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Adam Koenig

@adamkoenig.bsky.social

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Husband, son. ED, KY QH racing Assoc. Former KY State Rep. Conservative. Godfather of sports betting in KY. Passed direct shipment of alcohol and penny breakage. [email protected]

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · Nov 26

Not my first op-ed, but my first as a non elected official. Hope you enjoy!

Linda Blackford @lblackford.bsky.social · Nov 26

Former KY legislator @adamkoenig.bsky.social on the death of Ronald Reagan's Republican Party.
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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me again how this is America first?

Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 1d

Cold shoulder from Canada is costly for American distillers struggling with global trade tensions over Trump tariffs.

Cold shoulder from Canada is costly for American distillers struggling with global trade tensions

American distillers have gotten a costly cold shoulder from Canada. A spirits industry group says spirits exports to Canada plunged 85% earlier this year.

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 5d

Send his ass to jail. No tolerance for people trying to steal elections.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. - Slate apple.news/AmCrpH2rwTP2...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. — Slate

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec votes in one state and lives in another.

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 9d

Fun fact: essential services don’t stop during a shutdown.

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 9d

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Vance: You don't use your policy disagreements as leverage to not have essential services of government actually function

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10d

Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting:

Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial

100%

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 12d

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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve written an article for The Conversation about the so-called “Inconvenient Study,” described as a landmark study demonstrating vaccines cause chronic health conditions in children, highlighting its major design flaws and statistical problems that prevent it from showing what its promoters claim

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 14d

Or….hear me out…, we can undo the illegal tariffs that are causing these difficult times.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Brooke Rollins: "Soybean, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton farmers are facing very difficult times. We are currently in conversations here at the White House, across the government, on a farmer aid package."

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 15d

Well, this is a positive.

Politico @politico.com · 15d

NEW: Trump just reversed his support for Russia to keep Ukrainian territory, arguing Ukraine can and should take it back with the help of NATO allies.

Backing away from Russia, Trump says Ukraine should win back its land and NATO allies should shoot down incursions

The president’s remarks come after a meeting with Ukraine’s president.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 18d

This is my stunned face.

Politico @politico.com · 18d

Border czar Tom Homan was investigated by federal law enforcement last year and allegedly accepted $50k in cash from agents who were posing as business executives seeking government contracts, MSNBC reports.

Border czar Tom Homan was investigated by DOJ for potential bribery, MSNBC reports

In statements to POLITICO, senior Trump administration officials confirmed an investigation but slammed it as "blatantly political."

www.politico.com

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 18d

Guessing they don’t hold Gutfeld to the same standard.

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 19d

This 👇.

Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social · 19d

'Cancel Culture' Wasn’t Defeated — It Was Hijacked mattklewis.substack.com/p/cancel-cul...

'Cancel Culture' Wasn’t Defeated — It Was Hijacked

Once the loudest critics of “woke mobs,” conservatives are now wielding the same tools of censorship — only with more power behind them.

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Who is paying him to keep it quiet?

Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: GOP Lawmaker says the FBI does indeed have a LIST of names of wealthy men who Jeffrey Epstein trafficked victims to, among them he named British banker Jes Staley. List,https://www.miamiherald.com/article312146310.html?giftCode=84626696b99f40a656df0fc384bc9f2db6e809f9f730c8b3b4ab961986e86566

GOP lawmaker makes blockbuster claim: FBI has at least 20 names of suspected Epstein clients

“We know these people exist in the FBI files, the files that you control.”

www.miamiherald.com

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 20d

If only Massie had voted for it the first time

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 22d

This is why I have supported loser pays policy when it comes to lawsuits. This is obviously just simple harassment. If they had to pay for all of the NYT expenses, this suit wouldn’t be filed.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22d

Suspect the NYT lawsuit is very different to those brought against TV news networks. The NYT isn't part of a much larger corporate group, and it interacts much less with federal regulators. Their incentives to fight are much stronger (and it's *such* a flimsy lawsuit).

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22d

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 23d

Or…..and hear me out….he can just properly execute the law and shut them down.

NPR @npr.org · 23d

JUST IN: U.S. officials have announced a "framework" that would let Chinese-owned short video platform TikTok continue operations in the United States, although the two countries are still working out the details.

Officials announce a 'framework' for keeping TikTok online in the U.S.

U.S. officials have announced a "framework" that would let Chinese-owned short video platform TikTok continue operations in the United States, although the two countries are still working out the details.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25d

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 26d

Really didn’t know much about Charlie Kirk, but all I’ve heard is how he was a warrior for free speech.

What exactly would he think of this?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26d

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 27d

Had to do it to compete with Kentucky!

BloodHorse @bloodhorse.com · 27d

They may not be pennies from heaven, but the New York Racing Association has embarked on a new payout format that makes "cents" for bettors.

New York's Penny Breakage Makes 'Cents' for Bettors

They may not be pennies from heaven, but the New York Racing Association has embarked on a new payout format that makes "cents" for bettors.

www.bloodhorse.com

Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · 28d

People hate gerrymandering until they are in power. Then they love it.

That is always the way it works. Always.

NPR @npr.org · 28d

The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.

Why some longtime gerrymandering opponents are reconsidering their strategies

The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.

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Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social · Sep 7

Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces.

Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2

Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues

Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays

I had polio. This is the cost.

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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · Sep 5

I extensively contributed to this fact check on RFK’s critiques and calls to retract a recent Annals of Internal Medicine paper by Danish researchers showing dose of vaccine aluminum adjuvants does not increase risk of any of 50 chronic diseases including autism

www.factcheck.org/2025/09/rfk-...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

Is it the brain worm or is it just RFK being anti-science? He can't even recall basic facts about Covid-19 response when asked by Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social

It’s about time we make this Quack waddle away. #ImpeachRFK

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Adam Koenig @adamkoenig.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here is my theory. It’s not about whether he is in the files. It’s about who is paying him to keep it quiet.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 3

Trump on Epstein: “It's really a Democrat hoax because they're trying to get people to talk about something that's totally irrelevant to the success that we've had as a nation since I've been president.”