Aaron, Doug & Kimberly work HARD this week to rally the troops for the exhausting work of defending our commonwealth against the GOP supermajority - spotlighting attacks on the social safety net, libraries & head shops - we’ve also got a heart warming campaign corner about rescue pets with Ethan Branscum, then we close with an update on the war on teachers with our good trouble-making guest, Nema Brewer, 120 Strong co-founder.
Show Notes:
HB 480: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/hb480.html
SB 167: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/sb167.html
Delta 8 - Currently allowed, but for how long?
Thomas Massie votes against standing with Ukraine - affirming his long-term love affair with Russia:
Rand Paul willing to hold up US support for Ukraine in order to rail against federal COVID testing and vaccine mandates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/03/05/republicans-federal-spending-ukraine-vaccines/?
HB 8 update - the bill to ultimately get rid of the state income tax - the economic impact report - the bill would ‘punch a $900 m hole in the state’s budget' https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article259163628.html
Ethan Branscom: Support Rescue Pets as the official state pet! HB 100 & SB 72 Call in on March 18 1-800-372-7181
https://www.facebook.com/Ethansrescuepetproject
Guest: Nema Brewer http://ky120united.aft.org/