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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Three Democratic-sponsored polls now show Zach Dembo leading Ralph Alvarado in KY-6. That does not prove Dembo is winning, but the repeated pattern makes “safe Republican” hard to defend. The race looks competitive. Kentucky needs an independent poll. More n Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kentucky Democrats Surrendered 51 Races

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

$90 NOW. $5,000 IF REPUBLICANS WIN? I'M 75. DON'T BUY MY VOTE.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

KY-6 just became a race Republicans cannot dismiss. A Dembo campaign poll has Zach Dembo at 42% and Ralph Alvarado at 37%. But one internal poll is not a prediction, and its margin of error is ±4.9 points. More on Substack

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Democrats may be heading toward a blue wave. But waves cannot elect empty ballot lines. In Kentucky, 42 GOP House candidates and 9 GOP Senate candidates have no Democratic opponent. A party that fails to field a team cannot blame the crowd. More on Substack. It’s free.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Republican politicians don't necessarily remain with Trump until they stop believing in him. Many have an incentive to remain with him until the political cost of staying becomes greater than the political cost of leaving.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

was talking about this recently with an ex-congressman (an old timer from the 80s and 90s) and one of the remarkable things about this cycle is that trump has given his party absolutely nothing to run on. no bill to tout, no accomplishment to hype, no nothing.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Political timing is everything. Andy Barr left KY-6 for an open Senate seat. Now Barr leads Charles Booker by 9 in Booker's own poll, while Democratic-sponsored polling shows Barr's old House district essentially tied. Barr may have picked exactly the right year to move up.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I compared Alvarado’s and Barr’s campaign messaging before and after the primary. Both made Trump less prominent. Alvarado’s pivot was sharper; Barr still retained references to Trump. The revealing question is not just what they say now—but what changed, and when.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

TIKTOK & AMAZON SAME OBJECTIVE Amazon waits for you to want something. TikTok manufactures the desire, supplies the salesperson and closes the sale. Its Kentucky Capitol event showed the strategy: become essential to local businesses, then use that dependence as political protection. Substack Post

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

KY-6 isn’t a two-candidate race. Alvarado and Dembo are joined by Pete Lynch, Jay Bowman and write-in Robert Quigley. KY-6 third-party candidates have recently drawn 1%–3.6%. In a race polling within one point, that could decide the winner. Full analysis on Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A Russian oligarch reportedly spent hundreds of thousands on Trump Jr.’s post-wedding parties. The couple calls it “simply a wedding gift.” Ordinary people see what they apparently cannot: extravagant foreign gifts create access, obligation and suspicion.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

How do you kill a platform? Use the corporate-raider playbook: acquire what others built, exploit its creators and audience, reduce the value delivered, extract the profits and leave an empty shell. I can’t prove that is TikTok’s plan—but the results look familiar. Full article on Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Show Me The Money The two bit con man from Queens promised a $5,000 “DOGE dividend”. Then a $2,000 tariff dividend. Now we have $5,000 “Trump dividend” If his lips are moving he's lieing.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your smart TV may be watching you watch it. LG TVs use content-recognition technology that can identify what appears on the screen—even through HDMI. Researchers now allege even broader surveillance. LG disputes some claims. Turn off “Live Plus” and voice recognition.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kentuckians’ estimated share of U.S. military aid to Israel from Oct. 2023 through Sept. 2025: about $217 million. Senate candidate Andy Barr totally supports this. At home, Kentucky faced a $330 million annual child-care funding cliff. Budgets reveal priorities. My analysis. oldguyky.substack.com

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That $403 million Trump war chest doesn’t belong to the Republican Party. It belongs to Trump. He’ll spend enough to say he helped loyal Republicans—but I expect him to preserve much of it for lawyers, advertising and political warfare if Democrats take the House.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Trump’s PAC held $403 million but waited until September to make its first major midterm buy—just $10 million for loyalist Ken Paxton. My prediction: Trump will help a few Republicans while preserving a huge reserve to fight Democratic investigations after the election. oldguyky.substack.com

