Tues Blogcast: Dems vs #2A; Krista Kafer v Donald Trump; Schools vs Parents

Just One Thing: Thank you to the Denver City Council

Please read my rather long tweet:

One More Thing: Are Biden's team really trying to help him?

Every once in a while Team Biden does something that makes you think Team Biden is not the A-Team. Letting him do an angry press conference after the special counsel’s report, even though that report was brutal, gave President Biden a chance to make a mistake, and grabbed that chance like a 7-year old grabbing the cotton candy, saying he talked to the resident of Mexico about aid in Gaza, when he meant the president of Egypt. The same B-Team had Biden, who skipped the almost traditional Super Bowl interview for the second year in a row, put out a video instead. The dude can barely speak intelligibly, but here goes...

As a friend put it, is Biden’s team TRYING to sabotage him? It's almost enough to allow one to believe a conspiracy theory that Biden's own team wants to get him replaced. More on that line here: Biden's Bizarre 'Shrinkflation' Nonsense (reason.com)

Related: Biden on TikTok

A little over a year ago: Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices amid security concerns (nbcnews.com)

Biden on Sunday on TikTok:

Today's Guests

Taylor Rhodes is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. We'll spend a few minutes talking about the anti-gun bills that may come to/through the state legislature this session.

BillWatch | Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (rmgo.org)

Here's a bill that will add requirements including "live fire" training in order to get a concealed carry permit: Concealed Carry Permits & Training | Colorado General Assembly

I struggle with this one in the sense that anybody who is carrying a gun should know how to use it BUT government's shouldn't generally be able to add conditions which a citizen must satisfy simply in order to exercise a constitutional right.

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Krista Kafer is a friend of mine and a plaintiff in the Colorado case now before the Supreme Court of the United States that aims to bar former President Trump from the ballot(s) in Colorado, and which at least one state has already relied on to make the same maneuver there. I expect that the Supreme Court will overturn Colorado's somewhat surprising ruling in favor of Krista and the other plaintiffs...and I think SCOTUS will do so unanimously or maybe 8-1.

This is from the best website for SCOTUS coverage: Supreme Court appears unlikely to kick Trump off Colorado ballot - SCOTUSblog

I asked Krista if she'd be willing to have a conversation on the air about whether she regrets being involved or whether she would do it the same way again and she agreed so that's much of what we'll discuss.

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Lindsay Datko is the founder of Jeffco Kids First. She wants us to know about a bill in front of the state legislature: Non-Legal Name Changes | Colorado General Assembly

From the legislature's website, the bill would:

Require public schools and institute charter schools (school) to use a student's preferred name, if a preferred name is requested by the student; and
Deem a school's refusal to use a student's preferred name a form of discrimination.

The bill calls for the creation of a task force to determine, among other things, rules about parental notification.

In a sense this is an interesting bill because it's not about "pronouns" though of course that will be coming next time.

Other Stuff

Some stuff I didn't get to yesterday that's important:

Today's Videos

A video report about the sophisticated networking and computer equipment found below UNRWA headquarters in Gaza.

UNRWA must be completely disbanded. And preferably not replaced. At least not by anything related to the UN.

Subsidizing Nickelback

Ross Kaminsky