How Conservative Media Continues to Shake Up Politics While Colorado Grapples with Property Taxes and Venezuelan Gangs

On September 5, 2024, Marc Auville, Daniel Turner, Karen Levine, and Christopher Ruddy joined the show. Auville previews the 13th annual Grand Lake U Turner exposes the misanthropic core of climate activism, criticizes Harris’s unexplained reversal on fracking bans, and warns of dangerous disconnect between policymakers and citizens affected by their policies Levine reports downward pressure on home prices and interest rates at 15-month lows, signaling.

Celebrating the Constitution in Grand Lake

Start listening at 18:28 – Hour 1

Marc Auville, president of Grand Lake U.S. Constitution Week, previews the 13th annual celebration featuring keynote speaker Dr. Ron Paul on September 21st. The week-long event includes presentations by constitutional scholar Rob Nadelson, election integrity advocate Holly Kaysen, and Dr. Thomas Cranawitter, who will present on the Constitution as the greatest anti-slavery document ever written. Auville highlights the Youth Appreciation Day on Friday, September 20th, where students can learn about America’s founding principles while enjoying free activities from local patriotic businesses.

The celebration has spread beyond Grand Lake to Lake Havasu, Windsor, Colorado, Meridian, Idaho, Vail, Arizona, and Wimberley, Texas, fulfilling the organization’s mission to encourage communities nationwide to celebrate Constitution Week with the same enthusiasm as Independence Day.

“We should be celebrating Constitution Week like we do Independence Day.”

Marc Auville, President of Grand Lake U.S. Constitution Week

The Anti-Human Core of Climate Activism

Start listening at 32:00 – Hour 1

Daniel Turner, founder and CEO of Power the Future, exposes the misanthropic philosophy underlying the environmental movement’s leadership. Turner argues that true climate activists, including figures like John Kerry and Michael Bloomberg, harbor a deep hostility toward humanity itself, viewing people as destructive forces that must be controlled or reduced. He points to Kamala Harris’s statements about reducing population alongside fracking bans as evidence of this dangerous worldview.

Turner criticizes Harris’s convenient flip-flop on fracking, noting she has offered no explanation for reversing her previous support for a nationwide ban. With 150,000 Pennsylvania workers employed directly in fracking and the state serving as the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, Turner sees the reversal as pure political calculation rather than genuine policy evolution. He warns that the disconnect between policymakers and ordinary Americans has reached dangerous levels, with officials like Governor Polis laughing off concerns about Venezuelan gangs because such problems never touch their wealthy, secure neighborhoods.

“When you see the proposals that they push forward, bans on refrigeration, bans on the combustion engine, bans on personal property because of the climate, you realize what they really hate at their core are people.”

Daniel Turner, Founder and CEO of Power the Future

Colorado Real Estate Market Finds Balance

Start listening at 62:50 – Hour 2

Karen Levine, RE/MAX Alliance realtor, reports encouraging signs in the Colorado housing market as prices experience downward pressure and interest rates reach their lowest point in 15 months. Levine explains that the post-Labor Day period typically marks a second spring selling season, with increased inventory creating a more balanced marketplace after years of seller-dominated conditions. She notes that while total sales numbers have decreased in 2023 and 2024, the shift toward equilibrium benefits both buyers and sellers.

Levine acknowledges persistent challenges in affordable entry-level housing, which remains undersupplied due to construction costs and regulatory burdens. She expresses hope that declining inflation and improved building material affordability may eventually address this shortage.

“I mean, housing is really one of the baselines of a good economy. And when housing is moving, which it has been moving, you know, it was going so quickly that many of us couldn’t catch our breath.”

Karen Levine, RE/MAX Alliance Realtor

Newsmax Plans Public Offering to Fight Media Bias

Start listening at 73:00 – Hour 2

Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, announces the company’s plans to go public, offering Americans the opportunity to become co-owners in the fight against media bias. Ruddy reports that Nielsen ranked Newsmax as the fourth highest-rated cable channel overall, with 22 million viewers tuning in during July alone. The network has been beating CNBC, Fox Business, and News Nation combined in primetime viewing.

Ruddy cites a Media Research Center study showing Kamala Harris receiving 86 percent positive coverage while Donald Trump receives 90 percent negative coverage from major media outlets. He positions Newsmax as one of the last standing alternatives to establishment and left-wing media, noting that even Reuters now ranks Newsmax among the top 12 news brands in America. The planned IPO aims to raise approximately $150 million privately before a $75 million public offering, with early investors receiving a 25 percent discount to the IPO price plus a 7 percent dividend.

“The Media Research Center did a study where they found that since Kamala Harris was anointed the nominee of the Democrats, she’s gotten 86 percent positive press coverage. And during the same time, Donald Trump has gotten 90 percent negative press coverage from the big media.”

Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax