has a special election in Louisville on Tuesday. Here are the facts
Early voting is underway for a special state Senate election in southwest Louisville ahead of Election Day. Find out more about each candidate.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-12-12/kentuckys-state-senate-has-a-special-election-in-louisville-on-tuesday-here-are-the-facts
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Thoroughbreds never actually retire.
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Anyone who gives a shout-out to the Olive Hill Dairy Queen is worthy of trust.
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Joe Sonka 😐
14 days ago
In September, I asked Rep. Thomas Massie if billionaire Jeff Yass would swoop in and help him by funding a PAC, and he said that was possible. Via Loftus, the answer is now a definitive yes:
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The Last Mile with USAID
16 days ago
“Powerful, disturbing data documents authoritarian capture. I wish I could feel confident that the Democrats are stepping up to guard against it.”
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
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southpaw
20 days ago
41 minutes.
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Brian Finucane
20 days ago
Pleased to speak with
@gregsargent.bsky.social
for this piece. It sounds like the two survivors were shipwrecked and directly targeted. If you accept the administration's bogus theory that there is an armed conflict (there isn't), then targeting the shipwrecked would be a war crime.
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A trial DURING session! Great news for Grossberg's long awaited hearing. TVs will be on in every office in the Capitol! "A public hearing for state Rep. Daniel Grossberg's ethics case is tentatively set for next month, amid the 2026 legislative session."
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...
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Public hearing for Grossberg ethics case tentatively set for January
A public hearing for state Rep. Daniel Grossberg's ethics case is tentatively set for next month, amid the 2026 legislative session.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/04/kentucky-legislature-daniel-grossberg-ethics-case-hearing-2026/87571538007/
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Laura Bassett
21 days ago
Lmao
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KyPolicy
22 days ago
Here's what we know about the affordability crisis in Kentucky. 1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
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Grossberg Ethics hearing at 10 today.
youtube.com/@kylrccommit...
I was the House Speaker's lawyer for years, this is NOT how it's supposed to work. It's been TWO YEARS. How about a public hearing? Will Ethics even let pro bono counsel Ms Anna speak?
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22 days ago
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Kentucky Lantern
23 days ago
No Kentucky Home: An update The Breakthrough Base of Muhlenberg County has little money but plenty of volunteers, ‘big hearts' and hopes of opening a "white flag" shelter for when it's too cold for people to sleep outdoors.
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social
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For ‘hidden homeless,’ a resource hub and hopes for a shelter in this rural KY place • Kentucky Lantern
A fledgling Western Kentucky nonprofit takes over a former pool supply store to try to serve people experiencing homelessness.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/01/for-hidden-homeless-a-resource-hub-and-hopes-for-a-shelter-in-this-rural-ky-place/
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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕻𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 ™
27 days ago
Meanwhile, kids are dying from not getting much need vaccinations. And yet Rand Paul is still out there spreading anti-vax hysteria with no push back from the press. 🤔
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Michael Feinberg
about 1 month ago
Perhaps rather than demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars, the senators could simply apologize to the nation for violating their oaths of office and lending rhetorical support to criminal conspiracies to overturn a free and fair election.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Law Allowing Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches is Worse Than You Thought
The controversial new measure paves the way for a big payday for senators—and undercuts reasonable debate about how the Justice Department should investigate Congress.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-law-allowing-senators-to-sue-over-phone-searches-is-worse-than-you-thought
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Bennett Tomlin
about 1 month ago
The pure number of explicit Christian nationalists is terrifying
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Louisville Public Media
about 1 month ago
Feed Louisville is a nonprofit that makes meals for unhoused and food-insecure residents. Executive director Rhona Kamar explains how the organization "rescues" food to help the hungry.
www.lpm.org/news/2025-11...
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How nonprofit Feed Louisville ‘rescues’ food to help the hungry
Food insecurity is rising everywhere, including in Louisville. Listen to how Feed Louisville is helping.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-11-19/how-nonprofit-feed-louisville-rescues-food-to-help-the-hungry
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Grossberg Ethics hearing coming up.
