Paul Rolfes

Handing out personalized bottles of Woodford Reserve — well, he has good taste in bourbon.

Game three with the Cubs. Powered by @PNCBank

Trump's ballroom is very unpopular: More people believe in ghosts (39%) & telepathy (29%) than support it (28%). The ballroom is such a political problem as it reinforces for Americans that Trump has the wrong priorities (67%) & they disapprove of him on govt. spending (67%).

Jose Ortiz, who rode Golden Tempo in Derby, will ride Chip Honcho in Preakness.

Pope Leo XIV treated to some Neil Diamond as the band of the Pontifical Swiss Guard play Sweet Caroline.

@BeshearTom @KentuckyDerby 4-5 weeks apart makes sense; Keeneland used to run the Blue Grass 9 days before the Derby, and sometimes a horse that raced in the Churchill meet-opening feature would come back a week later in the Derby.

@prolfes @KentuckyDerby Smart decision. Another smart decision would be to move the three races farther apart. No sense to continue this way any longer.

No #TripleCrown try for @KentuckyDerby champion #GoldenTempo. Wise decision.

We are pleased to report that Further Ado came out of the Kentucky Derby in good order and is happy and healthy! We are looking forward to the rest of the year with him! Thank you so much for all the support over the last few weeks 🧡

We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. pbs.org/kenburns/the-a…

Trump’s economic advisor Kevin Hassett just said credit card spending is “through the roof.” He meant it as good news. Americans are spending more on gas because gas costs $4.54 a gallon. They’re putting the rest on credit cards because their savings are gone. Kevin Hassett just accidentally described a debt crisis as a boom. These are the people running your economy. Never stop connecting the dots.

Kentucky close to passing a 10c/gal tax cut on gasoline, and is stopping a July 1 gas tax hike of 1.4c/gal- this would in turn reduce prices by approx 10c/gal in KY. Since this is a reduction in retail tax, it should show up pretty quick once effective.

Without subsidies, millions of middle-income Americans on the marketplace with over $60,000 in income will be unable to afford health insurance. These Americans make too much for Medicaid but lack access to employer-based insurance. My @Morning_Joe Chart.

Two months into his pontificate, a man named Robert Prevost picked up the phone from the Vatican and called his bank in South Chicago. He wanted to update the phone number on his account. The teller asked the standard security questions, and he answered every one of them. Then her screen flagged his file: any further changes had to be made in person, at the branch, with a photo ID. Coming in person would not be possible, he told her, in the polite tone of a man who knew the answer before he asked the question. The teller apologized. He paused, then asked: “Would it matter to you if I told you I’m Pope Leo?” She hung up on him. thelettersfromleo.com/p/would-it-mat…

It’s flatly unconstitutional.

Some analysts estimate that up to a quarter of marketplace participants may drop their health coverage this year. And that group will be mostly healthy, leaving behind a higher-risk, sicker pool of insured. My @Morning_Joe Chart.

New on CNN: Before her nomination, Trump's surgeon general pick purged posts accusing them of hiding that measles was spreading until after the midterms, calling Trump and Elon Musk "petty, loud, and obnoxious," questioning Trump's health, and attacking their autism claims.

Life in Ohio under Vivek Ramaswamy would be harder and more expensive. But he keeps telling us he doesn’t care. Ohioans are listening.

Trump’s cuts to Obamacare subsidies hit middle class and elderly workers the hardest. A 60-year-old making $65,000 a year now stands to pay $920 more per month. My @Morning_Joe Chart.

One day after news broke that Republicans want to spend at least $1 billion taxpayer dollars for a ballroom Trump said would be privately funded and cost one-fifth that amount, Trump claims it will cost "something less than 400 Million Dollars." The math ain't mathing.

There are very few things I hate more than subscription plans for software and hardware, and HP's printer plan is among the worst of the worst. Buy a Brother laser printer and be done with it.