RobynReneeBurge

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

Had hail in Frenchburg, Menifee Co KY earlier with the destructive severe thunderstorm warning for 80mph winds. Some pieces in the yard looked way bigger than this!
@Kentuckyweather @nwsjacksonky @EKentuckyWx @ryanhallyall

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Donald Trump just took the stage to a FIGHTER JET FLYOVER while Lee Greenwood sang Gkd Bless the USA

Absolutely LEGENDARY

Freaking LOVE this country 🇺🇸

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

@Kentuckyweather @EKentuckyWx @nwsjacksonky @ryanhallyall
McCausey Ridge, Menifee Co. KY before tornado warned storm rolled through

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

Add this total to the 2.5" we dumped on Thursday, and we've gotten around 4.75" of rain since Wednesday.
Frenchburg, Central Menifee Co. KY
@EKentuckyWx @Kentuckyweather @nwsjacksonky

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

🚩Breaking: Ed Gallrein (Thomas Massie’s opponent) scampers away after refusing to answer questions about his stance on Right to Life issues. 🚩

Ed showed up at a CareNet event in Northern Kentucky (a pro-life event) and then floundered, refusing to answer basic questions. Gallrein was asked why he didn’t fill out a survey for Kentucky Right to Life. (He has also refused to fill out surveys for groups like the Family Foundation, Commonwealth Policy Center, and National Association of Gun Rights.) His responses ranged from “I thought I filled it out — I’ll get on it,” to “Well, I filled one out when I ran for state senate two years ago,” to “Well, you didn’t endorse me before.” He never once answered where he stands on specific issues such as exemptions or national abortion laws.

At one point he claimed he is “100% pro-life,” but the obvious follow-up question is: What does that actually mean? Where does he stand on the specific issues? His refusal to specify his views should be concerning to everyone. Once Ed realized he was being filmed, he quickly left and refused to answer any more questions.

Why does this matter in the race? KY-4 is 18% Catholic, compared to the rest of Kentucky, which averages around 8% Catholic. If Ed didn’t want to be asked about his positions on pro-life issues, why did he show up at a pro-life event? Why won’t he respond to surveys?

For contrast, Thomas Massie did respond to the questionnaire and received a 100% pro-life rating based on his answers.

I have tried to be as objective as possible on the federal races in Kentucky as I report on them. Up until a few weeks ago, I had hardly posted about the KY-4 race — even though I live in the district and am a 4/4 Republican primary voter. I hadn’t posted about it because, honestly, I knew nothing about Ed Gallrein and wanted to be fully informed before reporting on the race.

After trying for months to get answers — including attending events where he was scheduled to speak, asking others in the district to pose questions for me, and submitting numerous interview requests through my station group — I remained uninformed about Ed Gallrein. Why?

He no-showed events. When asked questions, he would say things like, “Son, go look at the board over there and that will answer any question you have.” The board (campaign sign) would only offer vague statements like “Pro-gun” without specifying his positions on red-flag laws, national concealed carry, etc. Much like you see in this video, Ed tends to give very general answers and avoids specific questions.
His campaign has also ignored numerous interview requests from many in the media, including my station group.

How am I, as a member of the media, supposed to report fairly on a race when I can’t get one of the candidates to respond to basic questions?

Frankly, the most unbiased story here is that Ed Gallrein won’t respond to questions, attend a debate, attend a forum, or accept interview requests from many different local and national media outlets.

[Cindy K @MAGAMAHACindy]

Hypothetically…….. We are being taxed on money we never made.

Let that sink in.

If I bought my property outright for $160,000 in 2009
Now the county says it’s worth $446,000.
Did I sell it? No.
Did I make a profit? No.
Did I get a check for $446,000? No.
But my taxes jumped like I did.
That’s the problem.
This isn’t income.
This isn’t cash.
This is a number someone decided on paper and now I’m being billed for it.

If my stock portfolio doubles, I don’t pay taxes until I sell.

If my income doesn’t increase, I don’t magically owe more income tax.

So why does owning a home work differently?

Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains?

A house isn’t just an investment, it’s where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money.

You don’t truly own something if you can be taxed out of it.

This isn’t about “services” or “inflation.” It’s about being charged for value you never received.
It’s time people start to notice.

[RNC Research @RNCResearch]

Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball says Democrat Governor Andy Beshear has made it more difficult to address fraud:

COMER: Has he worked with you?

BALL: “The unfortunate answer is no...I’ve not had good cooperation from the top level...”

[Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews]

BREAKING - Outrage is erupting across Virginia after Abigail Spanberger signed HB965 into law, effectively rendering Virginians’ presidential votes null and void, with the measure handing the states electoral votes to the national popular vote winner regardless of states results.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

BRUTAL: Stephen A. Smith just told Democrats to “SHUT UP” and stop “bitching” about voter ID.

“You should have a damn ID [to vote]. You need an ID for every damn thing else.”

“And to the progressive left, shut the hell up!”

“You got a mayor in New York City that required TWO IDs for you to shovel snow.”

“You ain’t in no position to be bitching about how [Trump] wants IDs and the GOP wants IDs for votes. Shut up! Nobody wants to hear that.”

[Justin Hart @justin_hart]

🚨 BREAKING: Missouri v. Biden just settled.

The US government signed a 10-year consent decree today admitting it colluded with Big Tech to silence Americans on COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, and the 2020 election.

The CDC, CISA, and Surgeon General are now court-ordered to stop.

"Calling something misinformation doesn't make it unprotected speech."

They just put that in writing.

We told you so. https://t.co/9O1vbLW6ub

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

@Kentuckyweather first 2 pictures taken 15-20 minutes apart about 40mins ago. Video from just now, snow is blowing and coming down out there. Schools did early dismissal at 1pm. Menifee County

[Carl’s Jr. @CarlsJr]

“you need to touch grass”
no, i need to smoke grass and then mobile order

[Pizza Pepe @RealPizzaPepe]

When the government says we are all in the same boat:

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

@JeffSettersKy @Kentuckyweather @EKentuckyWx My parents live in stamping ground. We got so much more snow out here than they did!

[RobynReneeBurge @robynrenee98]

@Kentuckyweather @EKentuckyWx some of the snow has melted away throughout the day, But I think we got more than a coating-1" here top of Frenchburg Hill in Menifee Co KY. Seems to have over-achieved, but I did not measure. My guess is between 2.5 and 3" of snow at its peak

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

Beshear, Democrats, and school districts are playing us for fools by trying to blame the Kentucky Legislature for why teachers haven't gotten the raises Beshear promised them.

They are using teachers' salaries as a political weapon and have no interest in actually delivering, or they would have already done so.

Beshear was making an empty promise when he claimed he would give every school employee a 7% raise. He is lying when he says only the legislature stands in the way.

The state can't give teachers direct raises—it's unconstitutional.

The State Supreme Court's interpretations of the state constitution require that the funding districts get from the state be equitable. A 7% raise across the board would mean that districts like JCPS and FCPS, which pay teachers more than smaller districts, would get significantly more funds per pupil than other districts, and that is not allowed.

Teachers are not state employees; the state does not determine their pay—the districts do. If teachers want a raise, they should talk to their districts.

The average per-pupil spending in the state, with funding from all sources, was $19,020 for the 2024-2025 school year. The average per-pupil spending in the state was $16,422 for the 2021-2022 school year.

That's a 15.8% increase in spending in three years.

Did teachers get a 15.8% raise?

This isn't a funding problem, this isn't a Legislature problem—this is a not-prioritizing-teachers'-raises problem.

But why would they? If they actually pay teachers 15.8% more, then it's hard to use their calls for a raise to demand more funding into the black pit that is the administrative bloat at schools.

If they actually solve teachers' problems, then they will lose a valuable excuse to fleece the taxpayers.

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

Kentucky is in a full-blown government financial transparency tailspin—and taxpayers deserve action.

State Auditor Allison Ball just told the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee she's struggling to trace transactions because of major red flags:

- No uniform expenditure codes
- No consistent detail on what supports spending
- Expenditures not recorded in real time
- Reports that raised more questions than answers

The Beshear administration even refused to hand over key financial reports to the legislature, claiming they're "internal documents" only for their eyes.

Lawmakers are reportedly having a hard time figuring out what departments are actually doing with base budget funds—the pots of money meant for essential functions where agencies have wide control over spending.

It's not just state government.

Local governments are struggling too:

- FCPS audits reveal serious budget oversight failures and wasteful practices.

- JCPS admitted in an open records response that their central office has no way to access bank accounts or spending statements from individual schools—no centralized oversight at all!

This is a system ripe for waste, confusion, and worse. The Legislature is moving a few laws through session to help clear this up, but it's not enough.

There needs to be real consequences for basic failures to track spending, or the waste will never stop.

[alpha5tate 🇺🇸 @alpha5tate]

We finally get it. Rest in peace, Michael.