I write about Kentucky government & politics for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning @CourierJournal. Should we talk about the government? Hi hi.
Louisville, KY
Joined March 2008
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Scoop: Several national antiabortion groups and their allies in Republican-led state legislatures are advancing plans to stop people from crossing state lines for abortions. Model legislation is in the works. washingtonpost.com/politics/β¦
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NEW from me and @adwolfson: President Biden is poised to nominate an anti-abortion Republican attorney for federal judgeship in Kentucky, in apparent deal with Mitch McConnell: courier-journal.com/story/ne⦠via @courierjournal
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.@RepJohnYarmuth opposes nomination: "...itβs clear that this is part of some larger deal on judicial nominations between the president & McConnell. I strongly oppose this deal & Meredith being nominated for the position. That last thing we need is another extremist on the bench"
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Via @d_yetter: Judge hears request to temporarily resume abortion services in Kentucky as law challenged courier-journal.com/story/ne⦠@courierjournal
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Kansas City area health system stops providing Plan B in Missouri because of abortion ban kansascity.com/news/politicsβ¦
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"The whole (waiting) room wailed as soon as they were told the news that we could no longer offer them abortions. Many started crying, a few hyperventilated and had to be calmed down β¦ I don't think I'll ever forget the looks on their faces..." courier-journal.com/story/neβ¦
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Inside Kentucky's full-time abortion clinic as Roe is reversed: 'I cannot have this baby' courier-journal.com/story/ne⦠via @courierjournal
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Trump tried to force the hand ofβ¦
The DOJ
Congress
State officials
WH aides
The Vice President
And then, finally and literally, the hands of special agents, per todayβs testimony
It was a relentless, historic, and deadly serious attempt to overturn an election.
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Did Trump commit a crime? "This is the smoking gun," Sol Wisenberg, a former deputy to Ken Starr, tells me about today's hearing. "There isnβt any question this establishes a prima facie case for his criminal culpability on seditious conspiracy charges."
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Joe Sonka π retweeted
Cassidy Hutchinson on what Trump said about crowds & weapons on Jan 6: "I don't F'ing care that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt me. Take the F'ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in. Take the F'ing mags away."
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A judge kicked a Campbell County commissioner off the general election ballot for illegal electioneering in his narrow GOP primary win in May. cincinnati.com/story/news/20β¦
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