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Journalist, writer, photographer, cyclist, Kentucky history nerd. Retired editor, columnist, reporter at AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader. Biased in favor of truth, facts, justice, democracy, bourbon.
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Ten days until No Kings Day. www.nokings.org#map/?utm_sou...

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"If Republicans pass this nightmarish bill, their own constituents will suffer from severe Medicaid, SNAP, and green energy, setting them up for defeat in 2026. If they don’t pass it, the Trump tax cuts will expire ... and Trump’s presidency will be in tatters." open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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"The Republican Party is enabling this behavior. This belongs to the Republican Party. It was once a Grand Old Party. It is now essentially a cult." youtu.be/mY1kANZhyDo?...

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The Secret Police Are Here www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

This is so sad.

submitted 19 hours ago • 5 comments

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

submitted 1 day ago • 309 comments

Minneapolis: the gestapo are using bearcats with LRADs

submitted 23 hours ago • 23 comments

How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?

submitted 16 hours ago • 170 comments

Now even someone on ketamine, mushrooms and Ecstasy can see it.

submitted 17 hours ago • 263 comments

“I’m from SE Missouri. These are my people, and Rush Limbaugh’s people. I promise you they will vote MAGA again in 2026 and 2028, no matter what happens to Carol.” open.substack.com/pub/reportin...

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

So it’s not “Big & beautiful”?

submitted 22 hours ago • 2024 comments

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

submitted 18 hours ago • 301 comments

I mean, if you had a serious, important job and you made a mistake like this, you'd probably get fired...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1517 comments

"Federal law enforcement officers on the scene declined to say what the purpose of the raid was...Some declined to identify which agency they were with. Most wore masks." It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.

submitted 19 hours ago • 33 comments

NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵

submitted 20 hours ago • 5 comments

For once, Elon isn't wrong. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ICYMI: Trump is proposing lots of devastating cuts to HHS in his 2026 budget request. But one of the cruelest is a single line that ends all funding for a program that keeps low-income people from freezing to death in their homes. His justification? DEI. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Yes, we're all going to die, but Republicans are working hard to make us all die sooner — from pollution, violence, lack of health care and much more.

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Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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"There are true emergencies everywhere, largely the result of an unhinged president acting in illegal and/or erratic ways. The manufactured “emergencies” and those deliberately inflicted on vulnerable Americans are part of the assault on our constitutional system." open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Trump Administration to Open Alaska Wilderness to Drilling and Mining www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/c...

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GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/03/g...

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"Trump is declaring war on science, and the casualty will be the U.S. economy. Trump is sabotaging a research and development pipeline that is the envy of the world." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS." Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes. bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...

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"The administration called for cuts of 43% to the NIH, about $20 billion a year. That includes cuts of nearly 40% to the National Cancer Institute. At the same time, the administration is threatening to end virtually all biomedical research at universities." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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"In interviews, general counsels expressed concern about whether they could trust law firms that struck deals to fight for them in court and in negotiating big deals if they weren’t willing to stand up for themselves against Trump." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%. At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.  This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

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“Without the threat of contempt, legal experts say the Trump administration could ignore court orders with impunity.” Project 2025 was once a secret. Now it’s being written into our country. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Taco strikes again! www.axios.com/2025/06/02/i...

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Donald Trump has a five-step plan to keep Republican control of the House of Representatives in 2026. https://trib.al/aFC1rpu

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

6/3/2025- The PDB www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

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This kind of crap is why Kentucky should never elect a Republican governor. Remember Matt Bevin? Remember Ernie Fletcher?

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SCOOP: Elon Musk will not be fully exiting DOGE. In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and President Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.”

submitted 4 days ago • 134 comments

Elect a clown, expect a circus.

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Please listen to the UN General Secretary.

submitted 1 day ago • 466 comments

1) Undermining the Rule of Law A provision slipped into the House bill would have a major impact on the courts and the rule of law. It blocks any funding to enforce contempt of court orders. This, in turn, could enable the Trump administration to flout the rulings of judges without consequence.

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Elon Musk, drugged up anntelnaes.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...

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Trump and his crew are nuts open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Takes a lot of chutzpah to make a $290 million political donation, assume a powerful position in government, use that power to fire tens of thousands of people and do immeasurable harm to American state capacity, and expect not to have to answer for it afterwards.

submitted 2 days ago • 99 comments

Academic freedom is a public good that helps everyone. They want to shut it down because it proves them wrong.

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"The Army estimates the cost at $25 million to $45 million. ... While $45 million is a tiny fraction of Trump’s proposed Pentagon budget of $1.01 trillion for 2026, it comes as the administration seeks to slash funding for education, health and public assistance." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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apnews.com/article/publ... cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come

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