LGBTQ+ Kentuckians know that #PRIDE is about courage. The courage to live authentically. To love openly. To speak out, even when it’s hard. This June, let us celebrate our community’s strength and recommit to building a Commonwealth that upholds our dignity, not denies it. 🏳️‍🌈

Even though overdose deaths have declined over the last three years, Kentucky still has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States, according to a national report released today. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/05/20/k...

The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis. By @ninatotenberg.bsky.social

Republicans in Congress are looking for cuts to Medicaid to help offset the costs of extending tax cuts. But the leading plans would increase the share of Americans who are uninsured, a review by the Congressional Budget Office estimated.

LGBTQ+ Americans are building political power at every level of government. Excited to join other policy leaders & the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social in Houston to learn how we build this momentum in Kentucky! 🏳️‍🌈🙌

USAID should be an independent voice for US soft power, and any efforts to reorganize it must go through Congress. RMs Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz letter to USAID acting Administrator:

All students are guaranteed the right to attend school. Every child has the right to an education, regardless of immigration status, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court. https://buff.ly/4aIOMc0

"The Constitution grants us the power of the purse. This is money that has already been put in the bank accounts by Congress. It has already been spent."

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law" 2025 House Appropriations Chair: "Appropriations is not a law."

The @aclu.org & immigrant rights orgs have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. “We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”