•     You: a feared outlaw biker gang with your own Hulu documentary, allegedly running underground empires and striking fear into communities nationwide. Me: a tired Denver local living next to Crack Alley™, I coined the crack ally name and if anyone has a beef with that, get fucked. Hulu recently dropped Secrets of the

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  • The story of American politics today is one of fatigue. A weary electorate, exhausted by years of division, culture wars, and the relentless churn of crises, is quietly recalibrating its expectations. People want less theater and more competence. If Trump’s address at the United Nations did not embarrass Democrats and American’s enough to act, it’s

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  •     By Our Non-Ascended Correspondent   Well, it’s the day after yet another highly advertised Rapture, and here we all still are, bills unpaid, laundry unfolded, traffic jams intact. The internet promised us heavenly airlifts and divine Uber rides to glory. Instead, I got a soggy burrito and the same junk mail from Comcast.

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  •   Denver’s Brewing Budget Battle – Mike Johnston Starves Democracy While Luxury Towers Sit Empty When Denver’s own Clerk and Recorder Paul López raises the alarm that Mayor Mike Johnston’s 2026 budget is undercutting the very foundation of our elections, residents should pay attention. This isn’t about office supplies or overtime pay, this is about

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  • I first started noticing the cracks during the Obama years. A creeping rhetoric that cast political opponents not as rivals but as enemies, forums online that went from harmless hobby talk to fever swamps of conspiracy, and a media ecosystem willing to monetize rage. At the time, pointing out that America was showing signs of

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  • The law, passed in 2021, and it was meant to fix Colorado’s long-standing ban on inclusionary zoning (a 2000 state Supreme Court case had tied cities’ hands). HB 21-1117 gave cities the authority to require developers to include affordable units in new projects or pay into housing funds. The Empty Promise of “Affordable Housing” in

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  • The Federal Reserve is walking into its September meeting like a firefighter with a garden hose, staring down an inferno of economic contradictions. Inflation is still running hotter than anyone wants to admit, the labor market is cracking, and Wall Street is already half-drunk on the expectation of cheap money. And yet, Jerome Powell and

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  •   Once upon a time, American presidents carried the weight of the free world on their shoulders. When they spoke, allies listened, adversaries plotted, and global markets braced for impact. Today? Donald Trump stomps his feet, makes demands, and world leaders…shrug. The spectacle is so pitiful it’s almost comedic if it weren’t our national reputation

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  • Elon Musk didn’t just call out Colorado Governor Jared Polis Tuesday night he exposed the rot at the very core of performative policymaking. Musk amplified a story of a “very dangerous” inmate released under state law, calling it “insane.” He wasn’t wrong. What’s more insane is that the governor himself rushed onto X to huff

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