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School Board Pays $95K After Censoring Student Tribute to Charlie Kirk

17Jun

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School Board Pays $95K After Censoring Student Tribute to Charlie Kirk

By Michael Gryboski | The Christian Post Officials violated student's First, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights. A North Carolina school district has agreed to pay $95,000 in attorneys' fees and damages after censoring an on-campus student tribute to conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk. Last year, a high school student and her parents sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education over a painted tribute to Kirk that was removed shortly after it was completed. The nonprofit legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the student, announced Monday that it had reached a settlement with school district officials over the lawsuit. Per the settlement, the board of education agreed to pay $95,000 in assorted fees...

What SuperBowl LX Can Teach Us About Colorado Politics

12Feb

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, Top Stories

What SuperBowl LX Can Teach Us About Colorado Politics

By Russ Minary | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan (*not a football player) Last Sunday, millions of Americans watched one of the most lackluster competitions between two NFL teams in a long while. The stats indicate that the Seattle Seahawks outplayed the New England Patriots, consistently from start to finish. The score speaks clearlly: Seattle won and New England lost. I think SuperBowl LX was chock full of lessons that apply to Colorado politics. One team (Seattle) had a clear game plan, a competent and experienced coach and quarterback, and great players who understood their jobs and executed well. The other team (New England) didn’t. Both teams made it to the SuperB...

A student-run forum aims to bring structure, not campaigning, to Colorado’s crowded governor’s race

3Feb

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Local, Top Stories

A student-run forum aims to bring structure, not campaigning, to Colorado’s crowded governor’s race

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice “There’s a lot of candidates running and I know there’s a lot of confusion out there about who conservatives in the area should be supporting,” said James Ruehmann, president of the Turning Point USA chapter at CMU. With more than 20 Republicans in the governor race, and the field wide open until the primary election on June 30, Coloradans on the Western Slope have few opportunities to hear candidates gathered together to discuss how they’d lead the state. A student-organized forum at Colorado Mesa University on Feb. 9 will bring several of those candidates together. A forum with limits “This isn’t a debate. It’s just a forum.” Those limits aren’t stylistic. Ruehmann said the structure is shaped by compliance r...

From fracture to formation: What AmericaFest revealed about the next generation

22Dec

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Rocky Mountain Voice, National, Top Stories

From fracture to formation: What AmericaFest revealed about the next generation

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice I arrived late to the Young Conservatives of Colorado happy hour on Saturday night, nearly an hour after it had begun. The happy hour was already winding down in an outdoor hotel lounge in Phoenix. A small circle of college students and recent grads sat around a fireplace after a full day at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. Some were holding drinks. The tone was relaxed amid laughter, but not rowdy. They stayed long enough to share their thoughts. By Saturday night, AmericaFest had already moved through its most turbulent phase. The opening night featured sharp internal disagreements that spread quickly across social media, forcing questions about tone, unity and the future direction of the conservative movement. Atte...

Fort Lewis College Student Stands Firm After Turning Point USA Chapter Sparks Backlash

22Dec

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Colorado Politics, Approved, Local

Fort Lewis College Student Stands Firm After Turning Point USA Chapter Sparks Backlash

By Elizabeth Pond | Colorado Politics Before Fort Lewis College senior Jonah Flynn became president of the newly formed FLC Turning Point USA chapter, he described himself as a liberal-leaning atheist. Flynn, a senior studying philosophy and Spanish, gained local and national attention after the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College initially denied his request to start a Turning Point chapter at an Oct. 29 meeting. Outcry from conservative students and community members led to an emergency on Nov. 7 meeting, where the Associated Students decision was reversed. Since then, the 25-year-old has appeared in numerous news outlets, including CBS and Fox News, where he spoke on a panel alongside activist Jack Posobiec. Flynn said he has been heckled on campus and ...

“This is the team”: Michael Knowles at TPUSA AmFest on holding a coalition together

19Dec

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“This is the team”: Michael Knowles at TPUSA AmFest on holding a coalition together

By RMV Editorial Board The opening night of AmericaFest did not unfold as a unified rally. Disagreements among speakers played out in real time, reflecting a broader conservative fracture now visible nationally and within state parties, including in Colorado. Michael Knowles articulated what the evening had already revealed. “In the absence of our generation’s political peacemaker,” he said, “we find ourselves in the latest right-wing civil war.” https://www.youtube.com/live/hcBd0whz8ec?si=osLqunNpf8BDHrdl Knowles did not frame that civil war as scandal or betrayal. He treated it as a structural failure. Conservatives, he observed, are independent-minded by nature. They argue. They splinter into factions. That part is not new. What is new is the absence...

