Colorado

  •   The Idea Is Brilliant. The Infrastructure Is a Fantasy. The Idea Is Not the Problem, the Capacity Is There is nothing inherently cruel or misguided about transitional housing. In fact, when done well, it is one of the most humane approaches available. It provides structure, expectations, community and momentum. It treats people as participants…

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  • Trump Wants the DOJ to Reopen Epstein But Only for Democrats The latest tantrum, we meant demand from the Trump administration arrived not through a formal briefing but through a blast of political theater amplified by loyal surrogates, the President wants the Department of Justice to reopen the Epstein investigation but only to pursue Democrats.…

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  • By Solin | Pragmatic Issues Everyone wants him. Not in the noble way you want a leader. In the same way you cannot look away from a reality show that should have been cancelled five seasons ago. The cameras cannot quit him. The headlines feed him. The microphones practically drool. America has fallen for its…

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  •   Mr. President, Is This About Guarding America or Guarding Your Agenda Donald Trump is clinging to his demand to kill the Senate filibuster. He says it is time to stop gridlock and start “getting things done.” That sounds noble until you realize that what he really means is “getting his things done.” He has…

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  • Colorado’s Comedic Guerillas –  South Park’s Homegrown Boys Are Still Torch­ing Trump and Laughing All the Way to the Avalanche   By Solin for Pragmatic Issues   Somewhere high in the Rockies, between the smell of pine, skunkweed, and irony, two Colorado boys are still doing divine mischief. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of…

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  • The Supreme Court just decided that feeding Americans is optional. In an emergency order Friday, the Court sided with the Trump administration and temporarily blocked full SNAP food-aid payments, a move that reads less like justice and more like a late-night impulse swipe on political Tinder. Let’s be clear. The administration illegally froze funding that…

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  • By Solin for PragmaticIssues.com There’s a certain poetic justice in watching the self-proclaimed master of winning lose his composure. As Democrats notched key election night victories across several states, Donald Trump didn’t congratulate, didn’t self-reflect, no, no he detonated. “And so it begins,” he posted, as if democracy itself were a personal insult. HuffPost called…

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  • Apparently, someone forgot to tell the self-styled emperor in residence that the White House isn’t Mar-a-Lago with better curtains, it’s the people’s house. Yet here we are again, the Trump administration, in a display of paranoid grandeur, has decided to restrict media access to the West Wing. The official line? Security. The real reason? Control.…

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  • Denver Mayor Mike Johnson   For all his talk about compassion, Mayor Mike Johnston has done little more than weaponize it. He came into office vowing to end homelessness, restore dignity, and make Denver “a city that works for everyone.” What we got instead is a city bleeding cash, housing fewer people, and spending millions…

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