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The Gazette editorial board: Local sheriff skewers the left’s pro-crime mind virus
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The Gazette editorial board: Local sheriff skewers the left’s pro-crime mind virus

By The Gazette editorial board Sunday’s predawn raid of an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs should have been a clarion call for law and order, yet multiple news accounts and advocacy groups have spun a narrative of victimhood that defies reason. More than 300 law enforcement officers, including local and federal agencies, stormed a venue teeming with drugs, guns, and human trafficking, detaining more than 100 individuals, many undocumented immigrants. El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal, in a forceful news release Tuesday, rejected claims painting these detainees as innocent, stating, “The operation… did not take place in a church, school, grocery store, library, or any other location where law-abiding citizens carry on with their lives.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE...
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O’Donnell: It’s costly to live in Colorado—and now we top the charts in personal debt
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O’Donnell: It’s costly to live in Colorado—and now we top the charts in personal debt

By Mike O’Donnell | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Since 2021, inflation has been higher in Colorado than in any other state, mostly because of the cost of owning or renting a home. But this is also because the state legislature enjoys imposing new fees (you aren’t allowed to call them taxes) on seemingly anything they can think of. Colorado residents may not, however, realize that because it is now so expensive to live in the state, Coloradans owe more money in mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, student loans and other consumer obligations than residents of ANY other state. The latest data from the Consumer Credit Panel at the New York Federal Reserve indicates that during the fourth quarter of 2024, the 4,983,560 households in Colorado EACH owed an average of $90,540 i...
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Cooper: The biggest identity theft in Colorado history? Victims may have no idea
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Cooper: The biggest identity theft in Colorado history? Victims may have no idea

By Bob Cooper | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Thousands of Coloradans may unknowingly appear in federal campaign finance records—raising major questions about identity theft and political money laundering. Up to 4,000 Coloradans may have had their identities stolen – and none of them know it. That’s because the theft may be part of a massive political money laundering scheme involving groups like ActBlue. ActBlue, a political fundraising platform that has facilitated $3.7 billion in contributions to Democrat campaigns, is under federal investigation. Multiple directors have resigned in recent months, according to reporting from the New York Times. Now, thanks to a searchable tool created by The America Project, it’s possible to investigate suspicious political contribu...
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US stepping back from peace talks role to end war between Russia and Ukraine: State Department official
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US stepping back from peace talks role to end war between Russia and Ukraine: State Department official

By Patrick Reilly | New York Post The US is stepping back from its involvement in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, a State Department official signaled Thursday. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters that the US “will not be the mediators” going forward, reflecting President Trump’s frustration at the lack of progress between Kyiv and Moscow in ending the bloodshed. “We are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings,” she said, adding that the US remains committed to helping reach a deal. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Trump cuts federal funding for NPR and PBS over ‘biased’ coverage
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Trump cuts federal funding for NPR and PBS over ‘biased’ coverage

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday night cutting federal funding for NPR and PBS, decrying both outlets for their allegedly “biased” coverage. The president’s order calls on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide future funding” to NPR and PBS. It also notes that the “heads of all agencies shall identify and terminate, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS.” In his order, Trump said the CPB should “fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage” and that NPR and PBS do not fit that standard. “The CPB fails to abide ...
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Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status
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Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status

By Julia Mueller | The Hill President Trump on Friday announced plans to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating his feud with the Ivy League school.  “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The declaration comes after his administration reportedly asked the IRS to revoke Harvard’s status last month, after Trump had suggested the idea on social media. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
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U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, better than expected, as economy defies doomsayers
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U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, better than expected, as economy defies doomsayers

By John Carney | Breitbart Employers in the United States added 177,000 workers to their payrolls in April, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent, defying predictions of labor market sluggishness following President Trump’s announcement of tariffs. Economists had been expecting 130,000 jobs and an unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2 percent. The prior month’s jobs figure was revised down to 185,000 from 228,000. The strength in hiring came from the private sector, which added 167,000 jobs. Economists had expected private employers to add just 125,000 workers. This was nearly unchanged from the downwardly revised 170,000 jobs added in March. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
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Colorado has the 8th biggest drug problem in US
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Colorado has the 8th biggest drug problem in US

By Brooke Williams | Fox31 News DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has worse drug problems than most of the U.S., according to a recent WalletHub study. The finance website conducted the study on all states and the District of Columbia, examining multiple factors like drug-related arrest and overdose rates, opioid prescriptions, employee drug testing laws, rehabilitation and treatment options and more. According to the report, Colorado has the 8th biggest drug problem in the country overall. Neighboring states like Utah and Nebraska reportedly had the least problematic drug use. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX31 NEWS
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Amid rumors that Mike Waltz was fired, Trump gives him another top admin post
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Amid rumors that Mike Waltz was fired, Trump gives him another top admin post

By  Virginia Kruta | Daily Wire Just hours after multiple outlets reported that Mike Waltz was preparing to leave his position in President Donald Trump’s administration — as National Security Adviser — Trump announced that the former Florida Congressman and Green Beret veteran was being appointed to represent the United States at the United Nations. “I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first,” Trump posted via his Truth Social platform early Thursday afternoon. “I know he will do the same in his new role. In the interim, Secretary of State Mar...
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Gazette editorial board: Sanctuary policies cost Denver taxpayers—again
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Gazette editorial board: Sanctuary policies cost Denver taxpayers—again

The Gazette editorial board | Denver Gazette Say what you will about the Trump administration, but give it credit for sparing U.S. taxpayers from bailing out cities whose sanctuary policies made them magnets for illegal immigration. The fact that Denver is among those cities isn’t Washington’s fault. It’s Mayor Mike Johnston’s. And the fact that Denver now likely won’t be reimbursed some or all of $32 million it had forced local taxpayers to pony up in welcoming the latest wave of illegal immigrants, as reported by The Gazette, is Johnston’s comeuppance. It’s also Denver taxpayers’ loss. The Mile High mayor who showboated before a congressional panel in Washington last March — and sanctimoniously pronounced, “… Denver made a choice as a city not to hate each other but to help e...
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