I LOVE A PLACE THAT GIVES A HAND UP And a couple of local coffee shops are doing just that, though one is being crushed by ongoing construction. I read this article in the Colorado Sun about the Prodigy Coffeehouse that hires teens to give them life skills and teach them how to have a job and do a great job too. One of their two locations is being crushed by construction so I'm having executive director of the nonprofit that runs the shops on today. Jeslin Shahrezaei runs Prodigy Ventures and at 1 we'll talk about how to support this wonderful ongoing endeavor. I gave them 50 bucks this morning.
THE DEA WANTS YOUR DRUGS What do you do with your old drugs? Flushing them down the toilet is a terrible idea because they end up in our drinking water supply. The best idea is to take them to an approved location for tomorrow's DEA Drug Take Back Day. You can click here to put in your address and find a location near you to drop off your unwanted, unneeded drugs between 10a and 2p tomorrow only. Not to be morbid but if you've recently lost someone after a long illness you may have a bunch of stuff laying around that you don't need. I'm talking with DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge David Olesky about it today at 2.
WHAT NEW GUN LAWS DO LAW ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOW? I say law abiding citizens because the Colorado Legislature declined to increase punishments for criminals using guns illegally this session while they couldn't WAIT to put more onerous restrictions on legal gun owners. More are in the pipeline so I've got Devin Perkins with DCF Guns on today at 2:30 to discuss it. Get your concealed carry permit NOW to avoid the new hassles and you can do that at DCF Guns
BO NIX IS THE BRONCOS NEW QB And the Oregon standout is going to have his first NFL presser today at 2pm so you can hear it all here. Read about Bo in advance here.
THIS IS THE GREATEST TESTIMONY IN THE HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY And I'm sure he is sitting here fully tongue in cheek but this is magic. Just magic.
I don't know who Scott and Nicole are but their show is a must see and you need to see their Twitter feed. I'm going to try to get them on the show asap.
PRO HAMAS PROTESTS COME TO THE AURARIA CAMPUS And I wonder how many of these useful idiots are being paid by George Soros? I'm not just engaging in hyperbole, his outfit is actually PAYING students to gin up and foment trouble. Read that here. The students took over a space near Tivoli Student Union yesterday and made a bunch of demands that won't be met because they are stupid. CU, you're now on deck as to how to handle this. Perhaps take a lesson from my alma mater Florida State, where they simply turned the sprinklers on where students had gathered to protest. Another reason we should have been in the National Championship playoffs. Just saying.
YES ON GEORGE BRAUCHLER AS THE DA FOR THE NEWLY CREATED 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT George is a really good human and even better prosecutor who simply believes the job of the District Attorney is to enforce the laws, not use the position to be a social justice activist. Vote yes on George.
THIS BABYLON BEE HEADLINE IS FIRE And I'm sure it will upset Democrats greatly, but is it wrong? No.
WANT TO GET MORE FROM YOUR HOME SALE? List it in early June. According to Zillow homes that were listed in the first two weeks of June last year sold for an average of 2.3% more, which averaged about $17,000 per sale. You better call Ed Prather today to get your home ready to hit that date.
THE MESSAGE ISN'T GETTING TO MIGRANTS THAT DENVER IS FULL And now they are being told that Denver will pay to move them along but not help. One migrant advocate says this is disingenuous and misleading to migrants. Yeah, well them's the breaks. Obviously the word is not out that Denver is closed.
THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS LEANING REPUBLICAN And though the only poll that matters is the one on election day, the fact that voters have no clue who Yadira Caraveo is is not good news for her re election. Read about internal polling done on the district here.
COLORADO LAWMAKERS DON'T CARE HOW MUCH OBESITY DRUGS WILL COST They are barreling ahead to force insurance companies to pay for them. Expect a rise in your premiums when this happens. Also expect the Medicaid budget to be especially blown by this but who cares, we can just bilk the taxpayers for more money, amiright?
FILM ON THE ROCKS IS BACK! And in addition to more recent films like The Matrix, they will be showing The Wizard of Oz for the first time! Find all the details here.
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND Range from Monster Jam in the rain at Mile High to watch parties for the Nuggets or Avs playoff games at Ball Arena. Find them here.
TIK TOK SAYS THEY'D RATHER SHUT DOWN THEN SELL The Chinese parent company of TikTok says they will NOT sell the platform after they exhaust all other legal options, they will just shut it down. It's the algorithms they don't want to part with, which makes sense. ByteDance says TikTok is such a small part of its overall business that they will let it die instead. Mmmkay. If you're a creator on TikTok and not actively working to move your business to another platform you're just stupid.
BIDEN AIDES TRYING TO HIDE HIS OLD MAN SHUFFLE This is crazy that we are talking about using aides to hide an old man's walk but here we are.
WANT TO LIVE LONGER? Take the stairs. Dr. Sophie Paddock of the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK says "Even brief bursts of physical activity have beneficial health impacts, and short bouts of stair climbing should be an achievable target to integrate into daily routines." You know what to do now.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ARGUMENTS ON TRUMP IMMUNITY YESTERDAY? This is a really good column on the difficult position the Supreme Court is in as they try to establish where official acts begin and end when it comes to the Presidency. Jonathan Turley says the Court will likely "split the baby" in some way but how isn't exactly clear. When asked about Obama's drone strikes which killed American citizens, they argued that was okay because Obama did it and they liked Obama. They didn't say it like that, but listen to this.
So what he said was if the Department of Justice says it's okay, it's fine, but if they don't like you it's not. Murder by Democrat President, fine, election interference by Republican, bad. Got it?
FORD LOSES $132000 ON EACH EV IT SOLD Ford is the only major automaker to break out EV sales separately so one must wonder what the others are not telling us. They sold 10,000 electric vehicles in the first quarter and reported a loss of $1.3 BILLION on the sector so this path is clearly unsustainable even as government edicts are trying to force them to sell more of the cars and trucks no one wants. What does this mean going forward? Not sure but it may explain why union workers are moving towards Trump. Here is one using salty language by a union guy.
This union leader is a little more diplomatic.
AROD'S NEW VIDEO IS ABOUT HIS WEIGHT LOSS And if you want to hear the WHOLE story of how he lost 100 pounds just watch this and don't forget to subscribe to the channel!
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE NICKNAMES This is so accurate it's almost not funny. Almost.
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