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From the KDP: Five Updates from the Bevin vs. Hampton Feud That Exploded Over the Weekend

Frankfort, KY — As working families continue to unify behind the Beshear/Coleman ticket, Matt Bevin’s nasty “

From The New York Times: A NAFTA that works for workers

By Richard Trumka and Rick Bloomingdale, For The Times

The KEA unanimously endorses Andy Beshear for governor

From the Kentucky Education Association

From the New York Times: Mitch McConnell, Too, Welcomes Russian Interference

Or at least he won’t let Congress do anything to stop it.

By JAMELLE BOUIE

Why won’t Mitch McConnell protect our elections from outside interference?

His Republican colleagues in the Senate want to do something. That’s why some of the most conservative members of his caucus are working with Democrats to improve the nation’s election security.

Washington Post editorial: What a presidential president would say about campaign dirt from a foreign foe

“I THINK you might want to listen; there isn’t anything wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, Norway, ‘We have information on your opponent,’ oh, I think I’d want to hear it,” President Trump said in a Wednesday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “You don’t call the FBI. . . . Give me a break — life doesn’t work that way.”

From The KDP: Was firing of Lt. Gov. staff part of Bevin administration cover-up?

Nasty GOP Family Feud Between Bevin and His Own Lt. Governor Gets Worse

Kentucky Democratic Party

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Fed up with Matt Bevin, a Kentucky Republican starts a GOP for Beshear Facebook group

By PHILIP M. BAILEY

From Forward Kentucky: Dems invite Bevin to pension meeting; Bevin calls it “political stunt”

By FORWARD KENTUCKY

In an effort to collaborate and to head off a disastrous increase in pension contributions for public agencies across the Commonwealth, the House Democratic Caucus leadership sent a letter to Governor Bevin on Wednesday inviting him to meet with the caucus and discuss their concerns with his pension bill. In reply, the governor called the offer a “political stunt,” and said that Democrats were “kicking the can down the road … as you have done for 20 years.”

NPR Podcast: Mitch Part 1: 'Win this thing'

Thanks to Liles Taylor for sending us this.

sMitch McConnell has been described as "opaque," "drab," and even "dull." He is one of the least popular - and most polarizing - politicians in the country. So how did he win eight consecutive elections? And what does it tell us about how he operates?

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Beshear: I'm going to fight...to protect health care for our families."

Attorney Gen. Andy Beshear, the Kentucky State AFL-CIO endorsed Democratic candidate for governor, is taking to social media to directly respond to Gov. Matt Bevin.