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Join Kim Monson in a lively discussion that blends the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day with pivotal moments in American history. Discover how historical events, like Washington’s victory at Dorchester Heights, align with the themes of bravery and perseverance. Dive into the editorial expansion of the Kim Monson Show with the launch of a new newsroom aimed at providing balanced and well-researched journalism.
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
SPEAKER 15 :
That seems to me like government is establishing a religion.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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If you give people rights, women’s rights, gay rights, whatever, there can’t be equal rights if there are special rights.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
SPEAKER 15 :
Surveys show that people still really prefer freedom over government force.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
SPEAKER 15 :
Indeed, let’s have a conversation. Welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today’s drive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body, my friends. We’re made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team, that’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Producer Joe. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
SPEAKER 21 :
Brad reminded me on the way in, and I looked down, and I got really lucky today.
SPEAKER 15 :
You know what? I zoomed in here, and I thought, do you have green on? Because if not, you’re going to get pinched. Oh, you made it. Okay, good deal. Brad Beck’s in studio with me, and it is St. Patrick’s Day. It’s also your birthday.
SPEAKER 14 :
It is, and I am so fortunate to be here and be alive and just wishing everybody a great St. Patrick’s Day. It’s Evacuation Day as well. Did you know that?
SPEAKER 15 :
I did know. I knew it, but I didn’t think of it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Most people don’t remember that that was the first victory of George Washington at the Dorchester Heights in Boston. And they brought the noble train of artillery from Henry Knox down from Fort Ticonderoga and saved the day for George Washington. And Henry Knox was a bookseller and a patriot and became the first Secretary of War. So we celebrate Evacuation Day today in Boston.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and it’s such an interesting story. First of all, for Knox to be able to get the cannon and all that, it was like in the winter, wasn’t it?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, it was.
SPEAKER 15 :
And to get that from Fort Ticonderoga, down to boston and uh at least the story that i heard is and this was so interesting about washington is uh he would he would get his troops to do things you would not believe so they get these cannons down there but they also had logs that made them look like cannons and during the night they had been working for barricades is my understanding and the general was was it how i can’t
SPEAKER 14 :
Remember? The British, yes.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, the British General Howe. They get up that morning, and they see all these cannons down at them in Boston Harbor, and so they evacuated.
SPEAKER 14 :
They had two choices, either fight or leave, and they left, went up to Nova Scotia.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, and then eventually went to New York. Yeah, absolutely. And so, yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
So it’s a great day for many reasons.
SPEAKER 15 :
It is a great day, but it’s your birthday. It is.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m the luckiest guy I know, so…
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, speaking of that, I thought I’d do a little history on the four-leaf clover. And Christians think that there’s some attributions of the four-leaf clover to the Bible, so I asked about that. And it says, while four-leaf clovers are not mentioned in the Bible, they have acquired certain symbolic meanings within Christian culture over time. It’s important to approach this topic with discernment, distinguishing between cultural traditions and core biblical teachings. But in popular Christian symbolism, the four leaves of the four-leaf clover sometimes have been associated with the cross, representing the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And each leaf is seen as spreading the good news of Christ to the four corners of the world. So there’s a little history on that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Interesting.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. So let’s jump in here. Check out our website. Make sure that you are signed up for our weekly email newsletter. And we have just opened up the Kim Monson newsroom and our community. In this newsroom, we are writing these stories with good journalistic integrity, sourcing, citing our sources, giving both sides of the issue, and then over in another box, editorial comment. What we see so many times, Brad, in the news media on both sides of the aisle is that it’s somewhat colored journalism. And when I was in high school, I really had an excellent journalism professor. And he had taught us how The words that can be used, you can give the actual, the fact is, let’s say the president came down the stairs, a fair force won. Fact, that’s it. But it could be, how you could influence that is, The president lumbered down the stairs of Air Force One looking very tired and worn. Or the president bounded down the stairs of Air Force One full of energy. And you can see how that can happen in journalism. And so we are working to have good journalistic intent. And then the editorial component is going to be over here in the box.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, first, I want to commend you for doing this new project. One, I’m a member. You’re one of the founding patrons. I’m happy to be a patron of that and all the endeavors that you do. And I, too, went to journalism class and was taught who, what, where, when and why. and sometimes how, and those were the facts. And as you mentioned, you looked at it from the lens of truth rather than creating a story. If you wanna do a story, that’s different. But the main idea of the facts, who, what, where, when, and why, and maybe how, are so important and so missing today. And so it’s going to be refreshing to see that in some news copy. I remember when I was on radio in college and I did the news and I had a little news program called Shoot the Bull because I was at Pierce College and it was a ag school, a junior college. That is hysterical. And when I did copy, I did just that. And then we would say, and here’s an editorial. Or here’s a commentary. And you separated the hard news and then what your opinion was.
SPEAKER 15 :
And that is what we’re doing. We also are writing articles. And there’s two really good ones there. One is regarding the interview with Tom Montalioni. And he writes in the horror genre. But he’s a conservative. And he… basically finally pushed back on, he called him the woke stoppo, and he got canceled. And something really interesting happened with that. It’s a beautiful story. So that’s over in articles. And then we also did one on Jesse Jackson. which is very good as well. And so that’s over in articles. Then we’ve got news. And join us. This has been three years in the making, Brad, as I think you can tell by when you look at this.
SPEAKER 14 :
A lot of work.
SPEAKER 15 :
A lot of work. But the first 250 people that join at the Mount Vernon level, which is $200 a year, will be noted as a founding patron. We chose 250 because it’s our 250th birthday. But Tom Monteleone had reached out. He said, I’d really like to talk with Matt Walsh or Andrew Klavan over at Daily Wire. Do you have any contacts? I said, well, I don’t have a contact for… Matt Walsh, but I have an email for Andrew Clavin. It’s old. I don’t know if it, but I sent it over. I got a text from Tom Mazzolioni yesterday. He said, I heard back from Andrew Clavin. He responded immediately. We’re old friends. And I guess Tom had lost his, you know how you can lose contacts. And so anyway, check it out.
SPEAKER 14 :
The world is connected some way.
SPEAKER 15 :
Isn’t it amazing? It is amazing. And you do need to sign up for the Daily Digest. We are not going to send that to you unless you sign up for that. And that will be Monday through Friday, and we’ll publish that in the afternoon. And I think we’re going to kick that off, we hope, on Monday. So that’s our goal. You can email me at kim at kimmunset.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. I thank all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity as we look at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. And on the show, we focus on the issues. We’ll mention people. pushing those issues, but we really try to stay out of that eighth grade girl fighting. I didn’t like eighth grade very much, and I don’t like to do that.
SPEAKER 14 :
I loved eighth grade, but I wasn’t a girl, so it didn’t matter. I hung around a lot of girls and had a lot of fun, but never was into catfighting.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, and eighth grade girls, it can be. Actually, the only difference between the only other time I can think of that was like eighth grade girl fighting was when I was on city council.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that’s second grade. You give more credit than they deserve.
SPEAKER 15 :
There you go. Okay, let’s get over here to our word of the day. And I was looking for words with Irish accent. influence. And the word that we came up with is galore. It’s spelled G-A-L-O-R-E. It could be in abundance, in plentiful amounts, or plenty. So the word of the day is galore. Our challenge will be to use that in a sentence today, and I can just look at the Colorado State Legislature and all the bills, and it’s bills galore over there.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s almost unconscionable what they’re doing down there. We probably break 25 laws that they are creating, and there’s more to come. That’s the scary part.
SPEAKER 15 :
That is the scary part. That’s why this is a good time to say thank you to CUT, the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, which is an all-volunteer group. We’re watching all this legislation. Join us. It’s only $25 a year. We’re accepted $2.08 a month, which is less than a cup of coffee almost everywhere now.
SPEAKER 14 :
Totally.
