Start with a chuckle (at Pete Hegseth's expense)
And this is even better:
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Just One Thing: The great Thomas Sowell schools AOC
I rarely post this sort of thing at the start of a blog, but everybody should listen to this (and generally should read and listen to Thomas Sowell)
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One More Thing: Political earthquake in France
Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader, banned from running in 2027 presidential election | CNN
France's Le Pen sentenced to jail, banned from public office
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CO Springs Gazette's recommendations for tomorrow's City Council elections
ENDORSEMENTS: The Gazette’s choices for City Council | Opinion | gazette.com
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Today's Guests
Brita Horn (a fellow LPR grad) is the newly elected chair of the Colorado Republican Party. We'll talk about her priorities and how she can clean up the reputation of a party so damaged by it's terrible grifter of a prior chairman.
Brita Horn elected as next chair of Colorado GOP to replace Dave Williams
.Brita Horn elected Colorado GOP Chair on 'unify the party' platform | FOX31 Denver
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Lora Thomas was until recently a Douglas County Commissioner. She contacted me to say that some of what current Commissioner Kevin Van Winkle said on my show last week about the move to make DougCo a "home rule" county was not true. We'll have Lora on to correct the record a bit, and also to talk about some of the politics in this effort.
Read Lora's email update here: https://mailchi.mp/5168350e5fdb/straight-talk-about-whats-going-on-with-your-government-18162946
Local issues. Local voices. Local governance. - Douglas County
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Other Stuff
Start off your week with a cute story: Florida player's March Madness interview goes viral with ESPN student reporter
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Dragon loves his moth tattoo.
Thanks to listener Jason for a new portrait of producer Dragon and his little mothy friends.
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I realize the plural of "anecdote" is not "data" but it sure doesn't seem like this sort of thing should happen in the USA: ‘I Applied for a Work Visa—and Was Put in Prison for Weeks’
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A good and important read from Mark Hillman about the Colorado state budget: Colorado lawmakers claim 'crisis' while state spending still grows - Complete Colorado
2025 will be the year of the budget cut at the Colorado Capitol - The Colorado Sun
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Coach Prime makes some primetime money: How Colorado's Coach Prime's salary stacks up against other head coaches - Axios Denver
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Trump is all over the map, on tariffs, Putin, and politics.
Trump Team Weighs Broader, Higher Tariffs
Trump says he doesn't care if tariffs raise some car prices: Takeaways
If Navarro is right, this would be a disaster: Trump aide says tariffs will raise $6 trillion as White House readies plan Imagine the federal government imposing a $6 trillion (over a decade) tax hike on the American people. That's exactly what Navarro is crowing about. At some point, even ultra-MAGA will recognize that Americans are paying these tariffs.
And which is it: Trumpian Trade Incoherence - Cafe Hayek
Waltz is the best of the national security team despite his screw-up. (Well, Waltz and Rubio, if you count Rubio in that group.) If Waltz were to be fired, it's likely that any replacement would be much worse as far as a clear understanding of our national security. Trump already has too many others around (as well as himself) who aren't sufficiently aware that Vladimir Putin is an enemy. I hope Waltz stays.
Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House
Trump threatens to bomb Iran if nuclear deal can’t be reached - POLITICO
Trump says he’s ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview
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Two crypto stories:
Interesting reaction and probably not what the CEO expected: GameStop venturing into the world of crypto is a wild bet
This is a truly terrible story, with no silver lining: In Crypto’s Darkest Corner, a Suicide Becomes Just Another Meme Coin - WSJ
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Offered without comment: Colorado may start requiring porn sites to verify users’ age
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I still owe you this from last week:
Shocking but not surprising: The New York Times and the Case of the Missing Knife
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And I owe you these too:
Nice to see a jury not just see a company as a giant wallet. Jury rejects cancer claim over ethylene oxide exposure | News | denvergazette.com
I'm not quite to this point yet with my own kids but I'm working hard to make sure it doesn't end up like this: Half of parents still support their Gen Z, millennial — up to $1,800 a month
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Hockey stuff...the first story is from last week and the second is from this past weekend:
Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
Alex Ovechkin scores No. 890, now 5 goals from NHL record - ESPN
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The fact that even the liberal WI Supreme Court unanimously refused to hear the case is interesting. They must know that as long as Musk is making this about signing a petition rather than voting, he's stayed on the correct side of the line: Elon Musk gives out $1 million payments to Wisconsin voters after state supreme court refused legal challenge - CBS News
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The UK has some catching up to do (with the US) when it comes to pushing the cancer of wokeness out of their culture, and especially out of education: Toddler kicked out of nursery for being transphobic
But at least they seem to have gotten this right: £17m Jane Austen mansion can be bulldozed
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Today's Video
Harrison Ford's broccoli joke
This is really creepy. (And the answer, from when I was single, would have probably been "yes, but I'll keep my eyes closed.")