TGIF Blogcast: Rep Jeff Hurd; Broncos underdogs?; Indiana v Trump; Old fire
December 12, 2025
Today's Guests
Ben Allbright is KOA's Broncos Insider and host of Broncos Country Tonight (weeknights 6 PM to 11 PM) here on KOA. We'll preview this Sunday's Broncos-Packers game and discuss why the 11-2 Broncos are roughly 2-point underdogs (at home) to the 9-3-1 Packers.
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Rep Jeff Hurd (R-Grand Junction) represents Colorado's 4th Congressional District, covering a huge swath of western and southern Colorado. We'll discuss two bills that he sponsored that both recently passed the House, and at least one of which already passed the Senate and will go to the president to become law.
The bill: https:/www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr3857/BILLS-119hr3857ih
Press releases by two other representatives on a different bill that Jeff was also a cosponsor of:
Rep. LaMalfa Leads House in Renewing Secure Rural Schools Payments | Congressman Doug LaMalfa
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Other Stuff
Not surprising but I bet this is close to the max (which might be an HBO Max pun): Exclusive | Paramount Skydance may raise bid for Warner Bros. Discovery by 10% after going hostile: sources | New York Post
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This is freakin' ridiculous: Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison
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The dude needs help: Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was ‘suicidal’ after cops called to executive assistant's apartment | New York Post
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They have fine taste: Drone drops crab legs, steak and Old Bay inside South Carolina prison | wltx.com
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I know that some Trump-haters are framing this as the AI industry essentially buying government policy. And they surely are very powerful with unlimited amounts of money to spend lobbying and supporting politicians. But I actually think this is sensible policy. It's similar to there being a federal law that limits what states can do with their own energy policies because of the massive disruption to the industry/industries of trying to comply with different regs in different states. That said, going this route requires some confidence in reasonable federal regulation, which is not generally a thing one should assume. And which can change wildly from one administration to another. It's also worth noting that this order may exceed the authority of a president and may be overturned in court. Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence – The White House
Colorado is actually mentioned: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence – The White House
The administration is overstating with the CO law does, though to be clear I think the CO law will cause more problems than benefits and is ill-considered: https://chatgpt.com/share/693bfb71-31a0-8010-8e1a-a1feaf95e43d
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In your gut, you know it's true. The question is whether it will get better. I doubt it, at least for the next several years: Regulatory layers turn cost of doing business in Colorado into 'death by a thousand cuts' | FISCAL ROCKIES - Colorado Politics
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Congratulations to Indiana Senate Republicans for showing some spine and standing up against Trump and their own governor who was steamrolled by Trump. One does wonder if this is the latest (and one of the biggest) example of Trump slightly losing his iron grip on the GOP.
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push | CNN Politics
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
I was involved with the @club4growth at its inception when @StephenMoore founded it in 1999 (though I was not a significant financial player). Some of the candidates we endorsed and helped fund were Paul Ryan and Mike Pence. The questions we asked of candidates who wanted the…
— Ross Kaminsky (@Rossputin) December 12, 2025
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Kinda crazy to go from thinking oldest human use of fire (created by humans) was 50,000 years ago to thinking it was 400,000 years ago: Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making - The New York Times
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Yes, this should happen (and I still won't use marijuana): Trump leans toward reclassifying marijuana
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This will put serious pressure on the Venezuelan government and, unlike the drug boat strikes, is almost certainly legal (as long as the ships are sanctioned for transporting Iranian or Russian or Venezuelan oil). Indeed the seizure of the ship was done under the authority of a legal warrant.: US sanctions six more ships after seizing oil tanker off Venezuela
Trump Puts the Oil Squeeze on Maduro - WSJ
Satellite images suggest seized tanker 'deliberately' manipulated location data - ABC News
As long as Trump doesn't start a shooting war with Venezuela he can probably get away with this politically as well.
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Denver's loss is Colorado Springs' gain: Swire Coca-Cola moves massive plant project to Colorado Springs - Denver Business Journal
I can't stand Letitia James but it seems like time for the Trump DOJ to give up: Second grand jury refuses to indict NY Attorney General Letitia James
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I wonder if they'll be able to defeat an impeachment if Dems have a 20-vote majority in the House in 2027: Infuriated Democrats help GOP quash another Trump impeachment vote
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I'm still gonna have spicy food: Experts reveal the worst foods to eat when you're sick with cold or flu: See the list | Fox News
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She's right where she belongs: Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison
Tina Peters pardoned by Trump while charged at state level
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You don’t want to believe the horror stories about HOAs but then you get stories like this: Colorado HOA bankrupted after $1.4M verdict alleging toxic mold
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Today's Video
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