CBS Downplays Antifa Chaos at TPUSA Event, Calls Violent Protest ‘Mostly Peaceful’

12Nov

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The Post Millennial, Approved, National

CBS Downplays Antifa Chaos at TPUSA Event, Calls Violent Protest ‘Mostly Peaceful’

By: Katie Daviscourt | The Post Millennial A mob of Antifa militants was captured on video setting off flares and smoke bombs, assaulting attendees, hurling objects at police, and issuing death threats. What CBS News Bay Area described as a "mostly peaceful" protest outside a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event at UC Berkeley on Monday night was anything but, according to ample video footage and reporters on the ground. A mob of Antifa militants and far-left agitators mobilized to disrupt the final stop of TPUSA's "American Comeback Tour," setting off flares and smoke bombs, assaulting attendees, hurling objects at police, and issuing death threats. The violence forced riot police to intervene, and multiple arrests were made. Standing directly across from the ...

11Nov

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories

The Voice of Colorado: A Call to Engage, Write, and Lead Together

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Across Colorado—from the Eastern Plains to the peaks of the Rockies and Western Slope—every community has a story worth sharing. Yet too many of these stories remain dormant and unheard. At Rocky Mountain Voice (RMV), we’re changing that by reigniting civic engagement and rebuilding trust in media—one authentic and valued voice at a time. A Movement Rooted in Truth and Participation RMV is not just a media—it’s a living movement of Coloradans who care deeply about their communities and believe in the power of the truth. Through honest reporting, meaningful conversations, and the encouragement of citizen involvement, RMV is creating a warm and welcoming space where every voice matters. If you’re reading this, consider this...

Debate erupts as Eagle County high school students launch TPUSA chapters

10Nov

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Rocky Mountain Voice, Local, Top Stories

Debate erupts as Eagle County high school students launch TPUSA chapters

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice When students at Eagle Valley and Battle Mountain high schools set out to form local chapters of Turning Point USA, they probably didn’t expect the stir it would cause. At Eagle Valley, the club had just cleared the approval process when pushback started rolling in. Shortly afterward, community member Jen Winkeller shared a post in the Vail Moms!! Facebook group citing Superintendent Phil Qualman’s confirmation that the group “identified a staff sponsor.” Winkeller encouraged those opposed to the club to “sign the petition” and “protest peacefully,” linking to the Change.org petition. Vail Moms!! Facebook Group The petition claims that TPUSA “routinely engaged in racist, homophobic, and sexist hate speech” and a...

Fort Lewis College Reverses Course and Quickly Approves TPUSA Chapter After Student Backlash

10Nov

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Fox News, Approved, Local

Fort Lewis College Reverses Course and Quickly Approves TPUSA Chapter After Student Backlash

By Joshua Q. Nelson | Fox News The decision came after a petition launched backing TPUSA, garnering over 1,000 signatures A Colorado college student government reversed its decision to block a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter during an emergency meeting on Friday night. The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College (ASFLC) voted to approve the TPUSA chapter after previously rejecting senior Jonah Flynn’s proposal to register the group with the university. "It was strange. They put us in a tiny room, with at least 100 people being forced to wait outside. Tons of local conservatives, students and community members. Inside the meeting, we got to speak briefly, and they immediately voted and unanimously approved it," Flynn told Fox News Digital. Flynn planned to appeal t...

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School Board Pays $95K After Censoring Student Tribute to Charlie Kirk

What SuperBowl LX Can Teach Us About Colorado Politics

A student-run forum aims to bring structure, not campaigning, to Colorado’s crowded governor’s race

From fracture to formation: What AmericaFest revealed about the next generation

Fort Lewis College Student Stands Firm After Turning Point USA Chapter Sparks Backlash

“This is the team”: Michael Knowles at TPUSA AmFest on holding a coalition together

CBS Downplays Antifa Chaos at TPUSA Event, Calls Violent Protest ‘Mostly Peaceful’

The Voice of Colorado: A Call to Engage, Write, and Lead Together

Debate erupts as Eagle County high school students launch TPUSA chapters

Fort Lewis College Reverses Course and Quickly Approves TPUSA Chapter After Student Backlash

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