SPEAKER 15 :
But you will receive the emails that we create and send to legislators regularly. every day, or excuse me, every Monday, and we also send it to the governor. And it’s, as Pam Long says, cut is your shortcut to know what’s going on down at the statehouse. And my fellow Colorado Union of Taxpayer Board members, I want to say thank you. When you see them, say thank you. They’re all volunteers, and they’re really doing great work. And that’s Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onazorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. And I want to say thank you to our diamond sponsor, which is the Harris family. They’ve been great sponsors of the show for many years, and I greatly appreciate them. I went over to Irish Lore, an Irish proverb. for the quote of the day, and it’s this. It says, may you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s a favorite of mine. I love that one. In fact, today on Facebook, I put on Happy St. Patrick’s Day to absent friends and family. May we always remember them with a smile, a memory, and a toast. Never alone, never above you, never below you, always beside you. Solange, which is cheers.
SPEAKER 15 :
Ah, that is, that’s wonderful. Let’s see, a couple of things, other things to mention is Hooters Restaurants, great sponsor of the show, How I Got to Know Them, very important story about freedom and free markets and capitalism, and those pesky PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties that want to use force to control our lives. And we are seeing that so much down here at the Statehouse. It’s every aspect of our lives they want to control.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, you know, first I would say, you know, if you go to Hooters restaurants, you’ll get wings galore. So I got the word of the day. And I was just down there a week ago with fifth grade kids from Erie Elementary School. At Hooters? No, no. We should have gone there afterwards for wings. But we went down to the State Capitol and it was Liberty Day for those fifth graders. And every year we go in and I bring in Jill Cullis from Constituting America to talk about the Constitution. And then our Optimist Club sponsors the buses that take the students down there. That’s so awesome. And it’s just a great day because the kids get to see the legislative action, the judicial, and the governor’s wing, the executive. And they get to experience the building. And actually, it was in session this time. So it was good that they got a chance to see the Senate in action doing what they do. And sometimes, you know, it’s confusing for kids. So explaining what is going on on the floor. And it was just an exciting day. And then they got to go to the top of the rotunda and Mr. Brown’s attic up there, the historic area. And if you haven’t been to the state capitol, go. Just take a tour.
SPEAKER 15 :
It’s a beautiful building. It really is. There’s really naughty stuff that’s going on down there regarding freedom. But I am pleased, Brad, to welcome a new sponsor. And that is Radiant’s Power. Not to be confused with Radiant. of painting and lighting. But Radiance Power specializes in providing expert electrical solutions for your home. They’re licensed electricians, excellent electrical installations, ensuring your systems are safe and efficient. And Radiance Power offers comprehensive panel upgrades to enhance your electrical capacity, reliable generator installations to keep your home powered during outages, and custom lighting installations to illuminate your space beautifully. Colorado-owned Radiance Power offers better pricing for your electrical needs because of less overhead than the big guys. Contact RadiancePower.net for all of your electrical power needs, delivering quality, safety, and peace of mind with every project. That’s RadiancePower.net. And I really wanted an electrician generator installer as a sponsor, and Radiance Power came very highly recommended, so I’m thrilled to have them as a new sponsor.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s great. And they should come up to Boulder County because they’re always closing up the powered up there when it’s windy.
SPEAKER 15 :
There’s great opportunity. There is.
SPEAKER 14 :
And a lot of generators need to be installed.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. And yes. And let’s make a note that all of this is happening because of public policy.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. It’s not the wind. No.
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With all the chaos and confusion in our world, how can you plant yourself on a foundation based on truth and clarity? The Kim Monson Show is here to help. Kim examines news, politics, and opinion through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom, and shares human interest stories that will inspire you and make you smile. Tune in to The Kim Monson Show each weekday, 6 to 8 a.m., with encores 1 to 2 p.m., and 10 to 11 p.m. on KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, and the KLZ app. Shows can also be found at kimMonson.com, Spotify, and iTunes.
SPEAKER 15 :
And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. In studio with me is my good friend, Brad Beck. He is an author at The Kim Monson Show, a guest host, a frequent co-host, and co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, it’s the top of the morning to you. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
SPEAKER 15 :
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
SPEAKER 14 :
And like with age and cheese and wine, we age better over time.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s what they say.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
And I’m pleased, we always like to do some human interest stories on the show as well. And we’ve got a new author on the line, and that is Ben Monson. He’s written a children’s book. And Ben Monson, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hi, thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 15 :
And tell us a little bit about your new children’s book. This has been an endeavor for you, yes?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. It’s, I don’t think everyone takes three and a half to four years to write a children’s book, but that’s how long it took me. Um, it really started about three and a half years ago. And, um, just, I couldn’t tell you where it started. It kind of started as a joke. The, uh, the name of the book is Hoback the Backhoe. And, um, it’s a little bit of play on words, but it’s, He draws his name from Hoback, Wyoming. And over the years, it’s just kind of grown into this book where it’s finally finished.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and so you published it recently. Where can people purchase it?
SPEAKER 11 :
So it’s been on the market for about two and a half weeks. Right now it’s listed on Amazon. Really starting to get the word out, but… amazon for anyone looking to self-publish is probably the best option um it it seems like they make it very easy for users that want to purchase the book and it’s good for authors also well and so tell us a little bit about the story ben Monson so it is a story that ultimately kind of follows the hero’s journey um the main character is Hoback the backhoe and he’s got a couple of friends named Riz and Gray and they kind of find themselves in some trouble and ultimately having to draw on his past experience as a backhoe they come up with some different solutions and ultimately they have to solve a problem and get back to home
SPEAKER 15 :
And how did you come up with the idea of… Well, tell us a little bit about what happened with them, the characters.
SPEAKER 11 :
So it’s not your typical children’s book, but I think there’s a lot of good lessons in the book. Ultimately… They are headed to work and they find themselves in a little bit of a pickle when they dig in the wrong spot and they fall into a portal to a different dimension. And it sounds like a crazy concept, but it somehow worked out as a children’s book. And throughout the story, they have to push through and through persistence and just a little bit of hard work. They get themselves back home.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and I’ve read the book, and I think it’s absolutely precious. But there’s also a little bit of a Christian theme there. It’s very subtle with the guardian angel.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. So I think the whole purpose of me trying to put that subtle guardian angel and the the Christian message is that as much as we need to show up and we need to work hard and we need to put one foot in front of the other, but at the end of the day, you just have to remember that there’s something out there helping us out. And if we show up, we do everything we can, put one foot in front of the other, then ultimately it’s all going to be okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
And tell us about the characters. You mentioned Hoback, the backhoe. Who are the other characters?
SPEAKER 11 :
So there’s Hoback, and he’s got his two buddies, Grizz, a grizzly bear, and then Gray, a wolf. And there’s some other characters along the way that they meet, which you can read about when you find the book. also that the whole story basically follows those three characters and Hoback is the epitome of persistence, not giving up and believing in yourself. And then at some point you kind of just gotta give it up to God as they say.
SPEAKER 15 :
And what about the two other characters?
SPEAKER 11 :
So Grizz, he kind of offers some comic relief. And then Gray, he’s a little bit more stern. And I think that’s a good lesson that everyone brings a little bit of a different aspect to the table. And I’ve got to say I’m really happy with the end result. When I started this whole process, because it really is a process, about three years ago, the book that I wanted to write is not the book that was completed. It was, I went through multiple different drafts and throughout those three and a half years, I had some life changes that also kind of contributed to how this book ended up. And I think that that’s the biggest thing I’ve learned as an author from this whole process is the creative process is really It’s hard to explain, and there is a lot of inspiration that just comes to you from nowhere, and you’re kind of like, where did that come from? But one of my favorite books that really kind of, if I can do a small plug for another book that I really recommend to anyone that’s just interested in the creative process or interested in Maybe pursuing something creative. It’s called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. And he’s a best-selling author. He’s had a couple adaptations into movies from some of his books. And it’s a great book. And it’s really just about showing up for yourself. If you don’t mind, I can read a small kind of quote on the back of the book. It says that creative work is a gift to the world. And every being in it, don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got. That’s by Steven Pressfield.
