The Mountain Minute: 6/20/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – June 20
Colorado faces budget blowups, ideological lawsuits, and a looming economic slowdown—while D.C. drama hits new extremes. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 HB25-1312 Sparks Legal Showdown – Lawmakers are pressing forward with the controversial bill on transgender procedures for minors, despite a SCOTUS ruling that may put the state on a legal collision course.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/scotus-backs-states-protecting-minors-from-transgender-treatment-colorado-lawmakers-say-hb25-1312-defies-it/

🔹 CEO Jennifer Sey Takes on the State – After speaking out against gender ideology in youth sports, Sey is now in court fighting what she calls government retaliation against free speech.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/free-speech-on-trial-colorado-pushes-ideology-ceo-pushes-back/

🔹 $29 Million in Budget Errors – Colorado’s prison system is under scrutiny after an audit reveals deep financial mismanagement and a staggering staff shortage.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/29m-in-errors-30-staff-vacancy-audit-uncovers-years-colorado-prison-system-budget-mismanagement/

🔹 Denver Deficit Crisis – With a $250 million shortfall, city workers brace for layoffs as leaders scramble to plug the gap.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/denver-workers-brace-for-major-layoffs-amid-250m-budget-deficit/

🔹 Economic Slowdown Ahead – Economists warn Colorado’s boom is fading, driven by revenue drops and shifting population trends.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/economists-sound-alarm-colorado-faces-sluggish-growth-shrinking-revenues/

National News:
🔹 Immigration Gridlock – Rep. Ryan Gonzalez says Congress—not the states—must take the lead on fixing the border crisis, calling out both policy failure and media bias.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/rep-gonzalez-states-cant-solve-immigration-chaos-without-congressional-action/

🔹 DOJ vs. Trump (Again) – Internal emails reveal Biden’s DOJ hunting for new charges tied to Trump’s support for J6 defendants. Critics call it pure lawfare.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/devine-when-justice-becomes-vengeance-inside-the-biden-dojs-war-room/

🔹 Social Media Now Part of Visa Vetting – Foreign students must submit their public profiles to qualify for U.S. entry. Security measure or privacy invasion?
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/u-s-tightens-student-visa-vetting-public-profiles-now-mandatory/

🔹 SALT Deductions Favor Blue States – A new tax analysis shows wealth shifting from red to blue states under current federal policy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/19/salt-deduction-scam-blue-states-get-the-break-red-states-get-the-bill/

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