Protecting Children from Radical Ideology and Government Overreach

On February 28, 2024, Rich Guggenheim, Stephen Varela, and Trent Loos joined the show. Guggenheim exposes HB 24-1071 permitting convicted felons to change names to match gender identity, discusses compelled speech legislation, and cites 1943 Supreme Court precedent against government-mandated orthodoxy Army veteran and State Board of Education member announces CD3 candidacy, emphasizing border security, reducing bureaucracy, and protecting rural agriculture Reports on Nebraska.

Fighting the Trans Activist Agenda in Colorado

Start listening at 33:45 – Hour 1

Rich Guggenheim, spokesman for Gays Against Groomers Colorado, exposes HB 24-1071, a bill permitting convicted felons to change their names to match their gender identity. The legislation would allow individuals with extensive criminal records, including prostitution, drug possession, and resisting arrest, to obscure their past from parents and communities.

Guggenheim describes how the Colorado House Speaker gaveled down representatives attempting to read the criminal rap sheet of the bill’s namesake, a convicted felon who works directly with children through the Parasol Patrol and performs drag shows. He argues the bill strips parents and law enforcement of critical information needed to protect children.

The discussion turns to HB 24-1040 and compelled speech legislation. Guggenheim cites the 1943 Supreme Court case West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, which established that no government official can prescribe orthodoxy in politics or religion or force citizens to confess beliefs by word or act. He warns that Colorado’s foster parent and teacher pronoun mandates directly violate this precedent.

“I am sick and tired of LGBTQ being used as a crutch to indoctrinate children, to promote this queer ideology and gender identity nonsense, and to push these bills through that strip parents of the rights, that trample our First Amendment rights, and are harmful to children.”

Rich Guggenheim, Spokesman, Gays Against Groomers Colorado

A Veteran’s Fight for Congressional District 3

Start listening at 18:17 – Hour 1

Stephen Varela, a clinical social worker, Army veteran with two tours in Iraq, and Colorado State Board of Education member, announces his candidacy for Congressional District 3. The district spans all 27 counties on Colorado’s Western Slope, with a unique demographic of 26 percent Hispanic and 18 percent veteran populations.

Varela identifies border security as his top priority after personally delivering barbed wire to the Texas National Guard. He describes witnessing cartel trafficking and terrorists entering through an unsecured border while legal immigrants wait 15 to 20 years for citizenship. His platform focuses on reducing federal bureaucracy, protecting rural agriculture, and addressing inflation that prices families out of their homes.

A former Democrat, Varela explains his party switch mirrors the journeys of Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and Cory Gardner. He points to Pueblo flipping Republican for the first time in 90 years as evidence of a broader political realignment, particularly among Hispanic voters who recognize the current Democratic Party has abandoned working families.

“If you educate a generation, you shape your future. And right now, I always remember what Ronald Reagan said, that we’re one generation away from losing our freedom. And I truly believe we are in that generation right now.”

Stephen Varela, CD3 Congressional Candidate

Prairie Fires and the War on American Agriculture

Start listening at 72:50 – Hour 2

Trent Loos, sixth-generation Nebraska farmer and rancher, reports on devastating wildfires sweeping the Great Plains. A nuclear weapons dismantlement facility in the Texas Panhandle was evacuated as fires raged through Hemphill County with 60 mile-per-hour winds. Loos emphasizes that over 70 percent of American firefighters are volunteers, the true backbone of rural communities.

The conversation shifts to the European Union’s announcement mandating a 20 percent reduction in farm production across all member nations, despite ongoing farmer protests from the Netherlands to France to Italy. Loos connects this to the Biden administration’s 30 by 30 initiative, signed via Executive Order 14008, which aims to return 30 percent of American land and water to its natural state by 2030.

Loos delivers a scathing critique of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who has served 12 of the past 16 years in the role. Vilsack publicly laments that 142,000 farmers left the business in 2023 and 165 million acres have been removed from food production, yet he champions the very policies causing this decline. Loos reveals Vilsack once hung up on him during an interview about Michelle Obama’s school nutrition program.

“This guy has been Secretary of Agriculture for 12 of the past 16 years, and he’s coming out complaining about what’s going on in the farm world. Well, look in the mirror, Tom Vilsack. You are the problem.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher