The Mountain Minute: 7/9/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – July 9
From “Sex Ed Day Camp” in Paonia to performative politics in D.C., this week’s headlines are equal parts outrageous and revealing. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Parents Push Back in Paonia – A nonprofit’s “Sex Health Education Day Camp” for kids 10–13 sparks outrage in a small conservative town.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/boll-a-day-camp-in-paonia-shows-how-far-the-agenda-to-sexualize-kids-has-gone/

🔹 Parental Rights Clash with Gender Policy – Across the state, Colorado families are fighting back against school secrecy and transition guidelines.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/parents-push-back-colorados-gender-policies-trigger-rights-showdown/

🔹 Ballot Battle for Transparency – A new initiative could enshrine the public’s right to know in the state constitution.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/push-to-enshrine-the-publics-right-to-know-in-colorado-constitution-gains-steam/

🔹 ICE Transfers in El Paso County – Sheriff moves 19 illegal immigrant offenders to ICE custody amid heated policy debate.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/el-paso-county-sheriff-transfers-19-illegal-immigrant-offenders-to-ice/

🔹 Charter School Under Fire – John Adams Academy faces activist backlash for focusing on character and classical education.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/gilmartin-attacks-on-john-adams-academy-show-what-happens-when-excellence-disrupts-control/

🔹 New GOP Leadership – Rep. Carlos Barron elected Minority Whip, signaling rising Latino leadership in Colorado’s Republican Party.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/house-gop-elects-rep-carlos-barron-to-serve-as-minority-whip/

National News:
🔹 Trump’s “MABA” Move – A new conservation commission aims to cut red tape and restore America’s parks and forests.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/ganahl-trumps-new-maba-commission-puts-conservation-back-in-the-hands-of-the-people/

🔹 Let the Purists Prune – A thought-provoking call to reshape Republican leadership through principle, not performance.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/garbo-let-the-purists-prune-a-thought-exercise-in-republican-renewal/

🔹 Democrats as Theater Kids? – Dr. Joondeph says the left’s antics aren’t politics—they’re performance art.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/joondeph-the-rise-of-democrat-theater-kids-isnt-politics-its-performance-art/

🔹 The Medicaid Trap – Byron York breaks down how Obamacare set up today’s political showdown over healthcare.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/08/york-medicaid-the-big-beautiful-bill-and-obamas-revenge/

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