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Today's Episode ยท August 7, 2026
Colorado’s $4.7 Billion Rail Plan, Two Tax Measures, and the Suppressor Ban
Economist Randal O'Toole examines Colorado's $4.7 billion rail plan and TABOR Foundation chairman Penn Pfiffner breaks down two tax measures. August 7, 2026.
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Initiative 195 Signatures, Proposition NN, and the Cost to Colorado Households
Listen at 31:07 →Teddy Collins
Why Striking the National Firearms Act Would Leave Colorado Buyers Worse Off
Listen at 1:03:34 →Randal O'Toole
Randal O'Toole Counts Three Rail Proposals and Puts FasTracks at 80 Percent Over Budget
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County Commissioners, Voter Roll Attrition, and the Case for Local Control
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Colorado
Initiative 195 would replace Colorado’s 4.4% flat tax with rates up to 8.4%
Proponents filed petition signatures with the Colorado Secretary of State on August 3, 2026, and...
8 hours ago
Colorado’s enacted general fund runs $2,904 per resident, Arizona’s $2,398
Colorado's enacted 2026 budget package carries a $17.46 billion general fund for the fiscal year...
Yesterday
Weiser campaigns on free speech after three Supreme Court losses for Colorado
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser's campaign page, published Oct. 11, 2025, locates every threat to...
4 days ago
National
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...
Yesterday
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...
2 days ago
Petition seeks Cheyenne vote on 3,460-acre Microsoft data center annexation
The Cheyenne City Council passed Ordinance No. 4687 on a 6-3 vote on July 13,...
2 days ago
Liberty & Economy
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...
6 hours ago
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...
3 days ago
Wyoming would fund Laramie Range Wind road impacts from state sales tax, ending at 90 percent construction
Laramie County requires the developer to post a road repair bond of at least 115...
Jul 28
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2026 Colorado Elections
Siemens gave $101,000 to the 2004 FasTracks campaign, state records show
6 hours ago
Developing
Data Center Siting & Public Participation
Kansas Legislature swapped a license plate bill for a data center sales tax law
2 days ago
Developing
TABOR & Colorado Fiscal Policy
Initiative 195 would replace Colorado’s 4.4% flat tax with rates up to 8.4%
8 hours ago
Developing
COVID-19 Response Accountability
Senate Homeland Security Committee votes to refer Fauci for criminal contempt
Yesterday
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When government stops governing
How Colorado exchanged measurable results for ideological narratives.
Sharing Common Ground: Observations at a Park
On a free Saturday during a business trip outside Atlanta, Bradley Beck sat down with a book beside the fountain…
Immigration and The Perfect Cure
Everyone agrees the immigration system is broken, and every proposed fix has been rejected from opposite directions: enforcement too weak…
Eight years of Colorado theft under Gov. Polis and Democrat legislation, Part 1 of 3
Pam Long spent May and June collecting petition signatures in almost every district in Colorado, and found that most voters…
The Cost of Compassion
In Colorado, the rhetoric is compassionate. The results are another matter.
Happy 250th birthday, America. Now what?
On America's 250th birthday, contributor Brad Beck urges every citizen to read the Declaration of Independence, learn the ideas behind…
This Week's Shows
Aug 2 - 7, 2026
Sun
America's Veterans Stories
8/2
For fifty years the WWII missions of the Carpetbaggers were classified. A rebroadcast of Kim's interview with WWII veteran Bill Becker, who flew B-24 bombers painted black on low-altitude missions, dropping supplies and spies behind enemy lines in support of the resistance against the Germans.
Bill Becker
Mon
The Kim Monson Show
8/3
A Nine-Month Medical Board Complaint, the Women’s Suffrage Monument, and Colorado’s Auto Theft Rank
Dr. Brian Joondeph on the medical board complaint that took nine months to clear, and sculptor Jane DeDecker on the suffrage monument. August 3, 2026.
Brian Joondeph Jane DeDecker Roger Mangan Jody Hinsey
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Tue
The Kim Monson Show
8/4
The Four Stages of Subversion and Who Pays for AI Data Centers
Discovery Institute senior fellow Scott Powell traces four stages of subversion. Software engineer Hakeem Anwar maps AI data center costs. August 4, 2026.
Mark Baisley Hakeem Anwar Jon Boesen Scott Powell
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Wed
The Kim Monson Show
8/5
Kansas SB 98 Became Data Center Law and Who Pays for the Water
Stand 4 the Land Kansas founder Virginia Macha explains how Senate Bill 98 became data center law. Rancher Trent Loos tracks beef and water. August…
Carlton Jones Virginia Macha Lorne Levy Trent Loos
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Thu
The Kim Monson Show
8/6
Fauci Pleads the Fifth, the $38 Trillion Debt, and Flock Camera Surveillance
First American State Bank founder Jay Davidson on the $38 trillion debt and 88 Drive-In owner Susan Kochevar on Anthony Fauci and Flock cameras. August…
Mark Ericksen Jay Davidson Karen Levine Susan Kochevar Molly Lamar
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Fri
The Kim Monson Show
8/7
Colorado’s $4.7 Billion Rail Plan, Two Tax Measures, and the Suppressor Ban
Economist Randal O'Toole examines Colorado's $4.7 billion rail plan and TABOR Foundation chairman Penn Pfiffner breaks down two tax measures. August 7, 2026.
Michelle D. Lee Penn Pfiffner Teddy Collins Randal O’Toole DFDouglas Frank
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