Some political humor from DemDaily
A collection of one-liners, bon mots, and comebacks on politics and politicians, from our favorite late-night hosts.
Guest Author
Articles by outside authors. See the article for the author and contact information.
Climate-denying House committee chair wants Kentucky to be a fossil fuel ‘sanctuary state’
“I'm not comfortable with going down the road of nullifying federal laws that we don't like. It sets a dangerous precedent. It didn't work out well 170 years ago.”
Kentucky is about to pass the cruelest criminal-justice bill in America
The state is making it easier to kill homeless people on private property—and that’s just one part of one of the most draconian crime bills in recent history.
Billionaires Yass, DeVos team up to dismantle public schools across the US – including KY
Former Education Secretary Betsy Devos has teamed up with billionaire trader and TikTok investor Jeff Yass to dismantle public education by spending tens of millions on state elections to pass charter and private school voucher bills, and to defeat Andy Beshear.
Lawsuit seeks to kick Louisville Democratic state Rep. Nima Kulkarni off ballot
The petition to remove Kulkarni from the ballot was filed by the former state legislator she defeated in a Democratic primary in 2018, alleging she should be disqualified for a filing error involving her nomination signatories.
Divided KY Senate advances bill attaching Fish and Wildlife to agriculture department
They moved the Racing Commission to Ag as well.
Ky. House speeds through bills to ease future tax cuts, shift $450M GRANT program to Agriculture
The revenue bill would alter Kentucky’s trigger law to lower the bar for future tax cuts while another bill shifts a $450 million grant program out of the Beshear administration’s control.
By any other word these actions would still be the same — just call it racism
This is not your regular racism. There’s no nightriders, no dogs and hoses, no bombs going off in a church basement. This is the soft-core variety – influential White people lecturing Black folks on how it’s going down. Racism just the same.
Can public tax dollars go to private schools? Kentuckians will answer on November ballot
Voters will get to decide if the Lege is allowed to fund private schools out of the state’s education budget. It’s a constitutional amendment because the KY Constitution currently is clear: public money is only for public schools.
Senate committees reject two bad House bills
A bill to cut SNAP benefits, and a bill to loosen child labor laws, both failed in committee today in the Senate.
Kentucky House approves ‘school choice’ amendment despite bipartisan opposition
Bill overrides SEVEN different parts of the state constitution. Public money for private schools, now on its way to the Senate.
Kentucky House passes bill that adds loopholes to open records law
Public business on private devices is not subject to open records requests. Anyone got a truck to drive through that loophole?
KY Senate unveils massive one-time spending bill, but no raises for K-12 teachers
Millions to spend, but spending on teacher salaries essentially flat.
The Safer Kentucky Act source list is ‘cut and paste’ from a Georgia policy paper
A Kentucky Public Radio analysis found many of the sources provided in support of the so-called Safer Kentucky Act have little to do with the bill itself. Now, KPR has obtained a source list for a 2023 paper that appears to use the same citations.
