Joe Gerth
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Native Louisvillian. Columnist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Courier-Journal. Was once trolled by a preschool.
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This is the first time I’ve ever been trolled by a preschool. 😂
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"I think that's an admission that perhaps the president and the majority leader, perhaps, cannot handle the job." -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when asked about Mitch McConnell's statement that impeachment diverted Donald Trump's attention away from the coronavirus.
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Great news today that the Kentucky Supreme Court has struck down the plan to divert state education dollars to private schools. It was a scam. It is a scam.
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A CBS News poll found that 57 percent of Republicans think the number of dead due to the coronavirus is acceptable. Think about that -- 180,000 dead. Acceptable.
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Oh, and I had a hunch the Russians were involved nearly a year and a half ago when Braidy didn't want its employees criticizing the president.
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Super proud of Kentucky's court system today. Got two major things right. First -- Supremes stayed the lower courts orders that struck down Beshear's COVID directives. Second -- Jeff County Attorney Mike O'Connell dismissed felony charges against 87 protesters.
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Ever since Nov. 5, people have asked me if
@MattBevin
will run for anything again. He pardoned one guy who killed a 9-year-old and another who beheaded a woman and stuffed her body in a barrel. That's an emphatic "NO."
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This type of violence will spread. The Kentucky General Assembly must pass legislation banning guns in the Kentucky Capitol.
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I made a quick stop at Kroger and EVERYBODY has masks on. And they were wearing them properly -- covering their noses and mouths.
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Dog so embarrassed, he moves to the back seat.
Homegirl got caught in the middle of doing a Tik Tok - and I am dead...😂🤣😭💀💀
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I think I've gotten more calls and emails from people telling me that they disagree with me 95 percent of the time but that this column nailed it than any other column I've written.
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Kentucky: “Hold my beer.”
My two US Senators in Florida are
@marcorubio
and
@SenRickScott
.
Dare you to try and top that for the most dreadful Senate representation in all of the fifty states.
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To everyone coming to Louisville tomorrow, to everyone going downtown, whether you're with a black militia, a white militia or no militia, please leave your guns at home.
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Words to live by. “Don’t be a dumbass.”
“As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it. Don’t be a dumbass.”
Dolly - on removing the word "Dixie" from Dollywood.
Dolly Parton for the win...
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Time for a hot take: If you hollered "Blue Lives Matter" during the protests last year but support what happened Wednesday in Washington, you don't give a damn about "Blue Lives." You just hate black people.
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This is in Marshall County. MARSHALL COUNTY. There was a BLM rally earlier in Corbin. CORBIN.
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The Supreme Court of Kentucky has blocked all orders suspending Beshear's coronavirus directives and will decide the outcome of them. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton may have just stopped Attorney General Daniel Cameron from killing people.
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What do you say
@DanielCameronAG
?
Dr. Anthony Fauci says partisanship is hurting the US response to Covid-19
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More than a dozen protesters were arrested at the Kentucky Capitol today. They didn’t break windows, smear feces on the wall. They didn’t beat police officers with poles or steal the speaker’s lectern. Yet they were arrested.
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I've had my fill of these jerks who care more about taking your money than saving your life.
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If the things that were important to Tyler are important to you, please consider filling this up.
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If you support this policy and claim to be a Christian, please explain how it meshes with Christ’s teachings.
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So … he supports law enforcement when they are shooting people in their homes but opposes law enforcement when it carries out a professional search of a home where no one is injured. Seems … odd.
President Trump is a fighter. No raid at Mar-a-Lago is going to stop him from working hard for the American people. Folks here in Kentucky will always support someone the media despises and the left hates, because it means that person is standing up for their values.
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If you know Patrick Butler, tell him he’s a vile piece of shit.
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This is what we're talking about when we talk about systemic racism, folks. The Navy Seal Museum, last year, did a demonstration with attack dogs going after someone dressed like Colin Kaepernick.
Disgusting. Hateful. Pathetic. Shameful. Little d*ick energy...
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Those of you who are arguing that 1) Getting rid of the Jefferson Davis statue is getting rid of our history, and 2) That the American Civil War was not about slavery -- You don't know or don't care about history.
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I can’t stop laughing about the fact that Republicans are losing their minds over the fact that the Kentucky Department of Education is telling schools to follow the law that Republicans passed.
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You can take the boy out of Alabama but you can’t take the Alabama out of the boy.
I was a 16-yro HS JR in 1985 when a newly elected Kentucky senator flew in a helicopter to our school football field (Owensboro, Ky). We were made to “welcome” him on the field. He exited the helicopter w a confedrate bumper sticker on his briefcase.
