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A Boomer would tell his daughter that Grok is free to use and she should look it up. A chance for she and you to learn something together.
My daughter pointed to this little square on the front bumper of my car and asked what it was for. I told her it was probably some kind of sensor, but my wife said that wasn't it either. I've washed this car so many times and somehow never once wondered why that little panel was there. 😳 Does anyone actually know what's behind it?
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I’m not surprised that @GovofCO, with a net worth ~$400 million, would oppose a graduated income tax. I am surprised that he would blatantly lie about it. Amendment 87 is either tax cut or tax neutral for the 97% of Coloradoans who make <$500k/year. ✅YES on 87
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People wonder why college has become expensive requiring these outlandish tuition costs and fees.
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What's being done about this? @COrepKdeGraaf An estimated 150,000 to 250,000 vehicles operate with expired registrations or temporary tags in Colorado at any given time, resulting in an estimated annual loss of $60 million to $120 million in uncollected taxes and road fees.
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With all Democrats complaining about the confirmation of Todd Blanche, we can expect great things from now AG Todd Blanche. Good choice.
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Colorado Secretary of State Ballot Measures Page This does not have an update for 2026. What is Griswold hiding? @COrepKdeGraaf @colo_politics
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Democratic PositionAdvocates for income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, lower interest rates, and broad debt cancellation, arguing that rising tuition costs and predatory lending place an unfair burden on working-class students. Republican PositionOpposes broad debt forgiveness, arguing it transfers debt to taxpayers who didn't attend college. Blames federal direct lending for inflating college tuition costs and advocates for privatizing or decentralizing federal loan oversight.
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🚨 MAINE ALERT: A Bernie Sanders–backed SOCIALIST is about to face Susan Collins. Taylor Riggs just said it out loud: “[Troy Jackson] is a socialist… if you’re backed by Bernie Sanders and you’re voting for Medicare for All, that’s socialism — and it doesn’t work.” This is not moderate. This is not centrist. This is full-blown socialist ideology trying to take a U.S. Senate seat in Maine. Medicare for All. DSA ties. Bernie stamp of approval. If this is the Democrat they send against Collins… Maine voters better wake up. Retweet this. Share it. Make sure every Mainer sees what’s coming. The stakes have never been higher.
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8 U.S.C. § 1623 says if a state gives in-state tuition to illegal aliens, it must also offer it to out-of-state Americans. @GeneHamilton: “This isn’t some extreme Republican law. This is a law passed 30 years ago by a bipartisan Congress and signed by then-President Clinton.”
The Department of Justice Sues Colorado for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens “For three decades Congress has made clear that states cannot provide education benefits to illegal aliens unless those same benefits are available to all American citizens,” said @ASGWoodward. “By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, Colorado is violating federal law and subsidizing education for illegal aliens at the taxpayers’ expense. This Department will not cease until President Trump’s promise is fulfilled: illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to our Nation’s own citizens.” Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/departmen…
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Annual Revenue Collected by Key State Enterprises (FY2021–FY2025 Data)Enterprise Category / NameDescriptionAnnual Revenue Higher Education InstitutionsTuition, campus fees, and auxiliary revenue across state colleges and universities.~$10.8 Billion Healthcare Affordability & Sustainability Enterprise (CHASE)Provider fees on hospitals to leverage federal Medicaid matching funds.~$4.2 Billion CollegeInvestState-administered higher education savings trust and program fees.~$970 MillionColorado State LotteryTicket sales revenue designated for parks, open space, and school construction.~$790 Million Health Insurance Affordability EnterpriseAssessment fees on health insurers and providers to subsidize insurance plans.~$228 Million Colorado Parks and WildlifeEntrance, camping, hunting, and fishing license fees.~$210 Million Transportation & Transit Enterprises (Bridge & Tunnel, Clean Transit, Express Lanes)Retail delivery fees, vehicle rental fees, and toll collections.~$100M+ Combined
14.2% state income tax… just imagine. The Colorado state government has used fees as a way to circumvent TABOR and just continue to increase their spending. Don’t be bamboozled by the Democrats again this Fall. Vote NO on NN and force the state legislature to get their spending in order. They don’t need more revenue, they need more competent legislators.
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Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) limits the amount of revenue the state can retain and spend without voter approval. To fund public services without triggering TABOR caps, the General Assembly has increasingly designated state programs as government-owned enterprises. These enterprises are legally exempt from TABOR limits because they are funded primarily through user fees and service charges rather than direct taxes. As a result, fee-based revenue grew from $742 million in FY1994 to $28.2 billion in FY2025. According to research by the Common Sense Institute, if all services funded through Colorado's fee enterprises were replaced by income tax revenues, the state’s flat income tax rate would need to rise from 4.4% to 14.22% to cover the cost. Even excluding higher education tuition, the tax rate would need to reach nearly 8%.
14.2% state income tax… just imagine. The Colorado state government has used fees as a way to circumvent TABOR and just continue to increase their spending. Don’t be bamboozled by the Democrats again this Fall. Vote NO on NN and force the state legislature to get their spending in order. They don’t need more revenue, they need more competent legislators.
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"The Democrats doth protest too much, methinks"
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Since NBC and ABC are not interested in news coming out of the Whitehouse, they obviously don't need to be present at the Whitehouse briefings. Remove their press access.
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NEWSMAX needs to do its homework on the screwworm issue. Over the past 15 years (roughly 2011–2026), the New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) threat re-emerged after decades of successful containment. The fly had been eradicated from the U.S. (1966), Mexico, and most of Central America by the early 2000s through the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)—releasing massive numbers of sterilized males to mate with wild females and crash populations—plus quarantines and surveillance. A biological barrier in the Darién Gap (Panama-Colombia border) held since ~2006, with Panama's facility producing and releasing tens of millions of sterile flies weekly. Maintenance efforts faced challenges. Facilities in the U.S. and Mexico (e.g., Chiapas) closed or scaled back around 2012 (Obama) due to funding and perceived low risk. COVID-19 (2020–2022) disrupted sterile fly production and surveillance. The Darién Gap's remote terrain complicated monitoring, while factors like illegal or poorly inspected livestock movements from endemic South America (where screwworm remains common) likely aided breaches. In 2022–2023 (Biden), cases surged dramatically in Panama (from ~25 to thousands annually), then spread rapidly northward through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and into Mexico by 2024–2025. This overwhelmed the barrier, with over 171,700 animal cases and 2,000+ human cases reported across the region by mid-2026. Livestock trade restrictions followed, including U.S. import halts. By late 2025, detections reached northern Mexico near the U.S. border. On June 3, 2026, USDA confirmed the first U.S. case in a Texas calf, with additional findings soon after—marking the first domestic animal infestation in decades. Response efforts include quarantines, enhanced surveillance, sterile fly ramp-ups, and border measures.
Senator Marshall disgraces himself, blaming Biden for a flesh-eating screw worm in Texas, despite the fact Biden hasn't been POTUS for 2 years, and Republicans run Texas. The Biden Derangement Syndrome is real.
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With Crow, Hirono and now Ansari, using the same statement, it looks like the DNC has issued its talking points memo.
Trump is appointing Bill Pulte as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. This guy has ZERO experience in national security—he’s a Trump cult loyalist who will weaponize this critical agency ahead of the election. Extremely dangerous and we have to stop it.
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There's a big hole in his boat and he's sinking fast. Paxton is now at 60% on Polymarket.
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Glad to oblige and thank you for your service.
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