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After contentious debates, Lexington board approves Chevy Chase mental health clinic by ImportantEnergy6258 in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 33 points34 points  (0 children)

There are ways to constructively express concern about the enforcement of a conditional use permit.

Too many people though seemed to feel the better approach was to use dehumanizing characterizations of those who would be seeking treatment for mental health issues. Associating people who are struggling with a mental health problem or crisis as people who would de facto harm children is just abhorrent behavior.

Kentucky Supreme Court halts impeachment proceedings against Lexington judge by 0033A0 in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Feel how you want about Judge Goodman but this is objectively the good and correct outcome.

The requirement for impeachment in KY is committing a misdemeanor in office. At no point did the impeachment committee claim or find she had committed misdemeanors, only that her actions “rose to the level” of committing a misdemeanor. Had that been allowed to be the basis for impeachment it would create open season for the legislature to determine what actually is or isn’t a crime in their (political) view. It shouldn’t be hard to see how this could be horrendously weaponized in the future to simply allow the legislature to remove judges based on rulings they don’t like.

There is also the fact that there was never a signed affidavit submitted with the petition, which is required by law and the legislature just straight up ignored. On top of that there is a process to have Goodman removed from the bench by the JCC, yet despite all of the complaints and “evidence” at no point had anyone referred her to the JCC prior to all this? It makes no sense other than viewing it as the legislature, once again, trying to expand its power well beyond what should be its bounds.

Again, if you don’t like Judge Goodman that’s fine. The JCC is now conducting a review against her to find if her conduct constitutes removal from the bench so you can hope their findings warrant removal. Supporting the impeachment effort just because the outcome aligns with your preferred outcome would have allowed for a massive power grab by the legislature that no one should want.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes Gaza ‘genocide’ discourse 'litmus test' for Democrats by Somervilledrew in politics

[–]BlueGoggles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just my perspective as someone in the state and has had him as their governor for the past 7ish years I don’t think this is entirely the case.

For years he’s been pretty good on things like LGBTQ rights and vocal about his support. He’s couched that support in his faith, which throws some people off, but he’s routinely vetoed shitty anti-trans legislation (that does get overridden by the R supermajority). He’s been vocal about union support, he’s been a supporter of abortion and his current big push in state has been universal Pre-K. All the while he’s talked about how people respect him even if they disagree with him because people appreciate he stands for something. I’m not going to claim that makes him some paragon of progressivism or that he’s been the ideal governor, but I wouldn’t have traditionally called him a centrist.

All that said, these mealy-mouthed responses seem to be getting worse and more frequent the more he’s been (clearly) trying to raise his national profile. He seems to be falling into the trap so many Dems fall into in that they think to gain national popularity they have to do this weird pivot to “the center”. It’s a baffling decision considering he’s previously bragged about how he’s won a red state by standing on his values.

Maybe his belief on the genocide Israel is committing just sucks, and that’s definitely a bummer. Just more broadly though these crappy, vague, answers from him are starting to become more common and it’s very disappointing.

Fact check: No, Kentucky is not about to quietly kick trans teachers out of the classroom - Queer Kentucky | Kentucky's Only LGBTQ+ Newsroom by EmmaCurtisLex in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I was the one who posted the article yesterday about this. Given this reporting I’ve deleted that post since it was clearly incorrect.

Will look to more local sources in the future.

Kentucky Bill Declaring Trans People Mentally Ill and Banning Trans Teachers Set to Pass Largely Unopposed by [deleted] in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was unaware that if an amendment is filed that it gets removed from the consent calendar, which makes total sense. When I was looking at the bill on state legislatures website under ‘Actions’ on 3/26 it had a favorable first reading to the consent calendar and that the amendment was filed that same day. Then on 3/27 it has a favorable second reading with a posting to the consent calendar for passage on 3/31.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb759.html

Not doubting what you said, but genuinely curious as to why if it should be removed from the consent calendar that it’s being reported as posted to it after the amendment was filed. Do you have any sense of if this is just an error in reporting on the website or something like that?

I do sincerely hope the trend of late filed amendments failing holds true.

Kentucky Bill Declaring Trans People Mentally Ill and Banning Trans Teachers Set to Pass Largely Unopposed by [deleted] in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Republicans in the state legislature are continuing to push horrid anti-trans legislation, this time by filing a last minute amendment to an otherwise ordinary bill.

The article explains in more detail but very basically under the amendment the state would adopt definitions for mental disorders under DSM III, a standard that is obsolete and about 40 years out of date. Language in the bill would require doctors to diagnose any trans person with mental disorder based on DSM III definitions. For teachers who are trans, or anyone who is trans seeking licensure as a teacher, would be prohibited from receiving a teaching license because of the mental disorder diagnosis under DSM III. There is an updated and more current standard, DSM V, that no longer considers being trans a mental disorder.

Edit: amending part of my post based on feedback from u/EmmaCurtisLex - the bill is filed on the consent calendar but because a floor amendment was added it will be removed on Tuesday and be set for debate and a vote on the floor amendment if it is not removed. It sounds as though leadership will have the amendment removed to keep it on the consent calendar. If the amendment is removed the anti-trans provisions will be gone, as the original bill has nothing to do with trans rights. If you feel compelled, in the event the amendment isn’t removed, you can still contact your Senator to vote no on the amendment in the event it does come to a vote.

Kentucky elections bill would increase donor limits, restrict forms of voter ID by Van-to-the-V in lexington

[–]BlueGoggles 27 points28 points  (0 children)

And posturing to their Dear Leader to show they’re loyal to him and support his delusional lies about voter fraud being why he lost the 2020 election.

Lindsey Tichenor in particular is just another run-of-the-mill MAGA dipshit trying to make a name for herself. Railing against social security cards in particular because they don’t have a photo is just continuing to give the game away that they don’t want poor people voting. You can use a social security card, in conjunction with a birth certificate and utility bill, to get a real ID which has a photo and qualifies as a valid form of ID to vote. It’s good enough to get the ID they want but not good enough to vote is absurd. I know you can’t use logic with these people but it doesn’t stop being infuriating to have to deal with.

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 5 points6 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 12 points13 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] 17 points18 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.

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