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What a year for CU Regent Wanda James.
Her pot shop closed. She got 7% in her CD1 primary.
And on Friday, she lost her lawsuit against seven fellow regents who censured her over a conflict of interest.
That's quite a self-inflicted wound.
My latest @DenverGazette: 🔗👇
"Some critics have argued the regents should’ve capitulated to James, sparing taxpayers a costly lawsuit. Brimmer’s ruling vindicates their rightful authority to hold colleagues accountable. No elected body should fear exercising it.
The regents didn’t force James to sue. She chose to."
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I broadly agree with Erin here, @Rossputin.
First, though, the guy who maligned Kyle like that is a jackass. Just a vile way to talk about this issue and other human beings.
That said: I remember talking with you a while back about hesitancy regarding the parental rights aspect of something like 135, and that was my hangup for a long time.
But as I delved into the scientific literature and data coming out of Europe, spoke with medical professionals and detransitioners (some of whom Erin mentioned, like Dr. @MorrellMDmph), and have spoken with family members of children who've transitioned and read others' accounts — it all prompted me to a deeper examination of my views, as expressed over time through my writing, and I ultimately came to the conclusion that concerns over youth gender transitions through surgery and puberty blockers are valid on multiple levels, to the point that I voted for and publicly supported 135.
I don't think it's fair to outright dismiss advocates without hearing them out — not the hateful nuts and asshats, but the reasoned purveyors.
That's where @KyleClark has disappointed me on this issue — and he's welcome to correct me if I've missed something — is his failure to speak with thoughtful advocates like @Erin4Parents, @LoriGim, and others. They've often been painted as anti-trans reactionaries and know-nothings, but I've found that this couldn't be further from the truth.
And the fact that, in a blue tsunami where even Amendment 87 passed, not only 134 on girls sports but 135 on youth gender surgeries passed — by almost identical margins — shows that both are within the mainstream and, therefore, valid concerns of "normal" people that shouldn't be dismissed.
I would love to hear you interview Lori, Erin, Dr. Morrell, or others about this. You might be surprised at how reasoned and evidence-baser they really are. And just as importantly, you'd push back in ways that would surely be fruitful as well.
Anyway, just a few late night thoughts, brother!
I currently know nothing more about @kmele than I do from this clip. But it's all I need to know about him.
Kmele clearly knows his stuff, and he lays out a superb, succinct defense of free market economics.
We need more of this, especially in a lion's den like CNN. Well done!
BREAKING 🚨: Kmele Foster: “It's one thing to not think capitalism isn't working, ideally. It's another thing entirely to insist that it is oppressive, that it is bound up with white supremacy.”
Jemele Hill: “How is it not?”
Kmele Foster: “I've always preferred Adam Smith's description of capitalism as the natural system of liberty. The idea that people can own property, that they can exchange it freely with one another for profit, that they can find ways to put their resources to good use and profit in a way that is actually beneficial to everyone else, that there can be gains from trade that are mutually beneficial. These are foundational ideas that have created more wealth than any other system in human history. That is what capitalism is. That is not white supremacy.”
Jemele Hill: “Do you think capitalism has always worked that way?”
Kmele Foster: “I’ve actually just described the basic facts of the economics.”
Hill: “That ain't how it's always worked.”
Kmele Foster: “Slavery is an institution that is older than writing. It predates capitalism. The notion that white supremacy and all these other things are bound up with capitalism in an intrinsic and fundamental way is so absurd and laughable, it barely needs to be defended.”
Jemele Hill: “How was it absurd?”
Kmele Foster: “It barely needs to be defended.”
Jemele Hill: “What do you mean it barely needs to be defended?”
Kmele Foster: “You actually have to articulate what the connections is. How are these two things the same? I'm talking about private property, the right to exchange and sell with whomever you like. What does that have to do with white supremacy?… What is the white supremacy dynamic of private property?”
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“This is like Germany in 1939. It’s crazy what’s going on….It’s pretty shocking to me. I’m very surprised.” President Trump to me when I asked him about the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the United States.
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This is a plausible theory: after Alice Huang began flaunting her access to Jensen on Chinese social media, the MSS likely recruited or pressured her into collecting intelligence and applying influence—an order that, under China’s national security laws, she couldn't refuse. Her sudden disappearance from public view, even as photos of her circulating everywhere, is hard to ignore. Only the Chinese state has both the motive and the capacity to make someone vanish so quickly and completely.
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These are the exact reasons I moved my kids to a charter. Jeffco puts kids in harms way with a large swath of documented cases of staff abusing children, staff and the board pick and choose who has free speech, and to round it all out the district isn’t educating children. They hire and applaud activists not educators.
To all the “keyboard warriors” we’re over target with this one.
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Those advising Trump to find an “exit strategy” in Iran are operating from a false premise: that his decision to take military action was a mistake. It was not. It was one of the boldest decisions any commander in chief has ever made — the kind that separates ordinary presidents from great ones.
wapo.st/3VkoUQE
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The moment I saw the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimand someone in Pete Hegseth’s group for laughing, I knew Hegseth would respect him for it.
