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Wait...what?!? Southwest Airlines will charge for checked bags for first time

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Seriously, I can't believe Faith Winter was (or still is) in the Colorado State Legislature. I can count on one hand (or maybe no hands) the number of times that she's done anything useful. Check out this bill that she's sponsoring: Peace Officer Questions During Traffic Stop | Colorado General Assembly

And this is even more insane: Health & global warming stickers on fuel pumps bill pending | News | denvergazette.com

Increasing Transparency Impact of Fuel Products | Colorado General Assembly

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We'll talk about this with a great lawyer/professor later in the week, but here's Andy's opinion: Legality of Trump Deporting a Green-Card-Holding, Pro-Hamas Columbia Grad | National Review

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Take a hike: Hikers can once again access Mount Lindsey after the 14er’s multi-year closure

Privately owned Mount Lindsey is now open - The Monte Vista Journal

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Stuff about food in Colorado: Cracker Barrel opens new location in Denver, Colorado | Food, Dining & Beer | denvergazette.com

I wish entrepreneurs success. I struggle to understand why this was ever thought likely to be successful but I also realize I'm not the target audience. Meati Foods scrambles to prevent shutdown, laying off 150 people - Denver Business Journal

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Imagine if courts rule that Khalil can't have his visa revoked or be deported. He'll become a poster child for the antisemitic, pro-terrorist wing of the anti-Trump "resistance":

Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be deported as protesters call for his release

Related: This can go too far and probably already is, despite the temptation toward schadenfreude: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves - The New York Times

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Note the split among circuits on whether banning “conversion therapy” is a restraint on professional conduct or on speech: 24-539 CHILES V. SALAZAR

2 Biden appointees from Colo. at center of SCOTUS appeal | Courts | gazette.com

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Elon, this is not OK: Elon Musk calls Mark Kelly a traitor over his support for Ukraine

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Don't take my sharing this article as support of taking drugs. I don't take drugs, never have. That said, I also believe adults should be able to do what they want to with their own bodies as long as they're not harming others (such as by driving under the influence): MDMA may have protected Nova attack survivors from trauma, study suggests

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I didn't get to this yesterday: Men fall in love almost twice as fast as women, new research reveals — here's how quickly it happens

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Frankly, this makes my brain hurt; I don't understand the political machinations in Woodland Park, but it sure does seem dysfunctional: Woodland Park city council kills school funding sales tax | News | gazette.com

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Wow (in a bad way): US-Flagged Oil Tanker 'Stena Immaculate' In Flames Off UK After Collision

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I think tariffs were as much a catalyst for an overdue sell-off as they were a cause for a sell-off, but they are both. Tariffs will reduce the profits and value of far more companies than they will help. That said, Charlie definitely has a point that a bigger short-term issue for GOP is the reduction in federal spending that I hope we continue to see. Economist Brian Wesbury attributes nearly have of recent GDP growth to gov't spending, which is the least efficient spending. Withdrawing that spending will put short-term downward pressure on consumer spending and probably on stocks but in the long run will add to the productivity of the economy and be a significant net gain for the nation fiscally and in terms of getting government off our backs.

Ignore the stock market -- Wall Street dealing with painful detox from government spending addiction

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News was last Friday but I didn't mention it, so... Judge rejects Denver Public Schools’ attempt to block Trump ICE guidance - The Colorado Sun

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I mostly don't feel sorry for them: Semafor.com: House GOP spending bill could let student loan debts go unpaid

Number of borrowers not paying their student loans has doubled - The Washington Post

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Offered without comment: BREAKING: Zelensky sent apology letter to Trump after Oval Office spat | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

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Please don't feed the animals: Feeding deer in Colorado is illegal. It's also dangerous.

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