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Joondeph: Indoctrinated, indebted and disillusioned—why socialism seduces Gen Z
American Thinker, Approved, Commentary, National

Joondeph: Indoctrinated, indebted and disillusioned—why socialism seduces Gen Z

By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker Once seen as a taboo word in American politics, socialism has experienced a notable resurgence, especially among young voters. Polls show that more than half of millennials and Gen Zers now view socialism favorably. Politicians like Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have transformed what was once a fringe ideology into a highly popular political movement. Even more troubling, they’ve achieved this not through real policy solutions but by promoting a utopian fantasy rooted in grievance, entitlement, and historical ignorance. Image via ChatGPT Socialism is a system of “governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.” No truly socialist socie...
Gaines: Bureaucrats are making the rules—and you’re paying for it
Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Gaines: Bureaucrats are making the rules—and you’re paying for it

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Rulemaking in Colorado.** Rulemaking is the process by which our legislature delegates the task of regulating specific actions and behaviors. In a rough sense it works like this. Say the legislature wants to make a law so that building owners don't scrimp on elevator expenses to the detriment of public safety. The legislature, rather than directly telling landlords what to do, will task an executive agency with a general set of constraints, telling the agency to come up with rules and regulations that "protect the public safety" or other such phrases. The executive agency then sets the actual policy: what does safety look like for elevators, how is it checked? If this strikes you as not being too far from having u...
Senate prepares to approve Trump’s $9B spending cuts as GOP unites on fiscal restraint
THE HILL, Approved, National

Senate prepares to approve Trump’s $9B spending cuts as GOP unites on fiscal restraint

By Alexander Bolton | The Hill Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month, after GOP leaders quelled a revolt from members of the powerful Appropriations Committee. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told reporters Tuesday that the “rescissions package” now has enough votes to pass the Senate after he and the Senate GOP leaders agreed to an amendment to remove cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the global initiative former President George W. Bush launched in 2003 to combat AIDS. Vought, the administration’s chief budget watchdog, also worked out a side deal with ...
Denver sues to keep federal funds while limiting ICE cooperation
DENVER7, Approved, Local

Denver sues to keep federal funds while limiting ICE cooperation

By Óscar Contreras | Denver7 The joint lawsuit alleges the Trump administration has asserted “an unprecedented and unlawful interpretation of the federal government’s authority to commandeer local government resources” DENVER — The City and County of Denver on Tuesday announced it had filed suit against the Trump administration for what it called “its unlawful and unconstitutional threats” to withhold federal funding over Denver’s policies limiting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The joint lawsuit, filed last week in conjunction with nearly 50 other jurisdictions from across the country in U.S. District Court in northern California, alleges the Trump administration has asserted “an unprecedented and unlawful interpretation of the federal government’s aut...
Marketing group CEO rejects $20M offer to stage anti-Trump protests: ‘Didn’t want to be involved’
The Post Millennial, Approved, National

Marketing group CEO rejects $20M offer to stage anti-Trump protests: ‘Didn’t want to be involved’

By Thomas Stevenson | Post Millennial "We rejected an offer that probably is worth around $20 million." The CEO of "Crowds on Demand" has said that he rejected an offer of $20 million to organize the "Good Trouble Lives On" protests taking place on July 17. The CEO of Crowds on Demand Adam Stewart told reporters at News Nation, "We rejected an offer that probably is worth around $20 million ... The value of the contract would have been worth around that amount nationwide to organize huge demonstrations around the country. But personally, I just don't think it's effective." When News Nation addressed who had offered him the money, he did not say who it was that had approached him about organizing the protest and that he had concerns about violence, thought it would be ineffectiv...
CPW Confirms More Wolf Packs While Keeping Ranchers in the Dark
State, Approved, The Colorado Sun

CPW Confirms More Wolf Packs While Keeping Ranchers in the Dark

By Scott Franz | The Colorado Sun Colorado’s wolf population grew this spring with the formation of three new packs. The state designated the new wolf families as the One Ear Pack in Jackson County, the King Mountain Pack in Routt County and the Three Creeks Pack in Rio Blanco County. They join the Copper Creek pack, which formed in Grand County last year and was moved to Pitkin County in January. The new pack designations were mentioned in a “wolf update” slideshow presentation, which was included in the online agenda for an upcoming Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on Thursday. CPW has not announced how many pups have been confirmed in each of the new packs. Last year, the agency did not name the Copper Creek pack until pups were confirmed. Earlier this year, CPW s...
Christian Business Owner Attacked for Helping the Homeless in Woke Denver
Local, Approved, Fox News

Christian Business Owner Attacked for Helping the Homeless in Woke Denver

By Kristine Parks , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi | Fox News Jamie Sanchez has felt a calling to serve the homeless ever since he was a child. But he never imagined that following that calling would lead to him being labeled a bigot. "It was really strange, actually, because we all of a sudden started getting like messages on Instagram about how we hate gay people and just like random comments like that," Sanchez told Fox News Digital. "And come to find out there was like an organized group ready to protest the opening of our café before we even open. We did some digging, and we found out it was strictly because we were Christian." Sanchez is the owner of The Drip Café in Denver, located in the Art District on Santa Fe Drive. He also runs a homeless ministry called "Recycle God's Love," t...
White House Scrambles to Review One Million Biden Autopen Docs
National, Approved, Daily Wire

White House Scrambles to Review One Million Biden Autopen Docs

By Tim Pearce | Daily Wire The White House is conducting a review of potentially more than one million documents approved through the autopen process under former President Joe Biden. The White House Counsel’s Office is leading an investigation into the former president and his staff’s use of the autopen. The White House has already assembled tens of thousands of documents from Biden’s term turned over by the National Archives for review, according to Fox News. “Joe Biden was the worst, most incompetent, and senile president in our country’s history,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News. “It has been widely reported that Joe Biden handed the power of the presidency to an autopen controlled by unelected leftist staffers, who were allowed to make terrible decisions that d...
Langone: Tariffs Worked, America Is Stronger Because of Trump’s Leadership
National, Approved, Just The News

Langone: Tariffs Worked, America Is Stronger Because of Trump’s Leadership

By Charlotte Hazard | Just The News Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone said Tuesday that his concerns about President Donald Trump's tariff policy were unfounded, and he supports the president. “I think, damn it, give Trump credit, his instincts are good,” Langone said in a statement, according to The Daily Caller. “Some of these things need to be fixed. Take Germany, take Japan. God bless America, 80 years ago, when the war was over, we made our mind up, we’re not going to be the conquering hero. We’re going to go in and help these countries rebuild themselves. And we did. To our credit, we did.” At first, Langone was skeptical about tariffs, but said he is "sold" on the current president. Earlier this year, Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries, but then issue...
Elite economist slips: Deportations under Trump raised wages
Breitbart, Approved, National

Elite economist slips: Deportations under Trump raised wages

By Neil Munro | Breitbart President Donald Trump is pushing up wages for millions of Americans by ending the federal welcome for millions of illegal migrants, says a pro-migration economist at a Washington, DC, think-tank. “We’re going to see stronger wage growth in some occupations, stronger wage growth in the agricultural sector, stronger wage growth for home health workers,” said Wendy Edelberg, a “senior fellow” at the elite-funded Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. But the loss of deported migrants will have “pretty modest economic effects” on the overall size of the nation’s economy, she told Bloomberg on July 11. “I think those [economic effects] are dwarfed by just the visceral effect” as business reacts to the sudden cut-off of expected migrants, she said. “We ma...