The Mountain Minute: 5/28/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – May 28, 2025
Eco-terror praise. ICE enforcement punished. And 12.3 million “phantom” Social Security accounts. This week, Colorado’s headlines reveal the growing cracks in government—from land boards to law enforcement. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Polis Pick Once Praised Eco-Terrorism – A former activist who cheered a 1998 arson attack in Vail may soon oversee 2.8 million acres of state land. Governor Polis is reportedly considering Nicole Rosmarino for the State Land Board, sparking backlash over her past writings and extreme environmental views.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/gabel-state-land-board-pick-once-cheered-eco-terrorism-now-she-could-control-2-8m-acres/

🔹 SB276 Threatens Sheriffs With $50K Fines for Aiding ICE – Colorado’s controversial immigration bill could penalize local sheriffs for helping federal agents detain illegal immigrants. Teller County Sheriff Mikesell says the bill defies the Constitution and puts public safety at risk.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/sb276-would-fine-deputies-50k-for-helping-ice-sheriff-mikesell-says-enough-is-enough/

🔹 Ballot Measure Would Strip CPW of Wildlife Authority – Ballot Initiative #82 would gut Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s control over game management, critics say. They warn it hands control to animal rights activists and ignores science-based conservation practices.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/activism-over-science-ballot-measure-82-would-gut-cpw-authority-opponents-say/

🔹 A Pastor’s Global Mission – A Colorado pastor is helping plant truth in unlikely soil—literally. Dr. Kim Skattum is supporting a nearly resource-less seminary in India with Scripture, supplies, and support. His story shows how far faith can go.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/hunter-a-colorado-pastor-plants-seeds-of-truth-in-faraway-soil/

National News:
🔹 $370 Billion in Waste, 12.3M Ghost Accounts at SSA – A federal watchdog flagged massive Social Security mismanagement—including 12.3 million active accounts for Americans over 120 years old. The purge is finally underway.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/doge-flags-370b-in-waste-social-security-purges-12-3m-phantom-accounts-aged-120/

🔹 Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Faces Backlash—But Facts Say Otherwise – Critics are attacking the budget package passed by the House, but a deep dive into the bill shows it cuts taxes, protects families, and reins in bloated spending.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/chai-big-lies-about-the-big-beautiful-bill-miller-says-facts-say-otherwise/

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