OUR FUTURIST IS TALKING ABOUT AI BEING CURIOUS And how important it is for future use. Read Thomas Frey's series on it starting here and here and here. He joins me at 1 to discuss. It asks AI to always ask, "what was before that" before regurgitating answers. I love these columns.
JOHN BROOKS WANTS TO BE ON THE BALLOT And I'm going to be honest when I tell you John very much impressed me in his first visit, along with many of my listeners. He joins me today at 12:30 and I genuinely hope the assembly voters move him through to the ballot. He's smart, grounded and has some good ideas to solve some big problems and I believe the temperment to work with what is almost certainly a large Dem majority in the Legislature. This is NOT an endorsement, just a hope that he gets the chance to make his case in the primaries. Find out more about him by clicking here. He is one of a few candidates I'd like to see on the primary ballot.
IRAN WANTS CHILDREN AROUND POWER PLANTS If this doesn't tell you all you need to know about Iran and how little they care about their people I don't know what will. Iran is urging "young people" to make a chain around power plants so if we bomb them they can cry about "children" being targeted. This is straight out of the Human Shield Playbook used for decades by Hamas. They are also assigning CHILDREN to man checkpoints where Basij militia have been getting blown up by Israeli drones. This is whose side protesters are on. This is whose side Queers for Palestine is on. These people are not like us. But then I see this and there is hope.
We are on the same side as every Iranian in that country who doesn't want to send their children to protect a nuclear power plant.
ABOUT THOSE WAR CRIMES People are up in arms because Trump has said he is going to target civilian infrastructure like power plants and desalination plants, and unless there is serious justification that can be considered a war crime. Okay. So if Iran has ALREADY hit power plants and desalination plants and chemical factories what do we do, because they HAVE. Just in this war Iran has:
1. Confirmed desalination plant attacks by Iran (current war)
Confirmed: 1
Bahrain desalination plant (March 2026)Bahrain reported that an Iranian drone strike damaged a seawater desalination facility supplying freshwater.
The plant continued operating but suffered material damage.
This appears to be the first confirmed Iranian strike on Gulf desalination infrastructure in this conflict.
2. Other water or power infrastructure incidents
Evidence of a few additional strikes or near-misses:
Qatar: strike hit a water tank belonging to a power plant.
Kuwait: attacks damaged power and water infrastructure during Iranian strikes.
These are not always desalination plants themselves, but they affect water supply systems.
3. Petrochemical / energy facilities targeted
Iran has claimed strikes on petrochemical facilities in multiple Gulf states:
UAE
Kuwait
Bahrain
These were announced by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as retaliation against U.S. and allied targets.
Additionally:
drone attacks damaged infrastructure in UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
These include refineries, petrochemical complexes, and energy logistics.
So now what? Do we let Iran get away with war crimes? They already murdered over 30,000 people in Iran, and now this, so what? What do you all of you worried about war crimes do now? Genuine question. I'll wait for the answer while we finish this war. One more war crime by Iran: Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, Article 51(7) says
“The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations.”
Asking women and children to line bridges is a pretty clear violation.
AURORA APPROVES WATER RESTRICTIONS And every municipality is likely going to do the same so get ready, folks, this is going to be a hard summer. Read what this means for Aurora Water customers here.
OUR FAKE LIBERTARIAN GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW RED FLAG EXPANSION Because Governor Polis is a liar when he says he is a freedom lover. He means only when your behavior meets the standards he agrees with in reality. Now an even longer list of people can take your guns without due process, and he put his big fat stamp of approval on this bill.
LEGISLATORS APPROVE OUR BLOATED BUDGET And it's coming in at $46.8 BILLION dollars but the Democrats say they don't have enough of your money yet. Just for comparison, here is Colorado's total budgets since 2015:
And they won't balance the budget by reining in a Medicaid like program just for illegal immigrants, they cut services to the most vulnerable. Great job. Read about it here. Jon Caldara did an entire show on why the budget has been busted below. You should watch it.
