61smarsh
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Mom, grandmother, wife, RN, BBN fan. “What’s comin’ will come and we’ll meet it when it does.” Hagrid
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"This is not going to save them."
Did you know Kentucky loses more rural health care funding to Trump's federal budget than any other state? KY GOP congressmen did, and they voted for it anyway.
Did you know Kentucky loses more rural health care funding to Trump's federal budget than any other state? KY GOP congressmen did, and they voted for it anyway.
'This is not going to save them': Kentucky submits application for federal funds aimed at shoring up rural health systems
Kentucky has submitted its application for a new federal grant program touted as a way of stabilizing the rural health system as massive Medicare cuts take effect. But state lawmakers and health offic...
www.wuky.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"This is not going to save them."
Did you know Kentucky loses more rural health care funding to Trump's federal budget than any other state? KY GOP congressmen did, and they voted for it anyway.
Did you know Kentucky loses more rural health care funding to Trump's federal budget than any other state? KY GOP congressmen did, and they voted for it anyway.
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
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My latest, pouring through the latest FEC filings of the GOP and Democratic candidates running for #kysen in Kentucky. 👇
Republicans running for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open seat in Kentucky, along with outside PACs, have already raised and spent millions of dollars. Here's a look at the campaign finance in that GOP primary, as well the Democratic candidates running for that seat. #kysen
Kentucky candidates already raising and spending large sums in U.S. Senate race
Republicans running for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open seat in Kentucky, along with outside PACs, have already raised and spent millions of dollars.
www.lpm.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My latest, pouring through the latest FEC filings of the GOP and Democratic candidates running for #kysen in Kentucky. 👇
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The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.
The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.
Kentucky NWS office in Jackson was staffed amid severe weather, despite shortages.
The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.
www.weku.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.
The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.
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A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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For the weekend reading crowd: I wrote in @theguardian.com about how I chose to write a love story during the pandemic, the frustration and glory of Black archives,--and the 160+ Y.O letter that inspired it all! You can see for yourself!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Love endures all, including slavery and the pandemic. I wanted to show how
In early 2020, separated from my family and friends during the pandemic, I made up my mind to write a love story
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For the weekend reading crowd: I wrote in @theguardian.com about how I chose to write a love story during the pandemic, the frustration and glory of Black archives,--and the 160+ Y.O letter that inspired it all! You can see for yourself!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan.
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
March 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan.
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Thinking about making choices… 🙄💯🙋🏻
March 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Thinking about making choices… 🙄💯🙋🏻
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John Prine | October Press Letterpress
John Prine (October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020). American singer-songwriter.
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March 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
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February 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Oh also, Kentucky now has a measles case
Kentuckian has confirmed case of measles • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentuckian has measles after traveling internationally “to an area with ongoing measles transmission."
kentuckylantern.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oh also, Kentucky now has a measles case
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Kentucky lawmakers are looking to merge the "Make America Healthy Again" — sometimes called #MAHA — movement with state health policies.
Kennedy's 'MAHA' movement gains traction in the Kentucky General Assembly
Kentucky lawmakers are looking to merge the "Make America Healthy Again" — sometimes called MAHA — movement with state health policies.
www.wuky.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Kentucky lawmakers are looking to merge the "Make America Healthy Again" — sometimes called #MAHA — movement with state health policies.
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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Email from a Federal Worker at EPA to Lee Zeldin
I have obtained a copy of - and permission to publish - an email sent from Jason Poe to the EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Jason has asked me to share this email, along with his name, with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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There is a lot of news in tomorrow's edition, so sign up now if you haven't already: www.kentucky.com/newsletters
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February 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reminder: the Herald-Leader has a Kentucky politics and government newsletter that is both free and reliably delivered to your inbox first thing every Wednesday morning.
There is a lot of news in tomorrow's edition, so sign up now if you haven't already: www.kentucky.com/newsletters
There is a lot of news in tomorrow's edition, so sign up now if you haven't already: www.kentucky.com/newsletters
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Pretty please! With sugar on top!
February 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Pretty please! With sugar on top!
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This is correct.
So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is correct.
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On our Instagram page, a commenter tells us their conversion story from being “school choice” voucher advocate — once they realized what (and who) was really behind it all 👇🏽
#LeesVoucherScam
#LeesVoucherScam
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
On our Instagram page, a commenter tells us their conversion story from being “school choice” voucher advocate — once they realized what (and who) was really behind it all 👇🏽
#LeesVoucherScam
#LeesVoucherScam
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I guarantee you this story by John Cheves is the most upsetting, horrifying and enraging thing you'll read today.
That said, you still need to read this.
That said, you still need to read this.
‘350 pounds of terror.’ How a Kentucky juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two boys www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article298905720.html
‘350 pounds of terror.’ How a KY juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two boys
Investigators faulted the guard, now fired, for excessive force and said neither youth was acting combative. The incidents reflect continued problems with Kentucky’s juvenile justice system.
www.kentucky.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I guarantee you this story by John Cheves is the most upsetting, horrifying and enraging thing you'll read today.
That said, you still need to read this.
That said, you still need to read this.