Pam Thomas

I have lots of bumper stickers on my car

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@joni_askola This…

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@courierjournal On top of all of the other breaks and benefits Churchill Downs receives at the expense of Kentucky taxpayers… despite record setting profits…

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@courierjournal https://t.co/NRSO0hiet6

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

As HB 775 moves to make it easier for lawmakers to pass more irresponsible income tax cuts, a reminder of who benefits most when income taxes go down.

Hint: Not you.

But we do all get underfunded schools, costly child care, unaffordable housing and depleted public services.

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

New data shows that Kentucky teacher pay has dropped in every school district https://t.co/Yqz8WvLONF

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

What if the legislature took that $700 million and reinvested it in public schools, rather than sending the bulk of it to Kentucky’s richest residents? https://t.co/9dta1RRIeJ 4/

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

KY voters rejected private school vouchers Nov. 5 and sent a clear message to Frankfort: It’s time to reinvest in our public schools.

But a different goal - eliminating the state’s income tax - stands in the way of that vision and prioritizes KY's wealthiest over our kids. 1/

[Casey Jaynes @kcjaynes12]

A Thread….Over the past 3 months I have tried to give information for my stakeholders to stay informed on Amendment 2. I wrote and op-ed piece and posted it to X and it gathered over 41,000 interactions, which is crazy for a small district superintendent.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

THIS IS POWERFUL.

A 15-year-old girl watches how America talks about women.

Wow.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

.@HC_Richardson’s Oct 27 “Letters From an American”’brilliantly explains FASCISM by using a War Department pamphlet from March 1945. Very little has changed. If everyone eligible to vote absorbed the small pamphlet’s message, the threat to freedom would plummet.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

(🧵) THREAD: Donald Trump is clearly fading mentally and physically. His running mate was handpicked by a Kremlin-agent white supremacist (Tucker Carlson) and two creepy far-right billionaire techno-authoritarians (Peter Thiel and Elon Musk).

This is not the election you think.

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

What does it mean that seven sections of the Kentucky Constitution are “notwithstood” in Amendment 2? What is even in those sections?

Our @pamjoyky on the broad language of Amendment 2 and the far-reaching, unpredictable consequences of its passage: https://t.co/gVnitaeZLA

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

Read Amendment 2 - if you don’t understand what protections the 7 sections that are notwithstood provide then you don’t understand what you’re voting on. Our entire system of public education is at risk https://t.co/hcS5Imx9v7

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

Here's a piece I wrote about Amendment 2 - the potential implications for our system of public education are far broader than meets the eye - read the piece to learn about just a few of the possibilities https://t.co/ogEQWGoPhu

[Brian Beutler @brianbeutler]

It got some attention, but didn’t generate a ton of *reflection*. So we should change that. Last week @BarackObama asked what ought to be the Joseph Welch question for our generation. And it’s wild how long it took someone of prominence to put it this way. https://t.co/7czaJYqyvM

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@conarck @APStylebook ano

[Charles Booker @Booker4KY]

If you want a glimpse of what modern day slavery looks like in our country, watch this.

@MorePerfectUS captures how states like Alabama farm out incarcerated people to work as cheap labor at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s.

The 13th Amendment loophole.

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@maxwellwise And here is the specific data for just homicide rates in KY from the FBI data https://t.co/f4SoQUj6s1

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

Despite falling crime, the KY GA doubles down on failed policies to incarcerate more Kentuckians rather than helping people access services they need. https://t.co/Y6MavmUWm1

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@maxwellwise the violent crime data does include homicide

[Pam Thomas @pamjoyky]

@maxwellwise https://t.co/f4SoQUj6s1