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Supporters and opponents have already spent more than $15 million on the myriad statewide ballot measures Coloradans will decide this November — and that was before the ballot was even finalized earlier this month. Voters will weigh in on 14 ballot measures. If passed, they would amend the Colorado Constitution or change state law on topics as varied as property tax exemptions for veterans with disabilities, abortion and reproductive rights, firearm taxes, mountain lion hunting and how the state conducts elections for major offices. Each measure has core constituencies.

This parody song by The Kiffness (David Taylor) went viral this weekend. As mentioned on the YouTube blurb, "All proceeds from this song will be donated to Clark County SPCA in Springfield, Ohio. If you'd like to donate to them directly, visit their website here: https://www.clarkcountyspca.org/donate A pretty nifty idea, one that uses Donald Trump for some good in the world for a change. Source: New York Post It’s the new Pet Sounds — literally. The internet is lapping up a catchy new parody song poking fun at former President Donald Trump’s “they’re eating the cats” debate comment — with the music video raking in hundreds of thousands of views Friday. The song, “Eating the Cats” by South African band Kiffness, features an audio clip of Trump’s debunked claim that immigrants are chowing down on pets in Springfield, Ohio — dubbed to a Reggaeton-style beat with hilarious auto-tuned meows and woofs. “They’re eating the dogs/ they’re eating the cats/ they’re eating the pets of the people who live there,” Trump can be heard saying in edited audio as the song kicks off.read more

The FBI is investigating what it said is an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf club Sunday, the second apparent attempt on the former president’s life in two months. Via CNN: Trump is safe and was not harmed in the incident, his campaign said. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said during a Sunday news conference that his office was informed at 1:30 p.m.

Since Casa Bonita reopened post-pandemic in 2023, it’s technically been in a soft opening phase – or “beta-testing,” as owners Matt Stone and Trey Parker of “South Park” fame call it. That’s why the only way to get a table there for the last year and a half has been to sign up for the restaurant’s newsletter list and hope to be selected via a random lottery to book a reservation. It’s been a waiting game for fans in Denver and beyond, but no more.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people, according to the South Pacific island nation’s government. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The U.