I dig into the Kentucky Auditor’s report that found over $133 million in questionable spending by the Beshear administration. The report found issues with:

🔎 Advertising / Promo Items

$2,488,789.77 — Total to Red7e
$249,950 — COVID vaccine ad campaign
$83,500 — Unspecified digital media services
$339,365.90 — Video/social media vendor work
$198,000 — Senior Meals media campaign
$17,275 — Promo giveaway items
$45,635.20 — Promotional merchandise
$300,000 — Postsecondary awareness campaign

✈️ Out-of-State Travel (Specific Flags)

$398,897.12 — Agency AmEx travel spending
$929,947.88 — KDE out-of-state travel
$28,179.35 — Flights (possible non-employees)
$137,956.05 — CPE travel
$13,082.16 — SF conference (10 people)
$183,575.87 — KSP security travel
$12,519 — DC hotel stays
$354.64 — Dinner for four
$200 — Traffic tickets
$11,786.33 — Flights to Europe
$10,953.33 — Eau Palm Beach Resort stay
$7,632.07 — Germany limousine
$5,491.48 — Japan hotel
$1,016.12 — Single dinner
$5,192.16 — Switzerland airport services
$4,671.46 — Switzerland vehicle rental
$3,946.40 — DC/LA car rentals
$3,499.50 — Limelight Hotel Aspen
$520.73 — Caribou Club meals
$3,179.19 — Beverly Hills hotels
$3,013.87 — Boar’s Head Resort
$2,935.89 — Florida lodging
$2,907.62 — Hilton Dallas
$2,688.91 — Hyatt Zurich
$2,519.23 — San Francisco hotel
$2,179.32 — Montage Laguna Beach
$1,625.17 — Seattle hotel
$1,574.37 — Flight to Boston
$1,527.70 — Flight to Palm Springs
$1,437.20 — New York hotel
$1,376.77 — San Diego meals/lodging
$1,351.67 — Flight insurance bundle
$678.45 — DNC security meals

🚗 In-State Travel Flags

Department of Education conferences

$360,000 — 75-person conference
$222,750 — 450-person conference
$168,000 — 35-person conference
$165,000 — 300-person conference
$107,250 — 325-person conference
$59,700 — 100-person conference
$41,950 — Galt House conference
$33,800 — Louisville seminar
$33,500 — Training event
$27,561.60 — 80-person seminar
$23,061.20 — 80-person seminar
$19,693 — 47-person seminar

Other agencies

$15,339.12 — Natural Bridge meeting
$24,659.53 — Unspecified Lexington conference
$23,625 — Awards lunch catering
$16,965.33 — Derby hotel/catering
$16,029.35 — Bowling Green seminar hotels
$656.98 — No-show hotel rooms

🍽️ Trainings, Conferences, Food

$338,452.10 — Derby events nonprofit
$17,012.73 — Jeptha Creed dinner
$153,377.71 — DPA 2024 conference
$189,237.52 — DPA 2025 conference
$5,581.60 — Large fajita lunch
$4,082 — Catered lunch

Speaker fees (CPE)

$30,000 — CoolSpeak speaker
$14,120 — Two speakers (“systemness”)
$6,200 — Keynote speakers
$4,000 — Improvement Science speaker
$3,050 — QEP planning speaker
$3,000 — Growth mindset speaker
$1,800 — Equitable access speaker

Medicaid banquet

$34,392.04 — Total banquet
$8,985 — Breakfast
$13,485 — Lunch
$4,503.50 — Break food
$6,431.04 — Service charges

🎓 KDE Event Spending

$84,061.75 — Conference (incl. food)
$56,763 — Out-of-state conference
$56,875.20 — Conference total
$46,240 — Food
$10,635.20 — Service charge
$10,551.93 — Event costs
$7,340.64 — 3-person conference
$1,232.90 — Awards baked goods
$1,019.40 — Catered meeting food

🧾 Other Notable Expenditures

$69,770,650.13 — Temporary manpower
~$8 million — Driver Licensing temps
$51,802,056.45 — Services not classified
$179,692.80 — 300 chairs installed
$70,258.62 — State Fair booth work
$10,037.89 — Bristol Bar & Grille
$2,410.95 — Panera lunches
$1,493.80 — Staxx BBQ lunches
$1,037.72 — Qdoba lunch
$625 — Event photographer
$118,383,223 — “Other” expenses
$3,983,338.04 — Travel for non-employees
$11,466 — Boone Tavern seminar

