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Blue Kentucky Gal

@bluekentuckygal.bsky.social
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Retired Kentucky educator. Spending my retirement years promoting Democracy even as a blue dot in a red state 💙

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 11h
‘We want to fight for each other:’ Unionized Shelbyville tenants describe bugs, mold in housing. From @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/07/w...
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'We want to fight for each other:' Unionized Shelbyville tenants describe bugs, mold in housing. • Kentucky Lantern
Mice, cockroaches, mold and water damage have pushed Evans and other tenants at seven different Shelbyville properties to form and launch a tenant union last month.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 11h
It’s Banned Books Week, so find a First Amendment Library to exercise your rights From @lblackford.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/07/i...
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Commentary: It’s Banned Books Week, so find a First Amendment Library to exercise your rights • Kentucky Lantern
Three years ago, we talked a lot about banning books in Kentucky.  Back then, the wacky war on woke was gaining ground in our legislature and in our libraries. I remember talking to librarians like Er...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h
As I suggest in this pod discussion, if someone told me a decade ago that the two 2026 Senate races that Dems would be running away with would both be in the South (Georgia and North Carolina), I would have thought it's utterly nuts
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Burgum: "President Trump, of course, stopped World War 3"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Rep. Greg Murphy describes people who have lived in America for decades and have families here and are brutally deported by ICE as "collateral damage," and says "thank God we're getting rid of the garbage that's in our country:"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
And they voted for him anyway 😕
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h
What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
"Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a scheduling conflict and says he's not gonna be attending the rally in San Antonio today where the president is going to be. He's not taking time for the president."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
"Marshall, in short, believed that he was in a safe red seat, and that as long as he stapled himself to Trump’s orange carcass, he could win every primary, never lose his seat, and get fawning coverage whenever he trotted over to appear on Fox News."
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Roger Marshall is running an all time terrible campaign
Red state MAGAs aren’t equipped for real competition and accountability.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 06/10/2026
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The Blank Check Supreme Court
Tales from the Court, the Senate, and the DOJ
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Believe it or not, this is supposed to be a pro-Paxton ad. I thought it was made by the Tallarico team. It’s a devastating attack ad, just not in the way they intended.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 06/10/2026
Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping. kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/05/r...
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Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping. • Kentucky Lantern
Johnston and other local and state officials across the country are bracing for possible federal election interference from now through Nov. 3 — even as they remain unsure of what will actually happen...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
FOX BUSINESS: Are there plans for Trump to come back and campaign again in your district? MIKE LAWLER No. FOX: Okay. Alright.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Fox Business commercial offers a roll of 25 Trump dollar coins for $49 😆 You do the math
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Paxton on leaked audio: "I've never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and what issues are going to matter because it's all coming -- you know -- from DC, and I don't control message or what we're doing, and I don't have ability to change anything."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "FoxNews spends more time covering Jihadist and Dumocrat candidates than they do the good old fashioned Republicans, the people that have saved America. All they talk about is Dumocrat Jihadists like El-Sayed, with his softball interview by Martha MacCallum. She never interviews me like that"
Trump: "FoxNews spends more time covering the Jihadist and Dumocrat candidates than they do the good old fashioned Republicans, the people that have saved America, and are making it great again. All they talk about is Dumocrat Jihadists like El-Sayed, with his softball interview by Martha MacCallum, and the like. She never interviews me like that. They don’t show my record breaking Rallies the morning after, but others do, and that’s what MAGA is watching. Fox is promoting the Dumocrats, not the Republicans and MAGA. They have totally lost their way! President DJT"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Hallie Shoffner, the Democratic candidate running against Tom Cotton, on Morning Joe: "I'll tell you -- over the 450 days that I've been on the campaign trail, not once have I been asked about daylight savings time. Arkansas are talking about gas prices and grocery prices and healthcare."
