By Sara Wilson for Colorado Newsline
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Ask a Conservative: How Does the Golden Rule Differ From DEI?
Farquhar For those fixated on the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule means treating others as you would like to be treated. With minor variations in wording, the Golden Rule is the most basic, common theme in all the world’s religions.
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Poem: Gradual Disempowerment
Silhouette of a person looking at stars. Photo credit: Klemen Vrankar on Unsplash. Isn’t this a New World game?Not in the tame sense of playbut more a proxy fight for autonomy
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Colorado Christian-Right Group Praises Trump’s ‘Healthy Masculinity’ and ‘Manifest Destiny Reborn’
As President Donald Trump ushers in unprecedented (and possibly illegal) changes in presidential power and the federal government, his actions have been “welcomed and celebrated by those in the pro-life” and “pro-family” movement, says a Family Research Council article titled “Trump’s First Week Just the Beginning of the ‘Clean-up Process’ of ‘Anti-Family Provisions.’”
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CO Judiciary Committee Rejects Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Bill
This week, Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee voted to indefinitely postpone Rep. Scott Bottoms’ (R-Colorado Springs) bill to make bringing a minor from another state to Colorado for abortion or gender-affirming care a class 2 felony. Bottoms’ bill had no cosponsors in either the House or the Senate.
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Coloradans Got Millions of Dollars Thanks to a Watchdog Agency Suspended by Trump. And More Cash Was Likely Coming. What Happens Now?
CFBP website on Thursday Three years ago, Wells Fargo was required to pay a total $3.7 billion to customers, including over 50,000 Coloradans, after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that Wells Fargo had engaged in systemic fraud including misapplied loan payments, wrongly assessed fees and interest, and harmful auto loan practices.
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As Trump Steps Up Anti-Trans Attacks, Activists in Colorado Revive Ballot Initiatives Targeting Transgender People
Protect Kids Colorado, an organization formed last year to promote ballot initiatives that would negatively impact the rights of Colorado’s transgender community, is gearing up once again to submit initiatives to the Title Board in an effort to get on the 2026 ballot.
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BRIEF: Colorado Oil & Gas Advocate Nominated to Lead Bureau of Land Management Worked With Boebert on Legislation
"President Trump has made a fantastic selection of Kathleen Sgamma as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, as she knows our public lands and their untapped resources as well as anyone,” Boebert wrote in a statement.
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Brief: Colorado GOP Officials Want Trump Administration to ‘Freeze’ Funding to Durango School District
A virtual meeting between Colorado GOP leaders and their La Plata County colleagues became contentious last week as party officials debated the next steps in a proposed legal battle with a Durango school district.