The Mountain Minute: 7/16/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – July 16
From DEI fallout in Colorado to federal layoffs and economic truth bombs—here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Durango DEI scandal sparks federal complaint — Leaked documents reveal Durango 9-R Schools pushed race-based hiring quotas. A new civil rights complaint says scrubbing the policy post-Trump DEI ban wasn’t enough to cover years of illegal preferencing.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/behind-closed-doors-leaked-memos-reveal-how-durango-9-r-schools-avoided-a-dei-lawsuit-until-now/

🔹 Colorado sues Trump admin over frozen school funds — Colorado joins a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration over $6.8B in withheld education grants—including $80M for Colorado. State leaders call it sabotage; federal officials say it’s about oversight and priorities.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/colorado-sues-trump-admin-over-withheld-funds-due-to-failure-to-deliver/

National News:
🔹 Supreme Court backs Trump’s plan to dismantle Ed Dept — The Court greenlights layoffs of over 1,300 federal employees, letting Trump move forward with his promise to return education power to states.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/supreme-court-backs-trump-in-bold-move-to-downsize-federal-education-bureaucracy/

🔹 Rubio cleans house at State Dept — More than 1,300 staff cut, as progressive programs like drag shows, DEI grants, and activist funding are axed. Rubio says it’s time to refocus on America’s interests.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/progressive-projects-slashed-as-state-dept-returns-to-mission-focus/

🔹 Dems “praying” for recession to stop Trump — James Carville and other strategists admit their only hope is economic collapse, calling the party “out of touch” and “in the wilderness.”
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/dem-insider-carville-admits-hes-praying-for-economic-collapse-for-a-chance-to-beat-trump/

🔹 Deportations boost wages, says elite economist — A Brookings expert admits Trump’s immigration crackdown is raising pay for American workers—especially in agriculture and healthcare.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/elite-economist-slips-deportations-under-trump-raised-wages/

🔹 GOP’s budget bill defends, not destroys, safety net — The Wall Street Journal debunks claims that the GOP bill “guts” entitlements. The bill tightens Medicaid and food stamp access with work requirements and fraud checks.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/wall-street-journal-editorial-board-no-the-gop-isnt-gutting-the-safety-net-theyre-saving-it/

🔹 “Race is the excuse. Power is the prize.” — In a fiery editorial, Michael Hancock argues the real goal of DEI isn’t justice—it’s ideological control. Racial rhetoric has become a tool for division and compliance.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/07/15/hancock-race-is-the-excuse-power-is-the-prize/

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