Matt Simpson

Poor Donald Trump. His fragile little ego couldn't handle a Canadian commercial showing actual footage of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs. Boo hoo. #RonaldReagan #GOP #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Tariffs #Canada #Toronto #trade #BerlinWall

We expect daily Arlo reports

A tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads: “In case you were wondering what no kings means.” It quotes a post from Flavio Volpe, which says: “To be clear, a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because he’s mad.”

And he’s mad over Reagan’s own words about tariffs!

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “THIS.” followed by several clapping emojis. The image text reads: “Let’s give teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE gets.”

Hear, hear!

Much media uproar this morning about KKK propaganda circulating in central KY. But, if you cut off the part of these flyers that identifies the KKK as the source, is the message really much different than the constant stream of anti-immigrant vitriol from MAGAts like Stephen Miller?

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

I am not a terrorist, and neither are you. Join us at No Kings rally on Oct. 18. | Opinion OpEd: At Lexington’s No Kings rally downtown this Saturday, there is plenty to protest and celebrate, including our right to speak out.

OpEd: At Lexington’s No Kings rally downtown this Saturday, there is plenty to protest and celebrate, including our right to speak out.

Constitution does not protect malpractice, fraud or conversion therapy • Kentucky Lantern Conversion therapy — discredited by medical groups — is not protected by constitutional protections for speech.

Commentary by Keith Elston, Kentucky Youth Law Project

Constitution does not protect malpractice, fraud or conversion therapy.

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The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

‘Not who we are.’ Beshear slams National Guard deployment to Democratic cities Beshear criticized the Texas National Guard deployment for a Trump administration operation in Chicago as “unlawful.”

Andy sez y'all can't be doing that

Soft on crime?

Magnificent black dog

George wishes everybody a Happy National Black Dog Day

Op-Ed: Rep. Andy Barr: Why I’m leading legislation to put Trump on a new $250 bill Rep. Andy Barr is one of President Trump’s staunchest defenders in Congress. Now he wants the president on America’s newest currency.

You mean it's not because you desperately need his endorsement in your Senate race?

Trump sending billions to Argentina to bail out their economy and protect the investments in that country of his US billionaire cronies.

Trump supporters living paycheck to paycheck: Trust in Trump. The man is a genius and he loves and cares about us. ‘Merica First!

Ishaan is a Washington post global affairs columnist 👇🏽

The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs “Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.

If you love the song “Me and Bobby McGee” you absolutely must read @elongreen.bsky.social on the life of the woman who inspired the song.

So he's actually saying that we can't distinguish between fishing boats and drug boats?

Join me in condemning this kind of statement and this kind of hate.

Actor Robert Redford spent time in Kentucky filming ‘The Old Man & The Gun’ Redford died early Tuesday morning at the age of 89. Later in his career, he filmed a movie in Kentucky.

I haven't seen this. It looks like I can watch it on Apple TV if I sign up for that free trial they keep nagging me about

Kash Patel might lose his job, but this is hardly reason for rejoicing. Throughout both Trump administrations, it has been very consistent that nobody who leaves is ever replaced with someone better.

I have no words for this.

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

I would like to fly flags at half staff for every child killed in a school shooting

At PossumFest, I found out what being a ‘hick lib’ really means • Kentucky Lantern In Kentucky, a “hick lib” is someone who carries forward the mountain spirit, the stubborn pride and the heart of Kentucky.

If you want rural Kentuckians back, which you so often now claim you do, don’t do it with a consultant’s memo or a TV ad. Do it by showing up. Sit a spell and listen.

PPD: Off-duty officer accidentally shoots woman in restroom PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — An off-duty Portsmouth Police officer working security at a Food Lion on London Boulevard accidentally shot another woman in a restroom Friday afternoon, police said.…

No info on whether the shooter was transgender. Gotta keep those restrooms safe!!!

Canadian readers respond: Blame Trump for Kentucky’s bourbon woes, not us The issue isn’t tariffs, readers say. Rather, Trump presents ‘an existential threat’ to the sovereignty of Canada, and they’re not backing down.

Doug McLean, from Toronto who said he drank Jack Daniel’s in his youth drinks Maker’s, said: “Sales to Canada down ... Don’t blame Canada. It’s all on your piece of (expletive) President.'

It's not mental health, it's us All countries have citizens with mental health issues; doing so little to stop school shootings is uniquely American.

"Our time limit for caring about kids getting shot to death in school is five days.
We spent more time and more outrage on the Cracker Barrel logo."
And our political "leaders" are very happy knowing that our priorities are so skewed.

New Democrat running in KY’s 6th District has background in sustainability, bourbon This millennial candidate for Congress works in sustainability for Amazon and serves as the “cocktail editor” for a popular bourbon blog.

That's a good background. Drink sustainably

So now firefighters have to worry about their own bosses being in cahoots with ICE. One hell of a recruitment strategy