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York: Now we know how many secret sources the FBI had on Jan. 6, but what did they do?
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York: Now we know how many secret sources the FBI had on Jan. 6, but what did they do?

By Byron York | Commentary, Washington Examiner It took years, but now we know the number of secret informants the FBI had in Washington during the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. What we don’t know is what they did. In a long-awaited report, Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Justice Department, revealed that 26 confidential human sources, or CHSs, “were in Washington, D.C., on January 6 in connection with the events of January 6.” Of that number, 17 went into the Capitol or into the restricted area around the Capitol. Of them, four went inside the Capitol, while 13 were on the restricted grounds. Beyond that number, there were nine CHSs who did not enter the Capitol or the restricted area. We don’t know where they were. READ THE FULL COMME...
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Aerospace company chooses Colorado over Utah for expansion
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Aerospace company chooses Colorado over Utah for expansion

By Tom Joyce | The Center Square A micro-satellite systems and infrastructure developer is expanding its operations into Littleton, Colorado. Astro Digital, a company founded in California nearly a decade ago, is building out in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced Thursday morning. Astro Digital "provides end-to-end satellite mission support, including comprehensive satellite technology development and flight operations support for applications such as earth observation and communications," according to an OEDIT press release. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Business leaders say they’re deflated by preliminary state rules on carbon management
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Business leaders say they’re deflated by preliminary state rules on carbon management

By Ed Sealover | Colorado Politics Colorado regulators gave preliminary approval on Dec. 5 to the state’s first comprehensive rules on carbon capture and sequestration — rules that business leaders warn could scare off projects that are needed to meet statewide emissions-reduction goals. The rules that Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission leaders are set to give final approval will be included in the state’s application to take regulatory primacy for the growing sector from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They would establish safeguards that ensure the safety of Class VI injection wells and limit the impact they can have on surrounding communities. Operators of such wells sequester carbon coming from industrial sites — typically oil-and-gas drilling pads or o...
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Chinese Balloon 2.0: Biden White House dismisses mystery drone sightings, suggests mistaken identity
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Chinese Balloon 2.0: Biden White House dismisses mystery drone sightings, suggests mistaken identity

By Lucas Nolan | Breitbart The Biden administration has dismissed the recent wave of drone sightings on the East Coast, suggesting that most reports are likely cases of mistaken identity involving legally-operating aircraft. The New York Post reports that the mysterious drone sightings that have been reported in New Jersey, New York, and surrounding areas over the past few weeks have left residents and local authorities puzzled and concerned. However, the White House has taken a different stance on the matter, with national security council spokesman John Kirby dismissing the reports during a briefing on Thursday. Kirby stated that federal investigators have been unable to verify any of the more than 3,000 reports of car-sized drones patrolling the night skies. He suggested that m...
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi injured, hospitalized while traveling to Luxembourg
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi injured, hospitalized while traveling to Luxembourg

By Greg Norman , Chad Pergram | Fox News Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered an injury and has been admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg, Fox News has confirmed. The 84-year-old California representative was traveling to Luxembourg for Battle of the Bulge remembrances. The extent of the former speaker's injury is unknown at the time of this reporting. A person familiar with the incident told The Wall Street Journal that Pelosi tripped and fell following a group photo that she took with other lawmakers and officials there. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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After sightings above three states ‘for weeks’ some want action or threaten to take matters into own hands
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After sightings above three states ‘for weeks’ some want action or threaten to take matters into own hands

By Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita | Fox News New Jersey residents frustrated with a lack of answers regarding dozens of potential drone sightings in the skies above their homes are threatening to take action on their own if the government doesn't start providing answers. James Ward, a Jersey Shore realtor, shared video on Facebook that he said showed "SUV-size drones" above Island Beach State Park taken Sunday. It's difficult to judge their size in the clip, which showed a number of lights hovering in the sky. "Dozens of SUV-size drones in all directions," the caption read. "Emerging at same time and flying over the ocean and then heading in different directions – what do you think?" READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Gaines: Recalling drones of our own in Eastern Colorado and a ‘nothing to see here’ response
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Gaines: Recalling drones of our own in Eastern Colorado and a ‘nothing to see here’ response

By Cory Gaines | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Maintaining a healthy skepticism can be a challenge.  So many things these days are there to monetize your attention, and all too often the people generating the eye-catching content on social media (and sometimes in regular media) are none too picky about grabbing you without exaggerating or, sadly, making things up.   If you don't want to be fooled or led around by the nose, you're wise to keep your wits about you.  Watch for wild claims and remember that big claims need big evidence.  Take a second before reacting, open a new browser window, and then search for something you just read.  Go and read the primary source material for things people insist are true. There is a balance here, ...
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Hindawi: If American media will chill, Syria can be made great again
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Hindawi: If American media will chill, Syria can be made great again

By Salam Hindawi | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Every time I scan American news outlets, especially the right-wing ones featuring the latest news on Syria, I get split between laughing or crying because of their outrageous panic about the future of Syria’s minorities. In the next few paragraphs, I’ll make the case for why Americans need to take a chill pill and calm down regarding the impending political transition in my home country. For the record, I’m no woke lefty with purple hair and pronouns in his bio. Rather, I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum: a staunch believer in free speech, religious freedom, the Second Amendment, the free market, family values and the fact that we have two genders (i.e. no one is born in the ‘wrong body'.) But the amount of doom I’ve s...
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Grand Junction’s 7th Street plan may have city on course for head-on collision with constituents
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Grand Junction’s 7th Street plan may have city on course for head-on collision with constituents

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice As Grand Junction unveils its proposal to make major changes to 7th Street -- citing safety for pedestrians and bicyclists -- more than 200 people attended a meeting of City Council in person or virtually last week with about two-thirds of them vehemently opposed to the direction City Council seems determined to pursue. According to Jim Spehar, a former county commissioner and City Council member, two-thirds of those people were there to protest any more costly changes to Grand Junction roads. Spehar, in an op-ed to the local legacy newspaper, wrote that more than half of the people in attendance were still outraged over the “experimental pilot project” changes made to 4th and 5th Streets earlier in the year.  He advise...
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Evans: ‘America must prioritize deporting gangsters, not grandmas’
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Approved, Commentary, The Colorado Sun

Evans: ‘America must prioritize deporting gangsters, not grandmas’

By Gabe Evans | Commentary, The Colorado Sun In a recent viral moment, the mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston, threatened to deploy local cops and thousands of Coloradans for a “Tiananmen Square moment” to stop the next administration’s strong immigration policies.  As a Coloradan, former Denver-area cop, grandson of an immigrant family and the next congressman for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, I strongly support a secure border and strong immigration policies, including immediate deportation for criminals or freeloaders.  For those who are contributing to our society, not causing problems, and want to legally join the American dream, I do not support immediate deportation or family separation. As the grandson of an immigrant from Chihuahua, I know that Am...
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