SPEAKER 15 :
Somebody said one time, Brad Beck, that when you go by a cemetery, there may be so many books that were never written or songs that were never sung. And I think the message is every day, do what you can. I know that you are writing a book, but in a way you are writing a book with all of these different essays that you write for the Kim Monson Show. But the writing, the doing is so important.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I like what Ben said, because he talks about a step-by-step, an instruction. And I’m looking forward to reading it for that purpose. I think so many of us don’t know where to start. And it’s just easy. Start. Start. You just have to get up one day and just start writing. And it could be a sentence or a paragraph. And I commend Ben for finishing this because I haven’t finished mine. I’ve got a lot of dead ends and restarts, but I’ve got all pieces and parts. And, you know, at some point you just have to say, stop for the perfection, you know, just go for it and get it done. And, uh, so I’m looking forward to reading this, but I have a lot of children’s books and I’ve always had them because to me, there are really a lot of adult stories. And, uh, so congratulations on it.
SPEAKER 15 :
And Ben Monson, I have read the book. There was one other character and that is Tuck Tuck. Tell us just a little bit about Tuck Tuck.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, first of all, thank you, Brad. Um, and, uh, Yeah, so one of the… I was going to leave a little bit out for the readers, but we can get into Tuk-Tuk. So Tuk-Tuk is an elephant, and he’s one of the characters that the group meets along the way. And he’s kind of… In a children’s book, it’s really hard to do a lot of character development. I mean, when I first started this, I was really trying to tell a lot about this person and get into the nitty-gritty details, but… Ultimately, this Tuk Tuk, he’s the character that helps kind of guide them and kind of provides a little bit of insight, some lessons along the way. And I’m looking forward to the second children’s book because now it all comes easier, as they say, hopefully. And I’d really like to get into Tuk Tuk’s character and kind of dig into some of the things that make him tick.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Well, now where can people buy the book?
SPEAKER 11 :
So right now it’s on Amazon.com. Anyone who purchases the book, please make sure to leave a review. There’s not a lot of money in self-publishing books that didn’t do it for the money, but anything helps. And please go check it out on Amazon.com, and that’s Hoback, the backhoe, H-O-B-A-C.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. H-O-B-A-C-K, right?
SPEAKER 11 :
Thank you. Thank you. I need to go back to the book.
SPEAKER 15 :
The other thing is I did just a quick search on it, and congratulations, Google now has it available as well over in Google Books, which is pretty cool.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate the time, and thank you very much, and happy St. Patrick’s Day.
SPEAKER 15 :
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you as well. And again, that is Hoback the Backhoe by Ben Monson. And it is a precious book. It really, really is. And we have these discussions because of our wonderful sponsors. And I greatly appreciate Karen Levine and have her on your side of the table if you’re going to change your address.
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SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
It is, and on Saturday is our Liberty Toastmasters Denver meeting. So we invite everybody to show up. How can people get more information? They can go online, look up Liberty Toastmasters Denver, and we meet at the Independence Institute off of 16th Street. We start at 10 a.m. sharp and go to 12. We have great speeches, both that are prepared and extemporaneous, and then we give evaluation. And it’s a wonderful two hours of learning and laughing and just in fellowship with a lot of good people.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, it’s really, it’s a great organization and really has helped so many people find their voices, be able to communicate better. And I highly recommend it. And I always am excited to hear what my fellow Liberty Toastmasters have to say. But let’s get over here. We’re going to talk about your essay in the next segment. But you had brought something forward regarding a bill of the day. That’s House Bill 2630. 1292 scholarship granting organizations. And I remember looking at this as I was going through bill review on Fridays, trying to determine which bills that we’ll send out to the team for cut regarding and we look at it from how it affects the taxpayer, Tabor, Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights, parental rights and education, as well as property rights. And I didn’t put this one in for review and hadn’t really… I think I looked at it, and then I looked at the fiscal note, and it’s not that much in the scheme of things. It’s $150,000 this year, $270,000 next year. So I kind of glossed over it, but it’s really important.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, it’s part of the one big beautiful bill that President Trump put through in Congress. And it’s an education freedom tax credit. And what it will do is if somebody wants to direct funds to, let’s say, a scholarship or to a student, a religious school, a private school, A public school, they can do so. And I believe it’s up to $1,700 towards… Right around there. Yeah. Or $1,750, something like that. Something like that. And it’s a great windfall for education and for choice. And what’s curious about it is the usual suspects are against it. There are a lot of strings, as I read the bill, that would put some guidelines around giving this money, especially to a private school. And the way that it’s written will allow people to have some more choice in how they direct their funds for their children through their taxes.
SPEAKER 15 :
The way the big, beautiful, at the federal level, the way it’s done.
SPEAKER 14 :
But this House Bill 26… 1292 really seeks to change and redirect it to where there’s strings attached, as I have read it. I haven’t got it in depth, but what I’ve read in the Gazette shocked me because I was like, why are they taking this away from parents or just taxpayers to direct money in a certain way? Well, of course, the unions won’t like it. And this isn’t against teachers. We love our teachers. There’s great teachers. Public schools are a great asset for the community, community schools. But if a parent chooses to send their kid to a different type of school, they should be able to take some of that money and direct it towards their child’s education or grandparent or just a community member. And what this bill does is it says you can’t do it in a way without the strings attached, putting more money into all kinds of programs that the PBIs will insist on.
SPEAKER 15 :
And this is from the Bill Track 50. This is from the AI description of it. And it basically says the bill establishes new requirements. There’s your force word. Right. For schools in Colorado that receive funds from scholarship granting organizations, which are entities that use public or tax favored funding, which is from the big, beautiful bill. meaning funding that provides a tax benefit to the donor to distribute scholarships for educational purposes. If Colorado chooses to participate in a federal program that offers tax credits for contributions to these organizations, the state must include all eligible scholarship-granting organizations on its official list provided to the federal government. Furthermore, any school that enrolls a student whose education costs are covered fully or partially by such a scholarship must adhere to non-discrimination laws. That’s where you start to get into all of these things here because we’re seeing different kinds of bills regarding… We do not believe in discrimination, but as I say on the show, is if you start to give an entity special rights, you don’t have equal rights. Correct. And it says those including students with disabilities must comply with federal and state laws regarding students with disabilities without charging extra fees. And then it goes on to say… if a participating school violates these requirements an injured party or the scholarship organization can seek a court order to force compliance there’s your another force word and the state board of education can suspend another force word the school’s eligibility to receive scholarship funds for a student for up to five years so this could potentially really gut this opportunity here in colorado
SPEAKER 14 :
And there’s some hearings coming up here on March 26th in the House Education Committee. And so anybody who’s available to go down there and testify and say, look, why are they messing with something that is an advantage to our children, our grandchildren? And the kids that most need these scholarships, they’re going to really… impede the ability to help the young people in a variety of ways whether it’s through the scholarships or after-school programs or just the opportunity to to delve into needs that they have and you know the usual suspects are always there to say hey here’s a good thing let’s stop it mm-hmm because they really want to control education of our children and
SPEAKER 15 :
When I went to our caucus meeting a week or so ago, it was at one of the local high schools, and Trump has really said, okay, no more federal funding if you’re pushing DEI. which is diversity, equity, and inclusion. Those words are good, except those have been used to push an agenda. So in this high school, walked in, and we normally say the Pledge of Allegiance. No American flag. But as big as anything on the wall was the LGTBQ.
SPEAKER 14 :
The pride flag.
SPEAKER 15 :
The pride flag.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And I was a little frustrated.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s why I always carry an American flag in my bag, just in case. I don’t know how many times I’ve pulled that little flag out and, you know, hold it up, because a lot of buildings don’t have the American flag, which to me is unconscionable.
SPEAKER 07 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 14 :
you should have a flag if you’re in a public building for you know just mere fact that you’re there respecting it and it should be flown proudly and above any other flag and uh so you know i was interested in this bill just caught my attention i thought more people should know about it and there are good things happening and then there’s always people who have nefarious ideas to take away some of the opportunities that we have to push back and to invest in the next generation.