💻 Subscriptions / Dues / Promo

$3,273,091.32 — Subscriptions
$4,149 — Shutterstock subscription
$478.51 — Facebook spend
$10,336,469.39 — Dues total

$908,315.06 — Payments to SOVA Solutions

🧑‍⚖️ DCBS-Specific Flags

$915,997.89 — Outside legal services
$34,307,475.50 — IT services despite internal IT

Not surprising but shocking how brazen they are in admitting to what they are doing. In 2025, the Kentucky Legislature passed HB 4, a law that finally took aim at the divisive college DEI programs. It banned:

- Providing differential treatment or benefits based on an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin (e.g., in admissions, scholarships, employment, or housing assignments, with very limited exceptions).

- Influencing the composition of the student body, scholarship recipients, or similar groups on those bases.

- Spending any taxpayer dollars on DEI initiatives, the promotion of "discriminatory topics," or bias incident investigations.

- Soliciting statements from applicants about their experiences with or views on religion, race, sex, color, or national origin (no more DEI loyalty tests in applications).

- Requiring courses dedicated to "discriminatory concepts" (broadly defined as ideas that justify or promote differential treatment based on those protected categories; it outlaws courses whose primary purpose is to indoctrinate students with such concepts).

- Requiring individuals to endorse or condemn specific ideologies or viewpoints.

- Disseminating or profiting from materials that promote or justify discriminatory concepts.

Specific examples of these practices priorly include the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education tying funding to racial quotas and spending taxpayer money on programs that discriminated against students based on skin color.

These practices aren't just racist—they're also unconstitutional. The Kentucky Legislature wisely got ahead of the lawsuits, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against colleges for these exact discriminatory schemes.

In response, universities scattered their DEI departments like roaches in the light—changing job titles, hiding staff in other departments, and pretending nothing changed. But Accuracy in Media (AIM) has done real undercover journalism and exposed that Kentucky universities rank among the worst in the nation for still enforcing these racist DEI policies while openly admitting they know they're breaking the law.

Adam Guillette of AIM joined me to discuss his group's explosive recent video from the University of Kentucky. In it, staffers casually reveal they're keeping DEI alive under the radar—defying both state law and common sense. He also teased more undercover investigation videos from Kentucky campuses coming soon.

Should a breastfeeding mom arrested for drugs get less jail time?
Should a parent who assaults someone get a lighter sentence just because they have kids?
Kentucky Senate Bill 122 (just out of committee) would force judges to consider parental status—including breastfeeding—for more lenient sentences on “non-violent” felonies.
Kentucky still labels second-degree assault (stabbings, severe beatings, strangulation), assault under extreme emotional disturbance, and more as “non-violent” for parole purposes. That’s why Ronald Exantus, who stabbed 6-year-old Logan in Versailles, got early release despite a 20-year sentence—sparking Logan's Law.
If anything, parents committing crimes are victimizing their own children too. This bill codifies unequal justice: same crime, different punishment based on having kids. Justice should be blind.
Also:
- The bare-bones state budget—no earmarks.
- Good bills to support: HB 189 (bans dangerous panhandling on highways) & HB 4 (criminalizes teacher grooming).
- Snow/ice removal failures across KY (Lexington lying about salt; road crews rewarded for using the least salt?).
- Northern KY Against ICE’s ridiculous “whistle kits” to help criminal illegal immigrants avoid deportation.

If Donald Trump makes an endorsement in the Kentucky Senate race, Nate Morris will get it.
Elon Musk just dumped a RECORD $10 MILLION into a super PAC backing Nate Morris. With Nate's ties to Trump Jr., JD Vance, Charlie Kirk's endorsement, and now Elon Musk — how can Trump go against all his allies in this race?
KY Senate passes a Property Tax Win for Seniors — but when will everyone get the property tax relief we need? How should we fund our government instead?
Phone-Down Bill Drama: Senate OKs a new law banning handheld phones while driving... but does it go TOO FAR? Loopholes, safety concerns, and why it might make distracted driving WORSE in some cases. It now heads to the House. Overreach or common sense?
Massie Primary Challenge Heating Up: Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein drops his first TV ad against Rep. Thomas Massie in KY-4.

