Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes refuses to condemn secret recording tactics used against Senator Mitch McConnell.

The fallout continued today from Thursday’s revelation that members of the activist group Progress Kentucky were behind a secret recording of Mitch McConnell’s meeting with aides, and new questions are now being raised about whether Democrat officials were aware of this act of political espionage. Investigative journalist Matthew Vadum reports at the Daily Caller: Shawn Reilly, the executive director of  Progress Kentucky, the controversial super PAC allegedly involved in the  […]

Two days ago. the headline at Mother Jones suggested there was a scandal involving Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell: Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides Weighed Using Judd’s Mental Health and Religion as Political Ammo Aides to the Senate GOP leader talking trash about potential Democrat opponent Ashley Judd? Scandalous! And then the headlines began changing: FBI asked to probe secret recordings of McConnell meeting - CNN McConnell campaign asks for […]

There has been a shooting at Fort Knox in Kentucky shortly after 5PM EST near the Army’s Humans Resources Command, which has 3,800 employees. The army base was on lockdown and traffic shut down in both directions immediately after the shooting. “A Ft. Knox spokesman says the post lifted its lockdown just after 7 p.m., in the midst of a shooting investigation on post.”  (via WDRB)   UPDATED 9:37 PM EST There […]

The much-rumored 2014 campaign by film star Ashley Judd for the Kentucky seat of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not happen. In a series of Twitter messages Wednesday afternoon, Judd told her supporters: Dear Friends, Thank you for these months of remarkable support & encouragement, for your voices, exhortations, & prayers. I have decided. My full statement will soon be on my website, http://ashleyjudd.com. Please know that is my […]

It’s no secret that the Federal incarceration rate has seen rapid growth in recent years while state and local incarceration rates have been on a steady decline. Why the strange divergence? It certainly isn’t because people aren’t breaking the law. A bi-partisan group of Senators believe that comprehensive reform of Federal mandatory minimum laws is the answer. In an attempt to curb these mandatory minimums, Senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and […]

Senator Rand Paul‘s filibuster last week gained much more than just national recognition - it gained an international spotlight for a potential 2016 Presidential bid. Senator Paul has clearly been a favorite amongst the Libertarian party as well as a large, moderate portion of the GOP since his entrance to the US Senate in 2011. Undoubtedly, Paul has been through a serious political makeover in recent weeks and continued tailoring […]

In a speech this morning to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) endorsed a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants. Immigration reform will not occur until conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation…Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport the millions already here Paul said this pathway would not come […]

Buzz about the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination race heated up this afternoon at CPAC when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) followed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on the main stage. Paul’s supporters were in full force and handing out “Stand With Rand” lapel stickers as CPAC attendees poured into the main ballroom.  Excitement for Paul is at a peak following his 13-hour filibuster on the U.S. Senate floor last week against the […]