SPEAKER 15 :
So I’m thinking about this because I had done a podcast with a guy out of Philadelphia. His name’s Dom Giordano, and he’s very influential in education. And his question was that he had heard that Jared Polis was the only Democrat governor that was supportive of this federal program. Now, we had this interview before and learned about this bill, 1292. But he said that even if a state does not set this up in their state that people from other states could actually contribute, this is my understanding, could contribute to these schools, these scholarship organizations, and so people in other states could still get that tax write-off. My understanding is Polis is a friend of school choice, that he does support charter schools. But now what we’re seeing is the legislature that is coming in that in essence could make it very difficult for education if they accept this money, right?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I’d love to see teachers support the idea that more money could go into directed to programs that are important to the students. And it’s not against the teachers. The unions want the power. They want to hold on to the power and want it in strictly public schools. Well, public schools are not always the best choice for students. And one of the things I think that’s important is to realize that education is about helping the student understand. But there’s a universal idea of it is the right and responsibility of parents for the upbringing of their children. And it’s not the school, and it’s not the school board, or it’s not the teacher. It is the parents. And the parents need to be able to be in charge of this. So to me, this is an affront on parents and families making the decisions. with this new HPE 261292. So I wanted to bring it to the forefront simply because I’m sure most people don’t know what’s going on, but they’re going to be having a reading in the Education Committee. You said that’s on the 26th? 26th down at the Capitol. I’m not sure what room, but people should look it up and be aware of it because that money, as you say, can be directed to, let’s say, an ACE scholarships. Great organization. Why not direct some funds to them rather than just going to a spongable local school board. And we don’t know where it’s going. And so maybe it’s going to administration. But it definitely is not going into the classes, because every two years, there’s another election for more money to go into the classroom, and it disappears. And it doesn’t get any cheaper.
SPEAKER 15 :
No. And we’ve been talking with Molly Lamar on a regular basis on Friday mornings regarding what’s been happening in Cherry Creek school districts as well. So this is really important, and it’s hard to keep track of everything. As of this morning, there’s 526 bills or resolutions that have been introduced down at the statehouse.
SPEAKER 14 :
I probably break 25 a day.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes. The other thing is, though, is when you have so many, then… the as you say we don’t even know that we might be breaking some law but then it comes into then it can be government picking winners and losers on how they enforce these laws. That’s why this is a real problem. Colorado’s at the forefront. And right here, this 1292, over here, federal level, trying to do something good for families and education. And at the state level, they’re trying to thwart that here in Colorado. And it’s not by accident that this bill is here. So we have these important discussions because of all of our sponsors. And if you’ve been injured, you’ll want to talk to John Bozen and Bozen Law.
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SPEAKER 15 :
Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. And I love to highlight these two nonprofits. One is the USMC Memorial Foundation. Paula Sarles did her birthday challenge this last Saturday in honor of her 77th birthday. So go to the website and contribute. something with the number seven in it. It could be $7, $77, $7,777. She would love that. But it is important that we support these organizations to remember and honor. And then yesterday down in Tombstone, Arizona, Drew Dix, and the team from the Center for American Values presented to students in Tombstone, Arizona. And I think Tombstone, they did a film a number of years ago down in Tombstone, so I think that there was that connection there. So they were down there, and then they did a webinar, and it was on living valor. So I haven’t talked to the guys yet. Henry Jones, the president of the board, had sent me a photo of him and Drew and their cowboy hats and their press jeans and everything, getting ready for that. So I’m sure that they had a great time. But support them as well. They have these great educational programs, and that website is AmericanValueCenter.org. Brad Beck, let’s get over here to your essay that we’re going to publish, and it’s Plugging in to Connect. Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Tell me about that. You can plug in and connect with people. You can talk to them. You can get off your devices and actually look somebody in the eye and speak. Like we’re doing right now. Playing live radio, terrestrial radio, I love it. Well, I have a favorite story about persuasion, and it’s about a student and a sage. And, you know, the student is just curious how the sage discusses things with people and finds some wisdom there. And the sage takes the young man over by a well, and he says, notice the rim here of the well? You know, there’s indentations, but there’s no hammer marks. How does that happen? And the young man is just curious, and the sage says, water is here all the time, and when it spills, some people think it’s soft and weak, but it really isn’t. It can make an indentation. And of course, we, with our words, can be coarse and create indentations. But if we’re truth-oriented and soft-spoken and use our ability to speak and respect other people, we can really change hearts and minds. So I’ve been involved with a project through the Leadership Program of the Rockies. At the end of the retreat, we have a fun networking event called Plugin. And I was on advisory council with a bunch of people, and Dave Scholl came up with this idea of a freedom-oriented program I will say something along the lines of a program, I won’t say the program, but you’ll get it, where people pitch an idea and they can win money to start their organization. And that morphed into this plug-in idea for students of the leadership program, the Rockies, as well as alumni, to promote ideas or a non-for-profit in a way, in three minutes, They can’t ask for money. And they can appeal to people’s hearts and minds and support them. And they can win money afterwards for the best idea. And this has been going on now for over 12 years.
SPEAKER 15 :
Has it been 12 years?
SPEAKER 14 :
12 years.
SPEAKER 15 :
And you’ve been hosting it every time.
SPEAKER 14 :
Not every time. For the first, well, the first year I participated in it and I actually won somehow. And I used that money to seed Liberty Toastmasters. And that was a great experience. And I’ve been on the board and then, or on the committee, and then I was voluntold kind of to take it over. And I’ve been running it ever since. And it’s a great opportunity. for people who have gone through the program or going through the program to connect with an audience. They vote for them, and we have a little app that they can vote for, but they get the names of the people that vote for them, and those people can support them with their skills, with their ideas, and at some point they can donate, but not directly for that event. And it’s just fun to do. It’s a joy to recruit people who have a variety of ideas. And this year we had very varied ideas. One was our winner, who is starting a charter school. And she was passionate, had a great story, and appealed to people’s sense of educating through traditional ideas of arithmetic and reading and the virtues. The second place winner was somebody who was passionate about helping children, especially, but young women who have been sex trafficked and a program that will give these young people hope to be brought back into society without the damage that has happened. Very powerful story. And then the third place winner this year was somebody who is starting something with a civic and technology marriage. And what they’re doing is trying to find opportunities for people using the boards and commissions that are available out there for folks to apply for. And we need more people to get involved in their local communities. And most people don’t know that there’s opportunities out there not to be an elected representative, but to get on a board and commission. So these ideas came to the forefront. There were others. There was 13 people that competed. And each one of them were fabulous. Some were just better than others on that day. And the fun part is six months from now, I’ll go back and call them and say, how’s the connection? How’s the plugging in? How are you doing with people that voted for you? So it’s a great opportunity. And that’s what the idea of this essay is all about.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and all of this, this is people that are working to change hearts and minds with something that they’re passionate about. It is, I would say it’s a robust, I would even say sometimes it could get a little raucous. It is really a fun event and you make it very fun. And you’re able to bring all these skills that you have continued to hone through Liberty Toastmasters to hosting this, but it is really a fun event.
SPEAKER 14 :
It really is, and people look forward to it because it’s all about networking and listening to great ideas. And I’ve got a great team. I mean, I couldn’t do it alone. So Don Richards is my master of ceremonies, and Kathleen Chandler and Roger Chandler have been volunteers on it since, I think, almost day one. And it’s great to see people get involved. My wife supports it, and it’s always there doing whatever I need to be done. Alan Fuller created the app. And it’s just a wonderful way for people to communicate because we don’t do enough of that. We don’t do what we’re doing now is the talking and discussing and listening and saying, oh, that’s a great idea. Tell me more. And I think it’s important, especially with students today. With AI, we’re going to need more and more just face-to-face communication because we want to know what’s authentic and what’s real. So this is an opportunity to plug in, connect with people, and find out how they can help.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and we will be publishing this, plugging into Connect with this whole AI thing. AI, I don’t think it’s a replacement. People have said this. It’s a tool.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And we really need to continue to have that human connection. influence on all that but i think people are going are hungry for this connection that’s why i think that’s it’s timely that we have started this kim Monson community we’ll be doing uh in uh online town halls we’ll be doing in-person networking town halls and our first class alan thomas will be teaching it’ll be 10 weeks and it’s the federalist papers and why they’re relevant to today and then we’ll kick that off probably the end of april But we’re working to plug in and connect as well because we’ve got to change hearts and minds if we’re going to do what they did on evacuation day. And that is to stand for liberty on that, Brad Beck.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. And AI to me means American intelligence, American ingenuity. And Actually, American exceptionalism. We’re an exceptional nation. And as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and we celebrate Evacuation Day, and I’m going to be celebrating my birthday today, we have to remember that we have to know the ideas of the American founding because it’s so unique in the pantheon of American history.
