Your weekly update w/ new posts and forum topics

Good evening! Hope you are staying cool and drinking lots of water. You know that heat can be dangerous to all living things; be sure to take it seriously.

As you might expect, we’ve had a number of climate crisis articles on the site. If you haven’t read mine about why Kentucky isn’t ready, please read and share. And check out the others as well.

There are some updates below that you’ll want to read, including some new topics in the Forum. Remember, if you’ve never logged in to the Forum, you should go to the regular ForwardKY site and chose the Forum menu choice to log in. That will set a cookie in your browser so you can go straight there in the future.

Read on for the updates and the story list for this week. And thanks for being a member of Forward Kentucky!

Bruce

Updates

The Reading List – If you are a paying member, you can get the story list sent to your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday, in addition to this Sunday newsletter. Just turn on the toggle in your Account.

New boxes in stories – You may have noticed I’m adding two boxes to most stories. Please use them if you feel so led 😉:

• A tip jar, if you want to tip the author of the story
• A sharing box, to encourage you to share the story on social media. Please share more stories; i’s how we grow.

New starter topics in the Forum – The Forum has been a little slow, so I have added four topics to spur discussion and participation:

• Can we trust the polling?
• What about the down-ballot races?
• Are you doing any campaign work, or planning to?
• What will happen to SB 150?

Go add your $0.02 to the discussion on these. And if you haven’t introduced yourself in The Lounge, do that too.

This week’s content

Most-read article

Five reasons NOT to vote for Daniel Cameron

Any of these five could be disqualifying on its own. Together, they show clearly that Cameron should not be governor.

Bruce MaplesForward Kentucky

All other content

Greenhouse Gaslighting 2.0

Climate change deniers reboot their arguments, even as the world smokes and sizzles

Paul WesslundForward Kentucky

The planet is becoming unlivable. How long will politicians be able to ignore this?

This truly is a climate emergency, and every day that goes by without significant action further endangers the future of almost all life on Earth, including us.

Guest AuthorForward Kentucky

Robomitch

An insider shares what REALLY happened to Senator McConnell yesterday.

Mark HeinzForward Kentucky

Hell yes I’m woke. Why aren’t you?

It’s time to be explicit about what “woke” means – and why we’re woke and proud of it.

Bruce MaplesForward Kentucky

‘Climate change’ is becoming ‘climate crisis.’ And Kentucky isn’t ready.

It’s time for our state to move from responding to preparing.

Bruce MaplesForward Kentucky

News and Notes for Friday, 7/28

A couple of stories about McConnell, other news snippets, and some interesting Tweets.

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

Proposed East KY federal prison would have devastating environmental impacts

Hal Rogers wants his Letcher County prison, no matter what. But the Sierra Club says the prison will increase the likelihood of floods.

Guest AuthorForward Kentucky

The Mitch McConnell Building, brought to you by Pfizer

We cover the week’s breaking political news, including new revelations about the KY GOP’s HQ, brought to you by Mitch and Pfizer. Then, we’re glad to be joined by Bill Londrigan, the head of the KY AFL-CIO, to share what Labor’s thinking about the upcoming election.

Progress KentuckyForward Kentucky

Cameron and Mills: union-busting buddies

Want more Matt-Bevin-style attacks on working people? Vote for these two.

Berry CraigForward Kentucky

Has Joe Wright’s example been forgotten?

Joe Wright served long and well, then stepped down when it was time – an example too rarely followed today.

Al CrossForward Kentucky

Voters largely oppose conservative amendments to defense spending bill

Most voters don’t like using the military budget as a vehicle for social issues.

Guest AuthorForward Kentucky

Corporate dollars keep pouring into Republican Party of Kentucky building fund

McConnell’s chief fundraiser is raising the money for the Mitch McConnell Building

Kentucky LanternForward Kentucky

News and Notes for Wednesday, 7/26

Slow news day, but a few really important (and terrifying) tweets.

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

Former candidate files defamation suit against KDP, Rachel Roberts, and Coleman Elridge

Jerry Gearding claims campaign material produced by the KDP for Roberts’s campaign was defamatory.

LinkNKYForward Kentucky

A tiresome Kentucky threesome

Three Kentucky politicians who just exhaust us. Tired yet?

Kentucky LanternForward Kentucky

Cameron’s office continues to ignore court order

In 35 years of open records practice, I can recall no prior case in which a court has ordered the Attorney General’s office to submit to a deposition because of the failure of the AG to discharge his basic legal duties.

Amye BensenhaverForward Kentucky

Hal Rogers’s plan to get his prison no matter what

Kentucky congressman who wants a prison tries to do a Manchin: Use an appropriations bill to override the other branches

Al CrossForward Kentucky

News and Notes for Monday, 7/24

Excerpts from stories across Kentucky and the nation, plus selected tweets. Look for News and Notes most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

Beshear responds to Cameron’s false ad

The Cameron campaign lied about Beshear’s position on gender-reassignment surgery for minors. Today, Beshear set the record straight.

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

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