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Denver attorneys say potential IRS, ICE data-sharing agreement creates ‘catch 22’
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Denver attorneys say potential IRS, ICE data-sharing agreement creates ‘catch 22’

By Veronica Acosta | Denver7 DENVER — A data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is near, two sources told ABC News, which tax experts say could end up putting undocumented immigrants across the nation, including here in Colorado, in a "catch-22" situation. The agreement "would allow immigration officials to use tax data to support the Trump administration's deportation plan", according to our mother network. News of the potential agreement comes less than one month until Tax Day, April 15. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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Colorado is Venezuelan gang’s ‘command center’
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Colorado is Venezuelan gang’s ‘command center’

By The Denver Gazette staff | Denver Gazette Via Colorado Politics The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed on Monday that it regards Colorado as “ground zero" for "some of the most violent criminals in America" and the "command center" of a transnational gang that originated in the prisons of Venezuela. “We are learning that the command and control for TdA in the entire United States of America is right here in Colorado,” Derek Maltz, the acting director of the DEA, said in a Denver7 report.   Maltz was referring to Tren de Aragua, a gang that started in Tocorón Penitentiary Center in Aragua, a state in north-central Venezuela. TdA has expanded the footprint of its criminal enterprises into at least eight Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colomb...
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MAGA influencers allegedly rewarded to publicly oppose RFK Jr. initiative to remove soda from SNAP benefits
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MAGA influencers allegedly rewarded to publicly oppose RFK Jr. initiative to remove soda from SNAP benefits

By Timothy Sekerak | Daily Caller Multiple high-profile influencers associated with Make America Great Again (MAGA) have been accused of taking payments to oppose the Health and Human Services (HHS) initiative to remove soda from food stamps. This debacle started Saturday when a thread on X from Nick Sortor appeared to show several influencers were accepting compensation for posts made pushing back against the federal government going after soda products being offered through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “Over the past 48 hours, several large supposedly MAGA-aligned ‘influencers’ posted almost identical talking points fed to them, convincing you MAHA was out of line for not wanting soda purchases with food stamps (SNAP),” Sortor writes. READ THE FU...
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Did Grand Junction’s City Council enable a pay-to-play deal?
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Did Grand Junction’s City Council enable a pay-to-play deal?

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice When the City of Grand Junction accepted a $3 million donation from Intermountain Health (St. Mary’s Hospital) in exchange for naming rights to its new Community Recreation Center (CRC), the deal looked like a win for the community.  But behind that vote lies a contract process that critics say gave some bidders an unfair advantage — a deal many providers never had a fair shot at. A formal ethics complaint filed with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission (CIEC) accuses city officials of shaping a public request for proposals (RFPs) in a way that prioritized money over merit.  Among concerns that contributions guided the RFP process, there’s also allegations that some engaged in negotiating discussions lo...
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Tristan: Democrats are betting on fear to win back power
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Tristan: Democrats are betting on fear to win back power

By George Tristan | Guest Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice Nearly all the plexiglass barriers have been removed from checkout lines in grocery stores. It is rare to find any of the 6-foot spaced markers that facilitated social distancing. And thankfully, toilet paper is back in full supply on store shelves. However, the fear of COVID lives on. Many people still wear masks – some even don gloves.  A law enforcement officer recently refused to shake my hand when I extended mine to thank him for his service.  Undoubtedly, the most significant recent example of the effect of fear on the human psyche, was the pandemic. The daily uptick in the global death toll gripped the world in fear. It drove the masses to stand in line to inject an experimental drug into their veins tha...
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GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: ‘Offensive’
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GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: ‘Offensive’

By Michael Lee  | Fox News A Republican lawmaker from Colorado expressed shock at being told by Democratic colleagues that he had to remove a sticker supporting the Second Amendment from his laptop while in the state's House chamber. "I had to cover up this, they couldn't stand my sticker," Colorado Republican state Rep. Ken DeGraaf said during remarks on the state's House floor, pointing to paper covering up a sticker in support of the Second Amendment on a laptop he carried with him to the chamber. "It said ‘shall not be infringed’ and signed ‘2-A’ and that was considered offensive, which I understand would be offensive to this bill," he continued. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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White House confirms Hegseth, Waltz & co. accidentally leaked war planning to journalist
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White House confirms Hegseth, Waltz & co. accidentally leaked war planning to journalist

By Reagan Reese | Daily Caller The White House confirmed to the Daily Caller on Monday that President Donald Trump’s national security team accidentally leaked war plans to The Atlantic in a group chat. The Atlantic Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a piece on Monday detailing how he had been accidentally included in group chat with cabinet officials on Signal, a secure messaging platform used by politicians and journalists. Officials the editor-in-chief identified or inferred were present included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, State Secretary Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President J.D. Vance. In the c...
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Profit or patients? The 340B fight that could close Colorado hospitals
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Profit or patients? The 340B fight that could close Colorado hospitals

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice If Senate Bill 25-071 fails, Julie Lonborg says her neighbor could end up driving from Lone Tree to Thornton just to pick up a single prescription. That’s not some theoretical what-if. It’s a glimpse into what hospital leaders say is already unfolding in Colorado, especially for patients in rural communities who depend on access to affordable medication through the federal 340B drug discount program. SB25-071, known as the Colorado 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Act, aims to stop pharmaceutical manufacturers from placing limits on where and how hospitals dispense discounted drugs to vulnerable patients.  Supporters say it’s the only thing standing between local hospitals and a set of restrictions from out-of-state...
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Pielke Jr: How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor
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Pielke Jr: How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor

By Roger Pielke Jr. | Reason I was a tenured full professor at the University of Colorado Boulder for almost 24 years. At the end of 2024, I left. Officially, it was a voluntary departure. But I sure felt like I'd been pushed out. My story started in 2015, when Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D–Ariz.) asked the university to investigate me. He alleged that I may have been secretly taking money from Exxon in exchange for the substance of my congressional testimonies, in which I reported on the consensus scientific findings of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—that while heat waves and extreme precipitation had increased, there was vanishingly little evidence to support claims that hurricanes, floods, and drought have become more common or intense. I was not taking E...
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‘Inorganic’ – GPS data reveals Bernie Sanders, AOC anti-Oligarchy rally was full Of serial protesters
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‘Inorganic’ – GPS data reveals Bernie Sanders, AOC anti-Oligarchy rally was full Of serial protesters

By  Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge The Democratic Party launched a full-scale propaganda blitz in a desperate attempt to sway public opinion as its favorability ratings plunged to record lows. True to form, the party of leftist radicals prefers to bend reality—relying on rent-a-protesters or, in this case, inorganic crowds—to create a false perception of popularity. And that's exactly what unfolded on Friday in Denver.  Drone footage shows a large crowd as U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, spoke at Denver's Civic Center. The outspoken socialist wrote on X: "34,000 people out in Denver. Largest political rally there since 2008."  Sanders attempted to explain that the large turnout reflected what voters are saying: "No to authoritarianism. No to oligarchy...
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