Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But don't mistake his emphasis on kindness for weakness, he says. "[W]hen people look at who’s fighting in the hardest of places, they see this governor." 010
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Beshear's book is centered on the Good Samaritan and what that parable means for us today: caring for your neighbors and people who have been rejected and othered. He also says it means paying for people's healthcare! 110
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Andy Beshear doesn't hold back in an interview with me for @salon.com about his new book, his deep faith, 2028 and Trump's cruelty. "A lot of people can claim they’re fighting in different ways from the bluest of states. How many people have sued [Trump] 30-plus times from the reddest of states?"salon.comThe gospel according to Andy BeshearKentucky's governor on his new book, the Good Samaritan and why he hasn't ruled out 2028 1105
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 10/09/2026When the metaphors are just too easynytimes.comTrump Is Delayed After Emergency Slide Deploys on New Air Force OneThe mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. It delayed President Trump’s departure to a Republican convention in Dallas. 000
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A not-so-subtle branding jab at "Democracy Dies in Darkness". 722736
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Burgin is a small community—pop. 1035—in rural Kentucky that voted overwhelmingly for Trump (74%) in 2024. It's now at the heart of data center resistance. 000
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 09/09/2026Follow-up question to this should be, immediately: "What were you doing on 9/11 and can imagine ever forgetting what that was?" 64813120
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardSalon.com @salon.com · 28/08/2026“Dolly’s messages of affirmation and acceptance were pivotal for scores of queer Appalachians and Southerners. For so many of us, she was the first safe space that we knew in our own culture,” @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social writes.salon.comDolly Parton embodied the best parts of AppalachiaStereotypes have long defined the region. Parton showed the world its true heart — and offered a challenge 0156
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"In many ways, Dolly was the counterpoint of JD Vance, whose claiming of mountain roots provided the basis for his first memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy” — a book filled with regional stereotypes — and for his political identity." — @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social writes. www.salon.com/2026/08/26/d...salon.comDolly Parton embodied the best parts of AppalachiaStereotypes have long defined the region. Parton showed the world its true heart — and offered a challenge 1306
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just tremendously smart read from @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social on the complex emotions that Dolly spoke to, for those of us who are both proud of being from rural areas but also recognize their deep failings. www.salon.com/2026/08/26/d...salon.comDolly Parton embodied the best parts of AppalachiaStereotypes have long defined the region. Parton showed the world its true heart — and offered a challenge 1348
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardJennifer Miller @jennmill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tribute written by my dear friend @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social, a brilliant Appalachian like Dolly Parton 131
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown. 352484739
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardSalon.com @salon.com · 22/08/2026“The fury and volume of the White House’s reaction to one sentence in the senator’s speech was telling. He obviously hit a nerve, which revealed there was, in fact, a story there waiting to be told. But it also proved that Ossoff knows what he’s doing,” @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social writes.salon.comJon Ossoff knows what he's doing on the campaign trailThe Georgia senator's Trump jabs reveal a deliberate strategy and a leading 2028 contender 2127
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Choosing Atlanta would have made a strong statement after the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Expect Ken Martin to come in for more criticism. (Yes, I know it's not his sole call.) Of the finalists (Boston, Denver and Philly) it should be Philly. MA is solidly blue. CO hasn't voted GOP since 04. 011
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hate to break it to the @nytimes.com but @salon.com's @amandamarcotte.bsky.social was all over Jennifer Hegseth's influence over her husband nearly a year ago — Sept. 15, 2025, to be exact! Her observations still hold up. Just another example of how independent media is often ahead of the curve.salon.comPete Hegseth wants women in the kitchen — but his wife as his top adviserThe defense secretary's third wife has a shocking amount of power 010
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2026Korean missiles hitting Kyiv as Trump calls Kim Jong-Un his friend 751850850
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026As others (like @amandamarcotte.bsky.social in her brilliant @salon.com column today) have said, Trump's known sexual history and his strange relationship with Harp are causing people to make an implication. But Ossoff is also being subtle and clever about leading them there. Genius work. 3/3 030
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The quote: "So he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on THEIR apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar." [my emphasis] Ossoff is very subtly using a plural possessive in reference to the plane, which is...interesting. 2/3 120
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026What people are missing in Ossoff's sentence about Trump and Natalie Harp is his telling use of the word "their" in reference to Air Force One. 1/3 120
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Take a future Hegseth presidential bid seriously. A pure culture war candidacy by a former Fox host with Christian nationalist ties makes much more sense than a Rubio run which strikes me as a total fantasy without a real constituency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comHegseth travels to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity’ amid 2028 speculationOfficials familiar with the defense secretary’s thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends. 1441095223
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New: The White House on Monday leveled a sharply personal attack against CNN reporter Kristen Holmes, invoking her children in the process. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comWhite House attacks CNN reporter after Trump clash, and targets her childrenThe president shushed CNN’s Kristen Holmes in the Oval Office, and later an official White House account said her children would be “embarrassed” by her. 72723
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 17/08/2026👀 Ossoff bringing up Natalie: "He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar." And note his use of "their" 020
