Seth Drake
@sethdrakeky.bsky.social
Dog dad. Amateur banjo player. Big believer in bourbon, Kentucky, and doing what’s right. Thoughts my own.🏳️🌈
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KY’s Beshear joins legal challenge to Trump administration’s planned shutdown of SNAP food assistance in November.
Food banks in Kentucky were already feeling pressure.
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Food banks in Kentucky were already feeling pressure.
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KY’s Beshear joins challenge to Trump administration’s shutdown of SNAP food assistance • Kentucky Lantern
Gov. Andy Beshear is one of two dozen officials suing the Trump administration over its halt of food benefits to 42 million Americans.
kentuckylantern.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
KY’s Beshear joins legal challenge to Trump administration’s planned shutdown of SNAP food assistance in November.
Food banks in Kentucky were already feeling pressure.
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Food banks in Kentucky were already feeling pressure.
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LGBTQ+ Kentuckians know that #PRIDE is about courage. The courage to live authentically. To love openly. To speak out, even when it’s hard.
This June, let us celebrate our community’s strength and recommit to building a Commonwealth that upholds our dignity, not denies it. 🏳️🌈
This June, let us celebrate our community’s strength and recommit to building a Commonwealth that upholds our dignity, not denies it. 🏳️🌈
June 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
LGBTQ+ Kentuckians know that #PRIDE is about courage. The courage to live authentically. To love openly. To speak out, even when it’s hard.
This June, let us celebrate our community’s strength and recommit to building a Commonwealth that upholds our dignity, not denies it. 🏳️🌈
This June, let us celebrate our community’s strength and recommit to building a Commonwealth that upholds our dignity, not denies it. 🏳️🌈
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Even though overdose deaths have declined over the last three years, Kentucky still has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States, according to a national report released today.
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KY still pays price for one of nation's highest rates of opioid use disorder, says new report • Kentucky Lantern
Though overdose deaths declined over the last three years, Kentucky still has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder in the country.
kentuckylantern.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Even though overdose deaths have declined over the last three years, Kentucky still has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States, according to a national report released today.
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The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.
By @ninatotenberg.bsky.social
By @ninatotenberg.bsky.social
Supreme Court weighs whether birthright citizenship can remain law in America
The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The arguments focused on a separate question: can federal district court judges rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.
By @ninatotenberg.bsky.social
By @ninatotenberg.bsky.social
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Republicans in Congress are looking for cuts to Medicaid to help offset the costs of extending tax cuts. But the leading plans would increase the share of Americans who are uninsured, a review by the Congressional Budget Office estimated.
G.O.P. Plans to Cut Medicaid Would Save Billions but Leave More Uninsured, Budget Office Says
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Republicans in Congress are looking for cuts to Medicaid to help offset the costs of extending tax cuts. But the leading plans would increase the share of Americans who are uninsured, a review by the Congressional Budget Office estimated.
LGBTQ+ Americans are building political power at every level of government.
Excited to join other policy leaders & the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social
in Houston to learn how we build this momentum in Kentucky! 🏳️🌈🙌
Excited to join other policy leaders & the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social
in Houston to learn how we build this momentum in Kentucky! 🏳️🌈🙌
LGBTQ+ Victory Institute Welcomes 120 LGBTQ+ Leaders to its 2025 Candidate & Campaign Trainings
LGBTQ+ Victory Institute is proud to announce that an incredibly impressive group of 120 LGBTQ+ leaders have been invited to participate in one of its flagship 2025 Candidate & Campaign Training progr...
victoryinstitute.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
LGBTQ+ Americans are building political power at every level of government.
Excited to join other policy leaders & the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social
in Houston to learn how we build this momentum in Kentucky! 🏳️🌈🙌
Excited to join other policy leaders & the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social
in Houston to learn how we build this momentum in Kentucky! 🏳️🌈🙌
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USAID should be an independent voice for US soft power, and any efforts to reorganize it must go through Congress.
RMs Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz letter to USAID acting Administrator:
RMs Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz letter to USAID acting Administrator:
February 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
USAID should be an independent voice for US soft power, and any efforts to reorganize it must go through Congress.
RMs Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz letter to USAID acting Administrator:
RMs Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz letter to USAID acting Administrator:
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All students are guaranteed the right to attend school.
Every child has the right to an education, regardless of immigration status, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.
https://buff.ly/4aIOMc0
Every child has the right to an education, regardless of immigration status, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.
https://buff.ly/4aIOMc0
January 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
All students are guaranteed the right to attend school.
Every child has the right to an education, regardless of immigration status, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.
https://buff.ly/4aIOMc0
Every child has the right to an education, regardless of immigration status, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.
https://buff.ly/4aIOMc0
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"The Constitution grants us the power of the purse. This is money that has already been put in the bank accounts by Congress. It has already been spent."
US representative from Kentucky calls Trump administration's federal loan pause unconstitutional
U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-KY, called President Donald Trump's pause on federal grants and loans unconstitutional.
www.wdrb.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"The Constitution grants us the power of the purse. This is money that has already been put in the bank accounts by Congress. It has already been spent."
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Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
2025 House Appropriations Chair: "Appropriations is not a law."
2025 House Appropriations Chair: "Appropriations is not a law."
Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
2025 House Appropriations Chair: "Appropriations is not a law."
2025 House Appropriations Chair: "Appropriations is not a law."
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The @aclu.org & immigrant rights orgs have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
“We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”
“We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship in executive order www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g...
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship in executive order
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The @aclu.org & immigrant rights orgs have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
“We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”
“We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”