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☆ Barred by Churchill Downs, Bob Baffert Is Welcomed at the Preakness
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The racetrack known as Old Hilltop has long been a safe space for the trainer Bob Baffert. Eight times he has come to Baltimore with a horse fast enough to leave with the blanket of black-eyed Susans that are draped over the withers of the Preakness Stakes winner. The green stakes barn with white trim is a friendly bunker for Baffert. It houses all the horses competing in the second leg of the Triple Crown and is the daylight-to-dusk hub for those who care for them. There are familiar faces, like Baffert’s mentor and friend D. Wayne Lukas, 88, who wears a Stetson better than anyone this side of John Wayne.

Persons: Bob Baffert, D, Wayne Lukas, Stetson, John Wayne, Ken McPeek, Mystik Dan Organizations: Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby Locations: Baltimore

☆ Joe Biden might end up missing Mitch McConnell
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are not friends — at least not in the sense of how any normal person would use the word. Even Obama couldn't help roll his eyes at the narrative of Biden and McConnell's relationship after the 2020 presidential election. "I'm enjoying reading now about how Joe Biden and Mitch have been friends for a long time," Obama told The Atlantic. The Kentucky Republican has also defended NATO, a major defense alliance that Trump has repeatedly questioned over his life. Biden will miss the Kentucky Republican at times.

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☆ McConnell’s GOP critics grow louder as party descends into feud over Ukraine and immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Manu Raju | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Mitch McConnell had long prided himself on maintaining GOP unity during his 17-year tenure as Senate GOP leader. Now they’ve spilled into public view as the Kentucky Republican heads into what could be his final year as leader. “We did what Donald Trump wanted.”With McConnell’s backing, the Senate is now taking a different approach. “Sen Cruz talks every day with his colleagues, and his conversations with fellow senators are confidential,” the Cruz spokesperson said. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama and close Trump ally, said that “everybody” has concerns about McConnell’s handling of the talks.

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☆ Sen. Chris Murphy, who helped broker the failed border security package, says it's 'worrying' that Mitch McConnell couldn't deliver more votes: 'No one is in charge over there'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Chris Murphy said in an interview that "no one" is leading Senate Republicans. "You can't make policy if no one is in charge," Murphy told Politico Magazine. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "I just think it's really worrying that the leader of the Republican Party can't deliver more than four votes." But despite the setback, Murphy told the magazine he remained a "hopeless optimist" regarding the upper chamber.

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☆ Trump and his GOP allies kneecap a border compromise they should have loved
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Bill would mean a huge change in the lawThe border compromise would represent a dramatic change of immigration law on lines many Republicans have long supported. 2 won only GOP support when it passed the House and all those who voted for it knew there was never a chance it could get through a Democratic Senate and White House. “Any national security package has to begin with the security of our own border,” Johnson said in December. “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill,” the ex-president wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “This is the chaos when Donald Trump is back in charge of the Republican Party,” Murphy told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

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☆ In 1870, a Black woman sued her enslaver for reparations and won
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Christine Jean-Baptiste | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewHenrietta Wood was born into slavery to the Tousey family in Kentucky between 1818 and 1820. AdvertisementIn an April 1878 article about Wood's lawsuit, The New York Times suggested that more formerly enslaved Americans may ask for reparations. "The United States Government may be asked to make good the loss of those whose property was suddenly clothed with the right of manhood," The Times wrote. While there has been more vocal support for reparations in recent years, and individual states have instituted their own reparations committees, federal efforts have stalled. Last May, Democratic Rep. Cori Bush proposed Reparations Now, legislation that would push the federal government to provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.

Persons: —, Henrietta Wood, Henry Forsyth, Wood, William Cirode, Cirode, Jane, Jane Cirode, Zebulon Ward, Josephine, Robert White, Wood's, Ward, Caleb McDaniel, …, Danielle Blackman, Jim Crow, Steve Cohen, Cori Bush, Bush Organizations: Service, Business, The New York Times, United, United States Government, Times, Northwestern University's School of Law, Rice University, Seattle Times, Senate, Democratic, Tennessee Locations: Kentucky, Louisville, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hope, Chicago, America, United States

☆ New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu dismisses Rand Paul's website blasting Nikki Haley: 'I'm sorry, but nobody cares what Rand Paul thinks'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Sununu on Friday blasted Rand Paul for launching a "Never Nikki" website to oppose former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's White House bid, arguing that "nobody cares" about the Kentucky senator's thoughts on the race. When the interviewer asked Sununu what Paul's opposition would mean for Haley's campaign, the governor said there wouldn't be any impact. Related stories"What does Rand Paul mean? "I'm sorry, but nobody cares what Rand Paul thinks in this race. "But until then, sorry, Rand Paul.