SPEAKER 15 :
and world history and that’s why we do the show and our quote for the end of the show is irish proverb it says may the road rise up to meet you may the wind be always at your back may the sunshine warmth on your face the rainfall soft upon your fields and until we meet again may god hold you in the palm of his hand So my friends today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.
SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 15 :
That seems to me like government is establishing a religion.
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SPEAKER 15 :
If you give people rights, women’s rights, gay rights, whatever, there can’t be equal rights if there are special rights.
SPEAKER 20 :
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SPEAKER 15 :
Surveys show that people still really prefer freedom over government force.
SPEAKER 20 :
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SPEAKER 15 :
Indeed, let’s have a conversation, and welcome to the Kim Monson Show, hour number two. Thank you so much for listening. You eat your treasure, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body, my friends. We were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team, Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Producer Joe.
SPEAKER 21 :
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Kim. And you know what else it is? Brad Beck’s birthday. Brad Beck’s birthday.
SPEAKER 15 :
You got it. Brad Beck is in studio on your birthday.
SPEAKER 14 :
On my birthday. Well, you know, I wanted to celebrate some way, so what a better way to celebrate than being on the radio and enjoying your company and all the folks that listen to you.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, Brad, you are such a part of us because you had for a while, we would co-host the show and talk about your essays that you write. You’re an author. And then also you guest host the show and talk. The first time, so I’ve started my eighth year of solo broadcasting. For, I think, six-ish years, I didn’t have any guest hosts. And finally, Mike Treem, the station manager, said, Kim, if you are traveling, because we would have some technology challenges, he said… It’s okay if you have guest hosts. And I said, okay, who will I ask? Well, I asked you. Mistake number one. And something happened when you were, and then Susan Kochabar was the next day. The phone lines went down. And Joe now has figured out a way to MacGyver when that happens. MacGyver, a solution, but not that day.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, that day was being in a closet with the lights out and talking to yourself for two hours. And it was a great baptism by fire because I enjoyed it, actually. But Joe was like, keep it going, keep it going, keep it going. And I was pulling stuff out of my head that I hadn’t talked about in a long time. And that’s been archived, if anybody wants to go back and have a good laugh.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
Joe. It was actually a baptism by fire for both of us, because I was still a relatively new producer. I was learning my tricks to make it work.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, and he did a great job. And I don’t think anybody knew until after the show when we talked to you. So kudos to Joe.
SPEAKER 15 :
It is difficult to talk for two hours. And Rush Limbaugh was great at it. But in listening to him, he would say the same thing in different ways. But it’s really something to be able to do that. So it was baptism by fire.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, and being on the radio, if somebody wants to learn time management, this is a great gig. And to your point on Rush, is repetition plus restatement gets people to remember. And that’s why a quote by… a gentleman who I studied under named David Brooks, who’s a world champion of public speaking down in Texas. And I always remembered that because of the alliteration, but also it helps people when you say something over and over and over. And I’m reminded of old clips of President Trump saying things in the 1980s and 90s before he was president. And he’s been saying the same thing.
SPEAKER 15 :
ever since then and they’re just coming to fruition so when people say things you should believe them sometimes you know you should and with our new rollout of the website we’re still it’s extensive and for each of our guests such as you we are going to have a page that has all of your things that you’ve written as well as your shows there. So people will be able to go back and find that. And you’d written an essay regarding this restatement.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, in the very beginning I did.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, so that’s something that’s great. So with that, check out the website. Make sure that you sign up for, go to newsletter and be signed up for the weekly newsletter. And you also need to sign up for the daily digest that we will be, hopefully we’re going to get that rolled out. on next Monday. It’ll be within the next couple of weeks for sure. So make sure that you do that. You can email me at Kim at KimMonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. But join us with our Kim Monson community. The membership levels are the Montpelier is at $50 a year. The Monticello is $100 a year, and Mount Vernon is $200 a year. And the first 250 people in honor of our 250th birthday that join us at the Mount Vernon level will be noted as a founding patron. And you are a founding patron, Brad Beck.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I’m honored to be so, and everybody should be on the Mount Vernon level.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it’s going to be amazing. The movie The Incredibles, I love that movie.
SPEAKER 08 :
That was a great little movie, yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
And do you remember when he’s coming out, the superhero, he’s going to get in the car, and there’s a little kid on the tricycle, and he’s like, what are you looking at? And he goes… What are you waiting for? He says, I don’t know, something amazing. We’ve been working on this for three years, and it is going to be amazing. But let’s get to our word of the day, and that is galore. And it is Irish heritage, and it’s spelled G-A-L-O-R-E. It could be in abundance, in plentiful amounts, or plenty. And there are bills galore down at the Statehouse. And then I chose an Irish proverb. for the quote of the day. It says, may you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.
SPEAKER 14 :
I drink to that.
SPEAKER 15 :
I’m going to ask John Bozen what he thinks about that quote. John Bozen with Bozen Law, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 12 :
Love the quote. It’s an awesome quote. And I will strive to encourage as many listeners as possible to become Mount Vernon members.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, we are, John, it’s really two things to reclaim our country. First, we need to make sure that we have free, fair, honest, and transparent elections. And Harry Howery was on yesterday with Unite for Freedom. And he, Unite for Freedom, is working with Peter Berninger with the Wisconsin Center for Election Justice. These are the two entities that we raised the money for. for those election lawsuits, but they just within the last couple of weeks had filed what’s called a HAVA complaint against the state of Colorado, which is a complaint under the HAVA stands for Help America Vote Act. action needs to be taken ideally with a hearing within 90 days so this is huge but the other thing is is we also need to be changing hearts and minds so that people can can understand that the reason that we have this flourishing and prosperity in america is because of the american idea so that’s what we do at the kim Monson show and we’re going to augment that with the community john boson
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I’m proud to help get the word out there. It’s getting people engaged. There’s a lot of people on the sidelines just watching. They know what’s right and wrong, and they’re just choosing. I don’t know if you want to call it apathy, but it’s getting the average Joe to engage. You’re getting your listeners engaged. Your listeners are the exceptions. We just need to get the listeners out there to push more people to understand. We’ve got important stuff happening right now, and people, if they don’t stand up, make their voice heard, you know, we’re going to have, it’s going to be more difficult. We’re going to get it done, but it’s going to be more difficult.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, we are, and you mentioned the word engaged. And so I’m going to give a plug for Cut Engaged, which Cut is Colorado Union of Taxpayers, all volunteer group. And each week we choose anywhere from three to five bills to post at Cut Engaged. We invested significant money in this to make it happen. And you can go to those five bills, and you can make your voice heard. You can either put in an additional comment if you want, or you can just send the cut engaged bill, and it’ll go to the main sponsors, and you can then add in your own senator and your own state legislator. So John Bozen, I know people are busy. But we chose five bills this week. And last night, I decided to time myself. And it was four minutes and six seconds I was able to make my voice heard on all five of those bills, John.
