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bluekentuckygal.bsky.social
Retired Kentucky educator. Spending my retirement years promoting Democracy even as a blue dot in a red state 💙
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We are Live at Princeton University: this week’s Main Justice dives into the Garcia ruling, SCOTUS’s late-night immigration order, and threats to academic freedom. Also—we just won two Webby Awards. Grateful doesn’t begin to cover it. #GarciaCase #SCOTUS #MainJustice #Webbys

KY’s race for U.S. Senate — and Trump’s nod — are on as second Republican announces. U.S. Rep. Andy Barr joins former Attorney General Daniel Cameron in Republican primary to succeed Mitch McConnell. kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/22/k...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum: “We are going to change the law to prohibit foreign governments from carrying out political and ideological propaganda in our country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/w...

Residents — many of whom are elderly — are waiting for help. They need federal aid. A stove. Volunteers to help them clear the thick mud from their basements. @amelianews.bsky.social westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/23/m...

Looks like Centre College President Milton Moreland is the only KY signee. "As leaders of America’s colleges, universities ... we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education." www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Another great win for @sddaction.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social today! A federal judge in the District of Columbia entering a temporary injunction ordering the Trump Admin to "take all necessary steps" to reinstate VOA employees and contractors to their status prior to Trump's unlawful EO.

NEWS: Trump deploying U.S. combat forces to the Middle East as conflict with Houthis escalates

After Judge Xinis ordered discovery to take place in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case, his lawyers today have filed a letter to the Court requesting a conference/hearing due to the Trump Administration's "failure to comply with [the] Court's orders." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: I have no intention of piloting an F-22 Sorry, I thought we were just declining to do things we had no real authority to do anyway

"The Trump administration is 'likely in direct violation of numerous federal laws,' the judge wrote in his ruling..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

My expert analysis of this order: Judge Xinis big mad

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We’re halfway down the autocracy hole. I can’t stress enough how crucial it is to stop this soon because if Trump becomes king, the surveillance tech is going to make resistance very very hard. apple.news/A_imhKa3IQ0a...

FYI We learned today we won 2 Webby awards again! Thank you listeners!! And congrats to our amazing team.

"While submission in the face of Trump’s threats and corrupt inducements proved to be infectious in civil society and other private sector contexts, Harvard’s resolute resistance has had the opposite impact. His choice of a powerful target is clearly backfiring."

Powerful.

Not for nothing but ‘Genocide Joe’ wouldn’t have deported you for protesting, even when the person being protested was him.

Campus rally shows support for international students at Murray State University. @zoellewis.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/campu...

“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

"Hegseth shared the information on Signal even though an aide warned him in the days beforehand to be careful not to share sensitive information on an unsecure communications system before the Yemen strikes..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

What could go wrong? 🙄

“Now, the [Trump Department of Justice] has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington.” Bravo for these 3 lawyers to defend the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/n...

“'We went from putting things together in a basement to a 19,000-square-foot facility, doing exactly what we’re supposed to do here in the U.S., and it’s all in danger of coming apart because of this problem,' he said..." ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/trump...

My first dance on the national stage was predicting the giant Blue Wave of 2018 using negative partisanship. I was able to say, months and months before Election Day that 1. Ds would flip the House 2. End up with about 40 seats. They might outdo that in 2026.

NBC has confirmed what we have been saying for weeks. Hegseth clearly copied classified strike schedules from a secure device to his personal phones. This alone would get a line service member thrown in prison. But when it’s SecDef we are supposed to ignore it.

NEW: The Trump admin is stonewalling plaintiffs' discovery requests in the Abrego Garcia case, their attys tell Judge Xinis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Kentucky exports now exceed $40 billion a year, and Louisville's and Northern Kentucky's airports are ranked fifth and 12th busiest in the world for cargo. These unnecessary tariffs aren't just hurting our families' pocketbooks; they're also a threat to our second-to-none manufacturers.

Austin Scott previews how House Rs plan to cut Medicaid: "The federal govt is paying 90% of the Medicaid expansion. What we've talked about is moving that 90% level of the expansion back... nobody would be kicked off Medicaid as long as governors decided they wanted to continue to fund the program"

What excuse with AG Bondi have for not investigating this? 18 USC 793. Last time it was that the info was not classified (really?) and it was not intentional. Now what?

U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/21/r...

ICYMI: @harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

Congress literally created an Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the expeditious removal of aliens who are designated as terrorists, under a preponderance of evidence standard. I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence

Jennings: They keep turning out a bunch of professors and students who appear to be schooled in one thing only the downfall of western civilization. Phillip: Yeah like Tom Cotton and.. Brett Kavanaugh

This whole 16-second scene is nuts. Trump talking about honoring Jesus “very powerfully,” Melania acting weird/bored/disgusted as usual, Trump saying he saved religion, the bunny nodding along, and of course all televised by Lindell TV.

Deeply embarrassing stuff from the Secretary of Defense