***** WE WILL AIR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S CONCESSION SPEECH AT 2PM TODAY****
TRUMP GETS FOUR MORE YEARS I went to bed late last night as it became pretty apparent that Trump was going to win. I still sort of felt like when I woke up it would be different but watching MSNBC last night made me feel pretty good about things. He won in places that Republicans don't win. He won in places Republicans win. He won a LOT of places. We shall discuss.
LET YOUR KIDS SHOOT SOME PAPER TURKEYS It's that time again for the COFA Turkey Shoot where you can bring your kids out to shoot some (paper) turkeys with air soft guns so they can learn how to safely handle a gun and have some fun at the same time. Mike Brooks and Leslie Allen join me at 1:30 to talk about it, find out more info by clicking here.
TIME FOR SOME CLEAN SPEECH AFTER THAT ELECTION And just in time is Clean Speech Colorado, the annual event from the Jewish Experience and it is lovely and sorely needed right now. Rabbi Leban joins me at 1:10 to talk about it but you can sign up at the bottom of this website to get the daily emails and catch up on what you've missed. It's a really cool way to start your day. This video is yesterday's lesson and I think it's especially timely today after a contentious election.
RUN FOR VETERANS THIS WEEKEND The Colorado Veterans Project does a great job with the Colorado Veterans Project's annual Denver Veterans Day Run, Parade & Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9. Our own Ben Allbright will be emceeing the parade but you can still sign up and show up for this race by clicking here. Brandy Maranian, CVP Board President joins me today at 12:30 for a quick chat about it.
NOW LET'S BREAK DOWN SOME ELECTION STUFF Trump won, if you went to bed before his acceptance speech, you've got it here.
Kamala Harris has not given a concession speech, which I think is pretty bush league but not surprising all things considered. Another failure in a failed campaign that got billions in unearned positive press and still couldn't beat one of the most polarizing candidates in the history of the modern era. Democrats will be breaking down how this could happen but maybe they should let their voters decide next time. It is abundantly clear that if they had not spent years protecting Biden from us and had a primary instead of telling us he was fine when he is clearly not they may have had a chance. What they did was install a candidate no one liked in 2020 and tried to drag her over the finish line by yelling NAZI every chance they got. Hopefully this will end such political shenanigans in the future. Check out this quote from delusional Democrats:
The party’s center-left contingent wants to see Democrats take on issues like the economy, crime and the immigration in a more direct way while avoiding some of the cultural issues, like rights for transgender people, that they feel turned off middle-of-the-road voters.
But the progressive wing of the party sees it differently, arguing that Democrats need to move further to the left to excite a new batch of voters or take other steps to try to lure back the types of voters who have moved to Trump in recent years.
I hope that is exactly what you do.
LET'S TALK STATE INITIATIVES A mixed bag as far as I'm concerned but there is nothing in these results that is really shocking. Here's what PASSED:
MEASURE G: EXTENSION OF TAX BREAKS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS
MEASURE H - Judicial Adjudicative Board General
MEASURE I - Revoke Right to Bail for First Degree Murder General
MEASURE J - Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Provision General
MEASURE JJ - Retain Excess Sports Betting Tax Revenue General
MEASURE KK - Impose Excise Tax on Firearms General
AMENDMENT 79 - Right to Abortion General
PROP 129 - Veterinary Professional Associate General
PROP 128 - Modify Parole Eligibility General
PROP 130 - Create Peace Officer Training and Support Fund General
And here's what FAILED:
INITIATIVE K - Modify Initiative and Judicial Filing Deadlines General
AMENDMENT 80 School Choice in K-12 Education General
PROP 127 Prohibit Big Cat Trophy Hunting General
PROP 131 - Top-4-Pri, Ranked Choice GE General
Though I'm disappointed that School Choice didn't pass I'm okay with Prop 131 failing. After talking to Alaska Senator Mike Shower (not Storm) about the issues in implementation of RCV I think it might not be ready for prime time. At last check Alaska was moving towards repealing it but there are still a bunch of votes to be counted. We shall go through these today.
HOW ARE WORLD LEADERS RESPONDING TO TRUMP'S WIN? I'm guessing Ukraine's Zelensky is regretting his choice to appear as a Useful Idiot for the Harris campaign now that she lost and Trump has been less than friendly to continued money for Ukraine Read the roundup here, but EU columnists are already writing stories about the end of NATO, which seems premature as long as Europe meets their monetary commitments to defense.
WHY TRUMP WON, EXPLAINED TO BRITS This is a GREAT column by Konstantin Kisin to his fellow Brits who are baffled by Trump's victory and I think it does as good a job as any in explaining why he won. Read it here, I'll share it today.
DENVER IS TIRED OF PAYING FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSING And they showed it by rejecting a tax increase to pay for an affordable housing push. After saying yes to a tax increase for Denver Health, they simply hit their limit on the affordable housing. As I see it most, if not all, affordable housing initiatives failed on this ballot. I guess voters are tired of paying for other people's stuff. Denver voters also defeated the fur ban and the slaughterhouse ban, which is a blow to animal rights activists.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES AREN'T ALL DONE As the 8th Congressional race has not been decided though last I checked Rep. Yadira Caraveo held a tiny lead, Jeff Hurd is leading in the 3rd as of now, though the race has not been called. Something to watch in what happened in the 4th Congressional District, where Lauren Boebert won by only 10% in a district that Ken Buck won by 22%. Boebert lost Douglas County. That district is no longer a "safe" district in my opinion and needs to be seen as competitive for Democrats. Whoever their candidate is in two years will be the most well funded candidate in Colorado history as national Dems will continue to target Boebert. I am hoping that THIS TIME Lauren can mature into a representative worthy of Douglas County's support.
