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A Colorado Court Case that Strengthened Due Process Rights
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A Colorado Court Case that Strengthened Due Process Rights

By Michael Rummel | Law Week Colorado In 1959, 14-year-old Bobby Gallegos was convicted of first-degree murder in Colorado. According to the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Gallegos v. Colorado, the child and another juvenile tricked an elderly man into letting them into his hotel room, where they assaulted him, stole $13 from him and fled.  Less than 2 weeks later, Gallegos was caught by police and admitted to the assault and robbery. Just a few weeks after that, he was convicted in a juvenile court of “assault to injure.”  After his sentencing, the elderly man he assaulted died, which led to Gallegos being tried in state court—for first-degree murder.  READ THE FULL STORY AT LAW WEEK COLORADO
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Meet Colorado’s ‘storm doctor,’ who chases tornadoes and prepares for medical emergencies
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Meet Colorado’s ‘storm doctor,’ who chases tornadoes and prepares for medical emergencies

By KELLY HAYES | Out There Colorado, via The Gazette During the spring, as thunderclouds form and twisters charge across the Kansas plains, you can find Dr. Jason Persoff in his 2014 Kia Sorento. With him, an iPad and ham radio. He’s chasing tornadoes, his springtime hobby for the past 25 years. When the chill of winter quiets the air, he chases another natural phenomenon in his backyard: snowflakes. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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Krannawitter: Of school shootings, why do record numbers of teenagers have a desire to commit mass murder?
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Krannawitter: Of school shootings, why do record numbers of teenagers have a desire to commit mass murder?

By Thomas Krannawitter | tkrannawitter.substack.com Less than a week ago, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisc., named Natalie Rupnow, opened fire during study hall. Using what appears to be a 9mm pistol, the girl — who reportedly preferred to be called Samantha — attempted to murder as many people as possible. She succeeded in killing a teacher, a fellow student and herself, while wounding several others, some critically. This Substack is not a news outlet. I will not attempt to provide up-to-the-minute developments in this tragic case — that information is readily available elsewhere. Instead, I want to step back and examine the larger cultural and philosophical framework in which such heinous acts increasingly occur:...
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Joondeph: Biden leaving a steaming pile of Syria under Trump’s Christmas tree
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Joondeph: Biden leaving a steaming pile of Syria under Trump’s Christmas tree

By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | American Thinker President Joe Biden is often unaware of his surroundings or behavior, but he surely knows that Christmas is almost here. Playing Santa Claus, he is handing out gifts — pardons to existing and as-yet-unprosecuted criminals and members of Congress and special gifts to those succeeding him in the White House, particularly President-elect Donald Trump.Concerning Biden’s cognition, we are now learning that the White House was fully aware of his mental decline since before he took office and concealed this information from the public, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. READ THE FULL COMMENTARY AT THE AMERICAN THINKER Editor’s note: Opinions expressed in commentary pieces are those of the author and do not necessarily refl...
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Garbo: Woman burned alive on NYC subway, the deadly consequences of open borders and sanctuary policies
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Garbo: Woman burned alive on NYC subway, the deadly consequences of open borders and sanctuary policies

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice A woman was burned alive in one of the most horrific acts of violence imaginable — set on fire as she slept in a New York City subway station, dying a slow and agonizing death as her attacker stood by and watched. This is not just a tragic story. It is a searing indictment of the failed policies that enabled this crime to occur in the first place. The suspect, now identified as an illegal immigrant from Guatemala — previously deported but re-entered illegally — should never have been here. Yet, because of weak immigration enforcement, sanctuary city protections and an unsecured border, he was free to roam our streets and commit this unspeakable act. While the media celebrates the use of surveillance technology in his app...
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Landrith: The Postal Grinch who stole rural Coloradans’ Christmas
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Landrith: The Postal Grinch who stole rural Coloradans’ Christmas

By George Landrith | Commentary, Colorado Politics The role of the United States Postal Service (USPS) is to bind the nation together by delivering to all Americans. It is based in the Constitution and enshrined in statute they must deliver mail and packages together to everyone everywhere six days a week. This not only unites the nation and creates a pathway to knit the 3.7 million square miles of our nation together, but it also provides a strong network for commerce and the delivery of needed goods. Unfortunately, affordable, reliable and efficient Postal Service deliveries to rural America are threatened by several recent USPS actions. Given the fact one in 10 Coloradans live in such areas, residents of the Centennial State are likely to be among those most significantly impacted...
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Delta County schools grapple with state-mandated gender policies in community opposed to it
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Delta County schools grapple with state-mandated gender policies in community opposed to it

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice In January 2025, House Bill 24-1039 will take affect across Colorado, requiring public schools to honor students' chosen names and pronouns. Schools are engaged in discussions as they form policies that adhere to the law. The community outcry in Delta County, a rural community in Western Colorado, reflects the challenges many school districts face. Delta residents have a history of taking a stand for local control and community values in the face of what they see as state overreach and an inappropriate pro-LGBTQ+ agenda in schools. Last year, the Delta County School Board passed Resolution 2023-29 to ensure that any social studies curriculum addressing LGBTQ cultures would be age-appropriate and focused on achievements...
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Hanukkah starts on Christmas this year, a relatively rare confluence of religious holidays
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Hanukkah starts on Christmas this year, a relatively rare confluence of religious holidays

By Debbie Kelley | The Gazette The glow from Christmas tree bulbs will shine with the brightness of menorah candles on Wednesday. For the first time in 19 years, two important religious holidays coincide on Dec. 25: Christmas, which always falls on that day to mark the birth of the Christian savior Jesus Christ, and the sundown start of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, in which light overcomes darkness with the rededication of Jerusalem’s liberated temple in the second century. The holidays don't often align like stars in the sky; the last time Hanukkah began on Christmas was in 2005. To most Jews, there’s no significance to the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars intersecting, according to Jeff Ader, president of Temple Beit Torah, a reform synagogue in Colorado Spri...
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated

By Heather Willard, Samantha Jarpe | Fox 21 News Aurora police responded to a shopping center near South Peoria Street and East Cornell Avenue on Monday evening for a reported bomb threat that was found to be unsubstantiated. The Aurora Police Department’s bomb unit was on scene to investigate a bomb threat reported inside the King Soopers store located in the shopping center. Police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents from Cornell Avenue to East Dartmouth Avenue and from Peoria Street to Interstate 25, which was lifted at about 6:30 p.m. During the investigation, the intersection was closed to traffic. Motorists in the area were asked to use Yale Avenue as an alternate east-west route and Havana Street as an alternate north-south route. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 ...
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Want to track Santa’s journey to Colorado? Here’s how you can
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Want to track Santa’s journey to Colorado? Here’s how you can

By Fox 31 News It’s an annual tradition based right here in Colorado: NORAD Tracks Santa. For more than 65 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command – and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command – have been following St. Nick’s trip around the globe. Watch for the tracking starting Christmas Eve morning. The operation is based out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, the home of NORAD. While it began with just phone calls (a wrong number, in fact), today there are many ways to check in on Santa’s journey through NORAD. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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