The Mountain Minute: 8/5/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – August 5
The woke backlash is backfiring, the Constitution still matters, and rural Colorado is done being ignored. If you’re only watching corporate media, you’re missing the full picture. Here's your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Tourism slowdown statewide – Despite a multi-million-dollar push to promote travel, Colorado’s tourism growth is stalling. Summer bookings are down and spending is flat, leaving local businesses questioning the ROI.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/colorado-tourism-growth-pulls-back-with-booking-dips-and-flat-spending/

🔹 Polis grilled by rural towns – On his “Polis on the Road” tour, Governor Jared Polis faced tough crowds in towns like Steamboat Springs. Rural voters say they’ve had enough of being ignored on agriculture, land use, and water rights.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/governor-polis-gets-an-earful-in-towns-tired-of-being-ignored/

🔹 ICE agents targeted in Colorado – Near Colorado Springs, two individuals allegedly tried to ram their vehicle into ICE officers during an immigration enforcement operation. One suspect remains at large.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/illegal-border-crossers-allegedly-attempt-to-ram-ice-agents/

National News:
🔹 Ballot bombshell from USPS – The U.S. Postal Service has admitted it shipped large quantities of mail-in ballots into Pennsylvania during the 2020 election—raising fresh concerns about transparency and election security.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/usps-acknowledges-massive-ballot-shipments-into-pennsylvania-in-2020/

🔹 Loan pressure for illegals – A Mexico-linked activist group is lobbying American banks to give loans to illegal immigrants, sparking concerns about financial regulation, national security, and legal precedent.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/mexican-linked-group-pressures-u-s-banks-to-lend-to-illegal-immigrants/

🔹 Hancock: Power needs limits – In his latest essay, Michael Hancock defends the constitutional balance between urgency and restraint—arguing delegated authority was never meant to be a blank check.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/hancock-the-beauty-of-balance-between-urgency-authority-and-the-republic/

🔹 Woke critics lose again – American Eagle saw its brand value skyrocket—by more than $40 million—after critics attacked its Sydney Sweeney ad. Lesson? Americans are tuning out the outrage mob.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/04/joondeph-woke-critics-fumbled-while-american-eagle-cashed-in/

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