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Saunders: No half-measures—Israel hits Iran hard in Operation Rising Lion

The Western Journal, Approved, Commentary, National / June 13, 2025 / Airstrikes, Iran, Israel, middle east, Netanyahu, Operation Rising Lion

After decades of serving as a standing target for terrorist attacks masterminded by Iran, the Israeli military was not messing around.

In five waves of attacks launched Friday, Israeli planes hammered Iranian nuclear sites, military facilities, and the country’s top military leadership, in a day of fury that almost certainly opened a new era of war in the Middle East.

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RMV editorial board: Denver braces for “No Kings” protests fueled by far-left groups

Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, Local, Top Stories / June 13, 2025 / Activism, Civic Center Park, Denver, Far Left, First amendment, Law and Order, Law Enforcement, No Kings Day, Protest, Public safety, Socialist Groups

This Saturday, a coalition of far-left activist groups is planning to flood downtown Denver for a protest they’re calling “No Kings Day”—timed deliberately to coincide with President Trump’s birthday and a nationwide military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th birthday.

While organizers claim the event is a celebration of “freedom from tyranny,” their messaging, sponsors and past behavior suggest otherwise. The event—set to take place at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park from 1–6 p.m.—includes an “activist fair” featuring over 30 organizations.

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Parker: We need a national, armed citizen militia now

Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories / June 12, 2025 / ATF Overreach, Citizen Militia, Colorado Gun Laws, Community Preparedness, Constitutional Defense, Gun rights, Homeland Security, Minutemen, National security, Second Amendment, Volunteer Defense Force

I am not surprised at the result of the efforts of people in our state to banish firearms. No one should be surprised at the open contempt for our God given rights, protected in our Bill of Rights, that was demonstrated by requiring Ken DeGraaf to cover part of our Constitution.

There is no remedy for this at the state levels.

We have to go on the offense and enact recognition of these God given rights to self protection.

The way our 2nd Amendment was penned has been glossed over for 200 years because there was no need after the American Revolution to flesh out what the Founders intended. It was recognized and taken for granted that the right to possess all arms belonged to the citizens of our country and not just a standing army or our National Guard.

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Garbo: The Left’s silence says more than their spin ever could

Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, National, Top Stories / June 12, 2025 / border crisis, Cultural Chaos, Economic Recovery, Egg prices, Gaslighting, Inflation, Leftist Riots, Media bias, News Narrative, Trump Policies

They don’t talk about egg prices anymore. Inflation has disappeared from their daily talking points. You’ll hear nothing about tariffs, the stock market, or the border crisis they once screamed about nonstop. Why?

Because those issues – once weaponized against President Trump – have all improved under his leadership. And with Trump back in office, once again tackling these challenges head-on, the left has lost the argument – and they know it.

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Hancock: The phrase that shields tyranny behind a slogan

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Top Stories / June 12, 2025 / Civic Order, Civil Unrest, Cultural Politics, Doublethink, First amendment, Free Speech, Language Manipulation, Mob Violence, Newspeak, Orwell, Peaceful Protest

In George Orwell’s 1984, citizens were told that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. It was called Newspeak—language engineered to distort thought—and doublethink, the act of believing two contradictory things at once.

Today, we don’t need fiction. We have the perpetual news.

Across America, mobs swarm immigration offices, smash windows, burn vehicles, blockade highways, and hurl explosives at federal buildings—all while being shielded under the banner of “peaceful protest.” The phrase is repeated so often it’s practically trademarked. Politicians echo it. Journalists parrot it. And poets romanticize it, casting destruction as defiance and rage as righteousness.

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Jacques: Colorado’s speech police aren’t protecting rights—they’re punishing dissent

USA Today, Approved, Commentary, State / June 12, 2025 / Civil Liberties, Compelled Speech, First amendment, Free Speech, Gender Identity Laws, Gender Ideology, HB25-1312, Legal Challenges, Parental Rights, Transgender

You’d think that after two significant losses at the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado would tread more carefully with its anti-discrimination laws.

No such luck.

A new law, signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in May, expands the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act to make deadnaming and misgendering transgender individuals a punishable offense. California, not surprisingly, has tried something similar but on a more limited basis.

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Webb: A ‘yes’ vote for Home Rule is a vote for Douglas County’s future

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, Local, Top Stories / June 11, 2025 / County Governance, Douglas County, Home Rule, Local Control, Special Election

On June 24, 2025, Douglas County residents will have the opportunity to vote in a Special Election to decide whether to form a Home Rule Charter Commission and elect 21 commission members to draft a potential Home Rule Charter. As the leader of the Douglas County Republican Party, I believe this historic vote could pave the way for greater local control, flexibility, and self-governance, positioning Douglas County to address its unique needs more effectively. Here’s why voting “Yes” for Home Rule is the best choice for our county.

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Walcher: Who decides what species come back from extinction?

GregWalcher.com, Approved, Commentary, National / June 11, 2025 / Cloning Ethics, De-extinction, Dire Wolves, Environmental Ethics, Jurassic Science, Private Labs, State Sovereignty, Wildlife Policy

A British biologist named John Gurdon won a Nobel Prize for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become “pluripotent.” That means mature cells can be converted into stem cells, so brain cells can be changed into heart, foot, or skin cells. That enabled Gurdon in 1962 to clone the first vertebrate in his lab, an African clawed frog, now considered an invasive species in most of Europe, China, and the U.S.

This was interesting mainly to scientists until 1996 when a Scottish lab cloned the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, an overnight global media sensation. It proved that the nucleus from an adult cell, transferred into an unfertilized egg, can divide and develop in the same mysterious way it does in a real womb.

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Hancock: President Trump’s nuclear plan puts power—and America—back on the grid

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Substack, Top Stories / June 11, 2025 / AI Infrastructure, American Innovation, Energy independence, Fission Energy, Industrial Policy, National security, Nuclear Power, Regulatory Reform, Trump Energy Policy

Politics doesn’t power cities—electricity does. And Trump just fired up the most significant energy move we’ve seen in decades. It isn’t about windmills or wishful thinking. It’s about fission. Steel. Jobs. It’s about restoring America’s backbone, one kilowatt at a time.

Welcome to America’s new atomic age.

Trump’s nuclear strategy is not a relic of the Cold War but a blueprint for national revival. At its core is a simple truth: electricity has become intelligence. The race to dominate artificial intelligence—the next frontier of economic and military superiority—will not be won with slogans or solar panels. It will be won with gigawatts. And nuclear energy, safe and scalable, is the only resource up to the task.

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Gazette editorial board: Time to repeal the delivery fee feeding Colorado’s bloated government

denvergazette.com, Approved, Commentary, State / June 11, 2025 / Ballot Initiative, Colorado Roads, Government spending, Governor Jared Polis, Retail Delivery Fee, SB21-260, Taxpayer Accountability, Transportation funding

Do you use DoorDash for lunch or maybe Uber Eats for dinner? How about Amazon, FedEx or any of the other delivery services — for just about everything else?

Probably.

Have you ever noticed a 29-cent “retail delivery fee” on your tab once your order was fulfilled?

Probably not. After all, it’s only a fraction of the price you paid for whatever was delivered, so even if you did see it, you likely shrugged it off as just another one of the taxes assessed on your order.

Which, in reality, it is. But technically, it’s not a tax; it’s a “fee” that was slapped on deliveries by the Legislature in 2021. And because it was designated as a fee in statute, it didn’t require statewide voter approval as a tax would under our state constitution.

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