As the Fourth Great Turning unwinds, technology is speeding up the process
We are entering American history’s Fourth Great Turning. The 80-year cycle is in play again. Thom Hartmann explains.
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Meet the new dark money Republican hoax and troll group, ‘Citizens for Sanity’
Conservative dark money groups have taken to weaponizing the paranoia on the Right, and that brings us to the current moment.
Donald Trump as Uber Immortal
No one is above the law – except Donald Trump. He is an Uber Immortal. But what happens to uber immortals?
Willie helps us take Rand to school w/guest Hank Linderman
With guest host Teacher of the Year Willie Carver, we cover Rand Paul's week of "leadership," and learn how teachers are holding up during the war on public education. Then, we welcome KY-2 candidate Hank Linderman, and learn why he thinks could help unite rural and urban voters.
The independent state legislature doctrine could reverse 200 years of progress and take power away from the people
There’s a movement to take election results away from voters and give state legislatures the ability to pick winners and losers.
Floods in eastern Kentucky were a man-made disaster, and we know exactly who is to blame
It wasn’t just the rain. It was the strip-mining, and the mountain-top removal, and the regulators looking the other way, that caused the floods in eastern Kentucky.
Al Cross: Cameron shows why he’s the one to beat, then could get beat
Al Cross covered Fancy Farm this year, as he does every year, and reports on the speakers and their political futures.
Beshear displeased with response from FEMA
The governor says that FEMA is denying help to too many people, and it’s caused by something in the middle layer of the bureaucracy.
Biden’s big week – plus a visit w/ H-73 candidate Tommy Adams
The Colonels discuss the big news from DC, including big Biden wins and horrible votes from Kentucky's Senators, then welcome KY House District 73 candidate Tommy Adams to our campaign corner, before talking youth voting with KY Young Democrats President, Stephon Moore.
‘Basic physics’ of global warming makes rainfall more frequent and more intense; U.S. infrastructure isn’t prepared
Nearly three-quarters of locations the group examined around the country have experienced an increase in the amount of rain falling on their annual wettest day since 1950.
Jessica Neal pays $57,368 to get recount in Kentucky Senate District 24 primary race lost by 3 percent
Jessica Neal, a candidate in last spring’s Republican primary election for state Senate District 24, posted $57,368 Monday with the Campbell circuit court clerk to get a recount of the election.
Continuous CHIP eligibility could keep more KY kids covered
The federal health insurance program for children helps keep more than 620,000 Kentucky kids insured. But the expanded coverage expires in October. Now what?
Bill Straub: There’s stupid and there’s mega-stupid, so credit legislators for hungry kids going hungrier
In their haste to override the gov’s emergency declaration, the KYGA inadvertently cost the state $350 million in SNAP benefits. Why? Just because they could.
The legal landscape on abortion isn't complicated: The Supreme Court intends to eliminate it
What does the conservative wing of the Supreme Court want the outcome to be? A ban on abortions. What civil rights stand in the way of that ban? Doesn’t matter. They’re gone now.
Many rural Republicans rejected Kansas abortion measure
Kansas voted down the anti-abortion amendment, and not just in the cities: fourteen counties that went for Trump in 2020 voted against the amendment.
There’s no urban-rural divide when it comes to tackling substance use disorder
The rural-urban divide reflects numerous differences across our state. But one issue that affects everyone is the overdose epidemic. Two activists share what we need to do with our settlement money.