PROSECUTORS CHOKE ON THE THOUGHT OF LOSING THEIR IMMUNITY And they should. Prosecutors now enjoy what's called prosecutorial immunity, meaning they can't be held civilly liable for their actions while doing their jobs prosecuting crimes. I think that's how it should be. But in a state where cops no longer have those protections why should prosecutors keep theirs? Where were they when police was stripped of that protection? Read more here.
DEB AND I TALK ABOUT THE CAUCUS SYSTEM AND MORE In the latest episode of Mandy & Deb and it's so good. We tackle GLP-1s and all kinds of stuff.
PEOPLE AGREE ABOUT CELL PHONES AND KIDS But isn't this the parent's job? Isn't it YOUR responsibility to not give your 1st grader a smartphone and to prohibit your kids from using social media until they are older? We did this in our house and no one died. Seriously. Read this about a survey that says people think kids should be restricted from using both until 16 but then ask yourself if you've done the RIGHT THING for your kids without a poll.
REMEMBER THE LITTLE BUNNY HAT BOY PICTURED WITH ICE? And the story shot around that the five year old had been arrested, or used as bait to catch his illegal immigrant mom? It turned out that when the agents tried to return the boy to his illegal immigrant mother she refused to open the door. Then the judge issued a showboating statement excoriating the Trump admin for the whole thing. The family claimed they had an asylum claim and the media ran with that. Guess what? Their asylum claim was denied because they were simply economic illegal immigrants. The family now has a deportation order.
ABOUT NATO This is the best explainer about why I think NATO's usefulness has reached it's natural lifespan.
RETIREMENT AT 35...OR 85 IS THE THING NOW This is a great article on differing views about retirement. From an 82 year old man who still drives a school bus because he's making a difference to 35 year olds trying to exit the rat race as soon as possible, retirement is different for everyone.
PIGS GET FAT, HOGS GET SLAUGHTERED and PepsiCo learned that the hard way when they tried to sell Doritos for $7 a bag. Consumers took a hard pass and sales plummeted. What I find remarkable is that after losing BILLIONS as well as shelf space in major retailers, PepsiCo decided a lousy 15% cut would do the trick. No, it did not. This article lays out how corporate greed kept prices high even as consumers made other choices. And you know what we learned? Those store brand chips are good enough. This is what happens when you decide a luxury is a necessity.
WHAT'S THE HEALTHIEST WAY TO EGG AN EGG? Eggs make a huge part of my diet and I love them any way, honestly. This article breaks down the health benefits of eggs and the best way to eat them.
WHO IS THE INDEPENDENT MAJORITY? This is what I chatted with Jon Caldara about yesterday.
ERIC SWALWELL IS ABOUT TO #METOOED And apparently there is a gaggle of women ready to come forward with charges of gross behavior by the California Democrat now running for Governor. This X video started it all. I hope he gets creamed in this primary.
She followed up with a long X thread about it. Stuff is about to happen.
DON'T BELIEVE ME ON THE IRAN WANTING CHILDREN THING?
HOW HOSPITAL SYSTEMS MAKE HEALTHCARE WAY MORE EXPENSIVE This is a long read but so worth it. It all has to do with incentives baked into Obamacare that have lead to the consolidation of healthcare by giant hospital groups. We must fix this.
THE MOST DISGUSTING THINGS IN A HOTEL ROOM And we all know about the remote, but what about the ice bucket???
A COOKING HACK I WILL ACTUALLY USE Watch below or click here.
YEP.
IS FAST FOOD EVEN REAL FOOD? Watch below or click here.
TECHNICALLY IT'S A SAUSAGE KAZOO But he says it's a hot dog kazoo so here you go. Watch below or click here.
GOOSE LOVES WATERMELON Watch below or click here.
GENIUS LEVEL FRY SUGGESTION Watch below or click here.
BUT WHY YOU GO?
HERSHEY'S IS SHAMED INTO FIXING REESE'S CUPS By the the grandson of the founder, who called out Hershey for skimping on the main ingredients. Hershey says they will go back to the old way next year.