Saturday AM at CO State Capitol: Don't Touch Our TABOR
Democrats are about to do everything possible not to help Coloradans: Colorado Democratic lawmakers unveil limited tax-relief plan for special session - Axios Denver
Kyle Clark nails the Dems
The Tik-Tok Threat: Young stupid Americans flocking to Osama bin Laden's message
How Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ reached millions online (msn.com)
Lots of ignorant young people including apparently a disproportionate percentage of African-Americans are posting videos on TikTok talking about how their reading Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" has changed their views of the US, Israel, etc. You can see a compilation of them below, along with some of my thoughts.
Just One Thing: Dems' latest property tax lie
There is no lie Democrats won’t tell in order to offer little to no relief to Coloradans whose property taxes will increase by 30%, 40%, 50%, even 70% in just two years. They lied to you with Prop HH but we figured it out and demolished it. Now, because Governor Polis included mention of TABOR in his executive order calling a special session of the legislature to enact property tax relief, they’re just going to steal tabor refunds again and tell us voters to go screw ourselves. The new lie will be “we can’t cut property taxes because it will hurt rural areas where values didn’t go up very much.” Well, then, be creative and figure out a way that doesn’t cause that problem. It’s not hard. But they won’t because they want ALL the money and Jared won’t publicly shame them.
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One More Thing: He's got to go
The House Ethics Committee (chaired by a Republican) issued a truly devastating (but not surprising) report about fraudster, con-man, and congenital liar George Santos, though that probably isn't actually his name.
It includes, among many other things, direct transfers of campaign contributions to his personal checking account and stuff like "funds were used to, among other things: pay down personal credit card bills and other debt; make a $4,127.80 purchase at Hermes; and for smaller purchases at OnlyFans; Sephora; and for meals and for parking." Oh, come on, now, he can't even spend a little donor money on OnlyFans?
Seriously, read this: How George Santos allegedly spent his campaign funds: Botox, OnlyFans, Ferragamo and more (nbcnews.com)
I know the GOP is in a terrible position with a tiny majority due to the ongoing negative reaction by voters to Donald Trump's GOP. What should have been a red wave was a red trickle, and Santos drifted in with it like a bloated dead fish floating in the oily foam. But Santos simply must be expelled.
The Constitution requires an election to fill the seat and NY state law says there will be a special election as long as the vacancy happens before July. Hard to know whether a Republican or a Dem would win the seat but one would think that the wind is slightly in the GOP's favor right now.
But it doesn't matter. George Santos is every bit as much a stain on Congress as Rashida Tlaib is. OK, almost as much. And he, like she, has to go at the earliest possible opportunity. That opportunity will come earlier for him than for her.
Here's the actual Ethics Committee report: Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos | House Committee on Ethics
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Today's Guests
David Johnson is a former packaging engineer for Hasbro who despised what the company was subjecting him to re DEI training and so became a Project Veritas whistleblower. He is co-author with Kent Heckenlively of “The Diversity Con: The Secrets and Lies Behind the Shady DEI Industry”
The Diversity Con: The Secrets and Lies... by Johnson, David (amazon.com)
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Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher House Foundation, will emphasize the important role family plays in the recovery of our wounded, injured and ill service members and veterans, and explore ways to express our heartfelt gratitude to our nation's military heroes.
Home - Fisher House Foundation
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Carrie Rickert is the founder of Nomis Advisors and author of Trauma is a Catalyst.
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Chelsie Monroe is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and graduate of the CU College of Nursing (and former full-time faculty there) who owns a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Englewood, Balanced Mental Wellness. She also has a background in psychedelic assisted therapy. We'll discuss (primarily) ketamine-assisted therapies: what do we think works? what untested/fraudulent claims are some clinics making? etc
Behavioral Health Clinic & Counseling in Denver, CO (balancedmentalwellness.com)
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Other Stuff
Chip Roy is right but there also isn't a lot that can be done with a narrow GOP majority that includes moderate Republicans who represent districts Biden won and who therefore will not support the kinds of cuts to government that really must be done. (By the way, Trump won't support them either.)
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One day these treatments will be fairly common, easier to execute, and much less expensive. The technology is truly remarkable:
UK first to approve CRISPR treatment for diseases: what you need to know (nature.com)
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Could the dominant liberal establishment mass media be more disgusting?
Here's a picture of the original and new headline regarding the killing of a Jewish man by a pro-Hamas protester: AA1k5jfv.img (768×432) (img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net)
BBC:
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The US is suffering deep moral confusion:
Why Israel aid isn’t much more popular than Ukraine aid - The Washington Post
You know that something is wrong with minds in this country when many conservatives are happy to, by default, help Russia (being run by a former KGB officer) while many liberals abandon Israel to help people who are, or who celebrate, terrorists and would gleefully murder LGBT folks.
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Wow, that's a lot: Feds seize $1.3 billion in knockoffs from Manhattan storage unit in largest-ever counterfeit bust (yahoo.com)
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Canadian politician shreds reporter.
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In the long run, technology will beat protectionism if there’s a demand for the blocked product: Italy bans production, sale of lab-grown meat (msn.com)
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I don't want it, but it seems cheap compared to Denver real estate! Texas castle for sale on Lake Whitney | wfaa.com
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Today's Videos
OK, this is hilarious
Worry about yourself!
But why?