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The Capitol flagpole is not a friendship bracelet
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The Capitol flagpole is not a friendship bracelet

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado’s State Capitol is not a festival stage. It is a civic altar of sorts, the place where law is made, rights are protected, and citizens who disagree about nearly everything are still supposed to recognize one another as equals under the same authority. That is why a flagpole on Capitol grounds is never “just symbolic.” It is government speech, rendered in cloth and wind. Governor Jared Polis’ decision to hoist Canada’s flag over the Colorado State Capitol for the second-annual “Colorado-Canada Friendship Day” was therefore not appropriate, even if Canada is a friendly neighbor and a major trading partner. The problem is not Canada. The problem is the office. In March of last year, the Governor’s office framed t...
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PUC sunset bill would allow backroom commissioner talks and expand state override of local land use decisions
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PUC sunset bill would allow backroom commissioner talks and expand state override of local land use decisions

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project HB26-1326 PUC Sunset Bill There is finally firm policy to share about the Sunset Bill for the Public Utilities Commission. HB26-1326’s bill page is linked first below. I had heard some rumors so it’s good to have some specifics to examine. I wanted to get this out there faster than I had time to digest, so don’t expect more than a quick rundown of the things that I find concerning. I will be watching the bill and hoping to speak against what I’m about to share with you. If you have concerns of your own that you want to share, please speak up. In broad strokes, this bill continues the PUC for a while forward, but (as is their wont) the sponsors couldn’t help tossing in some extra goodies. Some fees go up,...
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HB 26-1246: Protecting Coloradans from rising power costs and a broken system
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HB 26-1246: Protecting Coloradans from rising power costs and a broken system

By Rep. Ken DeGraaf | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Editor's update: House Bill 26-1246 is scheduled to be heard in the House Energy & Environment Committee today, Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in the Old State Library. Coloradans may listen live at leg.colorado.gov/agenda/committee/202622308545820. Colorado is facing a turning point in energy policy. For years, families and businesses across our state have watched their electricity bills rise while our landscapes are increasingly carved up by massive transmission projects stretching from horizon to horizon. Forests, prairies, farms, and communities are being cut apart in the name of electrification and “grid modernization.” Meanwhile, the people paying the price are the very citizens the system is su...
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Caldara Makes Case for Independent Oversight of Colorado Election Audits
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Caldara Makes Case for Independent Oversight of Colorado Election Audits

By: Jon Caldara | Commentary, Complete Colorado This part will disappoint angry people on Twitter: Relax. Put the pitchforks down. I am not relitigating the 2020 election, or mail ballots, or even Tina Peters. But I am saying people don’t trust elections like they used to. And here in Colorado we can do a rather simple thing to reverse that. And progressives should want it most. Saving democracy is all the rage now, and as far as political slogans go, it’s a pretty damn good one. But saving democracy isn’t just about protecting Colorado from President Donald Trump, whatever that vagary means. It’s about fortifying our democratic institutions so the voters’ true will is clearly and verifiably stated. This is where I’d usually rant about how the legislature...
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Multiple FBI Counterintelligence Probes Targeted Trump Allies Over Nearly A Decade
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Multiple FBI Counterintelligence Probes Targeted Trump Allies Over Nearly A Decade

By: Staff | Commentary, Revolver News We all watched as the Biden regime used federal law enforcement as a political weapon against American citizens. But nobody was targeted and harassed more than President Trump, both while he was a private citizen and the President of the United States. The bizarre and creepy investigations into his campaign and his allies went way, way beyond any normal oversight and crossed into North Korean territory. And now a new report is breaking the internet by revealing more juicy details on just how far the Deep State went to stop President Trump. According to this report, which was reviewed by investigators and members of Congress, the FBI ran several counterintelligence operations over nearly a decade targeting Trump and people on his te...
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The SAVE Act’s strangest gift: it is making Democrats talk like noncitizen voting is real
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The SAVE Act’s strangest gift: it is making Democrats talk like noncitizen voting is real

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice For years, the Right has argued something simple: elections should be provably secure, not merely “trusted” by tradition, good intentions, or bureaucratic assurances. If only citizens may vote in federal elections, then citizen-only voting should be easy to verify, hard to fake, and consistently enforced. Enter the SAVE Act and its successor branding, the “SAVE America Act.” Its core idea is straightforward: require documentary proof of citizenship at registration, and in the newer version, pair that with a photo ID standard for voting. The Left’s reaction has been immediate and near-uniform: not “sure, citizenship verification is fine,” but “this is Jim Crow,” “voter suppression,” “a solution in search of a problem,” an...
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Tracking the Iran conflict: A Colorado veteran’s daily sitrep from day 10 onward
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Tracking the Iran conflict: A Colorado veteran’s daily sitrep from day 10 onward

By Kennesaw | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice As a USAF ELINT veteran, I have always anchored my compass in Bible truth and the Founders' original intent on liberty first, peace through strength, and no endless entanglements. That is why I am tracking the Iran conflict: to provide daily situation report (sitrep) briefings on the Iran conflict, pulling from open-sourced and verified intelligence like CENTCOM feeds, satellite imagery, and cross-checked reports. No legacy media spin, no "both-sides" relativism—just raw, evidence-grounded truth that cuts through the noise. For Coloradans, from our tech-savvy hubs in Boulder to the resilient communities in the Rockies, this matters. Our state hosts critical defense assets like NORAD and plays a role in energy ...
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If you don’t defend it, you don’t own it: DeGette’s open border gamble
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If you don’t defend it, you don’t own it: DeGette’s open border gamble

By Tom Anthony | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The road to owning property resembles a superhighway to some and a Colorado jeep trail to others. To the Sioux it resembled a torn up mass of earth and buffalo chips; to the Comanche, four hooves and a mane. To me, who has come by it in fits, starts, dead ends, and reversals the road signs say: "Adverse possession," "Fence Out State," "Prescriptive Easement," "Permit Required," "Tax Lien Sale," and "Eminent Domain." In other words, nothing too simple about it. I see Congresswoman DeGette, married to a judge and who has held down the 1st Congressional seat in Colorado since 1997, now wants to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the federal government. In other words, dissolve the borders. T...
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Two obituaries, two standards: How media framing shapes the legacy of controversial figures
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Two obituaries, two standards: How media framing shapes the legacy of controversial figures

By Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker How corporate media soften tyrants abroad while sharpening labels at home. Death is supposed to clarify a life, not distort it. Obituaries are meant to record history, not rewrite it. But in today’s corporate media, even death cannot escape ideological spin. Consider the recent coverage of Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran’s Supreme Leader for more than three decades.  In the Washington Post, readers were introduced to a man with a “bushy white beard and easy smile,” an “avuncular figure” fond of Persian poetry and Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. Some acquaintances described him as a “closet moderate.” A closet moderate? That description might surprise the regime’s political prisoners — ...
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The ROAD to Housing scarcity: Hidden provision in Senate housing bill may kill build-to-rent
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The ROAD to Housing scarcity: Hidden provision in Senate housing bill may kill build-to-rent

By Booker Lightman | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice How a Senate bill to increase construction will do the opposite You may have heard about a bipartisan omnibus bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, called the ROAD to Housing Act. From the name, you might think it’s about promoting housing construction, and that’s indeed how it’s being sold in the media.  Yet a provision recently added to the bill, which forces build-to-rent companies to sell their homes within seven years, would cripple housing production and drive up housing costs for everyone. Why is the forced sale provision bad?  The seven-year deadline would incentivize builders to prioritize speed over quality and hide defects rather than take the time to fix them. It would...
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