Just One Thing: Dems come for ALL your TABOR refunds
Democrats hate the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights. They hate that they can’t keep all your money and spend it on pet projects which is why they’re always trying to find a way to do just that. Frankly, Governor Polis thinks that TABOR is kinda dumb too insofar as having the state overcollect so much and then give it back. He’s in favor of lowering the rate and getting rid of the refund. You might be too when you hear this: Democrats are proposing giving every Colorado parent up to a certain income who has a child 16 or younger a bunch of money…enough to eliminate all TABOR refunds. You heard me right. You’ve heard me say repeatedly that any bill with Faith Winter’s name on it will be a disaster for taxpayers. Guess which bridge toll is behind this brazen theft.
Family Affordability Tax Credit | Colorado General Assembly
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Trump is right about abortion (though I doubt he knows why he's right)
He's probably annoying the hard-core pro-lifers but this approach is the only chance of saving the GOP from themselves
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Today's Guests
Isabel Brown describes herself as "Gen Z's conservative voice." She's a graduate of Colorado State University (with a bachelors degree in Biomedical Sciences.) Her new and interesting book is "The End of the Alphabet: How Gen Z Can Save America"
Isabel Brown Bio | Premiere Speakers Bureau
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Chris Nicholson is Associate Dean of Enrollment, Partnerships and Marketing at the Univ of Denver. He'll tell us about DU offering high-tech certification courses for high-growth career disciplines.
Industry Certification Courses | Professional Development
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Kevin Ingham is a Democratic pollster at the bipartisan Colorado Polling Institute which just released some fascinating new Colorado opinion research — Colorado Polling Institute (copollinginstitute.org)
They broke the poll out into three parts -
1. Issues, past ballot measures, and fav/unfav of politicians here.
2. Polling on the migrant crisis here.
3. Polling on sports figures and what local sports teams Coloradans are fans of here.
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Other Stuff
So so tragic and infuriating: Hamas Does Not Have 40 Hostages Who Meet Terms of Potential Swap With Israel, Officials Said - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Interesting analysis of the state of play (or state of war) between Israel and Iran: Will Iran push the envelope too far against Israel? (ynetnews.com)
This is truly serious: Israel, U.S. to coordinate on possible attack by Iran (axios.com)
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I said to a Denver City Council member (on the air) that Denver must be less "welcoming" because the current level of that costly public policy is wrecking the city's budget and harming taxpayers. I guess Mayor Johnston finally agrees though I'm sure he wouldn't word it the way I did:
Denver launches new "asylum-seeker program" in major migrant strategy shift - Axios Denver
Denver closing four shelters, scaling back migrant services to save $60M
Yay! Denver rec center and DMV hours restored amid shift in response to migrant crisis - Axios Denver
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I don’t know whether this will get uglier than with Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. There’s not much reason for Dems to save Johnson. That said, if the lunatic Marjorie Taylor Greene brings a motion to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House, and if it gets to a vote of the House, if every other Republican votes for Johnson I believe he would survive. And that could happen because there seems to be little appetite for another self-destructive fight. Trump could call MTG and tell her to shut her venomous ignorant pie hole.
"It wasn't productive at all": House GOP impasse persists after "pure chaos" vent session
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Sure, this was a political stunt by the Dems (the timing, I mean, not the merits of the argument). For Republicans in Arizona, the beatings will continue until morale improves. Arizona abortion ban repeal blocked by Republican lawmakers (axios.com)
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I’ll be glad if he does this but I think it won’t help him much because everyone will see it as him trying to clean up a giant mess THAT HE CAUSED with a small sponge.
In Trump-like lockdown, Biden to issue border executive order (axios.com)
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The best online "for sale" posting of the day: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/780187296877176
I hope nobody buys it before I do; I'm waiting for an answer to my question about how long the warranty is good for.
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Read his reaction: Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Says Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Killed Three of His Sons - WSJ
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Seems about right to me (the indictment, I mean): School Ignored Warnings 6-Year-Old Had Gun Before He Shot His Teacher, Grand Jury Finds - WSJ
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He's not wrong:
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I wish I were surprised: Newsom orders state workers back into the office - POLITICO
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This is a sin against our children: Six-Month Federal Budget Deficit: $1.1 Trillion - WSJ
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Beyond sickening: Alleged abuse of school kids on Littleton special needs bus | Denver Metro News | denvergazette.com
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We need infinitely more college administrators like this woman and infinitely more students who learn that they can't harass and disrupt (not least while wearing masks and dressing like terrorists).
By the way, listen to the disgusting language used by people who I assume are students as the police walk through the moronic crowd:
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes: Lebanese man accused of funnelling funds to Hamas found dead, source says (msn.com)
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I hope this is true: 'On life support': Senate Republicans are prepared to sink the child tax credit bill (msn.com)
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Today's Videos
A listener sent me this and it's one of the best short explanations of why entitlement reform is so desperately needed while it's still possible (meaning possible before very bad things happen to lots of people)
I think you can see where she gets it from