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Colorado Senate rejects judicial discipline appointee over misconduct cover-up ties, approves another
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Colorado Senate rejects judicial discipline appointee over misconduct cover-up ties, approves another

By David Migoya | Denver Gazette The Colorado state Senate on Wednesday rejected the reappointment of the chairwoman to the state panel that handles judicial discipline but narrowly kept its vice-chair. Needing 18 votes to confirm their reappointments to the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, chairwoman Mindy Sooter came up two votes shy (19-16 against), while Jim Carpenter was approved by the same margin. The Senate has a firm 21-14 Democratic majority. The decision to drop Sooter from the 10-member commission comes days after a Senate committee made the rare choice to refuse confirming either gubernatorial appointee. Unlike proposed legislation that can die in a committee in either house of the General Assembly, appointments by the governor, which require approval fr...
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Money matters: Colorado lawmakers pass bill adding financial literacy to graduation requirements
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Approved, Post Independent, State

Money matters: Colorado lawmakers pass bill adding financial literacy to graduation requirements

By Andrea Teres-Martinez | Post Independent Colorado just became the 27th state to turn financial literacy courses into a graduation requirement after the bill passed the Senate with a vast majority vote on Wednesday.  The bipartisan bill’s third reading passed with 55 yes votes and 10 no — a noticeable uptick in support from when the bill was first introduced. House Bill 25-1192 requires that all Colorado high school students complete a personal finance literacy course at some point in their four years in order to graduate. High school graduation requirements and curriculum are traditionally set by local school districts, while academic standards are set by the state. However, the bill gives districts control over when and how the course is implemented so long as the...
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School board in El Paso County moves to restrict transgender athletes, citing safety and fairness
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Approved, Local, The Colorado Sun

School board in El Paso County moves to restrict transgender athletes, citing safety and fairness

By Ann Schimke | Colorado Sun At an April school board meeting near Colorado Springs, debate raged over a proposed policy to ban transgender students from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. A high school student named Sadie, who spoke against the policy, asked why her district would need a blanket policy when a tiny percentage of student athletes are transgender. A 60-year-old man who supported the policy and described himself as stronger than any woman in the building claimed a transgender girl could slam a ball into a girl’s head hard enough to put her in the hospital. A father opposed to the policy said his son, a district student, has an extra X chromosome and suggested gender is more complicated than it seems. He said of the proposed policy...
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Illegal deported by Trump now accused of planning satanic ‘execution of children’ at Lady Gaga concert
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Approved, National, The Western Journal

Illegal deported by Trump now accused of planning satanic ‘execution of children’ at Lady Gaga concert

By  Randy DeSoto | Western Journal American citizens should continue to thank their lucky stars that President Donald Trump won last November. Everyone knows one of the top accomplishments of his administration to date has been securing the border and beginning the mass deportation of criminal illegal aliens. As border czar Tom Homan has said, the president’s direction is for “the worst to go first.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WESTERN JOURNAL
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Rubio to review visa status of anti-Israel protesters arrested for occupying Columbia library
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Approved, National, National Review

Rubio to review visa status of anti-Israel protesters arrested for occupying Columbia library

By James Lynch | National Review Dozens of anti-Israel protesters were arrested at Columbia University after they stormed and occupied a campus library while students were studying for final exams, marking the largest anti-Israel demonstration on the Morningside Heights campus since last year’s high-profile encampment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is vowing to review the visa statuses of those agitators who were arrested. Columbia called in the NYPD Wednesday to assist campus police with arresting some 75 protesters who occupied the main reading room on the second floor of Butler library and refused to leave. The demonstrators broke into the library in the afternoon, disrupting 900 students and forcing them out of their study space during finals. “These actions not only represen...
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Trump unveils new UK trade deal, calls it ‘incredible day for America’
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Trump unveils new UK trade deal, calls it ‘incredible day for America’

By  Greg Norman | Fox Business President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal with the U.K., calling Thursday "an incredible day for America."  Trump told reporters at the White House that "today’s agreement with the U.K. is the first in a series of agreements on trade that my administration has been negotiating over the past four weeks."  "With this deal, the U.K. joins the United States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade. The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports, especially in agriculture, dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers," Trump said.  "They’ll also be f...
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White House replaces Surgeon General nomination
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Approved, National, The Daily Signal

White House replaces Surgeon General nomination

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell  | Daily Signal The Trump administration pulled the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be surgeon general following reports that she inflated her credentials, Bloomberg reported. President Donald Trump instead nominated Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday, saying Means “will work closely with our wonderful Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to ensure a successful implementation of our Agenda in order to reverse the Chronic Disease Epidemic, and ensure Great Health, in the future, for ALL Americans.” Means attended Stanford Medical School, then she pursued a surgical residency at Oregon Health & Science University. Before completing the program, she dropped out to start her own functional medicine practice and founded the...
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Davidson: The statue of the random black woman in Times Square Is leftist cultural warfare
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Approved, Commentary, National, The Federalist

Davidson: The statue of the random black woman in Times Square Is leftist cultural warfare

By John Daniel Davidson | The Federalist, Commentary The cultural parasites of the left have struck again. This time, they have erected a bronze statue of a 12-foot-tall anonymous overweight black woman in New York City’s Times Square, where it will stand for the next month. Matt Walsh asked on X whether it was a particular person “or just a statue of a random black woman for no apparent reason?” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FEDERALIST
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Vatican conclave elects first American Pope
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Vatican conclave elects first American Pope

By Rebecca Mansour | Breitbart White smoke was seen from the Vatican at approximately 6:08 p.m. Rome time, signaling that the Cardinals have elected a new pope of the Catholic Church. The chiming of the Vatican’s church bells confirmed for the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square that a new successor to the See of St. Peter the Apostle has indeed been chosen. The world now waits for the Cardinals to announce who the new pope is and what name he has chosen to be known by. This is a breaking story… **Live updates below. All times Pacific.** **Watch live coverage from St. Peter’s Square from ETWN here and the live video feed from the Vatican here.** 10:23 a.m. — And here he comes. Pope Leo XIV in his white cassock addresses the faithful for the first time. He ...
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Cole: The hidden risks of gender-affirming care demand Colorado’s restraint
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Approved, Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories

Cole: The hidden risks of gender-affirming care demand Colorado’s restraint

By Shaina Cole | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado has embraced gender-affirming care for minors, covering treatments like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and, in rare cases, surgeries through Medicaid and other state programs.  While intended to address gender dysphoria, these interventions pose significant long-term dangers to children, potentially causing irreversible harm, with limited evidence of sustained mental health benefits. The rise in gender identity issues among minors may be fueled by social media influence, mental health challenges, and parental dynamics, raising concerns about premature medical decisions.  Given the lack of long-term data and children’s developmental vulnerabilities, we must restrict these treatments to rare, extreme c...
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