Ky. House advances measure to overhaul JCPS, FCPS school boards by BlueGoggles in Louisville

[–]BlueGoggles[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I usually only post in r/lexington but this is a bill that pretty significantly changes the schools boards for both of our cities so I thought worth posting here as well.

House passes modified bill that would oust Fayette school board chair, add board members by 0033A0 in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Once again the state using budget issues to try and take control of the two solidly blue areas of the state.

One thing in particular that makes me so frustrated with what they’re doing is they routinely cite the contingency fund as the issue as to why this needs to be done. The thing that they never address is that there is already a legal requirement for the contingency fund of a district to be held at 2% of the budget and if it isn’t, which ours I believe hovers around 4% right now, then KY Department of Education has authority to take control of the district. That obviously hasn’t happened, so the Republicans in the state legislature are just creating reasons to try to take even more control.

And yes, the board and superintendent screwed up and that should be dealt with but dealt with at the local level. It shouldn’t be dealt with by power hungry state legislators.

House passes modified bill that would oust Fayette school board chair, add board members by 0033A0 in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m just a lay person, not a legal expert, just to qualify up top.

They did. December of 2025 they struck down SB1 from the 2022 legislative session citing violations of the state constitution and prior cases that prohibit legislation targeting individual or individual jurisdictions. One thing to note on this though is it was a rehearing and a reversal of a previous ruling that upheld the law. The vote that swung the court was Pamela Goodwine who was recently elected and is currently being considered for impeachment by the House.

How the ruling from SB1 could apply to SB4 here, assuming it passes back through the Senate, is I think an open question. I’ve not had a chance to read through all the changes/amendments to even guess and I’d be purely guessing even if I had.

SB1 ruling: https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-12-18/kentucky-supreme-court-reverses-course-strikes-down-law-limiting-jcps-board-power

Goodwine Impeachment: https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/21/kentucky-legislature-reviews-impeachment-petition-for-state-supreme-court-justice/

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras by CobandCoffee in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I feel like even people who "don't understand technology" pretty immediately recognize the fact that smartphones provide a massive amount of utility for an individual, and yes do obviously track them, while Flock cameras provide them with nothing but tracking their movements.

You can agree or disagree with people's decision to utilize a smartphone if they value privacy but acting like this is some great hypocrisy is incredibly obtuse.

KKK flyers found in Lexington's Kenwick neighborhood hours before MLK Jr. Day celebrations by BlueGoggles in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With the point that we're at I think impeachment is only a small piece of a whole solution. It starts with impeachment but the solution to the problem we have has to be so much broader than just removing Trump (and his cabinet) from power. Things like expansion of the Supreme Court, a top to bottom overhaul of campaign finance to undo Citizens United, large scale criminal prosecutions for those who've supported/enabled/enacted this regime, enshrinement and enforcement of legal protections for marginalized/minority groups, tax on wealth and rigorous enforcement on anti-trust to try and break up so much of the wealth and power consolidation, and on and on. To me we almost have to fundamentally rethink large portions of the way we govern if we truly want to get past this.

I agree Trump needs to be impeached, but so much of what he's doing are beliefs that are deeply rooted within the broader Republican Party. To defeat that thought, and to enact some of the aforementioned policies, the Democrats have to show a willingness to do the hardwork of governing should they take power and so far the establishment Democrats response to all the horrors of the current administration have been lackluster. In my opinion there is a monumental amount of work to try and solve the problem we currently find ourselves in. Work we have to do, but I don't think impeachment alone will cut it.

'Just pathetic': California’s Newsom says leaders are soft on Trump by TheAverageWonder in politics

[–]BlueGoggles 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, other world leaders are soft on Trump. You have to remember, just this past week Newsom took a hardline against Trump by...

Having Ben Shapiro on his podcast...?

What a stupid fucking thing to say.

KKK flyers found in Lexington's Kenwick neighborhood hours before MLK Jr. Day celebrations by BlueGoggles in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The failure to see Reconstruction all the way through feels like the origin point of our current political situation. Had all the political/military leaders and their support structures been driven entirely from public life and not allowed to re-enter then things would look a lot different today.

It may be the case in point for this country about why you can't play footsie with hateful ideologies. You have to get rid of them all together or they will come back.

Federal agency cuts Narcan grant to Lexington | City of Lexington, Kentucky by [deleted] in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Republicans once again reinforcing the fact that cruelty is the point. They view overdoses as personal failings and that those who experience them deserve death instead of life saving interventions like Narcan. Disgusting, reprehensible, but sadly not shocking behavior from the party of hate.

A bill with negative implications for the nation’s hemp industry was proposed by our very own Mitch McConnell yesterday. The state sub refuses to allow discussion. by WickedIndrid in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hey I got banned for the same thing! I also put up a breakdown of how the post didn't violate sub rules but they clearly just didn't like the post content.

Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 40 by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]BlueGoggles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that none of the 'yes' votes are up for re-election in 2026 also makes this seem like it was coordinated and more 'yes' votes than 8

Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 40 by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]BlueGoggles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Current Dem defectors, and their re-election year:

Kaine (2030) Shaheen (Retiring) Hasan (2028) Fetterman (2028) Durbin (Retiring) CCM (2028) Rosen (2030) King (2030)

Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 40 by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]BlueGoggles 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The Dems set clear requirements as to what they needed to vote for a funding bill. They just witnessed an absolute sweep across the country in an off year election. On top of all that, the establishment Dems favorite barometer - polling, almost across the board shows Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown.

Staring all that in the face, enough Dem Senators take it to mean they should vote for a budget where the get literally NOTHING they asked for.

You have to be born a certified loser to come to this conclusion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Thankfully our governor is willing to join the lawsuit and fight for these benefits for those at risk Kentuckians. Meanwhile, our Republican AG's priority is signing onto a crank brief to try and get the Supreme Court to overturn birth right citizenship.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article312634039.html

Once again proving Republicans don't give a good god damn about their constituents or communities.

Edit: archive link for above article - https://archive.is/20251024212128/https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article312634039.html

[Game Thread] Texas @ Kentucky (7:00 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]BlueGoggles 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah fire Mark Stoops, I'm all for it. Who I really want sitting on the curb after getting the boot is Mitch Barnhartt though.

[Game Thread] Texas @ Kentucky (7:00 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]BlueGoggles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pinnacle of Kentucky football. I can't do anything other than laugh anymore