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Progress Kentucky: Colonels of Truth!

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#ColonelsOfTruth - Weekly episodes covering breaking political news from Kentucky, and bringing you the informed voices from our commonwealth you want to hear. Progress Kentucky is an all-volunteer group of Central Kentucky activists working to turn our commonwealth purple by educating and engaging voters across the state.

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

24 Hours to #DItchMitch! Fayette County Dems' Josh Mers & Dr. Twyna Bell 03.11.2020

Our final #MoscowMitchMonday before the election!! Nate, Kimberly & Aaron are joined by Fayette County Democratic Party's chair, Josh Mers, and hear from State Senator Reggie Thomas, former Senate candidate MIke Broihier. Doug Price presents MItch's Top 5 Worst Mitch actions!  We're thrilled to be joined by Dr. Twyna Bell, who helps us cope with anxiety and possible depression. Episode 02...

Amy's Message to MMRC for a GOTV Weekend of Action 31.10.2020

Aaron, Nate & Doug make a final appeal for GOTV support in the final weekend. Amy sends us a special message to help win this race at the close of the campaign. Make sure to join the MMRC in Lexington Saturday for the big final visibility event with Mike Broihier and state Senator Reggie Thomas.  3pm at Harrodsburg Rd & Corporate Dr. Details and RSVP here: https://fb.me/e/1MpgyQq3r Jo...

Mitch's black hand, stolen black robes & Josh Hicks 27.10.2020

#MoscowMitchMonday with a week left in the race! Nate, Kit, Kimberly & Aaron absorb Mitch's theft of a second Supreme Court seat, threatening health care, human rights, our environment and reproductive rights. We also debut our new ad, welcome Chris Tallent from Hazmat America to Campaign's Corner and hear from Doug Price, who tries to get to the bottom of whether Mitch is KY Tough. We're exci...

Mitch's Evil Chuckle, and KY-4 Candidate Dr. Alexandra Owensby 20.10.2020

#MoscowMitchMonday with just 2 weeks to go! Nate, Kimberly, Kit and Aaron are joined by 502 Livestreamer Tara Bassett, Doug Price following Mitch's Money, and Dr. Alexandra Owensby, the Democrat taking on radioactive gutter slime, Thomas Massie in the KY-4th district. Join us for the news and strategy to #DitchMitch ! Support our campaign! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mmrc2020 Twitter: https:...

Climate, Health Care and Coney Barrett 13.10.2020

There are only THREE WEEKS to go until Nov 3rd! Folks are voting now in Kentucky. We just watched Amy take on Mitch in possibly the only debate of the election. For this week's #MoscowMitchMonday we take on the SCOTUS nomination, how Mitch is absolutely determined to take away healthcare from the most vulnerable among us, AND the existential threat DC is ignoring under Mitch's watch, climate chang...

Misogynist Mitch & Rep. Attica Scott - Our $$ is on Attica 06.10.2020

Aaron, Kimberly & Nate are joined by political powerhouse and good trouble maker, Representative Attica Scott. Rev. Clark Williams returns to update us on the important work of the People's Campaign to turn out high potential voters in KY's bluest precincts. Doug follows Mitch's Money - or, speech, or legalized bribes. Kimberly wraps us up with a challenge to take an action every day this week...

Breonna, Colonel Pam & Carboard Mitch 29.09.2020

As the Breonna Taylor injustice sinks in, cohost Kimberly Cecil Jones reflects on what it means to her. We've got Louisville State Rep-elect, Colonel Pam Stevenson, Aftyn & Emily join us to PREMIER Indivisible's Cardboard Mitch trailer, Doug's following Mitch's Money (and how he uses it to capture his caucus) and Kit updates us on why we need YOU to deliver 5K for KY. Join us for the info and...

Damn, RBG?!?! And Mitch artist Marc Murphy 22.09.2020

Damn, RBG?!?! And Mitch is going to ignore her final wish...if we let him. This week, still reeling from the loss of the Notorious RBG and the IMMEDIATE naked power grab of Mitch McConnell, Aaron, Kimberly and Nate are joined by Louisville Courier Journal editorial cartoonist, and long-time Mitch critic Marc Murphy. We've also got health care advocate Betsy Foster  joining us in the Campaign...

