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Animal Rescue Veteran Says Socialism Cannot Deliver Compassion
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The Star News Network, Approved, Commentary, National

Animal Rescue Veteran Says Socialism Cannot Deliver Compassion

By Meg Weinberger | Commentary, The Star News Network I spent decades working with abused, abandoned, and neglected animals before I ever served in the Florida Legislature, and one thing became obvious very early: good intentions only get you so far. You can want to save every dog that comes through the door. You can have volunteers ready to help. But the food still has to be bought, the veterinarian still has to be paid, and somebody still has to have the room and money to take responsibility for that animal. That is probably why I have so little patience for politicians who treat compassion as something they can claim simply by saying the right things. The Left does this constantly. Socialism is sold almost entirely in moral language. Give government more cont...
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From AR 15 Bans to Parental Rights, Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch
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The Daily Signal, Approved, National

From AR 15 Bans to Parental Rights, Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch

By Fred Lucas | The Daily Signal The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall in cases involving the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, parental rights, and election integrity. Here are five key cases to watch. 1. Another Test for the Second Amendment On Dec. 2, justices will consider whether state and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15 in cases out of Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut. In Viramontes v. Cook County, the plaintiff, Cutberto Viramontes, sued in 2021 over the county’s ban on AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic rifles. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law, ruling that Supreme Court precedent would allow regulation of certain weapons and citing the Heller and Bruen rulin...
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Congressman Gabe Evans Calls for Energy Freedom as Colorado Expands Regulations
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The Washington Times, Approved, Commentary, State

Congressman Gabe Evans Calls for Energy Freedom as Colorado Expands Regulations

By U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo. | Commentary, The Washington Times OPINION: Colorado’s Eighth District has an energy advantage most states envy. Weld County, in the northern part of my district, is the fourth-largest energy-producing county in the nation, producing 82% of Colorado’s oil and 56% of its natural gas. We are also home to major wind, solar and emerging technologies. We have the resources and workforce to produce more American energy than ever before. Yet Denver Democrats are determined to squander that advantage. For years, one-party rule at the State Capitol has pursued an energy agenda designed to force Colorado away from oil and natural gas — regardless of what it costs consumers or means for the reliability of our grid. Now, state ...
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Federal Government Commits $250 Million to Colorado Power Grid Project
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, State

Federal Government Commits $250 Million to Colorado Power Grid Project

By Marissa Ventrelli | The Denver Gazette The U.S. Department of Energy is investing $250 million in a transmission connection between Colorado and Texas, which it says will improve grid reliability and meet growing electricity demand. One connection will move from Lamar to the higher-capacity May Valley substation in Brandon. That connects it directly to the Colorado Power Pathway transmission network. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Gabe Evans on his record, his opponent and a race inside the margin
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories

Gabe Evans on his record, his opponent and a race inside the margin

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Gabe Evans still tells the story of his first annual review as a cop. His sergeant sat him down and said he'd had a great year. Forty-one arrests, putting him in the top half of the shift. More than 1,800 calls for service. "If you do the math, that means less than 2% of the time I'm there to actually criminally charge someone as a cop," Evans told RMV. "98% of the time, I'm involving non-criminal issues in the community. I'm de-escalating a problem or connecting someone to resources." Evans said that job shaped how he works in Washington, along with growing up around cattle and 12 years in the military. He said service runs in the family. His mother's father, he said, "was born in Mexico, came to the United States,...
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Castle Pines Growth Spurs Redistricting and Campaign Finance Changes
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Colorado Politics, Approved, Local

Castle Pines Growth Spurs Redistricting and Campaign Finance Changes

By Nicholas Fogleman | Colorado Politics Castle Pines officials are moving forward with proposed changes to the city’s election system that would make it easier for candidates to raise money and reshape district boundaries to accommodate rapid growth.  During a City Council meeting Tuesday, the council discussed redistricting municipal voter districts and approved the first reading of an ordinance that would increase campaign contribution limits for local races. As a home-rule municipality, has the authority to establish its own campaign finance rules. The council approved a proposal on first reading to raise the limit on contributions to candidate committees to $2,000, matching limits in Greenwood Village and Lone Tree. Under curre...
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AI regulation and COVID rhyme: Same warnings, same prescription of more government 
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Approved, American Thinker, Commentary, National

AI regulation and COVID rhyme: Same warnings, same prescription of more government 

By Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes, is a maxim commonly attributed to Mark Twain. COVID and artificial intelligence don’t rhyme in the traditional sense. But listen closely to the political cadence and the similarities become difficult to ignore. Both arrived as potentially existential threats. Both generated remarkably coordinated warnings from politicians, government officials, experts, and industry leaders. And both quickly produced the familiar prescription: We are facing catastrophe, time is running out, and government must act. Image created by ChatGPT The latest AI chorus began rather suddenly. Five days later, Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who had worked at both OpenAI and Anthropi...
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DSA wants to abolish police and prisons. Its plan for violent offenders goes unstated
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Rocky Mountain Voice, National, Top Stories

DSA wants to abolish police and prisons. Its plan for violent offenders goes unstated

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice A television anchor in Los Angeles asked a national leader of the Democratic Socialists of America a direct question this summer, and got no direct answer. Frances Gill, a member of DSA's National Political Committee, sat for an interview with NBC 4 Los Angeles anchor Conan Nolan.  Asked whether the group's goal was to defund police and to get rid of prisons and jails, Gill said yes, according to Fox News, which reported on the exchange. What DSA wants, she said, is "a horizon where folks are not reliant on armed enforcement to meet our public safety needs." Nolan then asked whether, if his daughter were assaulted and raped, any agency would find the man who did it. "Of course," Gill began. Nolan asked what it ...
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Trump’s Young Voter Coalition Is Fracturing, Baris Warns Republicans Risk Losing Them
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Real Clear Politics, Approved, Commentary, National

Trump’s Young Voter Coalition Is Fracturing, Baris Warns Republicans Risk Losing Them

By Rich Baris | Commentary, Real Clear Politics Everything Republicans thought they knew about younger voters who backed them less than two years ago is wrong. Conservative pundits and consultants have had an almost bipolar misunderstanding of these now-disaffected Americans. When President Donald Trump made his historic political comeback in 2024, a slew of right-wing commentators repeated each other’s claims that “Zoomers” were just “more conservative” than previous cohorts. That was news to us, given BIG DATA POLL was met with fierce skepticism leading up to that election, explicitly because we led the industry in identifying trends indicating the president was making significant gains with younger, nonwhite voters. Some of these very same consultants argued&nb...
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Denver Council Presses Public Safety Leaders Over 911 Response and Surveillance Spending
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, Local

Denver Council Presses Public Safety Leaders Over 911 Response and Surveillance Spending

By Nico Brambila | The Denver Gazette Longer 911 response times, police surveillance technology and the integrity of Denver’s crime lab drew scrutiny from the Denver City Council on Wednesday, as public safety officials defended their operations and outlined challenges facing their departments. Officials attributed longer response times in part to a sharp increase in employee leave, saying average leave hours reached 306 in 2025, compared with 170 previously. The issue, officials said, isn’t just staffing. “We can’t hire ourselves out of the ability to answer more quickly,” said Andrew Dameron, director of Denver 911. Councilmembers complained to Public Safety officials, saying they haven’t experienced the improved response times the d...
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