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KY lawmakers will ban trans folks from the bathroom – but won’t stop real child predators
Once again, bills to deal with sexual abuse by teachers failed in the legislature.
Barr, Comer avoid tough questions, turn tail, and run from their own constituents
And “talk to my staff” just doesn’t cut it.

Rallying for the Democracy Principle: Why we showed up at the Capitol on KY legislature’s last day
“No laws about us without us.”

Shut up: A message from the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly
And in case you didn’t get the message, they put it into law.
Be very afraid – they’re both dangerous and incompetent
Signalgate? Turns out, it wasn’t a one-off.


Thomas Massie’s dream is our nightmare
His idealogical quest will wind up hurting all of Kentucky.

Dear GOP: Want to be known as the Party of Workers? Then pass the PRO Act.
Or continue to do the bidding of your elite donors.

KY lawmakers display an alarming misunderstanding of police, transparency
Change to open records law for law enforcement will likely harm, more than protect, the public


Welcome to Trump’s America: Where immigrants vanish, courts are ignored, and no one is safe
History warns us: Once the government starts rounding people up, it doesn’t stop ...

Thomas Massie, brushing aside Trump’s threats, stands ground in true ‘Massie’ fashion
Trump threatens to primary him. Does Massie care? Nah.