Persons: —, Chris Sununu, Rand Paul, Nikki, Nikki Haley's, Sununu, Haley, Paul, Kentuckian, Dick Cheney, John McCain, Biden, McConnell, Donald Trump's, Ron DeSantis —, X, Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump Organizations: Service, GOP Gov, Business, US Senate, United Nations, Florida Gov, Trump, Senate, Republican, GOP Locations: Kentucky, Iowa, New Hampshire, it's, South Carolina, Ukraine

☆ McConnell fights for his legacy as he sells a divided GOP on Ukraine funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mitch McConnell is making a very public push to support additional US support for Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe White House has asked for $105 billion for Israel, Ukraine, and to fund border security efforts. While some Senate Republicans are skeptical of Ukraine support, there is much greater opposition in the House. Before former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster, a conservative revolt forced leaders to strip Ukraine aid from the massive bill that funds the Pentagon. The measure failed but 93 Republicans voted in favor of it.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, —, McConnell, Oksana Markarova, SpeakerMike Johnson, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Johnson, Kevin McCarthy's, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie of, Israel, Greene, Matt Gaetz's Organizations: Ukraine, Republican, Service, University of Louisville, Politico, Pentagon, America, Twitter, GOP, Florida Rep Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, U.S, Israel, China, Russia, Iran, United States, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Washington, Florida

Hadley Duvall, the Kentuckian shown in the ad, sounded unmoved by Cameron’s expression of empathy, responding: “It wasn’t really to share my story just with him. It should be their choice.”The ad went viral after its release last month, putting the debate about abortion exceptions at the forefront of the Kentucky governor's race. In the ad, Duvall talks about having been raped by her stepfather when she was 12 years old. Beshear has denounced the near-total abortion ban as extremist, pointing to the lack of rape and incest exceptions. Duvall said Tuesday that she sees Cameron's support of the current ban as untenable.

Persons: Daniel Cameron, Cameron, ”, Andy Beshear's, Hadley Duvall, ” “ Daniel Cameron, Roe, Wade, Joe Biden, Biden, I‘ve, ” Cameron, Beshear, Duvall, “, “ Hadley, I’ve, —, “ It’s Organizations: —, Democratic Gov, Kentucky, Supreme, Beshear, Democratic, GOP, Medicaid, Courier, Associated Press Locations: LOUISVILLE, Ky, U.S, Kentucky, “ Hadley ”, Owensboro

☆ Kentucky's Democratic governor hits GOP opponent over abortion with ad featuring incest survivor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Beshear's ad features an incest survivor who said Cameron's anti-abortion views would have left her without options. Cameron previously appeared to flip-flop over his opposition to rape and incest exceptions to bans. Cameron previously said that he supported Kentucky laws, neither of which has exceptions in the cases of rape or incest. In June, abortion rights advocates vowed to continue fighting the bans that continue to be in effect. In a major vote, Kentuckians in November 2022 rejected an anti-abortion effort that would have denied any state constitutional protections for abortion rights — one of a string of abortion rights victories since Roe was reversed.

Persons: Andy Beshear's, Cameron, Roe, Wade, Daniel Cameron, Hadley, Beshear's, Beshear, Mitch McConnell, Steve Beshear, Joe Biden, Andy Beshear, Kentuckians Organizations: Kentucky Gov, GOP, Service, Wednesday, Republican Party, Democratic, Gov, Republicans Locations: Kentucky, Wall, Silicon

☆ Mitch McConnell left Mitt Romney on read after Romney texted him before January 6 about concerns mobs would burn down McConnell's home and storm the Capitol: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Mitt Romney claims that then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ignored his text before January 6. Romney, after talking to another senator, was reportedly concerned about the Capitol's security. According to "Romney: A Reckoning," Romney then texted the top Senate Republican to share his concerns. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to Coppins, McConnell never replied to Romney's message. Some Republicans are reportedly concerned about what Romney will say about them.