SPEAKER 12 :
Excellent. Now we just got to get listeners and then listeners to get others to do the same.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s for sure. That’s the plan. Having the impact. So let’s get over here, though, to something that I wanted to ask you about. And that is PSA on scams, AI. What’s going on in that with that?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I shot you that text because I just, in the last week, folks, listeners, they know what I do. I think they know if they listen on any kind of regular basis. I help folks with, you know, the nasty stuff, motor vehicle collisions, things of that nature. But I get phone calls from folks needing help in other legal areas. And one place I can help people, I can’t, is when they get scammed. And so I just want to let listeners know that I am seeing… More sophisticated scams, use of AI in a very devious, just horrible way. And I think I know, I’ve heard others say this, when people get phone calls and they don’t recognize the number, they answer it, they say, hello, this is John, or hello, this is Kim, or whatever. I think the AI programs are capturing our voices to keep them for future use in a scam. And in the last couple phone calls I’ve gotten have been older folks scammed with the voice of a grandson or granddaughter needing money, needing it immediately, being in a situation where if grandma doesn’t come through, their life’s in peril, their health is in peril, their liberty is in peril. Usually when the grandson or granddaughter is traveling out of the country, And how do these people know this? I don’t know. But it’s a sophisticated scam, and they can use phone numbers, and they can make a… Well, make the grandson or granddaughter’s phone number come up on grandma’s caller ID. And so it’s incredibly convincing. Don’t know how this stuff works, but then they get grandma to wire or do something with Zelle or something, and then she’s out the money. Or grandpa. There’s just a lot more grandmas out there. Super sophisticated stuff. And so I just want listeners to question everything. With these AI sophisticated scams, I mean, you just don’t know. I’m not sure myself. Other than we tell our family members, we’ve got two special words that we use to confirm that someone is someone. And if they don’t have both those words, and if they forget, they’re in big trouble. But if they don’t have both those words, then we can assume it’s potentially a scam.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s great. I wanted to just alert people to this. This happened to me this weekend. I got this text message, and you know how we get on group texts, and you may not know who everybody is. So I get this text message. It says, hi, could you please tell me your name? I saved your number on my phone, but there’s no name. And there was just something in me, John, that said, hmm. So I said, who is this? And it says, I’m Harper from Los Angeles. I don’t know why your number is in my contacts. Whose number is this? And then a very attractive picture of a woman. I said, you have the wrong number. And she said, I’m just not sure whose number this is. And I serially apologize if my text message offended you. Could you please tell me whose number this is? And I responded, no. But I could see, the very attractive woman, I could see how this could really scam guys easily, John Bozen.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, that’s a pretty common troll there. I’ve seen that one myself, too. And I’ve heard others talk of it. But there’s all kinds of stuff out there like that. Listeners just need to understand a lot of bad, a lot of evil. They’ll take advantage of whatever weakness or… situation they can, and it’s disgusting, and I wish we’d up the ante when we catch some of these folks, but I’m guessing they just get off with a light tap on the wrist and don’t do that again, especially in some states.
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SPEAKER 14 :
Well, thank you. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Happy Evacuation Day for those that are celebrating in Boston.
SPEAKER 15 :
And that is the evacuation of the British during the American Revolutionary War, evacuating Boston.
SPEAKER 14 :
And that was the first win, really, that the revolutionaries had. And George Washington was very successful in that endeavor.
SPEAKER 15 :
And amazing stories on that. But let’s move over here to our featured guest, and it is Nathan Wooster. He is an award-winning journalist for the Epoch Times. He’s based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill elections and the ideas that shape our times. He has written about energy and the environment. He can be reached at Nathan.Wooster. That’s W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R at EpochTimes.us. Nathan, welcome to the show. And you’ve written some really important pieces, but I wanted to talk about a piece that you’ve written regarding the recent primaries. And just kind of break that down for us, these primaries that were earlier in March.
SPEAKER 11 :
Sure. So the big ones out of Texas were, in particular, the Senate primary on the Republican and the Democratic side. It was very competitive. Ultimately, in the case of the Democrats, you saw the State Representative James Tallarico win against Jasmine Crockett, who’s a member of the House, somebody who is very polarizing, you might say, but also someone who secured a last-minute endorsement from Vice President Kamala Harris. Tallarico, on the other hand, had a high-profile interview with Stephen Colbert, as well as other, I guess you could say, attention, some organic media and buzz around him. The Democrats really are hoping that they can take back a Senate seat in Texas, although that’s a pretty tall order for them in a state like Texas, which is, even in a midterm year, going to skew pretty competitive. On the Republican side, you had the race between Representative Wesley Hunt The incumbent, John Cornyn, and then the Attorney General, Ken Paxton, came down to a runoff. So it’s going to be Paxton versus Cornyn. And now we have this question. First of all, are we going to see any clear endorsement from President Trump soon? Initially, it seemed clear that he was going to perhaps move towards John Cornyn. That’s no longer so evident. And we’re also going to look out for, say, debate or any sort of other interesting developments as this runoff approaches in May.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, and this Representative Wesley Hunt got 12.9% of the vote. And so that prevented either Cornyn or Paxton from getting 50%, which is what they needed. So what about these Hunt supporters? Has there any idea about which way they might go?
SPEAKER 11 :
You know, I have to say from speaking to him and from my sense of who he was attracting, people who didn’t like John Cornyn for the most part, They’re probably going to generally go for Paxton. Paxton is seen as the more grassroots conservative candidate. So looking at the electorate in Texas and, you know, having spoken to Hunt, he has avoided throwing his weight behind either candidate, which given the fact that President Trump has not done so either, that’s perhaps the smart move. He told me on the campaign trail, you know, I’m not sure if I’m going to endorse anybody, but I would never endorse John Cornyn. So I think that speaks to something.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Now, this James Tallarico is—and I’ve seen different stories about him. He is—is he a pastor? He’s trying to portray himself as maybe trying to be—to get the Christian vote, a Democrat, but— Some of the stories that I’ve said is that the narrative that he’s pushing is not really who he is. And what we have seen with, is it Spangberger, the governor of Virginia? My understanding is she ran as a moderate, but she is ruling like a Marxist, I think, Nathan. So what’s your thoughts on that?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, Tallarico, he’s a Presbyterian seminarian, but from a more, you could say, liberal branch of the Presbyterian Church, and so he’s someone who has gone on the record on issues like abortion and gender ideology. It seems like his public statements Even if he’s trying to position himself as a unifying candidate, he described himself at one appearance to reporters and onlookers as somebody that your MAGA uncle could vote for. Despite that, he does have this very lengthy public record that it will be difficult for him to overcome, I think, in any election, but especially in a state like Texas. You know, I have to say, Virginia, it certainly… not, I think, in every single election going to be a blue state. It’s going to be a purple state sometimes. But November 2025, those elections, for whatever reason, either Republicans didn’t turn out or they were not persuaded by the candidates, but Spanberger won, and then there was a massive wave in every other election for the Democrats. So her ability to rule the way that she is ruling is based upon the fact that the democrats had a very decisive victory there i i will say you know talarico if he ends up in the senate um whatever influence he he has will be limited to to that body i don’t think there’s any real danger of greg abbott losing the governorship in texas or a major flip in the state legislature there but certainly talarico is someone who You know, people commented he’s from Austin. He’s from a city which in Texas is, you know, notoriously pretty left of center. And so, again, that’s going to be a challenge for him, doing something kind of like the Beto O’Rourke playbook, if you recall the 2018 election, where O’Rourke did ultimately lose to Cruz. I think he wanted to position himself as more of a moderate, someone who was also very deliberately attempting to appeal to Hispanic voters. But, you know, even as we see something similar here, it’s going to be tough in Texas. It could, though, I think, make for a more expensive election. And so for Democrats, if they’re hoping Republicans will spend money there rather than in Georgia, North Carolina, Maine, other states, that itself, even if Tallarica loses, could ultimately be a sappy move.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Nathan, this is Brad Beck, and I’m just curious. You know, you see this trend happening in Colorado being a blue state now, although our electorate is really purple because we have so many independents. And I’m just curious, what do you see for a state like Colorado with these trends of the pendulum swinging towards the left?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, Colorado is a very interesting place. We know. We know. Yeah, I mean, you’ve got the Western Slope, which up until recently was, I think, Boebert’s district. And there were some, in the most recent election cycle, some wins for Republicans in competitive districts, like Gabe Evans, for example. I think he might have a hard time keeping his seat. On the other hand, Colorado, my sense is that it can be a pretty independent-minded electorate, can elect someone like Boebert, Jared Polis, who for all the ways in which he governs, maybe is more of a liberal than a libertarian. He is still, by the standards of Democrats, more of a libertarian governor. So kind of an interesting place. I guess it’s going to be hard, I think, to… foresee the Colorado Republican Party really putting up the kind of numbers that it might have done 15 or 20 years ago. But, you know, things I suppose can change. The pendulum can always swing back the other way. Don’t know exactly how that would happen, though.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, we don’t either, but we’re working on it, Nathan Wooster, and we’re going to continue the discussion with Nathan, and he covers Capitol Hill for the Epoch Times. These are important discussions, and another great sponsor of the show is Radiant Painting and Lighting.