I left & got a “detention.”
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Has there ever been anything more on-brand than Trump refusing to pay Giuliani?
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Today,
@louisvillemayor
announced a "top-to-bottom review" of LMPD. He did that 1 day after a protester asked him for that at a protest -- his 1st appearance at a protest, 6 hours after the Courier Journal called him out for avoiding them. PROTESTS MATTER. NEWSPAPERS MATTER.
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This is happening in a town that 101 years ago rounded up all the African Americans who lived there, put them on trains and expelled them from the city.
The
#BlackLivesMatter
rally in downtown Corbin is scheduled to go until 9:30 tonight, and will resume Friday and Saturday evenings.
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Understand what the US government is doing here. Kentucky buys PPE, it’s then seized by the federal government, which then turns it over to private distributors, who then sell it to the highest bidder.
This is so important for everyone to understand. This explains why Governors say: I'm not getting the supplies I need - yet
@POTUS
says we are sending tons of supplies: It's going from the federal govt to commercial distributors who then deliver to the highest bidder: states!
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My favorite email of the day from a realtor in Louisville. "You are a discussing human being for the things you printed on 12/30/20." I responded and told her I discuss a lot of things.
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Kentucky General Assembly needs to address this now, more than ever, following Wednesday’s riot in Washington.
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Is it any surprise the junior Senator from Kentucky, who once said the Civil Rights Act went to far, made the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court wait -- and then voted "No?"
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Translated: Some Kentuckians fear black people more than they fear cancer.
UofL Health is seeking $25m from the Kentucky Legislature to build a cancer center in Bullitt County because downtown Louisville can intimidate some patients.
“People … don’t mind driving but they don’t want to come to downtown,” said
@DrJtrauma
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Ok, here's my challenge to all members of the Kentucky General Assembly - regardless of party and irrespective of the new executive order - post messages recommending your constituents to wear masks because it can save lives.
@KYSenateDems
@KYSenateGOP
@KYHouseGOP
@kyhousedems
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Hey, Louisville media -- If the governor or any politician refuses to answer one of your brethren's questions and disrespects them at a press conference, you should parrot that same question right back to that politician. Don't let these asshat politicians get away with that.
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The constitutional amendment that passed the Kentucky state house yesterday would allow your tax dollars to go to schools that teach that dinosaurs once roamed the earth with humans and that there were T-Rexes on Noah's arc.
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It appears that
@realDonaldTrump
has finally gotten the crowd outside the White House that he dreamt about on his inauguration four years ago.
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I criticized Beshear for not taking action. Today, I give him credit. He ordered schools to require masks. Good for him.
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To those of you who are pretending that you didn't have a choice in voting for Trump because Hillary Clinton would have been worse. Just stop it. Stop lying to us. Stop lying to yourself.
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Courier Journal endorses state Rep. Charles Booker in race to challenge U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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Didn't this guy vote against the infrastructure bill? 👀
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Waiting for a Catholic archbishop to withhold communion from an NRA backing, Catholic politician because of their cooperation with evil.
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OK, here's the thing about Thom Brennaman and his anti-gay slur. It's not that he was caught on a hot mic saying it. It's that he felt comfortable using it in the workplace when he thought the mic was off. the "hot mic" part is only important because that's how he got caught.
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I'm unbelievably proud of my colleagues for their work covering the stories of the ill-conceived pardons by our former governor. Journalism matters.
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Amazing statistic of the day, Kentucky has as many SEC wins as Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Auburn, Mizzou, and Vandy combined.
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The articles of impeachment have been filed against Donald Trump. Some have called for unity instead of impeachment. I think we should show unity by all 435 members of the U.S. House voting for the articles.
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Why is it that some Republicans favor a monoclonal antibody treatment that is available under emergency use authorization that costs the government about $1,500 per dose rather than a vaccine that now has full FDA approval and costs about $20 per dose?
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He's a good man.
Warren Buffet is worth $89 Billion.
He's one of the richest men in the world.
In his annual shareholders conference, he was asked how America should look after essential workers, the pandemic, etc.
This was his reply.🌎❤️
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Why is it that every time a Democrat is elected president, following a Republican administration, he inherits a shit economy? Happened with Clinton, happened with Obama, happened with Biden.
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Went to lunch at
@McAlistersDeli
deli on Lime Kiln Lane in Louisville, Ky., and not a single employee I saw was masked. I won't be going back until the pandemic is over or the restaurant changes its policy.
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McConnell has spent a fairly good portion of this debate looking like he wanted to be anywhere else in the world than on the other side of the room from Amy McGrath.
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Wait. Is that a tan suit?
