Does it all hang together? Or will we just hang separately?
Update on Andy Barr’s district, ICE in Louisville, and the growth of the 50501 resistance movement
Media
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Tariffs update & university controversies
This week Robert provided an update about tariffs on Kentucky bourbon and Jazmin walked us through major controversies at both the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.
Floods, a Senate campaign ad, and Andy Beshear starts a podcast
This week Robert and Jazmin talked through several news items from this week, including tragic flooding throughout Kentucky, a new ad from Pamela Stevenson, and Andy Beshea’’s new podcast.
Pam Stevenson releases first ad in bid for McConnell’s seat
And calls out the Repubs running who will “vote just like he did”
Rep. Joshua Watkins on the session, explaining the vetoes, and KDP reorganization
His first session and how it went
Two Days til Sine Die! w/Tamarra Wieder, Planned Parenthood
Aaron and Kimberly talk with friend of the show Tamarra Wieder of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates. The Colonels also break down the growing pushback against the Trump/Musk march towards authoritarianism - and how Kentucky's federal delegation is failing in its response.
Vetoes and other stuff
Jazmin discusses the bills vetoed by Andy Beshear, and Robert talks through a few other items involved former elected executive branch officials in Kentucky.
Pam Stevenson on Running for Mitch’s Seat
We talk with Col. Pam Stevenson about her filing to run for Senate in 2026 to fill Mitch McConnell's seat. She is one of our favorite guests on the show, and we bet she'll be one of your favorites as well.
It’s staring us right in the face
Something is happening in our country, and as much as we don't want to, we have to name it out loud, and then deal with it.
The veto period has begun
As of Friday, all the bills that won’t be able to survive a veto had to be passed -- so Repubs filed a lot of secret priorities that were passed at the last second. We cover those, and Jazmin updated the status of all the bills we’ve been tracking so far this legislative session.
A major session update
This week Robert and Jazmin run down the priority bills in the House and Senate, as well as a few other bills making their way through the legislature.
Senate priority bills + other updates
Jazmin is back this week and she walked us through the ten bills the Senate is prioritizing.
Joanie Prentice on this year’s General Assembly
We’re joined by bill-tracker-extraordinaire Joanie Prentice, to get her take on the good, the bad, and the ugly in this year’s session of the Kentucky General Assembly. Which bills are moving, and are they good or bad? And WHY are those particular bills moving? Join us to find out!