THANK GOODNESS COLORADO DEMS VOTED IN THE NATIONAL VOTE COMPACT, AMIRIGHT? Can you imagine today if the race had been close and enough states had signed on to the National Vote Compact and Colorado's electoral college votes would be given to TRUMP? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I fully expect the repeal of that 2020 vote to be on the ballot in 2022. God, that would be so rich.
THE ELECTION WAS A REFERENDUM ON TODAY'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY And this column NAILS it. Check this part out:
This election has shown the complete disconnect between normal working-class Americans and the Democratic party. They flaunted every celebrity and Diddy associate they could find to endorse Kamala Harris but that nonsense doesn't work on people who are barely making ends meet.
Cardi B's public endorsement doesn't impact the decision of someone who has less than $400 in their savings and praying they won't have a financial emergency. No one gives a damn about what millionaires in Hollywood want or who they support when we are trying to survive.
This election result is a condemnation of the “New Democratic Party” which caters to the demands of the wealthy and uses chastizing talking points to guilt-trip Middle to Lower Class Americans into supporting a bad candidate who is linked to their hardship.
This is spot on. Absolutely right. We'll see if the scolding and patronizing tone of the party changes. It must because next time they will be running against a much stronger candidate in JD Vance.
CU-DENVER WILL BE PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE TODAY Not as fancy or complete as the day of coloring and legos and cookies that Georgetown promised it's fragile students, but CU doesn't cost 90 grand a year. That being said, the event so students can commiserate will be today from 10a to 2pm. Good luck to all who need this.
MORNING JOE IS NOT OKAY And I am putting this here just so you understand how damaged the Left Media is today. Pray for them to get peace over this.
DON'T FORGET TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE VETERAN! For our A Heroes Thank You so we can give a deserving veteran a $2500 check. Watch this for more.
GOOGLE TELLS EMPLOYEES TO SHUT DOWN POLITICAL SPEECH AT WORK And to say the edict to keep political speech off of an internal discussion board used by employees is not going well. Employees kept pushing political memes and Google kept taking them off, which lead to criticism of the policy on the forum. Good luck, Google, we need you not to suck and be so biased.
LET THE MASS EXODUS BEGIN Of left wing people who have been scared to death over a Trump Presidency even though NONE Of the things they are worried about in this column remotely came true in 2016. But lefties live in terror because that makes it easier to control them so you can read about which country they are moving to now since he won here.
WANT BETTER SEX? A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP CAN HELP Another reason to go to Innomax and get a new bed if you aren't sleeping well. A new study says better sleep leads to more and better sex. What more motivation do you need to prioritize sex?
NETANYAHU FIRES HIS POLITICAL RIVAL And Israelis took to the streets in protest. Benjamin Netanyahu fired his Defense Minister after the two political rivals clashed over the execution of the war. The issues?
Netanyahu has clashed for months with Gallant, a political rival from his own Likud party who has publicly criticized the prime minister over what he characterized as a lack of strategic vision in Gaza and his failure to reach an agreement with Hamas that would return the dozens of hostages still languishing in Gaza. But what may have sealed Gallant’s fate was his announcement Monday that the army would send conscription notices to thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men, following a decision by the nation’s Supreme Court this year requiring them to serve in the military. Ultra-Orthodox parties, a key part of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition, have fought for decades to enshrine military exemptions for students at religious schools, and had threatened to pull out of the government if draft notices went out.
Gallant has long argued that the ultra-Orthodox should not be able to dodge the country’s mandatory draft and, with Israel locked in the longest war in its history, he has doubled down, putting the prime minister’s coalition in jeopardy. It was “the most central issue for our existence and our future,” Gallant said Tuesday.
I happen to agree with Gallant on the ultra-Orthodox thing but on the ceasefire I'm not sure I do. Hamas has NOT agreed to terms that are remotely reasonable, although now, with most of the leadership dead they may reconsider. This is something to watch.
P'NUT DIED OF COVID At least that's what The Babylon Bee is reporting. (this paper is satire, just in case you've not visited the internet)
THE MARKETS LIKE THE TRUMP VICTORY And have been way, way up this morning. Check the latest here.
OLDER ADULTS GIVE FREE ADVICE ON TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF And man are these all SOOOO SOOO good. Read it and then do them.
I'M DOWN WITH THIS 100% I've given up any facade of "wait until after Thanksgiving" and am now 100% "November is not too soon" for Christmas decorations. And now I can go to Spirit Christmas except there aren't any remotely close to here. Watch below or click here
MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A SLEEP VACATION I love this idea but would be loathe to do it anywhere other than home because I love my Innomax bed that much. Watch below or click here.
WATCH A GRANDMOTHER REALIZE HER LOGIC IS SO, SO BAD Watch below or click here.