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When government defrauds the citizen, it forfeits its moral claim to tax him
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When government defrauds the citizen, it forfeits its moral claim to tax him

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice There comes a point at which taxation ceases to be civic contribution and becomes state extraction. That point is reached when citizen taxpayers are defrauded by their own government, when public money is lost, stolen, concealed, misdirected, or protected through official corruption, and when the same government that demands payment from the citizen refuses justice to the citizen. A government that takes from the people under color of law, then shields the corrupt from consequence, has not merely mismanaged funds. It has broken a covenant with the governed. The issue is deeper than waste. Waste is incompetence. Fraud is betrayal. Waste says the government failed. Fraud says the government used the public trust as a pri...
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DOJ Moves To Strip Citizenship From 12 Accused Of Terrorism Fraud And Child Abuse
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DOJ Moves To Strip Citizenship From 12 Accused Of Terrorism Fraud And Child Abuse

By Washington Examiner Staff | The Washington Examiner The Department of Justice announced on Friday efforts to denaturalize 12 individuals in the United States who are accused of misrepresenting their backgrounds during immigration proceedings. Among the 12 the DOJ is seeking to denaturalize is a man convicted of sexual assault against a child, committing terrorist activities while a member of al Qaeda, financing al Qaeda, and supporting global terrorists, among other charges and accusations. Each of the 12 is accused of concealing this information during their individual naturalization proceedings. “Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a naturalized U.S. citizen’s citizenship may be revoked, and certificate of naturalization canceled, if the naturalizat...
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Proposed Law Could Expose Colorado Prosecutors to Civil Lawsuits
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Proposed Law Could Expose Colorado Prosecutors to Civil Lawsuits

By Colette Bordelon | Denver7 A bill that could be introduced in the Colorado legislature is already drawing strong opinions on what prosecutorial immunity should look like. DENVER — In Colorado, prosecutors can face criminal ramifications if their actions while working on a case warrant such a charge — but they cannot be sued in civil court for damages caused to a defendant. The concept is called prosecutorial immunity, something the district attorney for the First Judicial District, Alexis King, explained to Denver7 The Colorado Attorney Regulation Counsel addresses ethics concerns as an independent body that can review attorney conduct and licensure. "Not only do I believe the checks and balances are there, I believe that prosecutors as a p...
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All 66 Colorado Democrat Lawmakers Press Polis To Reject Clemency For Tina Peters
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All 66 Colorado Democrat Lawmakers Press Polis To Reject Clemency For Tina Peters

By: Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun The letter warned that clemency would be a gift to conspiracy theorists and risks undermining the safety of future elections. All 66 Democrats in the Colorado legislature signed onto a letter Wednesday urging Gov. Jared Polis not to reduce the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a missive that escalates the party’s near-universal disapproval of Polis’ posture toward the case.  “This is about the security and assuredness of our elections,” the letter said. “This is about the future of our democracy, and of free and fair elections in our nation. We ask you to stand with us in safeguarding the future.” The letter says that clemency is “for those who have taken accountability for their crimes, understand ...
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The Rorschach republic: The MLK test for a divided nation
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The Rorschach republic: The MLK test for a divided nation

By Melanie Sturm | Commentary, Think Again USA Substack From ICE to Epstein to gender medicine, we keep seeing what we want in the ink blots. See if you pass the MLK Test. Same ink blot. Different realities. Do you pass the MLK Test? We are living through a Rorschach moment. We look at the same ink blots — the border, Epstein, gender medicine — and swear we’re seeing opposite realities. I was reminded of that recently when I found myself seated next to a gentleman at a luncheon. We discovered easy common ground: he grew up in Indiana, I grew up in Nebraska. We traded a few jokes about Hoosiers and Huskers swapping basketball and football fortunes. Then the conversation turned to Indiana’s former fiery basketball coach Bobby Knight, whom he idolized growin...
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Colorado Federal Judges Hold Line On Immigration Detention Limits Despite Fifth Circuit Ruling
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Colorado Federal Judges Hold Line On Immigration Detention Limits Despite Fifth Circuit Ruling

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics Colorado’s federal judges are maintaining their view that the government’s assertion of broad immigration detention authority is unlawful, casting aside a recent appellate decision to the contrary as “unpersuasive” and out of step with the predominant interpretation by the judiciary. However, several judges are speaking out forcefully about the behavior from the government, including missed deadlines, violations of orders, and potential constitutional problems. Beginning last year, a wave of “habeas corpus” cases flooded Colorado’s U.S. District Court, pushing annual civil filings to more than 4,000 for seemingly the first time. Largely, the petitions challenging immigration detention stem from the federal government’s interpr...
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When grievance overrides justice: The risk of declaring nothing illegal
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When grievance overrides justice: The risk of declaring nothing illegal

By Michael Hancock | Guest Commentary, Undercurrent How Moral Slogans Collapse the Rule of Law “There is no such thing as illegal on stolen land.” It is a clever slogan—short, moral, and absolute. And like most slogans that aspire to absoluteness, it collapses the moment it is treated as an argument rather than a chant. The claim rests on a simple premise: because land was once taken unjustly, no law exercised upon it today can be legitimate. The conclusion sounds radical, even righteous. In reality, it is neither. It is a logical error masquerading as moral courage—and one with consequences far more destructive than its advocates seem willing to admit. Begin with the historical reality the slogan quietly ignores. There is no land on earth untouch...
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When protest becomes rebellion against the rule of law
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When protest becomes rebellion against the rule of law

By Mark Salley | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice So many things come to mind when thinking about the dissension gripping our country. It seems nearly everything has become contentious. Should people be citizens in order to vote in elections?  Should children have sex-change surgeries?  Should people work to expose corruption and bring consequences to the fraudsters? None of these things — on their face — seem contentious.  Yet…there is rebellion brewing. The rebellion has overflowed in Minneapolis. Rather than supporting enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws (even Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden supported deportation), there is a contingent of rebels who are willing to directly interfere in law enforcement efforts to bring lawbreakers to just...
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Sheriffs and prosecutors rally behind Michael Allen for attorney general, cite courtroom experience
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Sheriffs and prosecutors rally behind Michael Allen for attorney general, cite courtroom experience

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice A handful of sheriffs and district attorneys from different parts of the state have come out in support of Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen, today, as he campaigns for Colorado attorney general. The endorsements focus on his years spent in actual courtrooms prosecuting cases and the way he’s managed to cut back on some crimes in his district. The endorsements share his ideals of real trial experience, cracking down on offenders and keeping partisan battles out of the attorney general’s office. “I’m honored to earn the support of these respected law enforcement leaders and prosecutors who have dedicated their careers to public safety. They know what it takes to hold criminals accountable and keep ...
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“Look at me, not the facts”: How outrage culture drowns out truth
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“Look at me, not the facts”: How outrage culture drowns out truth

By Mike Hancock | Guest Commentary, Undercurrent Chants are designed to sound simple, righteous, and urgent. They compress emotion into rhythm and repetition. They feel communal. They feel moral. They feel inevitable. When shouted in unison, they create the illusion of truth through volume alone. But chants are rarely the message. They are the cover. Beneath them—almost always—lies something far more dangerous. Today’s chants may vary in wording, but they all orbit the same gravitational center: Look at me. Listen to me. Ignore the facts. That is the lie beneath the chants. And it is not accidental. On the surface, chanting projects moral urgency. It insists that something is so unjust, so unbearable, that ordinary rules must be suspended. Proces...
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