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If there is one thing that Democratic and Republican voters can agree on it’s that deep-pocketed special interests, especially foreign interests, have too much power in Washington D.C. However, so far, the Trump administration has shown little desire to keep policymaking separate from the influence of wealthy power players. President Trump’s nominee to lead the…

It must be terribly frustrating for ambitious, younger Democrats to be stymied by their two senators who refuse to step aside for a new generation of leadership. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper is running for reelection and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is running for governor in 2026. Hickenlooper was swept into the Senate in 2020 on…

Gov. Jared Polis signed SB25-128 Agricultural Worker Service Providers Access Private Property, into law last week at Marc Arnusch Farms near Keenesburg. It was a righting of a major wrong brought in 2021 as part of SB21-087, Agricultural Workers’ Rights, known as the Farmworker Bill of Rights. The portion of the 2021 law, sponsored by…

President Donald Trump in the presence of Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president, claimed that South African Whites were being killed in a genocide. What a genocide is, and what it is not, came to mind because I belong to CoAGG — Coalition Against Global Genocide, and host the podcast: “Never Again,” in which we…

Gov. Jared Polis has shown remarkable foresight in supporting the 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence that recently passed the House of Representatives as an amendment to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The moratorium language in Section 43201 of the Act is just two pages but would stem tens of thousands of…

I have never shared this publicly, only with select friends and health care professionals. It is exceedingly personal and frankly awkward. But I know others have the same challenge. For them I share my story. I was born in the wrong body. I identify differently from what my body outwardly expresses. The world wrongly sees…

Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston share a love for political theater. Polis cultivates a centrist image while Johnston campaigned as tough-on-crime — but their handling of illegal immigration exposes the gulf between rhetoric and reality. Take Polis’ recent denial that Colorado is a “sanctuary state” — even as laws he’s signed explicitly…

President Donald Trump is shaking up the nation regarding DEI. According to a report by CBS News — Trump’s Jan. 21st order revokes the Equal Employment Opportunity rule signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. This is a seismic shift in the field of DEI supporters and recipients. The 1965 rule only required federal…

Apprenticing under experienced professionals has long been crucial for skill building and advancement across industries. As an executive chef at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, I know from experience that the restaurant and foodservice industry is no exception. I am watching first-hand how apprenticeship is driving career growth and teaching the skills, strategy,…

Will Pete Hegseth be good for Colorado? The newly minted secretary of defense, who won U.S. Senate confirmation via a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance, has promised to lead a Pentagon refocused on its core mission: lethally defending America’s national security interests. This means a rejection of Biden-era woke silliness and its overarching,…