Consequences of the Green Agenda and the Fight for Local Control

On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Kim Monson examined the collision between federal energy mandates and local governance with Power the Future founder Daniel Turner, sixth-generation farmer Trent Loos, and citizen watchdog Mike Rawluk, revealing how the green agenda threatens both economic stability and individual liberty.

Local Government Overreach Under the Guise of Freedom

Start listening at 15:27 – Hour 1

Mike Rawluk exposed a troubling development in Arvada where city officials approved designated drinking areas that require QR codes on beverage cups for police identification. While marketed as expanding personal freedom, the ordinance reveals classic government overreach: only certain restaurants can participate, city managers can modify boundaries without public hearings, and surveillance technology can scan the QR codes. Rawluk noted the irony of creating a system that appears to grant liberty while actually expanding government control and picking economic winners and losers.

The citizen watchdog also highlighted progress on video live streaming of legislative committee meetings, praising efforts by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. Transparency in government remains essential, he argued, particularly as 9,900 people watched 19 committee meetings under a pilot program now facing suspension.

“Every time you see something that might move the peg towards freedom, look to see if there’s another situation going on like with this designated drinking area, it’s it’s freedom. Ish, and then, all of a sudden, you’ve got a qr code.”

Mike Rawluk, Citizen Watchdog

The True Cost of Green Energy Subsidies

Start listening at 30:58 – Hour 1

Daniel Turner, founder of Power the Future, delivered a stark assessment of America’s energy predicament. The Biden administration’s push for wind and solar through the Inflation Reduction Act created an unsustainable market propped up by government subsidies. With those subsidies now curtailed under President Trump, Turner warned that electricity prices will rise as the true cost of unreliable energy becomes apparent.

Turner drew parallels to Reagan’s economic recovery, noting it took nearly three years to undo the damage of Carter-era policies. The current situation demands similar patience, he argued, as the country extracts itself from policies that shuttered over 100 coal plants nationwide. Beyond energy, Turner praised Trump’s willingness to challenge cultural institutions from the Smithsonian to Harvard, fighting battles no previous Republican president would touch.

“We are so far in the ditch. Our car is so far in the ditch that if at the end of the Trump years, all he manages to do is get us out of the ditch, I think that’s a win.”

Daniel Turner, Founder, Power the Future

World Economic Forum Targets Rural America

Start listening at 70:08 – Hour 2

Trent Loos reported on a Kansas Economic Outlook Conference where Harvard professor Mark Esposito openly promoted the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset to county commissioners. Esposito’s presentation included a slide featuring Klaus Schwab and argued Kansas was perfectly positioned to lead the global transition to alternative proteins and digital revolution. Many attendees, unfamiliar with the WEF agenda, saw this as an opportunity rather than a threat.

In Perkins County, Nebraska, Loos witnessed a small victory when county commissioners declined to vote on a 1,000-acre solar project that would remove productive farmland. The county sheriff, a California refugee, testified about his firsthand experience with failed green policies. Meanwhile, in Wyoming, activists continue fighting 23 planned wind projects, including one covering 46,000 acres along the scenic 287 corridor.

“We all need to strive to be that one person in our community to get the ball rolling and no longer sweep things under the rug that need public scrutiny, because with public scrutiny and sunlight we provide disinfectant.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher

The Transgender Agenda Reaches Rural Schools

Start listening at 102:41 – Hour 2

Loos also addressed the transgender agenda infiltrating rural school districts. School board member Bryson Miller from Brush, Colorado attended a workshop where presenters detailed how teachers in Wellington groomed 12-year-old girls into hormone treatments without parental knowledge. The case mirrors that of Erin Lee’s family in the Poudre School District, whose legal challenge may reach the Supreme Court.

The discussion underscored how no community remains insulated from ideological overreach. Whether through energy policy, surveillance technology, or educational indoctrination, federal and global agendas are penetrating even the most rural counties. The antidote, both guests agreed, lies in engaged citizens demanding transparency and accountability at the local level.