Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday
We’ve cross-posted the latest “Cheers and Jeers” from Bill in Portland Maine, including the (satirical) schedule of Justice Alito.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Child tax credit was the hand up many needed
Joe Manchin said people who got the child tax credit would use it to buy drugs. He was wrong. Here’s the facts.
A second report on the BlueGrassRoots conference
Editorial writer Mark Heinz gives his take on the rural conference and on Thomas Frank’s talk.
Democrats DON’T think rural folks are ignorant. So who does?
Do Democrats actually believe rural people are too ignorant to vote for their best interests? Berry Craig digs into that theory.
“It’s the economy, stupid.”
In the midst of all the Democratic gloom-and-doom, could there be a glimmer of hope on the horizon?
Advice for Progressive Menfolk
Eight pieces of advice for progressive men on how to react, and not to react, to the leaked SCOTUS draft on abortion.
Living the dream ... or living IN a dream
Both Democrats and Republicans are living in a dream world of their own making. It is time to wake up, before it is too late.
“Houston, we have a problem”
Just like the Apollo 13 mission, where Jim Lovell famously said “Houston, we have a problem,” the Democratic Party has finally realized they need to fix their standing with the working and middle classes.
Dear Repubs – Here’s the perfect book to go along with SB 1
Dear Repubs – We’ve got the PERFECT book to go along with your “how to teach history” guidance in SB 1. Take a look; you may want to order some reprints!
New poll reveals GOP voters are actually pretty cool with racist, homophobic, antisemitic candidates
Ever wonder why there are so many racist, homophobic, antisemitic, and transphobic GOP candidates?
General Assembly writes the script for the upcoming governor’s race
The end of this year’s KYGA session marks the start of next year’s race for governor. Beshear still has no strong Repub opponent, but he will, and the lege helped write the campaign plan for whomever that will be.
Mitch McConnell’s mockery and hypocrisy
“If there were a ‘Hall of Fame for Hypocrisy,’ Mitch McConnell would be a first-ballot inductee.”
Nine good bills that came out of this year’s KYGA session
Yesterday I laid out 14 really bad bills passed by the General Assembly in this year’s session. In that article, I promised to also point out some good bills that passed this year. Here is that list.
Saying the quiet part out loud — Sedition Edition
Sometimes they inadvertently give away the lie by saying the quiet part out loud.
The 14 worst bills to come out of this year’s KYGA session
In this year’s General Assembly, there were some good bills and some bad ones. And yet, there were some that stood out as being not only bad, but terrible, destructive, short-sighted, or downright mean. Here are the 14 bills that earn the dubious honor of Worst Bills of the 2022 Session.
Fix SB 1: Don’t Make Teaching A Crime
SB 1 has a number of issues – but did you know that a teacher that unknowingly violates it could be charged with a crime? The Prichard Committee tells why.
