•   America is officially out of money and, apparently, out of leadership. As millions of federal workers brace for another week of unpaid bills and shuttered services, Donald Trump has decided the best course of action is… to leave the country. That’s right. The same man who built his political brand on “America First” is…

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  • Of course Donald Trump tore down the East Wing. This is the man who never seemed to understand that one of the many jobs of a sitting US President’s is to facilitate and coordinate the two party’s working together, not use their arguments for his own personal agenda. So it makes perfect sense that he…

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  • House Speaker Mike Johnson recently called congressional Democrats “legislative terrorists.” It’s a bold accusation and one that lands with all the irony of an arsonist blaming the fire alarm. Because if we’re being honest, the real chaos in Congress isn’t coming from Democrats debating policy, not at all, it’s coming from Republicans detonating democracy one…

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  • On November 1, millions of Americans will check their SNAP balance and find nothing new there — no refill, no relief. Not because the country can’t afford to feed them, but because the people elected to represent them are too busy scoring political points to sign a compromise. In Colorado, that means families across Denver,…

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  •   Donald Trump is now attempting something truly heroic, protecting his MAGA base from the consequences of the government shutdown he orchestrated. It’s like setting your own house on fire, then standing in the front yard yelling at the fire department for taking too long. The Art of the Blame Shift He’s been on television…

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  • Apparently, Donald Trump now wants $230 million from the U.S. Department of Justice, for the inconvenience of being investigated. Yes, the man who treats subpoenas like junk mail now believes the government owes him a financial apology for doing its job. And journalists are breathlessly calling this a “test” of the DOJ’s integrity. As if…

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  • America’s latest immigration crackdown has hit an unexpected snag, and it’s not protesters, it’s gravity. Donald Trump’s big plan to double ICE’s workforce is faltering because more than a third of new recruits can’t pass the agency’s basic fitness test, that’s 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and a 1.5-mile run in 14 minutes. Officials are calling…

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  • For days, headlines called it “historic.” A fragile truce between Israel and Hamas. A moment when, finally, both sides seemed to blink not out of compassion, but exhaustion. The deal was meant to quiet the skies, open borders for aid, and begin the long road back from carnage. Now, predictably, it’s falling apart. Israel says…

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  • Mayor Mike Johnston is asking Denver voters to open the city’s wallet yet again this time for a so-called “Vibrant Denver” bond package that sounds more like a marketing campaign than a rescue plan for a city in crisis. The proposed $935 million bond, pitched as a “no-tax-increase investment” in parks, rec centers, bridges, and…

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