This week, Aaron, Kimberly and Chris battle political corruption, technical difficulties and Project 2025 (and expose KY connections to the nefarious plot), then discuss the KY connections to the Biden Presidential fitness debate before bringing on Randy Cravens - the official democratic candidate for Kentucky’s 6th congressional district. Download it and check out this week's #ColonelsOfTruth!

NEWS OF THE WEAK: https://democracyforward.org/the-peoples-guide-to-project-2025/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-president-project-2025-33d3fc2999a74f4aa424f1128dca2d16

https://bookshop.org/p/books/secret-empires-how-the-american-political-class-hides-corruption-and-enriches-family-and-friends-peter-schweizer/6438801?

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article289712814.html https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/we-are-not-going-to-win-in-november-with-this-president-george-clooney-calls-on-gov-andy-beshear-other-democrats-to-enter-2024-nominee-race/

INTERVIEW: Randy Cravens, Dem Candidate, KY-6

https://www.randycravens.com/ CALL TO ACTION: Join a Project 2025 Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/9vK37kXuvB4DMAo3/

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Nate, Nema and Chris discuss the breaking Kentucky political news of the weak - with a special message to MSNBC’s bookers, then we’ve got an exciting interview for you - we speak with Kentucky’s Poet Laureate, author of “Lark Ascending” and Appalachian Ambassador, Silas House - Finally, we close out with an important call to action.
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NEWS OF THE WEAK:
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/vp-harris-in-state-after-state-we-are-seeing-trump-abortion-bans-213542469584
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article289474480.html
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article289489352.html
https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/06/24/nonprofits-team-with-state-federal-governments-to-tackle-housing-shortage-in-eastern-kentucky/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Stone-v-Graham
INTERVIEW: Silas House
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Kimberly, Doug and Martina cover the breaking political news from Kentucky, and then interview Hadley Duvall, the heroic sexual abuse survivor who reclaimed her story and helped swing last year’s elections. Finally, we close out with a critical call to action to protect public education.

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NEWS OF THE WEAK:

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/05/10/unopposed-stivers-dips-into-stuffed-war-chest-to-boost-republicans-entertain-supporters/

https://www.lex18.com/news/state-of-the-commonwealth/kentucky-senate-president-robert-stivers-to-seek-reelection-in-2024 https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-06-07/kentucky-supreme-court-rules-rep-kulkarnis-primary-candidacy-disqualified https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/06/09/profile-in-courage-kentuckian-michael-adams-honored-for-protecting-election-integrity/ https://archive.kftc.org/election/secretary-of-state/michael-g-adams INTERVIEW: Hadley Duvall

CALL TO ACTION: Defend KY Public Education! Defeat Amd. 2!

Join the launch event in Louisville: https://www.mobilize.us/protectourschoolsky/event/629502/ Watch/share KY Policy Center's video why Amd 2 is such a problem for our commonwealth.

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Aaron, Kimberly and Dr. Clardy review the Kentucky political establishment's responses to the historic jury decision last week, then talk with Blair Haydon, the executive director of Emerge Kentucky, an important group changing the electoral landscape of our commonwealth.

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NEWS OF THE WEAK:

https://x.com/KYGOP/status/1796351966915994016 https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1796298465837809831

https://x.com/RepMcGarvey/status/1796306439721587171 https://x.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1796343412914004233 https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1796288983841779779

https://x.com/barrforcongress/status/1796288134231286184

https://x.com/randycravens/status/1796320554028581121

https://x.com/KyWhitney/status/1796293356613517812 INTERVIEW: Blair Haydon, Emerge Kentucky

https://ky.emergeamerica.org/

CALL TO ACTION: Join a Protect Our Schools KY launch event to reject Amd. 2 and keep public dollars for public schools!

Tuesday, June 11th: 5:30 at the Eastside Public Library https://www.mobilize.us/protectourschoolsky/event/629237/

Louisville Launch - June 18th: 6pm TBD

https://www.mobilize.us/protectourschoolsky/event/629502/

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This week, Nema, Dr. Clardy and Aaron get a legislative update from Lexington’s own, Rep. Chad Aull, from LD 79 here in Fayette County - we quiz him on what was the SINGLE WORST piece of legislation that the GOP super majority foisted on the commonwealth, and what the prospects are for breaking that super-majority in the next General Assembly. Then in the news of the week, our hosts update you on Governor Beshear's new executive actions on a couple of racially-charged issues that the legislature failed to address, and then we close out with our call to action! #ColonelsOfTruth #ProgressKentucky

GUEST: Representative Chad Aull (LD 79)

NEWS OF THE WEAK:

https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-05-24/kentucky-gov-andy-beshear-declares-juneteenth-a-state-holiday

https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-05-25/ky-gov-beshear-signs-order-banning-race-based-hair-discrimination

CALL TO ACTION:

Do you agree with Rep. Aull about the worst bill of the GA? Vote in our poll and help us tell the story of KYGA24! https://bit.ly/bad-ky-bills

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Aaron, Nate and Martina are back after an unintentional week long hiatus - This week's episode brings you a breakdown of the just-wrapped Kentucky primary (including Martina's personal story of being dragged into a GOP race). From Thomas Jefferson to Randy Cravens, we'll let you know about Tuesday's big winners, as well as big losers (bye bye Sen. Southworth). Then we get a labor update from new Kentucky AFL-CIO president, Dustin Reinstedler, before we wrap up with our Call to Action.

NEWS OF THE WEAK:

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/05/22/field-is-set-for-open-seats-in-the-kentucky-general-assembly/

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/05/21/few-upsets-as-kentuckians-nominate-candidates-for-november-election/

https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-05-21/three-gop-incumbents-in-kentucky-legislature-defeated-in-primary

https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/liveresults/

INTERVIEW: Dustin Reinstedler, KY AFL-CIO

https://ky.aflcio.org/

CALL TO ACTION: Postcards to Swing States! https://www.turnoutpac.org/postcards/

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This week, Doug and Dr. Clardy discuss the breaking Kentucky political news of the weak, including an update on political spending for the upcoming primaries, a conversation about education spending and teacher pay in the Commonwealth and then we’ll take a look at the big political donors behind Rand Paul and Kentucky's upcoming elections with Kentucky Lantern reporter and Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame member, Tom Loftus. We then close out with a critical call to action urging EVERYONE to vote on Frankfort's worst law of the 2024 session. #KYGA24

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NEWS OF THE WEAK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbdK6a7svp4

https://forwardky.com/heres-the-finances-for-12-competitive-primaries/?ref=the-weekly-update-newsletter https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisvilles-longtime-state-rep-mary-lou-marzian-withdraws-from-may-primary/article_a384f92c-aebf-11ec-b006-573a6a768502.html

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/05/02/kentucky-falls-to-41st-in-average-teacher-pay/

https://www.wkyt.com/2024/05/08/both-sides-speak-out-after-fcps-work-session-sparks-controversy/?outputType=amp

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/04/05/republican-party-of-kentucky-building-fund-hits-2-9-million-with-horse-racing-interests-help/

CALL TO ACTION: We can't vote IN Frankfort, but help Progress Kentucky vote ON Frankfort - which law of the 2024 session was the WORST? So many bad bills, we need your help to pick the WORST.

https://bit.ly/bad-ky-bills

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