By Linda Blackford | Editor
Happy Tuesday! Wow, if you don’t think we need campaign finance reform, then I’d invite you to sit down with McKenna Horsley’s new analysis of spending in the 6th District and legislative races this time around. I can’t even think of the words … obscene, ridiculous, worthless? That’s how the game is played, and yet the return on investment for a bunch of races seems … off. See what you think.
Speaking of money, a member of the state Fraternal Order of Police took some he shouldn’t have.
And today, we have two Commentaries. Bonnie Jean Feldkamp spent some time with Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw, who was arrested by ICE when she went to get her green card.
I also wrote about the curious case of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his somewhat odd connection to Kentucky.
Have a great day, and thanks for reading!
Democrat Zach Dembo celebrates after his Kentucky Sixth Congressional District win against Ralph Alvardo, at the Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington, Nov. 3, 2026. (Photo by Brian Simms for Kentucky Lantern)
By McKenna Horsley
In an unusually expensive race in a Central Kentucky U.S. House District, a Democratic PAC, Kentuckians Not Corruption, spent millions in cash on ads supporting now Congressman-elect Zach Dembo as a way to offset spending by President Donald Trump’s political arm.
A second member of the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police has been charged with theft. (Getty Images)
By Bill Estep
A second former officer of the state Fraternal Order of Police has been charged in connection with thefts from the Frankfort-based lobbying organization.
Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw, with husband Terrance and their son, left, speaks about her recent ordeal in ICE detention. (Photo by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp for Kentucky Lantern.)
COMMENTARY
By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp
Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw said she felt betrayed when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained her on Aug. 12.
ICE agents took Armelle into custody when she and her husband Terrance voluntarily appeared for what was supposed to be a final interview for Armelle’s marriage-based green card.
In 2019, Lori and Jensen Huang were at Oneida Baptist Institute for the dedication of a new dorm and classroom building they funded. President Larry Gritton is on the right. (Photo courtesy Oneida Baptist Institute)
COMMENTARY
By Linda Blackford
It sounds like something out of a spy novel: a Taiwanese-American major tech mogul, head of one of the most successful companies in the world pushing for U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence, is being investigated for his relationship with a woman being described as a Chinese spy.
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