@kentuckylantern.com
@lpm.org
@sylviaruthg.lpm.org
@jgerth.bsky.social
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KY LRC Committee Meetings
This channel is to provide live streams and archived recordings for various committee meetings of the Kentucky Legislature. While staff strive to live stream all official meetings, there is no guaran...
https://youtube.com/@kylrccommitteemeetings?si=E8iS-tuKBPgmZA7J
about 1 month ago
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall
about 1 month ago
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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TCM Party
about 1 month ago
The ferret used in the bathtub scene is not actually a ferret; it’s a trained weasel because ferrets were considered too unpredictable.
#TCMParty
#TheBigLebowski
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Skunk season alas. The solution: ✔️ Bottle of hydrogen peroxide ✔️ Small bottle of Dawn ✔️ Box of baking soda Apply until it's all gone and your pet is a mass of foam. Use NO WATER. Rinse after 10 minutes.
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Yes indeed, "drafting the budget will be trickier." "Thanks to a cut passed by the General Assembly, and signed by Beshear, the income tax rate will decrease to 3.5% in January. Staff estimated the cut would cost the state $718 million in annual revenue moving forward"
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To cut or not to cut Kentucky’s income tax next year, that is the question
Kentucky GOP lawmakers appeared to disagree Monday on whether the state should further cut the income tax next year after failing to meet the budget trigger.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-11-12/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-kentuckys-income-tax-next-year-that-is-the-question
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Adam Serwer
about 1 month ago
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
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404 Media
about 1 month ago
Through FOIA requests, we found that local police were performing lookups for ICE in Flock's nationwide network of cameras, and that a cop in Texas searched the country for a woman who self-administered an abortion.
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ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/
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Comics in the Festive Age
about 1 month ago
Cover by George Evans.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 2 months ago
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-says-it-is-working-comply-with-court-order-pay-food-aid-benefits-2025-11-07/
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Historic Catfish Alley
#Frankfort
got my running buddy Sophie and we just dropped off the baby so....
about 2 months ago
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Tyler Walpole - SCG Baltimore
about 2 months ago
I miss consensus reality.
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Daniel Goldhill
about 2 months ago
Guys- new spillover route just dropped.
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Nobody's hiking their butts up that steep hill to church imo.
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Van Velzer
2 months ago
Louisville Metro has settled a class-action lawsuit with 2020 racial justice protesters who accused police of using excessive force at demonstrations following the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
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Former Kentucky lawmaker reflects on excessive force lawsuit against LMPD
Louisville Metro has settled a class-action lawsuit with 2020 racial justice protesters who accused police of using excessive force at demonstrations following the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-10-22/former-kentucky-lawmaker-reflects-on-excessive-force-lawsuit-against-lmpd
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Nolan Hicks
2 months ago
I guess this is when we get to introduce the nation to the tale of the Bonwit Teller building:
news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote
2 months ago
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Stone Cold Jane Austen
2 months ago
“We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane” says member of the party that invented the “diarrhea plane.”
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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸
2 months ago
I had to go there! 🤭🤭🤭🤭
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"From Paducah to Prestonsburg, Kentuckians gathered at No Kings protests on Saturday to voice dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump through peaceful demonstration."
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Kentuckians turn out at peaceful ‘No Kings’ protests across the state
Thousands turned out across the commonwealth for a day of peaceful protest. Many wore inflatable animal costumes, carried signs and chanted protests against the Trump administration.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-10-18/kentuckians-turn-out-at-peaceful-no-kings-protests-across-the-state
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Ryan Van Velzer
2 months ago
No Kings in Louisville, Kentucky: I reported extensively on the 2020 Breonna Taylor protests and I don't think I've every seen as many people protesting in downtown Louisville as I did today.
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McKenna Horsley
2 months ago
Dennis Van Horn, a Frankfort resident and veteran, said he came to the
#NoKings
rally at the Kentucky State Capitol “because (of) the anxiety from watching our president trash the Constitution, rule of law and take retribution on his enemies. And that’s not the way it’s supposed to be.”
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Bengals, Wildcats, Reds, & Bernie Fan
2 months ago
#NoKings
📍 Lexington, KY
@kydemocrats.org
@progressky.bsky.social
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‘Good moral compass’ drove Steve Cawood as he championed his Eastern Kentucky home • Kentucky Lantern
Stephen C. “Steve” Cawood, an Eastern Kentucky lawyer who championed coal miners, clean water and better schools, died Oct. 17.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/18/good-moral-compass-drove-steve-cawood-as-he-championed-his-eastern-kentucky-home/
2 months ago
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