The Mountain Minute: 6/10/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – June 10, 2025
From rising homelessness and parental rights battles to federal crackdowns and riot fallout—Colorado and the nation are at a boiling point. Here’s what you need to know.

Colorado News:
🔹 Lakewood Homeless Crisis Grows – Families are speaking out as homeless camps swell in Lakewood, with residents blaming spillover from Denver and demanding more safety and accountability.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/its-not-safe-lakewood-residents-push-back-on-denvers-growing-homeless-spillover/


🔹 Parental Rights Undermined – Disturbing reports out of Jefferson County and Durango show schools and the state enabling teens to live with teachers without parental consent.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/boll-colorado-calls-it-protection-parents-call-it-betrayal/


🔹 Sen. Paul Lundeen Resigns – The Colorado State Senator steps down to lead the national American Excellence Foundation, aiming to restore traditional values.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/paul-lundeen-resigns-from-colorado-senate-to-lead-american-excellence-foundation/


🔹 Free Speech vs. Defamation – A Colorado judge rules a mother’s false claims about a school board member aren’t protected speech, raising questions about digital activism limits.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/false-claims-real-consequences-judge-rejects-activists-first-amendment-defense/


🔹 Pandemic Pet Consequences – Drake Hunter shares the real cost of “pandemic puppies” as many were abandoned post-lockdown, straining shelters and exposing deeper commitment issues.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/hunter-more-than-a-price-tag-what-that-doggie-in-the-window-really-cost/

National News:

🔹 ICE Raids Spark LA Riots – Chaos in Los Angeles leads President Trump to deploy the National Guard after violent protests erupted in response to ICE arrests.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/president-trump-sends-in-the-national-guard-as-la-riots-spiral-after-ice-raids/


🔹 Newsom Dares Feds – California Governor Gavin Newsom mocks federal response and challenges authorities to “arrest him.”
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/so-arrest-me-newsom-taunts-border-czar-as-ice-riots-rage/


🔹 DHS Revamps ICE Tip Line – In the wake of the Boulder firebombing, Homeland Security is restructuring its tip system to better detect visa overstays and prevent future attacks.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/after-boulder-firebombing-dhs-revamps-ice-tip-line-to-stop-future-attacks/

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