Rep. Tom Smith (R-Corbin) files HB 370—a 38% gas tax hike over two years, plus automatic increases up to 5% every year after. Your wallet at the pump is going to take a hit if this isn't stopped.
In this video, I dismantle Tom's "reasoning" and show why it's completely flawed. Too many years in government leaves a politician clueless about life as a normal, taxpaying Kentuckian.
Kentucky's driver's license system is a nightmare: brutal wait times, long drives to regional offices, and that shocking bribery scandal where illegal immigrants got IDs for cash. SB 7 is moving fast to let counties handle renewals (with a $25 fee)—but critics slam it as a weak half-measure that doesn't fix the core problems. I expose what's blocking real reform, highlight other bills out there, and lay out my straightforward solution.
Finally: A bill cracking down on cell phone use while driving is gaining steam. Does it go too far into nanny-state territory? I'll break it down.

Are these protests really organic? Is the outrage we're seeing truly grassroots—or is something else at play?

I sat down for a candid interview with Adam Swart, the founder and CEO of Crowds on Demand — the company that literally hires crowds, activists, and protesters for events across the country.

In this eye-opening episode, we dive into:

Who actually funds so-called "grassroots" movements.

How public opinion can be shaped — and sometimes manufactured — to influence politicians and media.

How he recruits his protesters (and what kind of people sign up).

The real costs involved — from a few hundred bucks per person to much bigger numbers for larger ops.

The big question: Is this practice ethical?

Think about it: Do Americans really wake up overnight with the exact same signs, slogans, and talking points? Or is someone coordinating the message?Ask yourself who's really pulling the strings behind the scenes.

This conversation might change how you view the next big demonstration you see.

Andy Beshear says Kentucky’s economy has “never been stronger", in his State of The Commonwealth address.
Here’s what he doesn’t want you to do: the math.
We’re wasting billions in taxpayer dollars, subsidizing private employers at a cost over $200,000 per job created, while Beshear pads his economic claims with raw numbers that collapse once you adjust for inflation.
When you do adjust?
Matt Bevin actually had a larger economic growth year than Beshear has ever produced.
That context is missing from the speech — but not from this breakdown.

Kentucky politicians keep telling you they’re “investing in the future” — but who’s really cashing in and who’s left paying the bill.
While regular Kentuckians are told to tighten their belts, the government keeps writing blank checks to the same insiders, consultants, and pet projects — all under the banner of economic development.
At some point cuts need to be made, but there are defenders for every single pet project and initiative.

In 2021, nearly every Kentucky legislator (all but 14) voted to hand over more than $410 million in cash, free land, training programs, and massive incentives to... well, they had no clue what for.
Governor Beshear met secretly with just House and Senate leadership, had them sign NDAs, and the rest voted blind on a giant "trust me bro" deal.
It turned out to be hundreds of millions for the now-troubled Ford BlueOval SK battery plant (joint with SK On) and the Envision AESC Chinese-linked battery project—both hit with delays, massive layoffs (1,600+ at BlueOval alone recently), and project changes.
The real issue? Republican legislators trusted Beshear too much back then. They shouldn't have.
Now he's pushing to renegotiate these handouts so Ford and AESC might avoid repaying loans despite missing job targets. This isn't about what's best for Kentucky—it's about Beshear's political future as he eyes a 2028 presidential run.
Lesson for Kentucky Republicans: Never again. Demand transparency. Protect taxpayer dollars. No more secret deals.

Abortion, healthcare as a human right, and political hypocrisy—Andrew Cooperrider debates Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party U.S. Senate candidate for 2026) in this intense segment!
If healthcare is a “human right,” does that mean we force doctors to work at gunpoint—or admit it’s just someone else’s labor we’re entitled to?
Why do pro-choice politicians scream “my body, my choice” for abortion but cheer forcing taxpayers to fund endless wars that kill born children abroad?
Is “bodily autonomy” absolute only when it ends a life in the womb—but not when it comes to refusing experimental mandates?
How can anyone claim to be pro-human rights while defending 625,000 abortions a year as “healthcare,” yet ignore that real child neglect is already illegal?
Andrew argues: True rights don’t come from coercing others. The Kentucky Party calls itself anti-war and anti-corruption—but can a party that prioritizes “total bodily autonomy” over unborn life really claim the moral high ground?
Watch this sharp discussion and see who holds the consistent ground on life and liberty.#KentuckyPolitics #USSenate2026 #ProLife #AbortionDebate #HumanRights #NoNewWars
Where do YOU draw the line on when life—and rights—begin? Drop your take below!