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every family has that brother-in-law who promises to help move the couch—then disappears. Democrats may have that problem with John Fetterman. Don't kick him out of the family. Just don't build a Senate majority that depends on him showing up. My latest on Substack. #JohnFetterman

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

TikTok says its advertising reach is soaring. Independent data says active app use fell roughly 10% from Sept. 2025 to Feb. 2026. More ads. More shopping. Creators questioning reach. What's happening to TikTok? I dug into the numbers on Substack. Link in profile.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Republican National Convention is this week in Dallas.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don't just tell me beef prices went up. Follow the money. What did the rancher get? What did the processor make? What did the retailer pocket? DOJ is now examining the beef supply chain. That's the investigation consumers deserve. Who got the money?

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

China subsidizes its auto industry. That's real. But America's answer shouldn't simply be protecting corporations from competition. Build batteries here. Build supply chains here. Invest in manufacturing here. Then compete. My full argument on Substack: If You Can't Compete With Them, Ban Them.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

American workers spent 40 years hearing: Compete or disappear. Now giant automakers face cheaper Chinese competitors and want Congress to permanently ban them. National security matters. But so does the question nobody wants to ask: What if they simply can't compete?

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Google says it follows official U.S. geographic databases. But when a president alters a database for political theater, reproducing that fiction isn’t neutrality. It is obedience disguised as procedure.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Trump issued a vanity order renaming Lake Ontario. Apple and Google obeyed—even though private companies weren’t legally required to. MapQuest refused. The lake didn’t change. We simply learned which corporations would crawl. My full argument on Substack. oldguyky.substack.com

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Trump calls his Venezuela agreement the “biggest oil deal in world history.” Yet the contract hasn’t been released, private beneficiaries remain unclear, and billions in oil revenue lack transparent accounting. Show us the deal. Show us the owners. Show us the money.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ICE’s $16.7M electric-shock glove deal is no longer just a proposal. The paperwork is out: 6,650 devices, a sole-source contract and up to $2,495 per glove. And ICE says they can be used on people who are “actively or PASSIVELY resisting.” Details on my Substack. Subscribe it's FREE

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Andy Barr backed Trump's tariffs “100%” and predicted “more, not less, market access” with Canada. KY whiskey exports to Canada then fell 42%. Now Saskatchewan is imposing a 50% levy on U.S. alcohol. Did Barr's prediction hold up? Numbers + his own quotes on Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Kennedy Center may be the perfect Trump metaphor: “Nice country you got there. Shame if something happened to it.” Universities. Law firms. Media. Canada. Greenland. Iran. Obey, pay, flatter—or face the consequences. And somehow, the Trump family keeps getting richer. Full case on Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two Trump-backed Kentucky Republicans. Two very different November strategies. Andy Barr still advertises himself as an “America First” Trump ally. Ralph Alvarado just scrubbed Trump, MAGA and “America First” from his website. A deeper look on Substack.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you have to worry about feeding your family, healthcare, educating your children it's more difficult to stand up to the oligarchs and their political stooges.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Who pays the bill and who gets rich.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Project 2025 isn't just about cutting government. It's about transferring risk downward and wealth upward. Cut food assistance and health protections while tax changes benefit those at the top. The result? A less secure working class. I go deeper on Substack

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The real economic divide isn't capitalism vs. socialism. It's productive capitalism vs. extractive capitalism. One makes money by creating something people value. The other makes money because you have no practical alternative. I explain the difference on Substack—and why it matters.

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The Old Guy @oldguyky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Trump wants cheaper beef. Meanwhile, BLM sold about 3,700 wild horses in 2025—some for as little as $25. The connection is public land. Follow the grass. Follow the grazing permits. Follow the money. Full investigation on Substack.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Everyone questioning whether Darline Graham is smart enough to be in the Senate is making me smile. You mean in comparison to the intellectual powerhouses already there? Like Tommy Tuberville? Marsha Blackburn? Ron Johnson? John Fetterman?

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