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The New Civil Rights Movement: Forbes Adds It Up: Trump Is $1.1 Billion in Debt

By DAVID BADASH

Forbes says President Donald Trump is a billionaire, but he’s more than a billion dollars in debt.

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.

From the KDP: Matt Bevin is Doubling Down on His New Attack on Health Care for People With Pre-Existing Conditions

Kentucky Democratic Party

“Association health plan rule harms people with preexisting conditions the most…” - Families USA

From Slate: It’s Mitch McConnell’s Swamp. We Just Live in It.

Thanks to Liles Taylor for sending us this.

How did the Senate majority leader and Elaine Chao pave a path for $78 million worth of grants to find their way back to Kentucky?

By MARY HARRIS