Progress Kentucky: Colonels of Truth!
#ColonelsOfTruth - Weekly episodes covering breaking political news from Kentucky, and bringing you the informed voices from our commonwealth you want to hear. Progress Kentucky is an all-volunteer group of Central Kentucky activists working to turn our commonwealth purple by educating and engaging voters across the state.
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After covering breaking political news from across the commonwealth, including good news for Democrats in Louisville and bad news for workers in Hardin County, (including a check-in with Hadlee Hadfield w/BlueOval) Aaron and Nate then welcome Vanessa Williamson to the show to discuss her new book, "The Price of Democracy."
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Kimberly, Chris and Aaron cover Kentucky political news of the weak, including a coalition call to ask Governor Andy Beshear to end winter-weather utility shut-offs in our commonwealth. The crew then chat with Kentucky poet, activist and political strategist, Hannah L. Drake. This week's #ColonelsOfTruth worth a listen!!
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Aaron, Kim & Dr. Clardy share and rate a few new political videos that dropped this week, then check in with State Senator Reggie Thomas about his work on AI, and the challenges presented by the state budget. #colonelsoftruth CALL TO ACTION:Join our FLIP THE 6TH Campaign: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/870258/DONATE to our FLIP THE 6TH Stamp Fund!: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/flipkentucky6/NEWS OF THE WEAK:Mass...
Aaron, Nate and Kimberly cover the Kentucky political news of the weak, then bring you Aaron's interview with Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu, who is excited to share our commonwealth's biggest effort to retire medical debt (oh, and we discuss city council's efforts for a new city hall & his thoughts on NO KINGS). #ColonelsOfTruth
NEWS OF THE WEAK:
MAGA Famous - https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/ar...
Aaron and Chris cover KY political news, then have a fairly hopeful & highly informative interview with UK Law Professor and voting rights expert, Josh Douglas. #ColonelsOfTruth
Join the fight to Turn KY Purple - Flip the 6th Volunteer night - First Monday of the Month, Dec. 1st, in Lexington: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/870258/
NEWS OF THE WEAK:
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Aaron, Kim and Dr. Clardy give an update on KY politics, celebrating in the blue glow from Tuesday's election results, tho, as KYSOS Mike Adams helpfully pointed out, none in KY...before delving into the SNAP chaos. After a BIG PLUG for Sunday's #FlipThe6th campaign launch, the Colonels then chat with our final candidate for KY-6, former Lexington city council member, David Kloiber. Finally, we urge folks to take action to ...
Aaron, Kim and Chris highlight KYGOP folks worth adding to our Bitin' List, then look at the looming hunger crisis facing our commonwealth & country. We then check in with FoodChain about how they are gearing up, before finishing the show by interviewing KY-6 candidate and proud mountain dem, Cherlynn Stevenson about what she'd do differently in DC. It's a hummer of a #ColonelsOfTruth this week!
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Aaron, Kim and Nema cover Kentucky's political news of the weak, including fresh items from Kentucky's liber-hair-twins, Rand and Massie, as well as a looming hunger crisis across our commonwealth and country. We also give you a KY #NoKings recap, then check in with Zach Dembo, former federal prosecutor, now a candidate for KY-6.
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NEWS OF THE WEAK:
https://www.kentucky.com/news/pol...
Aaron, Kim and Nate cover the breaking KY political news, then connect with Angela Cooper w/the ACLU of KY in advance of 28 NO KINGS protests happening across our commonwealth - Know your rights as you defend our democracy! Then, we'll kick off our series with the candidates running for KY-6 and hear from Erin Petrey. Don't miss this week's #ColonelsOfTruth
NEWS OF THE WEAK:
New GOP candidate for KY-6
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Aaron & Chris cover the political news out of Kentucky, including a mom/fighter pilot who just upended the Dem race for Senator Mitch McConnell's empty seat, as well as some crypto-corruption out of Frankfort brought to us by Sen. Bitcoin Brandon Smith - then we check in on NO KINGS protests happening across the commonwealth, hearing from good-trouble organizers in Paducah, Bowling Green, Louisville, Lexington, and Owensbor...