He's now personally awarded Specialist Thomas Iglesias a medal for carrying out his duties.
Becoming a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier requires extraordinary discipline, rigorous training and the highest standards of professionalism.
Those standards apply to everyone. Even the Secretary of War and his entourage.
No special treatment. No exceptions.
This is what respect for the fallen looks like.
Outstanding from both men.
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📺 UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet joins The OpEdge to discuss how higher education is evolving and her "three imperatives" for making the University of Colorado Colorado Springs an engine of economic mobility, innovation and prosperity in southern Colorado. Sobanet tells host @SengCenter how UCCS is adapting to changing student needs, connecting education and research with local industries and positioning itself to help launch a proposed U.S. Space Academy in Colorado Springs. #copolitics
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This is excellent. Exactly the kind of leadership and respect that Sec. Hegseth needed to show in the face of his own personal failing yesterday.
It's owning up in the best way possible.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has awarded the soldier who reprimanded him and members of his staff at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a Joint Service Commendation Medal. cnn.it/4jcjn7Q
Right? 🤣
Apparently I'm something of a BIG DEAL as I've appeared on numerous lists accusing me of working to destroy the Republican party in Colorado.
First off, it's an honor just to be nominated.
Second, like they needed any help.
It's idiotic mean girl slam book lists like this that have put the party where it is.
Agreed. My reaction was the opposite: from admiration to instant disappointment.
The whole thing is a damn shame on every level.
Seeing people on the right embrace Jensen Huang all of a sudden is really gross. The man cheated on his wife, helped the Chinese communists, and destroyed the value of his company, in turn hurting a lot of Americans' retirement plans.
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📺 @UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet joins The OpEdge to discuss how higher education is evolving and her "three imperatives" for making the University of Colorado Colorado Springs an engine of economic mobility, innovation and prosperity in Southern Colorado. Sobanet tells host @SengCenter how UCCS is adapting to changing student needs, connecting education and research with local industries and positioning itself to help launch a proposed U.S. Space Academy in Colorado Springs. #copolitics
🎙️ Subscribe now across podcast platforms!
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Not a good look, Mr. Secretary.
A group with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was reprimanded by a U.S. Army sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day after someone in the group appeared to laugh following a photo.
“All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times,” the sentinel said.
“The Secretary and the entire Department have always honored—and will always honor—the sacrifices our military men and women have made to keep America safe," Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. "While commemorating this solemn day, a soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum.”
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Colorado State Senator Iman Jodeh, who’s celebrated as the first muslim elected to the Colorado legislature, is advertising an internship program at the Colorado Capitol
Qualifications are you have to be muslim or north african.
This is illegal.
Cc @CivilRights
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It is @araghchi and his IRGC thugs/clowns who have crushed the Iranian economy, stolen food from their people and killed anyone who dares call for the most basic rights.
The inhumanity of Evin prison, the evil rapes and killings of October 7, 2023 of innocent Israeli children, and the tyranny in Cuba stand in stark contrast to the decency of @SecRubio.
If there is a cartoon character in all of this it is @araghchi.
What a shame. Jensen Huang impressed me greatly, but he played a dangerous game and lost.
Breaking: Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang after he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy. on.wsj.com/4jcpr01
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Did @realannapaulina break in and raid my closet?
🚨 JUST NOW: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna just walked out and said Republicans need to STOP trying to elect leadership who oversaw midterm losses — SHE SUPPORTS JIM JORDAN for Minority Leader
"I think that it would have gone a heck of a lot different if we were able to actually fight on some of these issues!"
She just NAMED:
- Banning congressional stock trading, after leadership sent down a "watered" version
- Capping federal student loan interest at 2.5%, which she says Trump supports and has broad bipartisan support
- Taking on glyphosate, where she says leadership "fought me on that too"
- Merging the SAVE America Act legislation, which she says members had to shut down the House to force
STEVE SCALISE is Jordan's opponent.
Whoever wins needs to be ready to work hard and fight hard for a 2028 COMEBACK with Americans put first.
Agreed.
I thought Pete Hegseth was a terrible choice for SecDef and I still think so. I'd be happy if Trump replaced him (though getting a replacement through the Senate might be difficult now and nearly impossible in a couple of months.) BUT that doesn't mean I support impeaching him. I haven't seen strong evidence that he broke laws; mostly he seems like he's being scapegoated by Dems who really want to impeach Trump (who, after all, made the decisions Hegseth is executing) but for political reasons don't want to go after Trump.
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What a year for CU Regent Wanda James.
Her pot shop closed. She got 7% in her CD1 primary.
And on Friday, she lost her lawsuit against seven fellow regents who censured her over a conflict of interest.
That's quite a self-inflicted wound.
My latest @DenverGazette: 🔗👇
"Some critics have argued the regents should’ve capitulated to James, sparing taxpayers a costly lawsuit. Brimmer’s ruling vindicates their rightful authority to hold colleagues accountable. No elected body should fear exercising it.
The regents didn’t force James to sue. She chose to."