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Justin Kurth
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Rural Coloradan. Alum: Rep. Pettersen, USMC, CSU Pueblo, ‘21-‘22 CSPC Presidential Fellow, 🌈 Ally, opinions my own.
@schwarzenegger.bsky.social, I found another TurboMan, if you’re in the market for one.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Our trust within the IC is 📉
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A friend of mine just premiered his short film today and whoa! Check it out!

youtube.com/watch?v=2hYO...
Between — A Short Film
YouTube video by Tim Sparks
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October 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Second term, second shutdown.
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Not for nothing that a bunch of generals had to sit through a theater format explanation of how a recent change in command is due to impact them. I’m sure they remember those days as a boot Lt. a bit more fondly today than what they just sat through.
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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They still don’t get out. It will take years before the pain is real enough for some folks. And by then it will be too late.
“.. This is a rural area, farming, and a big number of people are highly conservative and Republican,” Barrera said. “But there is a contradiction, because if you talk to the farmers, they will tell you they need that labor.”

@politico.com @michaelkruse.bsky.social
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September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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ICE agents “boxed in” Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas at a post office south of Steamboat after she took a video of operations from her vehicle, she said on social media. “I don’t know what would have happened if my husband were not in the car with me,” Salinas says
County commissioner confronted by federal agents as ICE activity increases in Steamboat Springs, Oak Creek
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers “boxed in” Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas at the post office in Oak Creek after she took a video of operations from her vehicle, Salinas s...
www.steamboatpilot.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Colorado families caring for disabled adults to see cut in Medicaid pay trib.al/7oJ1mzm
Colorado families caring for disabled adults to see cut in Medicaid pay
For years, family caregivers received a higher reimbursement from Medicaid than “host homes” where a handful of people with disabilities live with one or more people in charge of their …
trib.al
September 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Governing bodies bowing to loud voices who seek to limit speech trib.al/bpWq9nq
Letters to the Editor: Governing bodies bowing to loud voices who seek to limit speech
The First Amendment is the cornerstone of our democracy, ensuring that freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and religion remain protected from government overreach. Yet across the country, even …
trib.al
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Sen. Chris Murphy: "Trump's FCC forced a major network to pull a loud Trump critic, Jimmy Kimmel, off the air — essentially saying that any media actor that doesn't say what Trump wants them to say...is going to be silenced. That's censorship. That's not America."
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Let me be clear: I am a NO on Republicans’ government funding plan.
September 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It feels like we are closer to Ghorman than Yavin, for now.
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ghoulish shit
“.. Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)”

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September 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."

New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.”

My latest in @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
To put a finer point on it, this is how the CCP works. Single party rule. The existence of others is allowed for the illusion of democratic norms.
That is not how democracy works, Jesse.
August 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Holy shit. Pure fire from...an FCC commissioner.
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The Trump regime has removed sections 9 and 10 of the constitution from its website, which include Habeas Corpus, congressional appropriations, and other states rifhts constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
constitution.congress.gov
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And yet, do not convince yourself you can afford to wait around for someone else to step up, for someone else to be the hero.

Stop waiting for a hero. They won’t come.

It is up to you.
Former President Joe Biden called on attorneys to lead the fight to uphold the Constitution during the Trump administration in a speech at a downtown Chicago hotel on Thursday in which he also reflected on his more than five-decade career in politics and beginnings as a young lawyer.
Former President Joe Biden tells lawyers in Chicago: ‘We need new heroes’
Former President Joe Biden called on a convention of attorneys to lead the fight in upholding the Constitution during the Trump administration.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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If you refuse to see what is happening, the cancellation of the Colbert show should open your eyes.

I want to explain to you what a censorship state looks like - where a corrupt government gives favors to media that suppresses criticism of the regime.
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Canada is one of Colorado’s largest trading partners. Tariffs are just a tax on small businesses and working families.
July 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As Democrats, we must be capable of a walking-and-chewing-gum exercise where we can be critical of our county’s shortcomings while remaining champions of our country, and patriotically so. These are not mutually exclusive, yet some find themselves too concerned with perfection to celebrate the good.
July 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
About sums it up for me, too.
July 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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If the Iranian program is now gone, that's a good thing, but as strategists and military planners always warn, the “enemy gets a vote.” The Iranians may respond in ways the U.S. does not expect.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The United States Bombed Iran. What Comes Next?
President Trump is taking an enormous risk.
www.theatlantic.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM