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.
#ColonelsOfTruth Progress Kentucky
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-marriage/
KY GOP Nazi, Janette Smith (Nelson County GOP), accompanied by Nicholas A. Cipparone, President of Bardstown Rotary Club. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16g34N9Gpi/
Good Economic News from Ford and GE Appliances
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/13/ford-ev-truck-investment-in-kentucky-as-federal-support-dwindles/85607427007/
https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/ge-appliances-to-invest-more-than-3-billion-in-us-operations-including-kentucky/
https://www.wkyt.com/2025/08/06/apple-corning-manufacture-100-percent-iphone-apple-watch-cover-glass-kentucky/
INTERVIEW: Silas House
https://www.silas-house.com/
New Poetry collection, “All These Ghosts” Book giveaway for All These Ghosts by Silas House Aug 08-Aug 22, 2025
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/418762-all-these-ghosts
First Mystery Novel - Dead Man Blues - by S.D. House
https://lexingtonky.news/2025/07/25/kentuckys-own-silas-house-turns-sleuth-with-dead-man-blues/
Bitter Southerner - Letter from Home:
https://bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/silas-house-letter-from-home
CALL TO ACTION: Join us on Labor Day, September 1st - Stand with workers over billionaires!! https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/826076/
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Episode 223 was produced by Annabel!
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