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SPEAKER 14 :
It is, and thank you for all the good wishes, and happy St. Patrick’s Day to everybody.
SPEAKER 15 :
Happy St. Patrick’s to you as well, and we have on the line with us Nathan Wooster. He covers the Capitol Hill for the Epoch Times and politics in general. This piece that you’ve written, Nathan, regarding the primaries, I was very shocked that Dan Crenshaw was defeated in his primary. And years ago, he had done a really interesting video for his campaign that I thought was very creative. And so I always kind of remember that. But he’s come to be known as a neocon. So walk us through this particular race.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, I think the Crenshaw versus Steve Toth, who ultimately won, he’s a state representative of that race, was defined in part by Dan Crenshaw’s past policy positions, things like strong support for aid for Ukraine, I think a general perception that he’s very much a hawk, but also he’s someone who has not really been the sort of ally to President Trump that the other Republican politicians like, say, Lindsey Graham, also accused of being a neocon. Lindsey Graham has been able to navigate the Trump moment pretty adeptly in a way that we’re seeing Crenshaw as a bit of a casualty of. And in fact, in his commentary on his loss, he claimed that it was a result of Republican voters buying into, quote, misinformation, unquote, saying that it was about, quote, memes became truth. Too many people are not discerning through the clickbait, unquote. So, you know, attributing the loss to just false information, which it’s going to be interesting for me to watch how Crenshaw continues to vote in the coming months. On the one hand, I think he’s not exactly someone who on some issues has been as willing to deviate or is interested in deviating from the conference’s consensus as, say, Thomas Massey, but he might not feel like he has as much to lose, which for House Speaker Mike Johnson, with this very narrow majority the Republicans have, that could end up being a bit of a challenge.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Well, let’s talk about these other two items that you highlighted here in North Carolina. Talk to us about that Senate race.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. Well, that’s one where more or less President Trump, he anointed Michael Watley as the Republican nominee. So no great shock in terms of what we’ve seen there. And ditto with Ken Cooper. Ken Cooper is someone who really has a strong name recognition in the state. And, you know, I should say Roy Cooper. Let me just correct myself. Governor Roy Cooper is someone who… In at least the polling that I’ve seen, does generally beat Watley. Perhaps this could change. Again, this is a generally very competitive state where if we see more money going into the race, it could change. end up being one that the Republican candidate wins. But it is going to be a challenging one for the GOP. And Cooper himself is someone who, you know, he might be on the older side relative to some other candidates, but he’s someone who has been discussed as a possible presidential contender in 2028, someone who has that ability to win in a more purple but more red state like North Carolina at the state level where other Democrats would
SPEAKER 15 :
struggle to win okay and he’s a former governor in north carolina as well and then the other thing that you talked about nathan wooster is house races for these redrawn districts and there’s a lot of strategy in these redrawn districts so what should people know about that
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, in the case of both North Carolina and Texas, we’ve seen recent redistricting. In Texas, we had a case that very recently made it all the way to the Supreme Court over this redrawn map. Democrats alleged that it was redrawn on the basis of race. Republicans said, no, this is about maximizing our electoral chances, which we also have seen in California, the effort there to make the congressional map more democratic, led by Governor Gavin Newsom. So in Texas, that means a lot of people have been placed in districts that skew more Republican. In a few cases, you’ve had Democrats essentially thrown into competitive primaries against each other. And so that was part of the backdrop for Jasmine Crockett ultimately running for the Senate. She was in a position where she would not have been able to win without having to defeat one or more Democrats. other incumbent Democrats in territory that wasn’t necessarily an area that she could win. So she’s also someone who doesn’t, at this point, have that much to lose, frankly, in the House. It’ll be interesting to see if she is at all embittered after her loss in Texas, although she has gone ahead and endorsed James Tallarico. But that is part of what is happening across the country, really notably, though, in Texas. in this second March primaries.
SPEAKER 14 :
So Nathan, I’m curious because of this election cycle, You know, there’s so many opportunities for Republicans, and they keep snatching defeat from victory. You know, the SAVE Act is a perfect example. We just don’t see it happening. You know, there’s supposed to be a vote this week, and with all these new potential candidates, how do conservatives, Republicans, people on the right vote? influence that so we have legislation we have an opportunity and it just seems we keep kicking the ball down the road.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I can tell you, looking at Twitter, looking at social media, it’s clear there’s a lot of frustration. You know, we have seen, in the case of the Save America Act, this new version of it that incorporates registration, proof of citizenship during registration, as well as photo ID for voting itself. There was a pretty successful lobbying effort in the Senate. You had Mike Lee recruiting many, many co-sponsors. Now they’re up to about 50. And you’ve also had Scott Pressler. going and advocating for this in the House. That sort of grassroots, call your representative, get out there and advocate for it, for either side, for any issue, people who do seek to put in that work and coordinate it, that can meaningfully yield results, especially if there’s enough interest. In this case, President Trump has very clearly thrown his weight behind it, said this is a must-pass item. John Thune, though, he has objected to the notion of either changing the filibuster through the nuclear option or using this standing filibuster method. And it’s fair to say, in both cases, either the nuclear option or the standing filibuster, there would be cons to going through with that. Standing filibuster would take a long time. It would also require a lot of consistent availability to go to the floor for Republicans. which I think for a lot of voters that sounds like something they should be doing anyway. But nevertheless, these are strategies that have risks. But yes, I mean, if we have these issues that seem extremely high priority, the Republicans control both the House and the Senate. If voters don’t see these issues delivered on, you can’t entirely blame them for feeling a little bit cynical once Election Day rolls around, once it seems like these marquee items have not been delivered on in the way that they expected their representatives to deliver on them.
