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Garbo: With HB25-1312, the state can claim your kids and call it compassion
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Garbo: With HB25-1312, the state can claim your kids and call it compassion

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice On April 6, 2025 the Colorado House of Representatives crossed a line - a Rubicon, as it were - into territory so profane, so fundamentally corrosive to the bedrock of human society, that it demands not just opposition but a thunderous rebuke. House Bill 25-1312 titled Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals, passed with a vote of 36-20, is no mere legislative misstep; it is a deliberate, ideological sledgehammer aimed at shattering the sacred bond between parent and child. To its proponents, I say this with the full weight of reason and the fire of conviction: you have unleashed a dangerous precedent, one that betrays the very essence of family, liberty, and the proper limits of government. This is not a defense of civil ...
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Garbo: Biden’s autopen scandal—who was really running the country?
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Garbo: Biden’s autopen scandal—who was really running the country?

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The recent revelation that an autopen was used to affix President Joe Biden's signature on numerous executive orders, pardons, and other documents of national consequence is a scandal of seismic proportions. If proven true, this practice strikes at the very heart of the legitimacy of executive authority and raises grave constitutional concerns that demand immediate and thorough investigation. The use of a machine-generated signature to execute the powers vested solely in the President of the United States by the Constitution is not merely a matter of procedural convenience - it is a fundamental betrayal of the American people and the democratic principles upon which this nation was founded. The Constitution's framers were ...
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Garbo: In public education’s betrayal of America, Department of Education abolishment is long overdue
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Garbo: In public education’s betrayal of America, Department of Education abolishment is long overdue

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Public education was the single most destructive force of my life. It was not just a failed system; it was a weapon - an insidious mechanism that fostered and cultivated powerful lies about my self-image and self-worth that took decades to unlearn. The environment was not one of discovery, inspiration, or growth, but a bleak landscape of conformity and mediocrity, where creativity was stifled, curiosity was punished, and true excellence was treated as a threat rather than a goal. The opportunity cost of this system is beyond measure. How can one quantify the years lost to self-doubt, the potential unfulfilled, the talents unexplored, and the opportunities that vanished because the very institution tasked with equipping me ...
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Garbo: An open letter to RINO Watch Colorado — my self-nomination
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Garbo: An open letter to RINO Watch Colorado — my self-nomination

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice To the courageous, yet anonymous, arbiters of Republicanism at RINO Watch Colorado: I am writing to self-nominate to RINO Watch Colorado — not as a concession to any purity test, but as a challenge to this misguided and fruitless crusade. I do so as a strong grassroots conservative in Colorado, unwavering in my commitment to the U.S. Constitution, to limited government, to the fundamental liberties enshrined in our Bill of Rights, and to the preservation of the values that made this nation great. If believing that the Republican Party must grow stronger by educating, inspiring and persuading — not by shunning, purging and dividing — makes me a RINO, then I must self-nominate. As a Colorado native, I have lived, b...
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Garbo: How Lauren Boebert earned my vote and my respect
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Garbo: How Lauren Boebert earned my vote and my respect

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice When Lauren Boebert announced her decision to leave Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District and run for office in the 4th, I’ll admit, I was hesitant. Like many others, I questioned her motives. Was this about finding an easier path to victory? Was it a calculated move driven by self-interest, rather than a genuine desire to serve? These doubts lingered as the primary approached, and, while I ultimately cast my vote for her, it was with reluctance, not enthusiasm. But now, mere months after her election, I can confidently say: I was wrong. What I’ve witnessed since Lauren Boebert became CD4's congresswoman has not only erased my skepticism but replaced it with deep respect and admiration. From Day 1, she has shown an unwaver...
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Garbo: Lead the fight for America by reclaiming our republic from the enemies within
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Garbo: Lead the fight for America by reclaiming our republic from the enemies within

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice To be a citizen of the United States is to inherit one of the greatest political experiments in human history — one built upon the foundation of unalienable rights, limited government and a system designed to safeguard liberty against the natural tendency of power to corrupt. The Founding Fathers envisioned a constitutional republic where the people — not monarchs, aristocrats, or unchecked rulers — held sovereignty over their own destinies. The Declaration of Independence establishes the core philosophy that birthed this nation: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...
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Garbo: The Party of spite (Democrats) betrayed their own promise on ‘No Tax on Tips’
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Garbo: The Party of spite (Democrats) betrayed their own promise on ‘No Tax on Tips’

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the Democratic Party once again proved that their loyalty lies not with the American people but with their own desperate grip on power. Kamala Harris campaigned on the promise of “No Tax on Tips,” a policy first proposed by President Donald Trump, yet when given the opportunity to support it, nearly every Democrat in Congress voted against it. Why? Because Republicans brought it forward. That’s it. No rational argument, no policy dispute — just petty, reflexive opposition rooted in pure political spite. This is not an isolated incident; it is a defining characteristic of today’s Democratic Party. They do not govern; they obstruct, steal, and lie. They will champion a cause when they b...
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Garbo: Colorado’s Senate Bill 3 is the greatest threat to freedom yet
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Garbo: Colorado’s Senate Bill 3 is the greatest threat to freedom yet

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado stands at a critical crossroads. Senate Bill 3, which has already cleared its committee hurdle, is scheduled for a full Senate vote this Friday, Feb. 7. This bill, if passed, will be a devastating blow to the constitutional rights of every law-abiding Coloradan, marking a dangerous descent into anti-freedom territory that betrays the very principles upon which this nation was founded. SB 3 seeks to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale and purchase of a broad category of semiautomatic firearms and devices that increase the rate of fire. This is not just a simple regulation; it is a direct, unapologetic assault on the 2nd Amendment, which clearly states, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,...
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Garbo: Midnight pardons are a calculated betrayal of justice and accountability
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Garbo: Midnight pardons are a calculated betrayal of justice and accountability

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice In an act of brazen political maneuvering, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the members of the January 6th Committee were granted presidential pardons under the cover of darkness, effectively shielding them from accountability and raising profound questions about the state of justice in our nation.  This clandestine move — deliberately timed and executed to escape the scrutiny of the press and the American people — demonstrates a calculated effort to subvert full consideration and attention. It’s a stark reminder of the lengths those in power will go to protect their own, even at the expense of the public trust. Presidential pardons are, by nature, tools of extraordinary power, meant to temper justice with mercy in rare and deservi...
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