Kentucky Legislature Approves Nearly $828,000 to Hire Two Lobbyists for the Council on Postsecondary Education
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) is contracting with the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) to hire two “Director of Government Relations” positions — essentially lobbyists — at a combined cost of $431,992 and $396,010 over two years (roughly $414,000 per year).
In other words: The government is paying a private cooperative to lobby the government… on behalf of the government.
The same officials these lobbyists will be trying to influence are the ones approving the contracts. Government paying a third party so its own departments can “have relations” with each other.... I guess $400k a year is a bargain if it means bureaucrats don’t have to pick up the phone and talk directly.
What a system.
@RebuildingSober@MessToMeaning I figured that was an all you can drink mimosas breakfast buffet. When I first watched the video I was like "Is he trying to get drunk at a baby shower?". However, congratulations on your sobriety! I've been there myself.
A young black man from South Carolina is accusing Lindsey Graham (and others) of multiple different kinds of S-Abuse.
Lindsey has a primary election one week from today, on June 9th.
Here is one video containing some of those allegations.
Got my @Starlink yesterday. Installed it myself in about an hour. Goodbye @Xfinity and your $102 a month. My new bill is $55. Can't tell one bit of difference. Love it! Thank you @elonmusk !
@Monkees4everr@101_TBE_RISES@fairwaywizard I like 309 more. Anything is possible. Didn't DWAC go from $8 to $200. $9 to $300 sounds like the plan! Just speculation but why not wish big.
The $DJT part 1 - Praise the Sun.
500 shares at $8.01 today. Fresh position.
DJT is my I want a piece of fusion AND manic markets play.
Most argue about the BTC strategy or the Trump brand. Neither concerns me.
Once TAE becomes tradeable, as long as there is a strong bid, dilutions take care of the funding.
In the end, this will be a publicly traded fusion company. That's all that matters.
In fact two private fusion companies are racing to public markets in 2026.
TAE via DJT merger and General Fusion via SVAC SPAC, listing as GFUZ.
TAE wins on technology by every objective measure.
TAE:
Founded 1998, ~400 employees, $1.3B+ raised. 5 reactor generations built. Latest device Norm achieves 70M °C plasma, with Copernicus under construction targeting net energy. Aneutronic p-B11 fuel target means no neutron damage, no radioactive waste.
Backers: Google, Chevron, Sumitomo, NEA.
General Fusion:
Founded 2002, ~105 employees post-layoffs, $400M raised. 1 large scale machine (LM26, 50% commercial scale). Laid off 25% of staff in May 2025. Sought $125M, raised $22M emergency in August. Conventional D-T fuel with neutron damage and tritium handling problems.
General Fusion racing public first indicates a diminishing runway.
TAE got $300M from TMTG and $150M from Google, Chevron, NEA without public dilution.
Reasons for taking the risk with DJT:
1. Fusion exposure via the technologically superior horse.
2. AI capex + energy bottleneck narrative running hot.
3. Communications around DJT are constrained during the S-4 process. Post merger the narrative becomes unrestricted.
Scratch ticket sizing for now. Bids at $7 and $6 still live.
Invalidation: Merger termination
NFA. DYOR
-Acies