Laura T
@ltintcky.bsky.social
Suburban Virginian by birth, rural Kentuckian by residence. Gov’t worker, gardener, old house renovator, book fiend, dog & cat & boy mom, Gen X, post-menopausal, tilting leftward with age. Ryan Blaney (#12) and Bubba Wallace (#23) fan during NASCAR season.
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Laura T
@ltintcky.bsky.social
· May 21
The GOP budget bill would cut up to $300 billion from SNAP over the next ten years.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
“Like taking food from the mouths of babes,” said the Republican Congressman, flicking crumbs from his $2,000 suit.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
Forensics Fraud?
Experts say this video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence. So why is a man still on death row?
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
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CALL FOR PAPERS! The University of Louisville Law Review is hosting a symposium on Defense of Democratic Institutions and is seeking contributing scholars. Paper deadline is December 15. uofllawreview.org/symposium-1
University of Louisville Law Review
The University of Louisville Law Review holds an annual symposium that features the works of authors in a specific area of the law.
uofllawreview.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS! The University of Louisville Law Review is hosting a symposium on Defense of Democratic Institutions and is seeking contributing scholars. Paper deadline is December 15. uofllawreview.org/symposium-1
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From the NTSB preliminary report on the deadly UPS crash. Engine flying off a wing that bursts into flames just as you're lifting off is not good.
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
From the NTSB preliminary report on the deadly UPS crash. Engine flying off a wing that bursts into flames just as you're lifting off is not good.
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The good news is we don't have to make these trades. Just nominate somebody willing to stand up for everyone. Not just because it's the right thing to do; it's a much more compelling message. It's a *winning* message. Trans people would very much like to beat Republicans; they're telling you how.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The good news is we don't have to make these trades. Just nominate somebody willing to stand up for everyone. Not just because it's the right thing to do; it's a much more compelling message. It's a *winning* message. Trans people would very much like to beat Republicans; they're telling you how.
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Last month marked 3 years that I've covered health policy for the Kentucky Lantern.
As I enter this fourth year, please share your thoughts on my coverage. What do you like to read, and what would you like to see more of?
It's anonymous. Thank you kindly.
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As I enter this fourth year, please share your thoughts on my coverage. What do you like to read, and what would you like to see more of?
It's anonymous. Thank you kindly.
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Kentucky Health Policy reporting feedback form
As I enter my fourth year covering health and health policy for the Kentucky Lantern, I'd like to know what's working for my readers and what's not.
Please share your feedback! -- Sarah Ladd
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November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Last month marked 3 years that I've covered health policy for the Kentucky Lantern.
As I enter this fourth year, please share your thoughts on my coverage. What do you like to read, and what would you like to see more of?
It's anonymous. Thank you kindly.
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As I enter this fourth year, please share your thoughts on my coverage. What do you like to read, and what would you like to see more of?
It's anonymous. Thank you kindly.
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Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, many Kentuckians are choosing to withhold spending from Target, Home Depot and Amazon. These corporations have enabled policies that abandon DEI, allow ICE to target families, and prioritize tax breaks over communities. Collective pressure matters. #WeAintBuyingIt
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, many Kentuckians are choosing to withhold spending from Target, Home Depot and Amazon. These corporations have enabled policies that abandon DEI, allow ICE to target families, and prioritize tax breaks over communities. Collective pressure matters. #WeAintBuyingIt
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weaintbuyingit.com | Let’s make our power and presence known.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
weaintbuyingit.com | Let’s make our power and presence known.
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Higher gun ownership rates lead to more gun homicides of pregnant women, new study says.
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Higher gun ownership rates lead to more gun homicides of pregnant women, new study says • Kentucky Lantern
Homicide rates among pregnant women increase with the rate of firearm ownership, finds a state-by-state study.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Higher gun ownership rates lead to more gun homicides of pregnant women, new study says.
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we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis”
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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Philadelphia Snack Bars (2001-2005): Mini cheesecakes on a graham cracker crust, topped with a drizzle of icing. Available in Strawberry, Classic Original, White Chocolate Raspberry, and Chocolate Chip
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Philadelphia Snack Bars (2001-2005): Mini cheesecakes on a graham cracker crust, topped with a drizzle of icing. Available in Strawberry, Classic Original, White Chocolate Raspberry, and Chocolate Chip
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Find out more in the new @kypolicy.bsky.social report, produced with the help of @itep.org, here: 8/ kypolicy.org/kentucky-tax...
State and Federal Tax Cuts of the Last Decade Are Giving an Enormous Windfall to the Wealthiest Kentuckians - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Every year, the state and federal government are giving Kentucky's richest billions in tax breaks at the expense of the rest of us.
kypolicy.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Find out more in the new @kypolicy.bsky.social report, produced with the help of @itep.org, here: 8/ kypolicy.org/kentucky-tax...
Like the proverbial stopped clock, SCOTUS occasionally gets something right.
NEW: Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Like the proverbial stopped clock, SCOTUS occasionally gets something right.
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Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Oh, no. I watched "Shirley Valentine" SO many times. "'e kissed me stretch marks!" RIP.
Rest in peace Pauline Collins.
Shirley Valentine will always be one of the best British movies of all time!
Shirley Valentine will always be one of the best British movies of all time!
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Oh, no. I watched "Shirley Valentine" SO many times. "'e kissed me stretch marks!" RIP.
I feel seen, and I'm not even a writer!
Me, after dinner: Oh, it's still early, I bet I can still get some writing done today.
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I feel seen, and I'm not even a writer!
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Hell, individual big international unions could also do this. Give out grants to working class journalists, fund reporting trips, pay for things like records requests and training—it would be such a good investment.
We used to have a widespread, well-funded labor press. We badly need one now.
We used to have a widespread, well-funded labor press. We badly need one now.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hell, individual big international unions could also do this. Give out grants to working class journalists, fund reporting trips, pay for things like records requests and training—it would be such a good investment.
We used to have a widespread, well-funded labor press. We badly need one now.
We used to have a widespread, well-funded labor press. We badly need one now.
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
Not my congressman, but UGH all the same. He won’t quit until he gets his goddamn prison. 🙄🤬
In case there was any doubt, Congressman Hal Rogers (serving Kentucky's 5th District for 23 terms, since 1981, the longest-serving member of the U.S. House) filed to run for reelection yesterday.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not my congressman, but UGH all the same. He won’t quit until he gets his goddamn prison. 🙄🤬
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NEW: We report daily the number of people being held in LMDC's main jail complex, which remains dangerously overcrowded and understaffed.
Now, at our urging, we now have access to the daily numbers of people being held on 48 ICE detainers.
Now, at our urging, we now have access to the daily numbers of people being held on 48 ICE detainers.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW: We report daily the number of people being held in LMDC's main jail complex, which remains dangerously overcrowded and understaffed.
Now, at our urging, we now have access to the daily numbers of people being held on 48 ICE detainers.
Now, at our urging, we now have access to the daily numbers of people being held on 48 ICE detainers.
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![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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In Pikeville, Kentucky, people gather to trade heirloom seeds that have been passed down for generations.
The Appalachian Seed Swap Sustains The Diversity Of Local Plants And Flavors
The cafeteria at Pike County Central High School is typically crowded with hungry students grabbing a bite between classes. But on the first Saturday of this past April, the main event was all about seeds. The room was full of vendors. One booth sold jam and baked goods. Another had hand-labeled packets of seeds laid out on a white, plastic table.
dailyyonder.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In Pikeville, Kentucky, people gather to trade heirloom seeds that have been passed down for generations.