Linda Blackford
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Opinion columnist for Lexington Herald-Leader
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Joe Sonka 😐
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Sarah Ladd
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Thanks to
@kentucky.com
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@kentuckylantern.com
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KY considers lifting repeat residency requirement to help recruit foreign-trained doctors
A 2025 report from the state found that Kentucky will have a shortage of nearly 3,000 physicians by 2030.
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Trumpian cruelty comes for Kentucky civil rights through new GOP bill | Opinion
Linda Blackford: House committee votes to gut Kentucky’s human rights commissions, because why would we protect marginalized people anymore?
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Lexington Herald-Leader
7 days ago
Linda Blackford: Everyone loves the arts but not everyone has the will or ability to get a vision of the Lexington arts scene to fruition.
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New arts audit shows clear leadership vacuum. Can Lexington overcome it? | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Everyone loves the arts but not everyone has the will or ability to get a vision of the Lexington arts scene to fruition.
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Sean Burns
7 days ago
A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
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Lexington candidate facing felony charges may not live in district he’s running for
February court documents show the candidate’s home address as outside the 9th Council District, which he has filed to run in.
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Lexington Herald-Leader
8 days ago
What could Kroger Field entertainment district look like? Here are four options During UK’s Board of Trustees meetings last week, the university provided the first glimpse of what a fan entertainment district near the football stadium could look like. Read more in the full story:
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Eminent domain case would put electric line through forest. Berea College fights it | Opinion
Linda Blackford: EKPC is condemning land in Berea Forest for a new transmission line, but Berea College and landowners are fighting back.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314758819.html
8 days ago
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With Lewis Clarke, Lexington’s Underground Railroad history gets richer | Opinion
Linda Blackford: St. Paul AME, a historic church that sheltered those escaping slavery, highlights the dramatic life of one of its parishioners.
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We used to have a shared reality. Then local newspapers started closing | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Former NYT columnist comes to Lexington with a new film series and a message about what’s lost when local news goes away.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article314690490.html
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This KY farmland was the setting for a bestseller. Now it will honor the author’s legacy
Linda Blackford: The Pulaski County farm of famed KY author Harriette Simpson Arnow will now become a woodland preserve forever.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314688797.html
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Great story from Beth Musgrave on
@appalshop.bsky.social
and all it's suffered under the Trump administration
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Can Appalshop, the 'voice of the mountains,' survive Trump cuts?
“Appalshop has been around for 60 years, so we are no stranger to hard times,” said an Appalshop executive.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article314383145.html?giftCode=4f42884a01fae16a01cc57f81b50919673c536c33666f887eb7b9fa84365c85d
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Adam Serwer
19 days ago
What if McCarthyism but even dumber
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KY SOS invited to meet with FBI, DHS over upcoming elections. Should we worry? | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Other secretaries of state call the move highly unusual, even as Trump calls for nationalizing elections.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314675455.html
19 days ago
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If you need something to do Wednesday night, come see "Lexington: Resilience in the Redline" for some fascinating local history and great conversation after the movie is over.
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Lexington Herald-Leader
22 days ago
Linda Blackford: Secretary of State Michael Adams and I have different ideas about what our threat level should be on Trump and elections.
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Agree to Disagree: KY’s Michael Adams on Trump’s comments about ‘nationalizing’ elections | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Secretary of State Michael Adams and I have different ideas about what our threat level should be on Trump and elections.
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Thanks
@hannahdrake.bsky.social
for sharing these wise words with us
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I didn’t need a translation to understand everything Bad Bunny meant | Opinion
OpEd: Bad Bunny’s performance reminded me of what the Americas can be. All of the Americas. All of us.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article314633218.html
22 days ago
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Lexington Herald-Leader
23 days ago
”People of all faiths and no faiths” are welcome, said Rev. Carol Wade, of Christ Church Cathedral.
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Lexington prayer service featuring author Silas House aims to provide balm for ‘aching hearts’
”People of all faiths and no faiths” are welcome, said Rev. Carol Wade, of Christ Church Cathedral.