Aaron, Kim and Dr. Clardy discuss the breaking KY political news of the week, including the shutdown and the GOP toxic twins (to Trump) Massie and Rand, check in with Brother Christian who wrote a powerful letter to Hal Rogers urging healing for his flock, then get an update on our commonwealth's fiscal picture for schools and hospitals in the face of deep federal funding cuts, from Jason Bailey with the KY Center for Economic ...
Aaron and Nema share breaking news from the Lexington school board, and a "Bad Russell" update, focusing on AG Coleman's bad-faith efforts to roll back climate pollution laws as well as his efforts to reinstate the death penalty - the latter coming to us from Russell Allen with the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
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NEWS OF THE WEAK:
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On this week's #ColonelsOfTruth Aaron and Nate are focused on the SENATE, where Rand Paul was up to his old tricks, and where the race to become the next Mitch McConnell took some interesting turns - THEN we chat with Andy McDonald - the chair of the KY Solar Energy Society - we discuss our upcoming event SUN DAY - this Sunday in Frankfort, and Andy gives us the why and how for that.
THEN, we’re joined by Victoria Stevens, w...
Andy, Massie, Comer, even Rand Paul - everywhere you look, Kentucky's politicians are in the spotlight. Aaron & Chris will break down what it means for our commonwealth, then check in with Forward Kentucky's Bruce Maples about his fast-approaching Summit 2025, a great online event for KY's progressive change-makers. #ColonelsOfTruth
NEWS OF THE WEAK
STORY 1: Massie’s got a spine, Lincoln Project interview:
This week, Aaron and Kim bring you some developments in key federal races we’re watching right now, and an exciting update on union organizing here in KY. THEN, very excited to be joined by Dee Davis, the Director of the Center for Rural Strategies, perhaps best known st the organization who publishes the Daily Yonder - a great, rural-focused news website - as Democrats realize they have been largely shut out by rural voters, and ...
Aaron, Kim (from S. Korea!) and a returning Nato cover bipartisan signs of hope in Frankfort, a legal defense of one of KY’s few progressive policies, and how constituents are pressuring one of KY’s highest profile House GOP members - then we check in with Dustin Reinstedler, the president of Kentucky’s AFL-CIO, in advance of a seeming momentous Labor Day - we’ll hear about the state of labor, workers, and how we can fight against ...
Aaron, Nema and Kim cover KY political news, including the Gov's last shot at Pre-K, then dig into Kentucky and Trump's fascination with coal and oil with preeminent climate author and activist Bill McKibben, in a conversation inspired and informed by his new book, "Here Comes the Sun," out NOW!
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NEWS OF THE WEAK:
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/13/pre-k-sets-kids-on...
Aaron, Chris and Annabel cover the breaking political news out of Kentucky, then ask KY Poet Laureate Silas House what it means to love rural Kentucky while adamantly opposing their preferred President and his agenda.
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BITIN' LIST: https://youtu.be/vkeP-swMgZ8
NEWS OF THE WEAK:
Ugh, Kim Davis is back https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/will-the-supreme-court-revisit-its-ruling-on-same-sex-m...
Aaron, Kim and Dr. Clardy cover the political news from the commonwealth, including updates to the race to succeed Mitch, who's backing an anti-Massie PAC, and Gov. Beshear's legal action against the Trump Administration. Then, Elisa Owen from the Kentucky Sierra Club joins the team in the Campaign Corner for an important update on a looming Public Service Commission decision on new, expensive, gas-fired power plants sought...
Kimberly, + Betsy cover the breaking Kentucky political news of the week, then interview Medicaid advocate, April Vernon
NEWS OF THE WEAK:
Is Fancy Farm still relevant?? KDP Exec Director says no…
(annabel says yes, IMHO)
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article311490388.h...
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