SPEAKER 15 :
So Nathan Wooster, I’m looking at this, I looked at the SAVE Act, and one of the things I’ve done out here in Colorado is I do a voter’s guide to help people understand what actually is really in there. And I haven’t done it on the federal level, but I just looked this up, and people can check it out. It’s HR 22, is that correct? Am I at the right one? I think it is.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, I believe that’s the correct version.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it’s not so long that people couldn’t read it themselves. So I’m going to read that because there have been those that have said, and I had a conversation yesterday with one of our guests, that there are those that have been concerned about the SAVE Act. kind of overreaching on ID. We think ID is important, but that there might be some pitfalls in there, kind of like the Patriot Act. And I remember the Patriot Act. I heard about it. I’m like, I don’t know if this is a good idea, but okay, to keep us safe. I thought, okay, I’ll support it. Well, we… Fast forward this, and we’ve seen the Patriot Act has been used to surveil American citizens. So do you see any pitfalls in this SAVE Act, H.R. 22?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, you know, I think it might be a challenge for some people to be able to demonstrate proof of citizenship if you don’t have a passport, if you don’t have a birth certificate. And then when it comes to voter ID, my understanding is that an initial draft of the bill was actually much more rigorous on that photo ID at the time of voting issue. And that’s the area where I think you might have had more significant risk of people really finding it hard to vote at the voting booth. But if the expectation is that people who are voting in elections, when they’re registered, should be able to prove that they’re citizens, you would need to be able to provide documentation of citizenship. And so that would involve things like a passport or a real ID. I believe you would also need the documentation if you get that. I should say, not necessarily a real ID, but other forms of ID. Some of them do require proof of citizenship. Generally speaking, though, photo IDs do not prove that by themselves. So, you know, it’s definitely not a negligible burden. But again, I think if you look at how voters feel, and this isn’t just Republicans, but voters across the spectrum, how they feel about these voter ID and citizenship issues, this is a pretty overwhelmingly popular issue, this notion of ensuring that Americans, citizens vote in elections in the United States, federal elections in the U.S.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, Nathan, out here in Colorado, as you said, it’s very interesting, is here in Colorado, people that are here illegally can actually get, or people that are here that were not Well, I would say, yeah, not citizens. They can actually get a photo ID out here in Colorado. So we can see how that photo ID does it. It’s not necessarily proof of citizenship. Nathan Wooster, your final thought. This has been fascinating. And Nathan is an award winning journalist for the Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C., covering Capitol Hill elections and these ideas that shape our times. Your final thought, Nathan.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, we’ll all be monitoring the initial Save America Act vote, which should happen today. That could kick off a lengthy debate. We’re likely not going to see the standing filibuster, but I’m sure we’ll see some Republicans at least continuing to push for that. Dune has said that at the very least this vote will get people on the record. I’ll be interested in just watching how it plays out and also how some other legislation in the House, road to housing, how that’s going to play out over the next few days, along with lots of other dynamics worth tracking here in the House and Senate. You can follow me on Twitter as well, NNWolster, and that’s my handle on X or Twitter.
SPEAKER 15 :
Wooster is spelled W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R. Nathan, fascinating. Keep up the great work. We’ll talk soon.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thank you so much, Kim. Glad to be here.
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SPEAKER 14 :
It is. Top of the day to you. Happy St. Patrick’s Day and wishing everybody all the best.
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SPEAKER 10 :
Hey, thanks so much for having me on, Kim, and happy birthday to Brad as well. Thank you. Appreciate it.
SPEAKER 15 :
So, Nathan, you have stepped forward to run for a state house. Tell us a little bit about you.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, no, I looked at this opportunity and I decided to step forward because over the course of my career, done over a decade now as a prosecutor in district attorney’s office first down in Colorado Springs and and now here in Douglas County and really fighting for victims of crime domestic violence and child victims and what I looked at and what I’ve been telling victims every time I meet with them is frankly I can’t get you justice and they are shocked to hear just exactly how the system works and how the system has been built in order to pick abusers over victims and and frankly telling them, hey, I need you to call your legislator. That was falling on deaf ears. And so I decided to step up, partly because of that and partly because Highlands Ranch, frankly to me, that means opportunity. My family moved from Missoula, Montana down to Highlands Ranch when I was in sixth grade. And the way the state is going, the way that this one-party rule has really hurt Colorado opportunity-wise, business-wise, taxes and fees, affordability-wise, I just don’t see that same opportunity going to be there for my three kids if we don’t step up and change the course that Colorado’s on.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and Nathan, I don’t think that people understand, because you’re referencing not able to get justice for victims. This volunteer gig that I have as president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, and I’d recommend people join us at coloradotaxpayer.org. I see pieces of legislation as we are reviewing it that is in favor of the criminal and not the victim. And that’s it’s not just one piece of legislation. There’s multiple pieces of legislation out there that favors the criminal over the victim.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, it’s frankly the way the whole system has been reshaped over the last decade. I’ve seen that change. And one of the things that I want to highlight, I was actually down at the Capitol a couple of weeks ago in the Senate testifying against this bill. And basically, it’s a bill that Democrats put forward that would. allow people, and they call it narrowly tailored, and I agree with them, it’s narrowly tailored. The only people in Colorado right now that would even be eligible for this are people who have committed multiple murders or are habitual violent criminals. They’re the only people that would actually qualify for this, but they wanted to create a whole new process that kind of modeled it off of California and Washington, D.C., and said, well, we want to let these people out early and give them yet another way out of prison. The fact of the matter is, is that here in Colorado, we don’t have truth in sentencing. If you say, hey, you’re going to get 10 years in prison, that 10 years doesn’t mean 10 years. It could mean basically anything from two all the way up to eight, depending on what you’re looking at. So what we can give victims is finality. We can say, hey, I know this person is going to spend X percentage. But right now, what Democrats are trying to do is saying, hey, Let’s release more of these people. And we strip the one thing away that we can give victims is this finality. You can move on. You can start to heal. And now they want to take that away, too. I was testifying now in the Senate against that bill. It got out of committee. Frankly, that’s how the balance is right now is that there’s just no way for Republicans to put through good ideas or to stop really bad ones because it’s so out of balance, even just a little bit of balance. would really allow the whole state to be better off and we could actually have an educated discussion about some of these topics.
SPEAKER 15 :
Nathan Marsh, do you remember the bill number on that by any chance?
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, gosh, I want to say it was SB 115.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, I’ll look that up.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. The other thing is, is I watch things from the Second Amendment. And the Second Amendment, which is the right for us as individuals to keep and bear firearms, to protect ourselves against bad actors, that is under assault down here at the state legislature now, and it has been for a while. So let’s just think about this. that the legislature wants to let hardened criminals out early. You just think about the victim. The victim would be concerned, possibly, about that person that had been released. And a firearm is the great equalizer to be able to protect ourselves. So what’s your thoughts about what’s happening with the Second Amendment?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, the short answer is I think it’s a travesty and I think it’s unconstitutional. I think just earlier this week, I saw something as well. Another one of these magazine capacity bills get struck down by federal courts. And yet Democrats here in Colorado, especially again with this one party, have pushed forward, pushed ahead in the spite of even courts telling them you can’t do this. And even this session, and we have another bill going right now that would basically create a de facto gun registry here in Colorado. These are all infringements upon our rights. And I think that what people get lost in, and I try to remember, especially when we’re talking about the Second Amendment, frankly, all of them, these are not amendments and rights that government has given us. These are rights that we have just because we are people, because we’re humans. The amendments are there to remind government, hey, you can’t do this. But that seems to have gotten lost, especially around firearms up at the Capitol.
SPEAKER 15 :
So Nathan Marsh, how can people get more information about you?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, absolutely. They can go to my website. I’ve got a website up that’s nateforcolorado.com. And I’ve got a whole bunch of information there for anybody who wants to either get involved, help us out. This race here in House District 43, it’s a local Highlands Ranch race. But quite honestly, with the margins that we had the last session, it is going to be a statewide impact race. here in Colorado because like I said just picking up this seat and then a couple others that are targeted that is going to flip and erode and give us a little bit of balance back this is about balance really this election do we want to continue with one party ruled or do we want to rebalance and that’s that’s going to be what this key so Highlands Ranch is a local race but it’s going to have statewide impact so it’s nateforcolorado.com okay that is nateforcolorado.com do you have a primary No, no primary. We’re excited to go into assembly this weekend. Really just full of support. And then it’s on to the general election.
SPEAKER 15 :
OK. And that is Nate for Colorado for spelled out Nate for Colorado dot com. Thank you, Nate, to you and your family, all of the candidates. I so appreciate them and their families because it is a commitment. So, Nate, thank you so much.
SPEAKER 10 :
Thanks so much. You have a great rest of your day.
SPEAKER 15 :
And Brad Beck, happy birthday.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s great to have you here. Well, thank you, Kim. And it’s always a pleasure to be here and the experience is live. So happy St. Patrick’s Day, happy evacuation day. And just remember those that are absent and a good memory, a good smile and a good time.
SPEAKER 15 :
And so our quote for the end of the show is an Irish blessing. And it is this. It says, May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sunshine warmth on your face. The rainfall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hands. So my friends today, be grateful. Read great books. Think good thoughts. Listen to beautiful music. Communicate and listen well. Live honestly and authentically. Strive for high ideals. And like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 16 :
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