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Josh Boldt
25 days ago
My new literary magazine
@brownhoundpress.bsky.social
launched yesterday with our first short story. If you like reading good stories, you should check it out and follow.
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Bob Johnson - The Train to Union Station — Brown Hound Press
A short story by Bob Johnson published by Brown Hound Press.
https://www.brownhoundpress.com/stories/bob-johnson-the-train-to-union-station
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3 months ago, KY GOP rejected a racist meme. When Trump does it, silence | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Donald Trump, who appears to be Making American Racist Again, gets away with what landed a Kentucky GOP chair under investigation.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314601084.html
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Tessa Duvall
25 days ago
Linda Blackford (
@lblackford.bsky.social
) column: "It’s curious, in fact, that the viral video is timestamped on Sept. 5, 2025, but it didn’t get released until the day before Capilouto was scheduled to appear in front of legislators. "Total coincidence, I’m sure."
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Adam Serwer
26 days ago
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president
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Right-wing grifters go after UK with pitiful DEI trap | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Gutter journalism is too complimentary a term for what “Accuracy in Media” did to a University of Kentucky staffer.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314594270.html
26 days ago
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Moira Donegan
26 days ago
The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
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Want to learn more about Lexington's history of redlining? Join
@commonwealthuky.bsky.social
at
@universityofky.bsky.social
on Feb. 11 for a free screening of "Lexington: Resilience in the Redline."
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Learn how Lexington was shaped by banks, policies, racism. Free film, panel at UK | Opinion
Linda Blackford: A free screening of “Lexington: Resilience in the Redline” will be shown at UK’s Worsham Theatre on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314586207.html?giftCode=2bdeed9f81fd4e6b7196b659f38481f219232fdb0f5a99edbca68d4da5e34c44
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Tessa Duvall
28 days ago
Linda Blackford: A finding of probable cause, followed by a settlement with two fines and a reprimand is not “fully cleared,” and the fact that Grossberg showed no remorse or apparently any understanding of what just happened shows why he should not be in office.
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After slap on the wrist settlement, Rep. Grossberg should resign | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Grossberg should resign and the General Assembly should make sexual harassment an actual violation of ethics code.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314548989.html#storylink=cpy
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Bluegrass Politics
29 days ago
The long saga between Rep. Daniel Grossberg and the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission came to a quiet end on Monday when the Louisville Democrat and his attorney agreed to a settlement and reprimand just before a public hearing into his conduct was set to take place.
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Embattled KY Rep. Grossberg settles with public reprimand, waives ethics hearing
Per the agreement, Grossberg accepted two $1,000 fines for two of the three instances he allegedly violated the state ethics commission.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article314512897.html
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OK, Lexington, it’s time to do that thing you do. People need help | Opinion
Linda Blackford: With the extended cold weather, our shelters need sandwiches, gloves, blankets and cold hard cash.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/weather-news/article314475356.html
about 1 month ago
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NY Times Pitchbot
about 1 month ago
Americans must have the right to bear arms so that they can resist tyranny. But if they exercise that right in a time of tyranny, they should expect to be shot and killed.
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Tom Eblen
about 1 month ago
An outstanding, must-read column by
@lblackford.bsky.social
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Welcome to the resistance, Rep. Maddox. It’s nice to see you here | Opinion
Linda Blackford: After the shooting of Alex Pretti, Rep. Savannah Maddox agrees that carrying a gun should not be an automatic death warrant.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article314450532.html
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Surprise! I had some thoughts about the bill to change Fayette, Jefferson school board from elected to appointed. The bill, of course, is no surprise at all.
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Frankfort to Fayette school board: you FAFOed, now you could lose your seats | Opinion
Linda Blackford: While SB 114 rightly attempts to end FCPS school board shenanigans, it punishes voters and injects partisan politics into our school governance.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314425987.html
about 1 month ago
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Teachers, historians, poets. Meet new inductees into KY Writers Hall of Fame | Opinion
The induction ceremony will be held in March in Lexington.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314388103.html
about 1 month ago
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Tom Eblen
about 1 month ago
Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame announces 2026 class of inductees.