Persons: Sen, Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell, Romney, McConnell, Mitt Romney's, Angus King, King, McKay Coppins, —, Coppins, Eugene Goodman Organizations: Service, Capitol, Electoral College, Pentagon, Republican, DC, Utah Republican, Capitol Police, Republicans Locations: Wall, Silicon, Maine

☆ Tyler Childers Puts His Own Spin on Heartfelt Rural Anthems
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Marissa R. Moss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Childers grew up in East Kentucky in the shadow of the Baptist Church. At 15, Childers moved to a new school, where he coped with being the new kid by spending his lunch playing guitar. When he sings live, his eyes burn with the ferocity of a preacher, and fans hang on to every word. Childers went from opening shows with his band, the Food Stamps, to headlining the same venues in a little over a year. “There are a lot of artists out there trying to do the work,” Childers said.

Persons: Childers, Truckers, ”, who’d, Ricky Skaggs, Kurt Cobain, Sturgill Simpson, “, Breonna Taylor, —, ” Childers Organizations: Baptist Church, Food Locations: East Kentucky, Kentucky, West Virginia, Nashville

Beshear's campaign released a TV ad featuring a prosecutor denouncing the law's lack of exceptions for rape or incest. Matt Bevin played up his opposition to abortion while Beshear focused on education and other issues. Since then, Kentucky's “trigger law” abortion ban — passed in 2019 — took effect when Roe v. Wade was struck down. In Kentucky, Cameron’s office has gone to court to defend the trigger law ban and another anti-abortion state law that outlaws abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. During a GOP primary debate in March, Cameron expressed support for the near-total abortion ban.

Persons: Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Beshear, Erin White, Nobody, ”, Cameron, Beshear “, Joe Biden, Cameron “, Matt Bevin, —, Roe, Wade, ” Cameron, it’s, ” Beshear, ” Addia Wuchner, ” Wuchner, Tamarra Wieder, ” Wieder, “ Cameron, Tate Reeves, Brandon Presley, Emily Wagster Pettus, Sara Cline Organizations: — Democratic, Republican, Republicans, Supreme, Louisville Courier, Democrat Party, Democratic, U.S . Senate, Bluegrass State, U.S, Alliance, Republican Gov, Associated Press Locations: FRANKFORT, Ky, U.S, Kentucky's, Kentucky, ” Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Jackson, Miss, Baton Rouge, La

☆ Mitch McConnell's office releases new health update after second frozen moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s office released an update about the 81-year-old Kentuckian’s health after he froze in front of cameras last week for the second time in as many months. The note from Brian Monahan, the Capitol Hill attending physician, says there is no evidence of a stroke, seizure disorder or movement disorder like Parkinson’s disease. Video Ad Feedback McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters 00:46 - Source: WLWTThe Republican leader’s office had attributed the two frozen moments to “lightheadedness,” and Monahan indicated that it’s “not uncommon” for victims of concussion to feel lightheaded. Video Ad Feedback McConnell freezes during July 2023 press conference 01:07 - Source: CNNMcConnell is expected to make floor remarks about Senate business after the chamber opens at 3 p.m. ET and meet with his leadership team at 5 p.m. for the first time since before the summer break.

Persons: Mitch McConnell’s, Brian Monahan, McConnell, “, ”, Monahan, lightheaded, sidelining, CNN McConnell Organizations: CNN, Republican, Capitol Hill, Senate Locations: Washington

☆ Capitol physician medically clears McConnell after health scares prompt new questions over his leadership position
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the US Capitol physician said Thursday, after he froze for the second time in as many months in public. “I have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team. Even if they have a meeting, there’s no mechanism to force a vote on the party’s leadership. “The leader sounded like his usual self and was in good spirits,” said Ryan Wrasse, a spokesman for Senate GOP Whip John Thune, who spoke to the GOP leader. “Obviously his first responsibility is to the voters of Kentucky,” GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told CNN in July.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, McConnell, “, Dr, Brian Monahan, ”, Monahan, –, hasn’t, McConnell’s, Sen, John Barrasso, Jim Banks, McConnell didn’t, Banks, Joe Biden, neurosurgeons, ” Biden, Ryan Wrasse, John Thune, Kelley Moore, Shelley Moore Capito, “ Sen, Capito, ” Capito’s, GOP Sen, Kevin Cramer of North, ” Cramer, John Cornyn, Cornyn Organizations: Washington CNN, GOP, Capitol, CNN, Republican, West Virginia Republican, Senate, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota Locations: Covington , Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky, “

☆ At New York’s Coenties Slip, an Artist Colony and a ‘Rebellion’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Walker Mimms | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In “The Slip,” Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly researched group biography, six visual artists in different seasons of life and seeking different aesthetic ideals met Barr’s challenge with an unlikely spirit of concert. Beside him is his art school friend Jack Youngerman, painter of shaggy color fields in organic, almost floral forms. Grown bored in postwar Paris, the Jersey boy and the Kentuckian relocated to the abandoned sail-making lofts of Coenties Slip, an old manufacturing block in the toe of Manhattan. From 1956 to around 1964, an artist colony and some truly epochal art took shape there. That scene has long fascinated critics but never been the subject of a researched narrative history until now.

