The Mountain Minute: 6/4/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – June 4, 2026
Colorado is on edge—from mysterious cattle deaths to federal overreach and growing concerns about radicalism. Meanwhile, a $5B sex-trafficking ring is shattered nationwide, and Democrats are under fire for what many are calling a tone-deaf fundraiser. Here's your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Wolf death toll hits six in 2025 – CPW confirms another gray wolf has died, even as ranchers report mounting livestock losses. Officials insist the population remains stable.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/sixth-wolf-death-of-2025-confirmed-cpw-says-wolf-population-will-continue-to-grow/


🔹 Mysterious cattle deaths spark quarantine in Fremont County – After 15 cows die under unclear circumstances, state and local officials launch an investigation. Anthrax has been ruled out.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/fremont-ranchers-cattle-remain-quarantined-after-15-die-mysteriously-county-and-state-investigating-cause/


🔹 Montrose commissioner fights back against federal land grabs – In an RMV guest column, Commissioner Sean Pond urges Western leaders to resist expanding federal control.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/montrose-commissioner-pond-why-im-drawing-the-line-and-standing-against-federal-land-grabs/


🔹 Liberty under siege? – Contributor Michael Hancock warns that “manufactured tyranny” is eroding freedom in Colorado—through emergency powers, ESG scoring, and centralized bureaucracy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/hancock-saving-liberty-in-an-age-of-manufactured-tyranny/


🔹 Column: Did Colorado’s policies enable radicalism? – RMV contributor Ahnaf Kalam argues that sanctuary laws and DEI mandates blinded state leaders to growing extremist threats.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/kalam-colorados-woke-zealotry-sparks-slaughter-in-boulder/


🔹 Fundraiser with Ilhan Omar draws outrage – Held less than an hour after the Boulder terror attack, the event has GOP leaders blasting Democrats for insensitivity and hypocrisy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/colorado-dems-face-backlash-for-fundraiser-with-ilhan-omar-after-boulder-terror-attack-reprehensible/

National News:
🔹 $5B Chinese sex-trafficking network dismantled – In a sweeping 19-state operation, law enforcement uncovers an illicit massage parlor network exploiting tens of thousands of women, many smuggled in under fake asylum claims.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/massive-19-state-operation-shatters-chinese-sex-trafficking-networks/

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