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Today's Episode · August 17, 2026
The Kim Monson Show, August 17, 2026: Bob Marshall, Geoff Blue, Roger Mangan, and Jody Hinsey
Citizens of Douglas County, Colorado were recently notified that the petition for a ballot question to expand the number of county commissioners from three to five has been approved for the November 2026 ballot. Democrat Rep. Bob Marshall and Republican Castle Pines City Councilman Geoff Blue discuss that ballot question. Plus we talk with State Farm agent Roger Mangan and Jody Hinsey with Mint Financial Strategies.
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Douglas County schools seek $54 million a year after adding seven administrators
The Douglas County School District's board decides August 25 whether to put a $54 million-a-year...
2 days ago
Douglas County school board weighs union recognition and a $54 million override
The Douglas County School District Board of Education meets in closed session on August 17...
2 days ago
Colorado’s Secretary of State randomly selects every ballot card audited after an election
Under Election Rule 25, effective March 2, 2026, the Secretary of State sets the risk...
3 days ago
National
Reclamation anticipates 1.25 million acre-feet in lower basin cuts, asks upper basin for voluntary conservation
The Bureau of Reclamation's Final Environmental Impact Statement, released July 31, 2026, anticipates 1.25 million...
5 days ago
Senate Homeland Security Committee votes to refer Fauci for criminal contempt
The committee voted 8-5 along party lines on August 6, 2026 to certify a contempt...
Aug 6
Kansas Legislature swapped a license plate bill for a data center sales tax law
On the last day of the 2025 session, both chambers suspended their own March 28...
Aug 5
Liberty & Economy
House Bill 25-1272’s incentive program excludes rental projects
Karen Levine, a Realtor with RE/MAX Alliance, told The Kim Monson Show on August 13,...
3 days ago
Siemens gave $101,000 to the 2004 FasTracks campaign, state records show
Contribution records filed with the Colorado Secretary of State list three payments from Siemens Transportation...
Aug 7
Colorado House and Senate committees killed both 2026 data center bills
Two Colorado legislative committees rejected the 2026 data center bills in May, leaving the state...
Aug 4
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In Colorado, the rhetoric is compassionate. The results are another matter.
This Week's Shows
Aug 16 - 21, 2026In August of 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. We are rebroadcasting an interview with ninety-eight year young Col. Bill Rutledge, where he addresses naysayers regarding those actions. Years later a colleague shared with him details of the classified plans for the invasion of Japan, and conservative estimates put the cost of that invasion at a minimum of 9 million Japanese casualties and 1 million American casualties. The information was critical to Truman as he made the decision to drop the bomb.
The Kim Monson Show, August 17, 2026: Bob Marshall, Geoff Blue, Roger Mangan, and Jody Hinsey
Citizens of Douglas County, Colorado were recently notified that the petition for a ballot question to expand the number of county commissioners from three to…
An Open AI model recently broke out of a testing sandbox and used zero-day exploits to hack into Hugging Face, an open-source community for AI and machine learning, so that it could crack a problem it had been instructed to solve. Reporter with the Epoch Times Jacob Burg discusses his news story, If they were human, they would be arrested: experts respond to the rogue AI breach. Jon Boesen with Boesen Law notes the importance of prompt action if you have been injured.
We are concerned about a society where every aspect of our lives is under surveillance, and engaged citizen Mike Rawluk explains how the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is meant to secure the people in our persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Rancher Trent Loos shares a small victory against an industrial solar project. Plus we talk with Carl Jones, who explains that Radiance Power can help you with all your electrical needs.
Data centers, the midterms, and the Trump presidency: Susan Harris shares her perspective on these issues that matter to Americans, and she notes the latest regarding Arizona elections. There are political pundits who state that there is no correlation between vaccines and autism, and Dr. James Lyons-Weiler discusses those claims. Lyons-Weiler also introduces ipak-news, a lens on how a news story is framed. Plus we talk with Mark Ericksen with Tradition Spice.
Military Director at Children's Health Defense Pam Long discusses her essay Eight years of Colorado theft under Gov. Polis and Democrat legislation: theft of community, education, and healthcare. RE/MAX realtor Karen Levine and mortgage specialist Lorne Levy continue our discussion regarding density, rental units, home ownership, ownership units, and the American middle class. Owner of Spartan Defense Teddy Collins shares updates regarding pushing back on new laws that infringe on our right to protect ourselves against bad actors.
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. Also, of animals, tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind, and, of plants, growing in groups that sit close together without being densely clustered or matted.
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