caleb deweese

Dad to Olivia and Trigg farmin corn and soybeans west KY upper bottom

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@GovAndyBeshear https://t.co/2DVAzCsQCi

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

2025 for Kentucky under Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration has been filled with a string of major controversies, mismanagement scandals, and economic setbacks that have left taxpayers footing the bill and workers uncertain about the future.

- A state audit revealed over $800 million in wasted or mismanaged Medicaid funds through duplicate payments and delays in processing deaths, raising serious questions about oversight in one of the state’s largest programs. That’s hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars potentially lost.

- Driver’s license bribery scandal: Nearly 2,000 driver’s licenses (many allegedly issued to undocumented immigrants for cash bribes of around $200) were revoked after a whistleblower exposed fraud at licensing offices. Investigations are ongoing, involving state police and federal partners, yet Beshear’s team has faced criticism for withholding records, with courts even ordering releases under open records laws.

- The much-hyped Ford BlueOval SK battery plant in Glendale (a $5.8+ billion project touted as Kentucky’s biggest economic win) hit major turbulence. Ford ended its joint venture with SK On and laid off all 1,600 workers at the site. Instead of invoking clauses for immediate repayment of incentives, the administration is renegotiating terms.

- Adding fuel to the fire: Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray — whose family-owned Gray Construction company served as a key contractor (partnering with Barton Malow) on the massive build of the BlueOval SK Battery Park — oversaw aspects of the state’s involvement in the project. Gray Construction’s role in constructing the very facility the Beshear administration heavily incentivized with hundreds of millions in taxpayer giveaways raises questions about potential conflicts, and if that is affecting decisions made today.

- Further scrutiny surrounds the deal’s origins: Then-Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Larry Hayes — the key official negotiating and overseeing the Ford incentives — co-owned 8.5 acres of land near the Glendale mega-site. Back in 2009, during an earlier unsuccessful attempt to attract a battery plant to the same location, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission explicitly advised Hayes in writing to abstain from any involvement in matters related to the Hardin County industrial site due to the potential indirect personal benefit from development. Despite this prior warning, Hayes did not recuse or abstain from involvement in the 2021 Ford BlueOval SK deal.

- The AESC battery plant (a Chinese-majority-owned company) faced reports of construction halts, pauses, and setbacks — leaving doubts about promised jobs and investment despite official denials of full abandonment. Workers have recently been laid off at this plant as well.

- Adding to the concerns: Beshear has been accused of stonewalling transparency — refusing to turn over key budget documents prepared by cabinet secretaries to the Legislative Budget Committee and resisting document releases in other probes.

All told, these issues paint a picture of an administration plagued by hundreds of millions (potentially over a billion) in fund mismanagement, fraud vulnerabilities, stalled mega-projects involving insider connections and unaddressed ethical concerns, and accountability struggles.

Yet, even as these controversies mount, Beshear is increasingly positioning himself nationally — chairing the Democratic Governors Association in 2026, making high-profile appearances, and openly hinting at considering a presidential run in 2028.

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

The money doesn't belong to the government schools.

Education funding is meant for educating children, not for protecting a particular institution.

Fund students, not systems.

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@ksbanews @OboroSchools Competition makes everyone better.

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@ksbanews @OboroSchools Why would you want to keep a kid in a terrible school just because they live in that district. If your school is a good one you won’t lose students you will gain students

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@ksbanews @OboroSchools The tax dollars will still go to government schools it will follow the kid to wherever the parents so choose to send their kids. Government or private.

[Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka]

More COVID facts the CDC & Biden Administration doesn't want you to hear.

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

If only bevin would have said a few less things now were stuck with this idiot

[Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) @ksbanews]

@WarrenCoSchools Gov. Andy Beshear issues executive order requiring masks to be worn by all students and staff in Kentucky schools regardless of vaccination status.

[Degenerative Agriculture Advisor @PlsntVlyFarmer]

This picture shows a field
Half planted enlist beans
Half planted xtend beans
Whole field sprayed with liberty

Enlist beans have a gene or a trait in them to cup when stressed in hot/dry

We seen the same thing last year (I copied this comment with no edit)

[DMXS Radio @dmxsradio]

Very well thought out until that last whoop being a foot taller than the rest

https://t.co/fvZUN1K0wl

[EKUHoops @EKUHoops]

"Rushing WAY OUTSIDE! Oh my! A long three ... and suddenly a six-point game." - Dick Enberg

@BpRush81 - a senior from Clinton, KY - came off the bench to hit three clutch triples vs. Kentucky in the '05 NCAA Tournament.

The last one was heat-check DEEP. 👀

#MarchMadnessMoments

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@alexjewellWC Glad I’m not the only one

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

Trade talks good #China and #dicamba approved for two more years all good news #cleanbeans19 https://t.co/EWsbNXOunw

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@Asgrow_DEKALB #MyFarmMyYield #contest I need that neon sign for my kitchen

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@VerdiPlus @Camburnclimate @ArlanFF101 H

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@VerdiPlus @Camburnclimate @ArlanFF101 Nbnhi

[caleb deweese @deweesefarms]

@FoxNews The United States is not a democracy it’s a Republic. Democracy is mob rule. But they don’t teach this in government schools

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Rush Limbaugh: We Need Concealed-Carry in Schools - 'Bashing the @NRA Isn't Going to Do It' https://t.co/n1VdmcUul6

[Damian Mason @DamianPMason]

Hey #agriculture, don’t use #science to explain #organic #food’s shortcomings. Emotion like this works better. https://t.co/4NznMlvUP4

[GRAINS & SOYBEANS @GRAINSOILSEEDS]

#Brazil- Farmers are abandoning soybeans fields due to the heavy rains and sowing corn.

[Governor Matt Bevin (2015-2019) @GovMattBevin]

We are well on our way to becoming the globally recognized center of excellence for engineering and manufacturing in the United States. https://t.co/g0UTb8ZFLF