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From Medium.com: A post-election analysis of Kentucky

Thanks to Herb Pritchett for sending us this.

By BEN SELF

Chair, Kentucky Democratic Party

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2018

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Fatal Flaws is a must read

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Bill Finn for sending us this example of investigative reporting at its finest. We echo his words:

From Alternet: This neuroscientist details the 14 distinct cognitive flaws that lead people to become hard-core Trump supporters

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Jeff Wiggins for sending us this.

These people would follow Trump off a cliff.

By BOBBY AZARIAN

From USA Today: Critics denounce 'low energy' Donald Trump for skipping WWI cemetery ceremony

Thanks to Judy Tuggle for sending us this.

By DAVID JACKSON

PARIS – Saturday's rainout of President Donald Trump's visit to a World War I cemetery is drawing catcalls from critics, including Winston Churchill's grandson.

'Rural areas are not buying what Democrats are selling'

By HERB PRITCHETT

Member, Kentucky Democratic Party State Central Executive Committee

Democrats need to understand that our governing systems, state and federal, really are not democracies but rather are democratic republics – and plan accordingly. 

It is not enough to have a simple majority of the voting public on your side. You also have to have a majority of the land mass of a governing unit (nation or state) on your side. 

This obviously applies to Kentucky. Democrats  are winning in the cities and losing in the rural areas.

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