Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down from his position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after 38 years in that role and 50 years of government service overall. During that tenure he advised seven presidents going all the way back to Ronald Reagan. The peak of his prominence doubtless came during the COVID pandemic when he stood on the podium beside President Trump in front of TV cameras for repeated briefings to the American public.
He was admired by those who believed he was protecting the populace and saving, perhaps, millions of lives. He was criticized by others, myself included, for issuing contradictory instructions and excessive caution. Hindsight is, as always, 20-20 and dealing with COVID was a learning process during which some early assumptions were, understandably, later proved incorrect. It’s unfair to make Fauci a scapegoat for that. All things considered; you might say he was doing his job as he saw it.
And therein lies an essential point. “As he saw it,” his job had its limitations which Fauci acknowledged to Trump when he publicly told him, “I just do medical advice. I don’t think about things like the economy and the secondary impacts. I’m just an infectious disease doctor. Your job as president is to take everything else into consideration.” In other words, he was an advisor with a limited scope, not a decision maker. Throughout the pandemic, public policy decisions were made by the president, congress, bureaucrats,
Colorado’s Democrat U.S. Senators voted in favor of the $1.6 trillion omnibus spending bill without a care in the world for all the pork spending it contained nor its impact on our $34 trillion debt.
The only saving grace is that Bennet’s bill to turn back the clocks to the 1970s welfare state was again tossed into the trash heap by his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle.
Three cheers for bipartisanship, and the demise of the co-called child tax credit.
GOP leaders sent a lump of coal to America’s children this year — they refused to even discuss a deal for kids and businesses.
I will continue to oppose cutting taxes for corporations without passing an expanded Child Tax Credit. pic.twitter.com/yNyV0n8S6G
Topping that list — $4 million to buy a Denver hotel for the homeless.
In addition to Bennet’s repeated failure to get welfare payout to some families with children, his proposed reforms for H-2A farm worker also went nowhere this year.
The omnibus bill passed the Senate with 68 in favor, 29 opposed.
Here is a full list of the 18 Republican senators who voted in favor of the bill:
GREELEY — The 23-year-old Eaton man who was accused of intentionally attempting to run over more than half-dozen people with his vehicle in July of 2020 was found guilty on Friday on lesser charges, but still faces possible prison time.
The verdict against Isaiah Cordova was delayed a week after Cordova passed out during closing arguments in his trial. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
Weld District Court Chief Justice Julie Hoskins found Cordova guilty on five counts of felony menacing. Cordova was found not guilty of the one remaining felony menacing, as well as six counts of attempted first-degree murder. Hoskins said the prosecution failed to meet the obligation of beyond a reasonable doubt on those charges.
Each charge carries a possible sentence of 1-3 years of either probation, community corrections or prison. The judge could order the sentences to be carried out concurrently or consecutively.
The wide sentencing variations mean Cordova faces at minimum one year of probation to 15 years in the Department of Corrections, a realization that left most of the victims visibly frustrated after the hearing.
One of his victims, Micki Holladay was unsure of how she felt after the ruling.
“I’m glad that some of the charges were found guilty,” Holladay told Complete Colorado. “I’m skeptical, I guess, about the system, though. He’s young, I know. Did he mean to do it? Would he have actually killed somebody?
A Colorado woman may deserve an award for “best aunt” after surprising her niece and nephews for Christmas in true, festive fashion.
Aunt Alex and her sister-in-law, Lauren, told Fox News Digital that they’ve always loved surprising their family in some way, and Alex’s most recent visit was no exception.
“The Elf on the Shelf” is a well-loved tradition in Lauren’s home, so they used it for inspiration as Aunt Alex posed just like the “magical” Christmas doll (SEE THE VIDEO at the top of this article).
“I just kind of suck it up and do it anyway because I love the kids. It’s nice to get a reaction out of them,” Alex told Fox News Digital.
“Auntie on the Shelf,” leaves her perch to deliver a letter to Santa Claus. (Creatingahumblehome)
Afer climbing a ladder to reach the ledge under the 10-foot ceiling, Alex waited 25 minutes for the kids to return home from their grandparents’ house.
The moment was documented and posted onto Lauren’s TikTok page, where the videos were viewed more than 13 million times. It was also TikTok viewers who named the prank “Auntie on the Shelf,” Lauren said.