Mike Broihier and the FINAL 50 DAYS to #DitchMitch 15.09.2020

Join the digital demonstration against Mitch! This week Aaron, Kimberly & Nate are joined by Mike Broihier, best known for running against MItch in the primary with a progressive agenda highlighting the need for a Universal Basic Income (UBI). He shares some idease about how we should be working together to beat Mitch in November. We also hear from Dr. Arnold Farr with the Kentucky Poor People...

Labor Day Special! How Mitch fails Kentucky on gun safety & protecting workers 07.09.2020

Aaron Viles hosts the almost-live show solo this week, as MMRC has Labor Day off. We've got a replay of Doug Price's classic "Following Mitch's Money" deep dive on NRA cash and Russian spies, we're thrilled to talk with Kathy Hobart Spicer and Ella McCutcheon about Moms (& Students) Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and how Mitch is failing Kentucky on gun safety efforts. We've also got C...

Former Obama speechwriter wrote a book about how Mitch is Dismantling our Democracy 01.09.2020

Former Obama speechwriter David Litt joins the MMRC to chat with Nate Orshan, Aaron Viles and Kimberly Cecil Jones about how Mitch is destroying our democracy as described in his new book, " Democracy in One Book or Less ," Doug follows some dark, dark Mitch money, and Nate, Kimberly & Aaron dive into ads, forums, and the RNC as the race between #RichMitch and Amy McGrath heats up! Join the Mi...

We gotta #SaveThePostOffice (and Planned Parenthood) from MITCH 25.08.2020

Did you know #RichMitch is at the heart of efforts to dismantle our nation's postal service? Listen to our podcast and we sort it all out for you. Hosts Nate Orshan and Aaron Viles are joined by guest host Betsy Foster and we chat with Tamarra Wieder, the state director of Planned Parenthood, to discuss how Mitch fails women's health. It's a great hour of info and strategy about how we can work to...

Mitch Doesn't Care About Kentucky Teachers 11.08.2020

Hosts Aaron VIles, Nate Orshan and NEW COHOST Kimberly Cecil Jones welcome Eddie Campbell, from the Kentucky Education Association to discuss how Mitch treats teachers. Doug Price is following some of Mitch's darkest money to the Bluegrass Committee PAC, and we're launching our 5K for KY voting campaign. Join the Mitch McConnell Retirement Committee (MMRC), an all-volunteer group of activists from...

Mitch MAY be a friend of coal, but not coal miners, or coal communities, or clean water 04.08.2020

36 years of Mitch, and how are coal communities doing??? We speak with Martin County KFTC members and good trouble makers (and retired teachers) Nina and Mickey McCoy - after Kit O'Connor fires us all up , and Doug Price follows Mitch's coal money! Welcome our new co-host, Samantha Jean! Join the Mitch McConnell Retirement Committee (MMRC), an all-volunteer group of activists from central Kentucky...

KY AFL-CIO's Bill Londrigan and an all HEROES Act episode 27.07.2020

Hosts Aaron Viles and Nate Orshan are joined by guest cohost, Annabel Nagel, with the Kentucky High School Democrats. MMRC's Research Director, Doug Price, connects the dots between Mitch's demand for legal protections for irresponsible corporations as a piece of any coronavirus relief package and massive corporate political contributions in this episode of "Following Mitch's Money." Finally, we i...

Atomic Ramen and how Mitch is failing struggling restaurants during COVID-19 20.07.2020

This episode is a collaboration with the Bluegrass Activist Alliance, with BGAA leader Julie Martinez joining Aaron Viles and Nate Orshan to cohost as they interview Atomic Ramen's owner Dan Wu and progressive political strategist (and one-time Democratic nominee for Senate) Sellus Wilder. We've also got MMRC Treasurer and Research Director Doug Price, following MItch's NRA money, with a little bi...

John Yarmuth: Mitch has "done more to add to the disfunctionality in Congress than anyone in modern history...singlehandedly" 13.07.2020

Join the Mitch McConnell Retirement Committee (MMRC), an all-volunteer group of activists from central Kentucky committed to educating Kentucky voters about how Mitch McConnell's dangerous agenda threatens our commonwealth, on our weekly podcast, #MoscowMItchMonday.  This is a HUGE Episode, with cohosts Nate Orshan, Denise Gray & Aaron Viles joined by Congressman and Budget Committee Chai...

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