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardConnect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In her exclusive interview with the wife of a sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln last week, MS NOW's Priya Sridhar learned that the sailor’s prescription contact lenses had expired and that he was having trouble seeing as he worked on helicopters. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social 8235109
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The gaslighting from this administration is really something else 051
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/08/2026🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.meidasnews.comNot Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple ShipsSince MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service 1768173618360
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 12/08/2026ICE to outfit agents with electric shock gloves from KY company in $20 million no-bid contract From @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/12/i...kentuckylantern.comICE to outfit agents with electric shock gloves from KY company in $20 million no-bid contract • Kentucky LanternFederal immigration agents may soon be outfitted with a device – electrical shock gloves – manufactured by a Kentucky company. 5814
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026El-Sayed is in striking distance. But it's gonna be a continuous brawl 010
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardSalon.com @salon.com · 14/08/2026“Hong was never fully in control of her own narrative. By the end, and by her own hand, she was reduced to being a joyless hater of holidays and avowed enemy of All Things Fun,” @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social writes.salon.comFrancesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin is a win for progressivesHer defeat in the state’s gubernatorial primary shows why the left needs happy warriors like AOC and Mamdani 162
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardSylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/08/2026Produced by a company in none other than Lexington, Ky 1158
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Imagine the reaction if a Democratic president were in office while sailors attempted suicide due to poor conditions and food shortages 010
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Shouting it from the hilltops: Francesca Hong's loss wasn't a setback. Progressives should count her loss as a win — and a lesson. @salon.comsalon.comFrancesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin is a win for progressivesHer defeat in the state’s gubernatorial primary shows why the left needs happy warriors like AOC and Mamdani 220
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardMartin Pengelly @martinpengelly.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Genuinely curious as to why the New York Times and other places so very, very serious about style and proper usage allow interchangeable use of “England” and “Britain.” Not the same thing except I suppose in the global mind, or bits of it. But still. Grrr. Signed, Part-Time Brit. 011
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardPete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It'll be easy to spot what box he's in as it'll be 40 times bigger than it needs to be. 55812
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/08/2026TODD BLANCHE AG NOM STATE OF PLAY Senate is slated to hold a procedural vote tomorrow. His fate is still unclear. Dems are expected to vote NO. Republicans need 50/53 YES votes. McConnell is out with no return timeline. Collins is a NO. Murkowski & Cassidy are undecided. 289029
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 06/08/2026When I asked Tuberville if he was calling El-Sayed a terrorist, he said, "I say he's got the ability to become one." There's a reason El-Sayed is facing this onslaught. The GOP may have gotten the candidate they wanted for Mike Rogers, but they are also scared. 2/2 3397
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I asked GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's win. He invoked the T-word. "The guy was basically a cheerleader for 9/11. I mean, come on . . . the country's changed, but it hasn't changed this much to put people in there that are basically terrorists." There's more @salon.com 1/2salon.comAbdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan causes a GOP meltdownRepublican efforts to turn the Democratic Senate nominee into a boogeyman betray their fear 8318
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Whatever you think of El-Sayed's win, his remarks this morning were powerful. Generous, personal words for Haley Stevens, a call for unity, a pledge to defend the rights and safety of Jewish Americans, a fiery indictment of his GOP opponent Mike Rogers. Looking forward to following this campaign. 020
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 05/08/2026Commentary from Jim Branscome and Bill Bishop: When the last reporter leaves: Kentucky’s spreading news desert kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/05/w...kentuckylantern.comWhen the last reporter leaves: Kentucky’s spreading news desert • Kentucky LanternIn the late summer of 1974 somebody set fire to the Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg. It survived arson, it may not outlive the death of rural newspapers. 01311
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Don't miss this powerful essay from @henrykurkowski.substack.com on what queer nightclubs in the AIDS crisis can teach us about today. 120
Reposted by Jason Kyle HowardThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/07/2026Six months into President Trump’s oil blockade, Cubans are losing sleep in the sweltering heat. Our reporter Jack Nicas visited Havana, where residents explained how they struggle to sleep with no electricity for fans or air conditioning. 1510545
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 28/07/2026🎯 from @sulliview.bsky.social on Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner. "Let’s try a small thought experiment. Should respect for the institution of marriage mean that an abused ex-wife should insist that her former husband be invited to, say, the annual 4th of July family party?"margaretsullivan.substack.comThe predictable disgrace of the White House Correspondents DinnerAnd why I reject every specious argument that encourages the media to keep normalizing Trump 000
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it,” a Kamala Harris supporter, who believes she will run in 2028, recently told @nymag.com. That was a big tell—and it shows what Harris will be up against. My latest for @salon.com.salon.comKamala Harris’ biggest opponent in 2028? HerselfAs she lays the groundwork for a campaign, Harris again risks a trap of her own making 000
Jason Kyle Howard @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Interested in providing commentary and/or analysis on politics and national affairs for a progressive publication? As Senior Ideas Editor at Salon.com, I'm always on the lookout for contributors. Reach out: jason.howard@salon.com. 011