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The Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision Disqualifying President Trump 0
- December 21, 2023
President Trump has never been convicted—or even charged—with insurrection. . . . I think there should be a conviction for criminal insurrection before a person is disqualified.
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Christian Support for American Jews Began at the Founding 0
- December 19, 2023
The Hamas terror attack of October 7 triggered an overwhelming display of support among American Christians for Jews and for Israel.
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Country’s First ‘Enhanced’ Geothermal Plant Comes Online 0
- December 13, 2023
Enhanced geothermal electricity is now a reality in the United States. Late last month marked a new breakthrough in next-generation clean energy technology. Fervo Energy, a Houston-based geothermal project developer, announced that its first commercial “enhanced” geothermal plant went online and began producing usable electricity in Nevada. According to a Canary Media report: A next-generation geothermal
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When a Court Vetoes the People: It Happened in Montana 0
- December 11, 2023
To some extent, this has happened in several states, But nowhere has it gone as far as in Montana, where the state’s highest court has asserted an absolute veto over what the people may add to their own constitution.
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Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Clean Energy Transition 0
- December 8, 2023
Independence Institute has a long track record of warning against the unhealthy incentives that can arise from the relationship between monopoly electric utilities and green policymakers. Once viewed as rivals of one another, the two sides realized a few years back that coexisting as fellow travelers on the road to the so-called clean energy transition
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Sustainable Colorado Budget to Help Eliminate State Income Taxes 0
- December 8, 2023
In 1992, Colorado voters adopted the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) to limit the growth in state and local spending. Over the past three decades, however, politicians from both parties and a complicit judicial branch have exempted more and more state spending from the TABOR limit. When voters adopted TABOR, 67% of state spending was
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