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 06/10/2026
This is a different cardboard cutout than the one I was gifted years ago
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 06/10/2026
DCCC is now up with this ad in the R+15 #ky06 district in Kentucky, in which Zach Dembo again ties Alvarado to Bevin, and features Gov. Beshear carrying away a cardboard cutout of Bevin. Dems definitely smelling blood/wave here
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KY-06: Basically the Same
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 06/10/2026
Moynahan launched this new TV ad yesterday, which also features the photo of him with Beshear and says "I was honored when Governor Beshear appointed me." Doesn't mention the endorsement or party.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Grandpa is sundowning hard today over his rallies.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In a potentially very important ruling last week, a federal judge in south Florida concluded that the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute noncitizen voting relies on a 40-year-old federal statute that is unconstitutional. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Court Ruling Hobbles Trump DOJ’s Jihad Against Elusive Threat of Noncitizen Voting
Judge Strikes Down Federal Ban on Noncitizen Voting In a potentially very...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
a smiling DoD official Emil Michael dismisses the obvious conflicts of interest involved in Project Meridian: "There's really nothing to see here"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country! President DJT"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In case facts still matter…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WATCH: As @GovBillLee, Trump, @marshablackburn , Brent Taylor etc. try to act like they saved Memphis with their invasion, MEMPHIS @mayorpaulyoung points out crime numbers were already dropping BEFORE the (un)safe Task Force got there. (The task force has killed multiple people)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ARIZONA STATE: Tempe Police brutally push, tackle, and punch cheerleader Eryn Bonner in the street 😳 (They dropped felony charges but are still pursuing misdemeanors) 🤔 More: www.themarysue.com/arizona-stat...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
If Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...
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Headlines for October 6, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And Putin is pleased. Probably a coincidence!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And there it is …
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm so old I remember when this poll/metric inspired a thousand hot takes about the Dem Party image being irretrievably damaged by cultural excess via @simonwdc.bsky.social's indispensable newsletter... www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dems-up-11...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
RAJU: Is it worth it for your constituents to pay higher prices bc of war in Iran? MACKENZIE: Fuel prices were sky high under Biden. Now they're starting to come down R: Diesel is about $3 higher than it was at the beginning of war M: When refineries are blown up in Russia because of Ukraine ...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Hell's VIP Section is currently full. Please make other arrangements.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
LAWSUIT: @GovBillLee’s TN Transpo Dept sued over Toll Lanes Project- party that lost $9.2 billion initiative accuses state of hiding contract/payment with winning bidder “DriveTN” (@ferrovial-led) Lee wants similar secrecy on the Nashville land giveaway🤔 www.wsmv.com/2026/10/06/s...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here’s Journey’s Jonathan Cain, his wife, Trump’s spiritual advisor and kleptomaniac Paula White, and recently deceased Jim Bakker. I’ve stopped believin’.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Dan Osborn on Fox News: "Pete Ricketts is weak. He kneels to AIPAC, he kneels to defense contractors and anybody who will give him a dollar. I want to stand up for workers. That's the fundamental difference.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 06/10/2026
"The Trump administration pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau’s policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint." NBC's indefatigable @ryanjreilly.com reports buff.ly/bBe5Xnz
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
KEILAR: Does the president get to take some credit for that? ALSOBROOKS: Oh, absolutely not
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point "Miller is also railing against GOP lawmakers who demanded that he drop out. He called Husted 'as entertaining as a two-by-four' and “as smart as a box of rocks.” Miller boasted, 'My chances of winning are much better than his.'"
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Embattled Rep. Max Miller Tests GOP Loyalty After Abuse Allegations
The incumbent got a lift from Republican groups’ spending and says President Trump is “incredibly supportive.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MacFarlane: Fox is platforming Abdul El-sayed because it seems to do well for their ratings. It engages their audience. People on Fox seem to want to hear from him. It's not necessarily the case that they want to hear extemporaneous remarks at rallies right now from Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
JENNINGS: Let's say Democrats take the House. How sure are you that they would immediately move to impeach President Trump? MIKE JOHNSON: It's guaranteed. Probably on the first day.
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