From the Herald-Leader: An Eastern Kentucky police chief has removed large decals with the Punisher skull and “Blue Lives Matter” from eight police cars after a backlash following the publication of a Herald-Leader story. The Catlettsburg Police department, which employs eight full-time and two part-time officers for a population of about 2,500, featured the images […]
Protesters have flooded Republican politicians’ hometown town halls as of late. Starting with the likes of Utah’s Jason Chaffetz, local and out-of-town protesters have disrupted GOP politicians’ town halls as of late to protest the election (and policies) of President Donald Trump. The LA Times outlined the number of town halls disrupted by protesters: Utah […]
Obama’s legacy may be the GOP waves that have led to dominance of state legislatures, aside from ObamaCare and the Iran deal. This bit of news comes from Roll Call: Donald Trump’s presidential victory not only helped preserve the Republican Party’s majority in the Senate, but it also buoyed the GOP’s control of state legislatures. Republicans […]
The Lexington Herald Leader did not waste time in criticizing libertarian Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul over not paying bills and paying down his debt, not realizing that campaigns take time to do so. It also buried the fact that he returned $2.5 million taxpayer dollars from his office back to taxpayers further down the […]
From CN2, a news outlet in Rand Paul’s native state of Kentucky: The bill titled ‘The Muhammad Ali Voluntary Service Act’ will be presented to Congress in honor of the famed boxer who refused to serve in the Vietnam War. On April, 28 1967 the heavy weight champion was stripped of his title for refusing […]
The Free Beacon reported on Paul’s odds: Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky and candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, currently ranks behind the performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme and is tied with Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and ambassador to China, in odds available from Betfair. Paul and […]
This move was to preserve the religious freedom of clerks who may object to same-sex marriage on religious grounds, after Rowan County clerk Kim Davis spent time in jail over the conflict between her religious beliefs and the Obergefell ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
This executive action by newly-elected GOP Governor Matt Bevin will help avoid situations such as clerks not signing marriage licenses, as in the case with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
Matt Bevin wins the governor’s race in Kentucky. Congratulations are in order for the Tea Party: Republican Matt Bevin, a businessman and Tea Party favorite, beat Democrat Jack Conway on Tuesday to win the race for Kentucky governor — becoming only the second GOP governor in the state in four decades. The off-year election, one […]