Lauren’s oldest son was quick to point out where “Auntie on the Shelf” was hiding.
“It’s really hard to surprise him. We have surprised him so many times, it’s like another normal day,” Alex said of her nephew.
Alex of Denver, Colorado, also lovingly known as “Auntie on the Shelf,” takes a picture with Santa Claus as she takes a break from the ledge. (Creatingahumblehome)
Alex and Lauren said the kids loved the prank and were very excited to see Aunt Alex, including Lauren’s daughter who got her own special surprise when she arrived later in the evening.
Alex began to spread more mischief just as “The Elf on the Shelf” sometimes does.
“We read off each other’s energy and I think that’s where we come up with a lot of our silly ideas the most. We just get one idea, and we just keep tackling on,” Alex told Fox News Digital.
Lauren and Alex, “Auntie on the Shelf” blow up 360 balloons to surprise the kids with a balloon ball pit in the living room. (Creatingahumblehome)
“Auntie on the Shelf” even left her ledge to enjoy ice cream with the kids.
“I was such a big part of “The Elf on the Shelf” when we lived together for a while, so it was just a cool thing to be able to be ‘The Elf on the Shelf’ for the kids instead of surprising them with a little elf [doll],” Alex said.
President Biden tried to deliver yet another speech of unity on Thursday. This one inspired by visits from the three ghosts of Christmas, and the specter of a Republican-controlled House looming over Washington.
Now he wants us all to get along.
“Our politics has gotten so angry, so mean, so partisan,” Biden said. “And too often we see each other as enemies. Not as neighbors, as Democrats or Republicans, not as fellow Americans. We’ve become too divided. But as tough as these times have been, if we look a little closer, we see bright spots all across the country. The strength of determination, the resilience that’s long defined America. We’re surely making progress.”
Colorado’s Democrat delegation was so moved by Biden’s words, they apologized for every hateful thing they’ve said this year about conservatives.
Just kidding, not even one was moved by Biden’s Christmas message to comment or offer their own wishes for a happy holiday and peace on Earth. That canned meme isn’t prescheduled to post until this weekend.
They’re probably miffed at Biden for disregarding Stanford University’s recent missive and using the newly harmful term “American” in his speech.
Biden’s message of “I’m making progress so stop complaining that eggs cost $10 a dozen” didn’t go over well with voters, either.
This is rich. #biden spent the first 50 weeks of the year dividing Amaricans by calling about half of us MAGA terrorists,
Jackson State cornerback Travis Hunter is following Deion Sanders to Colorado, he announced Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.
It didn’t take long for the former No. 1 recruit to make a decision on his next destination as he revealed just two days ago that he would be entering the transfer portal.
Hunter said in a YouTube video posted to his channel, per Sam Cooper of Yahoo Sports:
“I committed to Coach Prime at Jackson State when he was there and I want to honor my commitment and stay with him. I felt like I learned a lot with him at Jackson State so I’m going to stick with him so I can continue to grind, continue to show love, continue to put the work in so I can get to the next level.”
Colorado announced the arrival of Sanders as its next head coach earlier this month, and the Pro Football Hall of Famer indicated that he planned to bring other top-tier talent with him to revive a Buffaloes squad that finished 1-11 this season.
Hunter joins quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of Deion Sanders, as the latest former Jackson State Tiger to commit to Colorado. Shedeur Sanders also made his transfer decision official on Wednesday.
Hunter, who was listed as the No. 1 recruit in the 2022 class, initially committed to Florida State as a high school prospect before flipping his commitment to Jackson State.
As a true freshman in 2022, the 19-year-old proved to be impactful on both sides of the ball. He posted two interceptions, 10 pass breakups and one fumble recovery while playing as a defensive back. The 6’1″ star also caught 18 passes for 188 yards and four touchdowns as a receiver.
It’s reasonable to believe Hunter will play a similar role under Sanders in Colorado given his speed and talent.
Before committing to Colorado, Hunter was also considering Georgia, per 247Sports recruiting analyst Rusty Mansell. He added Mi
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Colorado’s Democrat U.S. Senators voted against amendments to the trillion-dollar omnibus bill on Thursday to keep Title 42 restrictions in place at the southern border and slow the tide of migrants abusing a broken asylum system.
