The Mountain Minute: 6/27/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – June 27
Colorado faces tax hikes, ICE drama, rising crime, and a homeless crisis—while nationally, the Left faces legal, political, and cultural backlash. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup.

Colorado News:
🔹 Tax the rich? – A new 2026 ballot measure would more than double income tax on top earners, from 4.4% to 9.5%, raising over $1 billion—but opponents say it could drive people out.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/colorado-2026-progressive-ballot-push-would-double-income-tax-on-top-earners/

🔹 ICE subpoena blocked – A Denver judge denied ICE access to records tied to unaccompanied migrant kids, citing state privacy law—leaving child safety in legal limbo.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/denver-judge-blocks-ice-request-over-state-privacy-law-leaves-unaccompanied-minor-safety-in-limbo/

🔹 Fire chiefs sound alarm – Pueblo’s homeless crisis is overwhelming emergency services, with rising encampments and public safety risks despite millions in state funding.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/ive-talked-to-fire-chiefs-theyre-scared-pueblo-confronts-growing-homeless-concerns/

🔹 Major drug bust in Thornton – Police found a loaded handgun and 220 grams of meth tied to cartel activity in a local traffic stop.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/suspected-trafficker-caught-with-220-grams-of-meth-and-handgun-in-thornton-traffic-stop/

🔹 Fort Morgan steps up – A new generation of rural leaders is revitalizing civic life in Morgan County, proving small towns still shape big futures.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/hunter-rural-leadership-shines-through-in-fort-morgan-chambers-future/

🔹 Predators online – A chilling new column breaks down how fast predators can groom young boys online—sometimes in under an hour.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/digirolamo-this-is-how-a-predator-grooms-your-son-in-under-an-hour/

National News:
🔹 SCOTUS abortion ruling – The Supreme Court clears the way for states to block abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/scotus-clears-the-way-states-can-now-block-abortion-providers-from-medicaid/

🔹 Boulder hate crimes charged – A man faces 18 federal charges after firebombing a Boulder protest in an anti-Zionist attack.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/feds-charge-terror-suspect-with-18-hate-crimes-for-anti-zionist-firebomb-attack-in-boulder/

🔹 Democrats warned – James Carville says the Left’s far-wing shift is a disaster in the making after a socialist primary win in NYC. “We’re letting the crazies take over.”
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/26/carville-sounds-the-alarm-nyc-socialist-primary-win-could-sink-democrats-in-2026/

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