Sometimes witty & occasionally potty-mouthed -Lexington Herald-Leader; Founder of @CapitolReinsPR; host of @KYPolWeekly Podcast
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I love a good "An Act Relating To...". The clear winner early in #KYGA25 was "An Act Relating to Balloons" from Kim Banta but Josh Bray is in the running with "An Act Relating to Poultry."
I'll try to update this thread through session if I remember.
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BREAKING: Brazil’s electoral court president, Kassio Nunes Marques, says there was no rule authorizing the two-hour voting extension.
“Never, in the history of the TSE, has there been ANY extension.”
Looks like Zach Dembo has some friends. Two unregistered on the FEC political groups sending out mail supporting conservative issues for one of the independent candidates. Total hypocrisy from Democrats on campaign finance. #ky6
I hate it when they do it, I have it when my side does it. This isn't about R or D, it's about respect for the law and the integrity of the election. If these jackasses support Dembo, give to the effort to elect him, not to support some independent schmo to hurt Alvarado
Our campaign finance system is broken not because of money in the system but because of idiots Pollyanna morons who think we can take it out. Open the system and mandate transparency. #ky6 #campaignfinance #FEC
Tres Watson retweeted
A State Department official confirmed that a statement posted by Kristi Noem to her official envoy account and personal X account was created using fabricated State Department letterhead and was not an official department press release; first reported by Politico
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Ramaswamy becoming the single most hated candidate of the cycle is crazy work given Paxton is right there
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50% of maga voters sympathize with ukraine, 5% (!) with russia.
bots really have their work cut out for them.
We were running behind and wanted to do this show, usually one of our longest, the justice it deserves, so we handled the federal races today and will be back with a statewide look at state and local races on Tuesday.
Recording our annual @KyPolWeekly election preview this AM! Anybody got any hot local races or ballot initiatives we should cover?
Recording our annual @KyPolWeekly election preview this AM! Anybody got any hot local races or ballot initiatives we should cover?
Tres Watson retweeted
"I’ve never played a single game of baseball. Not once. Never even threw, or caught, a baseball until I was in college. I have no personal connection to the game....For me, the joy of baseball has been walking with my little boy as he grew."
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Not hot: Fayette County School Board bonds
Munis are hot right now: And there's plenty to go around axios.com/2026/10/23/muni-bo…
If @KYAuditor needs a name for the next list to submit, I happily submit my name as tribute.
‘Clear political stunt’: Beshear rejects Ball’s nominees for executive ethics commission kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
Tres Watson retweeted
For those keeping track, at least 4 widely cited polling firms have been exposed for fabricating or manipulating polling data:
- Wedgewood polls
- Median Strategies
- PSI
- SoCal Strategies
These polls, and the surrounding comemntary/reporting, had real impacts on races.