Their blind eye comes as thousands of migrants are waiting to rush the border as soon as the health-code restrictions are lifted that allows border patrol to quickly expel migrants without processing.
Once across the border, migrants are being bused nationwide including Colorado, which has already spent nearly $4 million just to handle the December influx.
It comes as no surprise that Mike Bennet or John Hickenlooper are totally cool with the open border and surge on Denver, because they’re actually urging them to keep coming.
The omnibus spending measure has been bogged down by border security issues all week, with some Republicans insisting that funding to protect our own border be included in the package that contained border funding for other countries.
“Mr. President, do you think the southern border is secure?”
An amendment by Republican U.S. Sen. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah proposed blocking the Biden administration from rescinding Title 42. It failed on a 47-50 vote.
Democrats up for reelection in 2024 put up their own amendment to temporarily preserve Title 42,
DENVER — While at least a dozen local governments along the Front Range have been quietly coordinating efforts with an out-of-state gun control group to enact local gun rights restrictions for nearly a year, it appears it may not be as easy in some metro-area municipalities as it has been in places like Boulder County.
Some Jefferson County (Jeffco) municipalities, for example, don’t appear to be willing to climb onboard, as emails obtained by Complete Colorado show.
Most notably, Wheat Ridge appears not ready to even have the discussion while Golden is only open to the idea if other city councils in Jeffco join in as a regional effort.
“My council didn’t bite,” wrote Wheat Ridge city manager Patrick Goff in response to an email from Golden city manager Scott Vargo inquiring about Moms Demand Action visiting governing boards across the Denver metro area. “We recently had a resident show up complaining about a new gun shop close to a park and asked the council to restrict gun sales within certain distances of schools, parks, etc. Again, council didn’t bite. I don’t think they want to go there at this point.”
Vargo sent the email to other Jeffco city managers in November after Mom’s Demand Action showed up at a council meeting advocating for gun restrictions.
“They suggested that they were planning to visit all of the JeffCo area town council meetings,” Vargo said in his email. “Golden’s position has been generally supportive if there is a regional approach,
As Denver nears a breaking point to house migrants streaming here from President Biden’s open southern border, bitter arctic winds are also blowing our homeless folks into emergency and warming shelters.
Denver Mayor Hancock warns he’s already spent $2 million of city taxpayer dollars on the nearly 1,500 migrants who have arrived in the last two weeks to bunk down at city shelters, and state taxpayers forked over another $1.5 million this week.
Add the leaky border situation with the strain of Colorado’s 10,000 plus homeless population coming in from the cold, and we really dodged a bullet.
Just imagine the state we’d be in if the Supreme Court hadn’t pulled the rug on throwing the border wide open with the lifting of Title 42?
Biden and the Democrats still refuse to acknowledge there’s even a crisis at the border.
“Cities are taking the brunt of the crisis, and we’re all at a breaking point for much of the country. The immigration crisis is about to be compounded by another crisis, the arctic cold front that will be arriving in Denver today.”
Three times the mayor declared this a crisis, and the national media is taking note of what’s happening in Denver.
Deion Sanders has faced some backlash after leaving Jackson State this winter to take on the job as the Colorado head football coach.
On Tuesday, Sanders said he understood the criticism and where it was coming from.
“I understand because it’s love,” Sanders told Shannon Sharpe of the Club Shay Shay podcast (3: 40 mark). “You fell in love, and I fell in love too. And I felt like we did more than we were expected to do. We just did it so expeditiously that it overwhelmed you and you thought it was easy. Because what would normally take someone several years, we did it in two-and-a-half. That’s what was staggering.”
Sanders said that when he was hired in Sept. 2020, vice president and director of athletics Ashley Robinson asked Sanders to give him two years. Sanders ultimately spent three seasons at the school, going 27–6 at the school and leading them to back-to-back bowl games.
One of the criticisms Sanders addressed in the interview was why he felt as though he couldn’t build up Jackson State into a national powerhouse on par with the Power Five schools.
“Tell me how you build that into a Power Five,” Sanders said (10: 58 mark). “Because if you go into the Power Five conference, just say the SEC, you know all the other sports have to go too. … And also, it’s criteria that the school has to pass to be in those conferences.
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