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Sloan: Is the end of Assad the end of Obama foreign policy?
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Sloan: Is the end of Assad the end of Obama foreign policy?

By Kelly Sloan | Contributing Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Few tears, if any, will be shed for the demise of the Assad regime in Syria, save perhaps a few in Moscow and Tehran. The rapid success of the Syrian rebels last weekend took most everyone by surprise, not just the Biden administration to whom any world event not thoroughly discoursed upon The View or plastered on the front page of the New York Times apparently comes as a surprise.  The fall of the Syrian regime is a strategic boon for the U.S.A., even though the U.S.A. had little, if anything, to do with bringing it about. The survival of the brutish, terror-sponsoring regime in Damascus was made possible only by the will and backing of Moscow and, later, Tehran. Syria was the Soviet Union’s key middle eastern pr...
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Modern-day cattle rustlers? In Western Colorado, authorities want to know what happened to 200 head of cattle
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Modern-day cattle rustlers? In Western Colorado, authorities want to know what happened to 200 head of cattle

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Although cattle rustlers are no longer hung in the state of Colorado, the penalty is still pretty high for people who are convicted of stealing cattle.  Yet, in Western Colorado, in a story that sounds as if it came right out of John Dutton's Yellowstone, about 200 head of mostly this year’s calves appear to have been stolen in a major financial loss to ranchers. Cattle rustling is defined as knowingly killing, selling, driving, leading or driving away with cattle that don’t belong to a person, or knowingly purchasing cattle from someone who doesn’t have the legal right to sell them. Western Colorado sheriffs from Montrose, Delta and San Miguel Counties are looking for what they believe to be modern-day cattle r...
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West: The false gods of Leftism
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West: The false gods of Leftism

By Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.) | Commentary, American Civil Rights Union You often hear leftists rant on about the “separation of church and state,” with the goal being the separation of America’s Judeo-Christian faith heritage from itself. There can be no doubt that faith heritage played an integral part in the founding of our Constitutional Republic. What Thomas Jefferson really meant when he wrote that letter to the Danbury Baptist Convention of Connecticut was to calm any concerns that the Baptists had that the Presbyterians would be the official “religion” of America. Jefferson knew very well of the lesson from England of King Henry VIII. Who, when denied a divorce by the Catholic Church, created his very own religion and persecuted those who did not worship him as both Head of Stat...
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Warning signs were there that Assad’s grip in Syria was faltering
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Warning signs were there that Assad’s grip in Syria was faltering

By Mike Brest | Colorado Politics via The Washington Examiner There were indications that Bashar Assad's regime could struggle to maintain its grip on power in Syria — but the military assault that ended his family's more than 50-year reign happened much faster than some experts expected. Assad relied on allies to maintain power during the civil war that commenced more than a decade ago, but when his forces were faced with a new threat starting in late November, they were on their own. Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia did not come to his aid, though Moscow did purportedly allow him to seek refuge there. The U.S. intelligence community often conducts assessments to determine a military's "will to fight," though it's not an exact science. Poor morale am...
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Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident
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Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident

By Elizabeth Elkind  | Fox News The House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump's life has released its final report on Tuesday, detailing "preexisting conditions and leadership failures" that led to the deadly campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July. While the bipartisan panel was given ample information on that shooting, the report suggested requests for documents on the second attempt on Trump's life – this one at his Palm Beach golf course in September – were seemingly stonewalled. "The Task Force notes that as of the date of publication of this report, [the Department of Homeland Security], [U.S. Secret Service], FBI, and [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] have not produced any documents responsive to the Task...
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DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Announces Jobs Giveaway — for Migrants
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DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Announces Jobs Giveaway — for Migrants

By John Binder | Breitbart In the final weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is announcing a jobs giveaway for newly arrived migrants with work permits. On Tuesday, Mayorkas announced a final rule from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that will allow millions of migrants, many of whom have been released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration, to keep their work permits for up to 540 days when they seek a renewal. Migrants previously could renew their work permits for 180 days. For years, Democratic mayors had lobbied DHS to extend such automatic employment authorization for migrants. The rule will go into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBAR...
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Colorado experts predict what the state’s economy will look like in 2025
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Colorado experts predict what the state’s economy will look like in 2025

By Tamara Chuang | The Colorado Sun The Herculean effort of predicting how the current year has gone and what will happen to Colorado’s economy in next year took 140 local experts from every major industry sector, meetings since September and dozens of staffers at University of Colorado’s business school putting in roughly 1,000 hours of work.  On Monday, it was summed up with a sentence: “The economy is on stable footing.” The full 171-page report is also available online for those who prefer to dive deeper, but on Monday, senior economist Richard L. Wobbekind, the faculty director of the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business, shared highlights during the annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook & Forum event. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO ...
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Denver transit costs continue to rise as ridership fails to recover post-COVID
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Denver transit costs continue to rise as ridership fails to recover post-COVID

By Elyse Apel  | The Center Square Denver’s transit system continues to face financial challenges, even as it moves forward with expansion programs. According to the Regional Transportation District, the system maintains a “strong near-term outlook.” Yet, like many other transits throughout the country which have seen little recovery in ridership since the COVID-19 pandemic, RTD ridership in 2023 was less than two-thirds of the pre-pandemic level. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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‘It’s a nightmare’: After losing son, Colorado Springs mother speaks out about the danger of fentanyl
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‘It’s a nightmare’: After losing son, Colorado Springs mother speaks out about the danger of fentanyl

By Blake Sammann | KKTV-TV CBS 11 After reports of a record number of seizures, one Colorado Springs mother wants to raise awareness about the danger fentanyl poses to local families. Angela Carney said her son, Devin, died in April 2021 due to an allergic reaction to fentanyl. She said the tragedy is still taking a toll on her. “I cry every day, just wishing that I could hear Devin’s voice once more, just one more time, to see his smile,” she said. This comes as Colorado DEA officials said they’ve seized a record number of fentanyl pills in 2024. READ THE FULL STORY AT KKTV-TV CBS 11
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‘A fragrance your enemies can’t resist’: ‘Fight, fight, fight’ Trump fragrance uses Jill Biden to sell it
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‘A fragrance your enemies can’t resist’: ‘Fight, fight, fight’ Trump fragrance uses Jill Biden to sell it

By Aimee Picchi | CBS Colorado President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday used a photo of himself sitting next to first lady Jill Biden to announce a new line of fragrances on his Truth Social app, with the caption, "A fragrance your enemies can't resist!" The fragrance line, called "Fight, Fight, Fight," includes cologne for men and a perfume for women, each retailing for $199. Trump is also selling bundles of two or more fragrances, with the second item 50% off, according to the GetTrumpFragrances.com website. The photo of Jill Biden seated near Trump was taken Dec. 7 when they, along with dozens of heads of state and officials, attended the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the landmark suffered a massive fire that toppled its spire. The image captures th...
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