While most Kentuckians are working hard just to make ends meet, Senate President Robert Stivers is hard at work consolidating power, cutting deals, and rewriting the rules to benefit his political allies. Behind the polished podium speeches and empty talk of “good governance” lies a record of insider favoritism, partisan purges, and backroom influence that’s left everyday Kentuckians behind. It’s time to shine a light on the man running the Senate like it’s his personal fiefdom.  Weaponizing Power Over Commissions In early 2025, Stivers pushed Senate Bill 8 to stack the Public Service Commission —adding partisan seats and forcing out members appointed by a Democratic governor . He claims it's about "expertise," but this is a blatant attempt to install his cronies and sideline independent regulators. Later, he quietly stalled the bill. J ust enough to avoid blowback . Strategy, not principle. Fundraising for Judges: Deep Conflicts Stivers publicly shrugged off conce...

  For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has been the gravitational center of the American right. A populist demagogue who reshaped the GOP into a vehicle for grievance, authoritarianism, and spectacle. But behind the scenes, a power struggle seems to be brewing. The movement built in his image might have outgrown him. His legal liabilities are stacking up. His erratic behavior has turned from asset to liability. And most damning of all: the billionaires who once bankrolled his ascent are getting nervous. Enter J.D. Vance. A figure hatched in the hedge-fund vulture vaults and molded in the lab of tech-bro authoritarianism, blessed by Peter Thiel, and increasingly whispered about in elite conservative circles as the post-Trump Trump . And with talk of the 25th Amendment swirling quietly through donor meetings and think tanks, the unthinkable is now being gamed out in real time: a soft coup from within that sidelines Trump, installs Vance, and keeps the MAGA machine humming without the m...