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Teachers, historians, poets. Meet new inductees into KY Writers Hall of Fame | Opinion
The induction ceremony will be held in March in Lexington.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314388103.html#campaignName=lexington_morning_newsletter
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Tom Eblen
about 2 months ago
"King’s momentous achievements are now publicly denigrated by our despot leader, a man who has unleashed a secret police force — masked, untrained and unaccountable to any laws of policing or common decency — on our country."
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After state-sponsored violence, MLK Day reminds us to hope | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Jan. 19 events in Lexington will include MLK march, exhibit of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer from Owensboro.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314289590.html?giftCode=3f853570308cac1ef408b4232e01c3f119364ae925aefecd15994b7c9ba8fab3
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After state-sponsored violence, MLK Day reminds us to hope | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Jan. 19 events in Lexington will include MLK march, exhibit of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer from Owensboro.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314289590.html#campaignName=lexington_morning_newsletter
about 2 months ago
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Anne Applebaum
about 2 months ago
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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David Ho
about 2 months ago
The work being done by reporters from
@startribune.com
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Chris Hayes
about 2 months ago
Wait wait wait, while Americans have to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in new tariffs, Trump is going send over $10,000 to each person in *Greenland*????????? This is a joke right ?
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Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-administration-mulls-payments-sway-greenlanders-join-us-2026-01-08/
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CNN
about 2 months ago
Minnesota officials say the feds have blocked them from investigating fatal ICE shooting. Follow live updates:
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Mike Hixenbaugh
about 2 months ago
The New York Times states it plainly in display type: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html
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Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
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Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
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about 2 months ago
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Lexington Herald-Leader
about 2 months ago
Linda Rutledge’s 1998 murder was connected to the Yogurt Shop Murders killer Robert Brasher through DNA evidence and ballistics testing.
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Lexington police solve 27-year-old murder, connect it to serial killer
Linda Rutledge’s 1998 murder was connected to the Yogurt Shop Murders killer Robert Brasher through DNA evidence and ballistics testing.
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Austin Horn
about 2 months ago
New: Take Kentucky off your redistricting boards. Top state GOP leader says he's spoken with WH officials, argued against it, and the issue is over "as much as anything can be."
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Republican leader suggests mid-decade gerrymandering all but dead in Kentucky
“It’s not something that, the people you try to appease, excites them that much. It’s inside baseball,” one legislative leader said.
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Efforts to overturn Civil Rights Movement continue in KY, now at K-12 level | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Sen. Lindsay Tichenor’s Senate Bill 26 will attempt to undo DEI in our public schools.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314233835.html
about 2 months ago
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The
@kentucky.com
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@kentuckylantern.com
and the Ky Open Government Coalition are all engaged in court cases to uphold the people's right to know what their elected and public officials are doing.
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We are suing Gov. Beshear because nothing is more important than transparency | Opinion
Herald-Leader Editorial Board: Politicians have been chipping away at the public’s sacrosanct right to know. We want to restore it.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article314184215.html
about 2 months ago
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Herald-Leader sues Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear for access to his schedule
The lawsuit also seeks the calendars of Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Beshear’s senior adviser Rocky Adkins.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article314119173.html
about 2 months ago
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What ever happened to that luxury resort planned for Kentucky’s Red River Gorge?
Linda Blackford: The plans to transform a beloved wild space may have stalled, but something else has emerged from the controversy.
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2 months ago
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What a year. 2025 was full of terrible news, along with much-needed silver linings | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Whether UK Athletics or Fayette County schools, there’s always some good to go with the bad.
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2 months ago
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An FCPS parent and I tried to argue about magnet programs, but we actually agreed.
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Agree to Disagree: Does FCPS need to cut magnet programs to ‘right size’ itself?
Linda Blackford: As FCPS tries to pull itself out of a financial hole, Matthew Vied and I discuss whether special programs cost too much.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article313894533.html
2 months ago
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A small Lexington church has walls of sacred, artistic treasures. See inside
Linda Blackford: At St. Andrew Orthodox Church in south Lexington, an ancient tradition of worship is showcased on its walls.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article313107713.html
3 months ago
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