OPINION AND COMMENTARY
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Earlier this week at a meeting to plan our coverage of the November election, my colleague Austin Horn had an excellent observation.
“The silly season is here and it’s gonna get sillier.”
The past few weeks have made Austin a prophet.
The month started off with dueling campaign finance scandals from Daniel Cameron and Gov. Andy Beshear as the campaigns really heat up. Now, we have a frankly nonsensical story from the Huffington Post about Daniel Cameron’s relationship with his key fob. He doesn’t use it very often, the Huff Post story told us in breathless tones. It would have been useful if his office staff had pointed out a plethora of obvious points: Cameron travels with security, who probably open doors for him. Elected officials work in a variety of places, including home offices. This doesn’t tell us much about his work habits.
But this story obscures the very real work that Cameron is doing to make Kentucky a modern day Gilead when it comes to LGBTQ and women’s reproductive rights. It turns out he’s one of 18 state Attorneys General who has urged federal officials not to allow a new rule to shield medical records. In short, Cameron wants the power to get medical records of people who leave Kentucky to get an abortion or gender affirming care in a state where those things are legal so...
Former Democratic Party lawmaker An Min-suk was elected as the progressive camp’s candidate for the June Gyeonggi Province superintendent of education election. Candidate An said, “I will become a...