CCP Overseas Police Stations and Big Alcohol’s Push to Corner Colorado’s Market

On October 18, 2022, Kim Monson explored threats to American freedom both foreign and domestic, welcoming Epoch Times senior Asia correspondent Nan Su to expose Chinese Communist Party police operations on U.S. soil, congressional candidate Steve Monahan on border security and federal spending, independent liquor store owner Joe Brunner on ballot measures threatening small business, and Christian Home Educators of Colorado’s Kim Ware on reclaiming education.

Border Security and Federal Spending

Start listening at 17:32 – Hour 1

Steve Monahan, Navy veteran and Congressional District 6 candidate, warns that the Biden administration has run America aground. Crime has become the top concern among voters in his district, with Aurora ranking third nationally for car theft. Monahan draws a direct line from the border crisis to drug cartels now operating in the Denver metro area, driving human trafficking and fentanyl overdoses that have claimed 100,000 American lives.

The candidate advocates for restoring American economic independence by ending reliance on foreign nations for antibiotics, semiconductors, and oil. He pledges to vote no on spending bills that continue the $8 trillion deficit accumulated over four years. Monahan calls for passing an actual budget, separating bills into readable pieces, and decentralizing federal bureaucracies back to the states where they belong.

“It doesn’t matter if the captain’s on the bridge or he’s sleeping in his bed. If he runs the ship aground, he gets fired. And they definitely ran the ship aground.”

Steve Monahan, Congressional Candidate CD6

Chinese Communist Party Surveillance and Overseas Policing

Start listening at 33:53 – Hour 1

Nan Su, senior Asia investigative reporter for the Epoch Times, reveals a chilling investigation by Spanish NGO Safeguard Defenders documenting CCP police stations established in 30 countries, including three in Toronto and one in New York. Over the past two decades, these operations have forcibly returned more than 225,000 overseas Chinese citizens back to China without any governmental agreement from host nations.

Su describes China’s sophisticated digital surveillance apparatus that ties citizens’ identification cards, bank accounts, health information, and cell phone data into a single tracking system. Police officers equipped with digital sunglasses connected to handheld computers can scan any citizen’s face and within three seconds retrieve their complete social credit score, revealing whether they have ever criticized the Communist government. The journalist warns that ESG policies and digital currency initiatives in the West inch closer to similar control systems.

“Whatever that we call the socialist approach in the United States, if you think that’s bad, now think about this, China is 10,000 times worse than wherever we see here in the United States.”

Nan Su, Epoch Times Senior Asia Correspondent

Ballot Propositions Threatening Colorado’s Independent Liquor Industry

Start listening at 69:52 – Hour 2

Joe Brunner, owner of Lucas Liquors in Lone Tree, exposes how Propositions 124, 125, and 126 on Colorado’s ballot would enable out-of-state corporations to corner the state’s alcohol market. Despite $18 million in campaign spending by Total Wine and other corporate interests framing these measures as consumer choice, Brunner explains that consolidation will ultimately reduce selection and raise prices.

Under Colorado law, all retailers pay identical wholesale prices for alcohol. Yet Brunner documents manipulation: when ordering products carried by chain competitors, he faces $9,000 delivery fees versus the standard $5, three-month delays, and deliberate stock shortages. He sells the same single malt whiskey for $79 that the big box across the street prices at $160. Proposition 126’s third-party delivery provision particularly alarms the independent retailer because it removes ID verification requirements and any penalty for delivering alcohol to minors.

“A corporation doesn’t have better pricing, no matter how big they are. That is not happening in Colorado, and you’re not allowed to sell under invoice.”

Joe Brunner, Owner, Lucas Liquors

Homeschooling as an Alternative to Government School Agendas

Start listening at 91:34 – Hour 2

Kim Ware, Outreach Director for Christian Home Educators of Colorado, addresses the socialization concern critics raise about homeschooling. Ware counters that all children are socialized toward some end, and parents must choose whether public schools’ particular agenda and worldview aligns with their family values or whether they would rather guide their children’s social interactions within the homeschool community.

With fewer than 50 percent of Colorado third-graders reading at proficiency levels, Ware questions what socialization government-run schools actually provide. CHEC offers introductory seminars, curriculum guidance including their own K-12 Generations program, and individual support for families considering the homeschool path. The organization’s January seminar will help parents transition between semesters.

“We’re all being socialized towards one end, so you have to decide which end you want to be on.”

Kim Ware, CHEC Outreach Director