Sen. Mitch McConnell: "While the House of Representatives continues to be absent, the Senate continues to be open for business."
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If racism matters to you but you plan to vote for a third party candidate because Biden isn’t progressive enough for you, consider this.
Donald Trump has appointed 53 appeals court judges in his first term.
Not one is black.
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Do you gun nuts not see the insanity of two opposing private armies facing off on the streets of Louisville?
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Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. It fits.
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You are not horrified. Your policies led to this. This is your plan. Your prayers are not enough. You caused this.
Kelley and I are horrified by this senseless massacre. Our prayers go out to the victims and their families.
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Unless there is a shocker at this point, its important to remember that on the heels of Donald Trump's sexist, racist regime, the United States has elected a black woman as vice president.
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The longer
@DanielCameronAG
keeps the lid on this decision, the worse it will be. People are on edge. Announce already.
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And this is a lie from the Republican Party of Kentucky. People aren't being charged with misdemeanors. They're simply being told they must quarantine for 14 days.
How did
@AndyBeshearKY
spend his first Easter as Governor?
Sending Kentucky State Police to charge congregants with misdemeanors.
Kentuckians won’t ever forgive or forget this. Truly outrageous.
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@HolmesJosh
Probably the same way a president’s entourage shows up and refuses to wear masks in violation of the rules and then the president spends the entire debate shouting over his opponent, in violation of the rules. You just do it.
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The question now isn’t whether
@realDonaldTrump
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Just finished watching the debate - I got home late and watched it delayed. That was a shitshow.
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It’s been nearly 24 hours since the shooting began in Maine and they have only positively identified about half the 18 victims. That’s because of the type gun used. Ban them.
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@RexChapman
I covered a political event in northern Kentucky where Eric, Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke. Someone was handing this out. These people ain’t right.
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OK. We don’t need a constitutional amendment limiting a governor’s power to pardon. We just have to stop electing crazy people.
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Today is my annual posting of Ted Cruz giving me the stink eye at the 2016 Kentucky Derby, just a few days after he dropped out of the presidential race and pledged his undying love to Donald Trump.
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@RexChapman
Rex, this isn’t true. The search warrant was for Breonna Taylor’s apartment. It was exactly where they wanted to search.
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Move over Donald Harvey. The “Angel of Death” ain’t got nothing on the “Lawyer of Lethality” or the “Counselor of Carnage.”
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To the rest of America, we're sorry. He embarrasses us too.
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I kinda laugh at Republicans complaining about the power
@GovAndyBeshear
is wielding. The don’t understand that Kentucky is set up to give a governor tremendous power when the legislature isn’t in session. But the legislature has massive power when they meet. It’s a trade-off.
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It's a hell of a world we live in when the highest court in the land makes it much easier to prosecute the least among us (the homeless) and much harder to prosecute a president.
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A) There was no looting in Louisville. B) Had you listened and led a discussion about race and policing in the U.S. rather than attack people for kneeling three years ago, maybe none of this would have happened.
Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night - or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means....
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Imagine being upset kids wear masks in schools but not caring they have to practice active shooter drills because of the gun culture you help perpetuate.
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If NASCAR can ban symbols of the Confederacy, Kentucky can remove Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol.
NASCAR announces ban on Confederate flags from all races, events and properties
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2020 Republicans: "Can you believe that awful woman who was a friend of Melania sharing a recording of their private conversations?"
1998 Republicans: "Wow. Those Linda Tripp recordings are great. Do you think we can use them to impeach Clinton?"
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Jefferson Davis in a cage. Should have been there when he was still alive.
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Just watched the Tennessee House of Representatives expel a Black man for speaking his mind. It's 1963, y'all.
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I'm in the office today to start the first day of my 36th year at the Courier-Journal. Obviously, I started when I was 8.
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Hot take: if we had a functioning government, Clarence Thomas would be impeached tomorrow.
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The USPS gives preference in hiring to former members of the armed forces.
@RandPaul
's plan to cut delivery to two days a week would likely cost thousands of veterans their jobs, or at the very least, limit job opportunities for future vets.
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@RexChapman
What I love is that the team that just got the snot beat out of it plays along, acts like it’s playing D, one even falls down. And when the kid hits the shots, they appear as happy as the kid’s teammates. Beautiful.
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Nineteen years ago, 2,977 people died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. It's likely that more than half of them had co-morbidities.
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Conservatives really deserved to lose this one.
BREAKING: Liberal justice Jill Karofsky has DEFEATED the conservative incumbent in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election. The race was marred by GOP leaders forcing Milwaukee-area voters to vote in-person at only 5 polling places (instead of 180) amid a pandemic.
So they did.
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