Persons: Prudence Peiffer, ”, Alfred H, Barr Jr, Jackson Pollock, Barr, Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly, Ellsworth Kelly, Jack Youngerman, Youngerman, Youngerman’s, Delphine Seyrig, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Robert Indiana Organizations: New York, Museum of Modern Locations: Paris, Jersey, Manhattan, New Mexico, Minnesota, Chicago, Europe

☆ Opinion | Barbara Kingsolver Thinks Urban Liberals Have It All Wrong on Appalachia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +58 min

It’s like there’s no point in asking who started this because it’s a really, really old antagonism. I think that’s probably what’s most critical right now is that all of our entertainment, our news media, it’s all made in cities. And he’s really pretty horrible, and he doesn’t feed them enough, and that’s really sad. You’re going to have a flat tire, and the guy that pulls up to help you is going to tell your dad within minutes. It’s not like most books you’re going to see.

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☆ Mitch McConnell says Congress can't pass an NIL bill unless universities get their act together
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mitch McConnell urged a majority of universities to get behind a single name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill. NIL has upended college athletics as states jockey to pass the most expansive law. His observation isn't surprising as some universities, governors, and lawmakers see a benefit in allowing each state to determine its own NIL standards. Having a more expansive state law is now an asset akin to a new practice facility or a massive weight room. Missouri's newly passed NIL law is regarded as one of the most expansive in the country, explicitly allowing coaches and school officials to talk about NIL with potential recruits.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, haven't, McConnell, Hugh Hewitt, I've, Charlie Baker, Republican Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Nick Saban, Rand Paul, Paul, LIV Golf Organizations: Service, Republican, NCAA, College, Auburn University football, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Massachusetts, Alabama, Sen, Saudi

☆ Joe Manchin blasts Mitch McConnell's push to go 'all out' to defeat him next year: 'This is what's wrong with this place'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Joe Manchin blasted Mitch McConnell over the GOP leader's plans to defeat him next year. "If you want to know what's wrong with the process, go talk to McConnell," he told CNN's Manu Raju. "This is what's wrong with this place, okay, and I have said this," Manchin said. "And if you want to know what's wrong with the process, go talk to McConnell," he continued. Still, despite the heavy Republican lean of the state, Manchin has managed to thrive where other Democrats have not been able to find success.

☆ Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott on his relationship with Mitch McConnell after a failed challenge to lead Senate Republicans: 'Well, he just kicked me off a committee. So that was pretty petty.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Rick Scott said it was "petty" of Sen. Mitch McConnell to take him off the Commerce Committee. McConnell in a separate Fox News interview denied retaliation and said he had "no animus toward Rick Scott at all." And I gave it to two other senators, no particular reprisal in mind, no animus toward Rick Scott at all," he added. "That was the Scott plan. That was the Rick Scott plan.

☆ Rick Scott launches his Trump-backed challenge of Mitch McConnell to become Senate GOP leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sen. Rick Scott is challenging Mitch McConnell to become the top Senate Republican. Scott's challenge comes as former President Donald Trump and some Senate Republicans blame McConnell for a lackluster midterm election. As Politico broke the news of Scott's challenge, McConnell's allies lashed out. As the leader of Senate Republicans' campaign arm, Scott played a key role in shaping his party's strategy. Unlike McConnell, Scott did not want the GOP to aggressively intervene in contested primaries, which led to Trump-backed challengers like Dr. Mehmet Oz and Don Bolduc emerging in key races in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, respectively.

☆ Ukraine's top diplomat calls out Rand Paul for delaying 'much needed support' he says could be saving lives
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-13 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's top diplomat criticized Sen. Rand Paul for delaying aid to Kyiv. Paul singlehandedly stalled a $40 billion aid bill intended to support Ukraine as it battles Russia. Paul delayed "much needed support" that could save lives, Dmytro Kuleba said in a tweet. @POTUS, @SecBlinken, @SenateGOP, @SenateDems and American people were in strong support, and @RandPaul delayed so much needed support," Kuleba tweeted. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also ripped into Paul for delaying the bill.

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