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Just as commonsense, reality-based reforms gain momentum nationwide, Colorado lawmakers have raced in the opposite direction — pushing transgender legislation that defies reason, conscience, and the Constitution.

For Coloradans who still believe in parental rights and free speech, the state’s rapid slide into a legal and cultural dystopia feels less like policymaking and more like a hostile takeover.

This agenda is not about tolerance. Its advocates want dominion over our children, our families, our language, and our wallets.

Transgender activists dominate both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly and occupy the governor’s mansion. Whatever agenda they set — no matter how extreme — they have the votes to pass. And this session, they delivered. Some proposals were so radical that even California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) refused to sign similar measures.

Too extreme for California

Lawmakers passed two sweeping bills. HB1312 effectively criminalizes dissent, while HB1309 compels taxpayers and private insurers to fund transgender medical procedures.

And if that weren’t enough, the state now boasts a “trans continental pipeline” — designed to attract minors and adults from other states seeking gender transitions.

HB1312 drew national attention for its blatant assault on speech and parental rights. The bill bans “deadnaming” and “misgendering,” even in private settings. Parents who decline to affirm their child’s gender identity could face accusations of abuse and risk losing custody. Schools and businesses must adopt ideologically driven language, regardless of biological fact — or face lawsuits for discrimination.

When critics raised legitimate concerns about the erosion of parental rights, supporters responded by comparing parental rights groups to the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis.

Facing growing national backlash, some transgender advocacy groups quietly expressed concern over the bill’s visibility. Lawmakers responded with superficial amendments, hoping to defuse opposition. The changes amounted to political theater — and nothing more.

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Lawmakers removed the explicit bans on “deadnaming” and “misgendering” from HB131, but they didn’t abandon the agenda. Instead, they embedded new “rights” into the bill’s anti-discrimination section, including the right to use a “chosen name” and self-selected pronouns. In effect, the bill still prohibits deadnaming and misgendering — just under different language.

In practice, this means that if a public school student adopts a new name or pronouns, and a parent declines to affirm that change, the state could treat the parent as discriminatory. That refusal could trigger a state investigation. If authorities deem the parent abusive, the child could be removed from the home.

Amendments or not, HB1312 remains a dangerous overreach — an overt attempt to impose radical gender ideology through state power. It violates core constitutional protections and intrudes on the most basic parental rights.

HB1309, though less publicized, poses an equally serious threat. It mandates that health insurance plans — and by extension, taxpayers — fund any transgender medical intervention imaginable, from puberty blockers to hormones to surgeries. Yet according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services, these procedures can cause lasting physical and psychological harm.

Gov. Jared Polis (D) has already signed HB1312 into law. It’s only a matter of time before he signs HB1309.

Building the transgender ‘pipeline’

Colorado’s so-called “trans continental pipeline” became official last year. Marketed as a sanctuary from “unsafe situations and political climates,” the program funnels transgender individuals into the state through an organized four-step relocation plan. Activists behind the pipeline once operated covertly on Tinder, the dating platform. Now they run a public website promoting the service.

The pipeline offers applicants help with moving, housing, employment, and access to hormone replacement therapy — all under the banner of “care.” Organizers boast that Colorado ranks among 14 states offering what they call the nation’s “best legal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals.”

In reality, Colorado’s legislature and governor have fully aligned themselves with radical activists bent on transforming the state into a haven for gender ideology — at the expense of free speech, parental authority, and basic biological reality.

This agenda is not about tolerance. It’s about control. Its advocates want dominion over our children, our families, our language, and our wallets.

Silence is no longer an option. Americans of goodwill must reject the bullying tactics of transgender ideologues and stand firm for truth, for parental rights, and for the future of their communities.

‘Saint Luigi’? America’s moral compass couldn’t be more broken



U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced last month that she would seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Shortly after, Bondi reported receiving death threats.

A recent California ballot initiative seeking to penalize insurers that delay or deny lifesaving care has been introduced as the “Luigi Mangione Access to Healthcare Act.” And last week in San Francisco, the Taylor Street Theater reportedly sold out its upcoming run of “Luigi: The Musical,” described as “a wildly irreverent, razor-sharp comedy” in which Mangione becomes “an accidental folk hero.” The show’s website insists the play is “not a celebration of violence” — only a satire probing why Mangione “struck such a chord with the public.”

Mangione’s story raises broader questions about how justice is defined and how quickly society applauds those who take it into their own hands.

How has a man who allegedly executed a business executive come to be hailed as a hero, packaged as entertainment, and nearly canonized?

On the morning of Dec. 4, Thompson stepped out of his Midtown Manhattan hotel, less than a block from the Museum of Modern Art, en route to a meeting on West 54th Street. Around 6:45 a.m., Mangione allegedly emerged from between two parked cars and allegedly shot Thompson multiple times in the back. Investigators say each round was etched with the words “deny, defend, depose.” Prosecutors say Mangione had tracked Thompson’s routine for weeks, crossed state lines with a silenced pistol, and carried out a carefully calculated assassination.

Social media reacted within minutes. TikTok users anointed Mangione a “Healthcare Hero.” A legal defense fund is approaching $1 million, and online vendors now sell “Saint Luigi” prayer candles. Meanwhile, Thompson’s widow and two children have watched strangers celebrate the man who took their husband and father.

A deeper sickness

The public response reveals a broader frustration with the health care system, where delayed treatments, inflated procedure costs, and unaffordable medications have become disturbingly common. It looks for someone to blame.

But beneath the outrage and helplessness lies something deeper: a longing for rescue. A savior. Someone to step in and make it right. And when no one does, society crowns those who take justice into their own hands. Or inspires others to try.

Many supporters online justified Thompson’s murder. One TikTok user put it bluntly: “Insurance companies have killed thousands by refusing care. Mangione just gave them what they deserve.”

Genuine pain meets cultural drift. Emotions now outrank principles. And spectacle outranks substance. Turning a homicide into a musical is not clever, thoughtful critique — it signals moral exhaustion. Cheering a vigilante says, in effect, “I’ll decide what justice looks like.” And when a society lights prayer candles in honor of an accused murderer, it has confused vengeance for virtue.

True justice, by contrast, is anchored in truth, aims at restoration, and moves through lawful process. The crime bypassed every safeguard — reducing a human being, an image-bearer of God, to collateral damage. Scripture is clear: “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

Publicly available evidence doesn’t indicate that Mangione ever filed a lawsuit, sat down with Thompson, or met with anyone from a health insurance company. He never organized a peaceful protest. Instead, he allegedly opened fire — and people cheered.

A different way

History, though, offers a different blueprint for confronting deep injustice — one that Martin Luther King Jr. understood. Writing from a Birmingham, Alabama, jail, King outlined four steps for confronting it: gather facts, negotiate, undergo self-purification, and only then take direct, nonviolent action.

King’s patient, God-honoring approach didn’t just reshape laws — it reshaped hearts. The assassin, by contrast, strategized with rage and gunfire, appointing himself judge and jury. The applause he receives now threatens to silence the very lesson King labored to impart.

Two forces appear to be fueling the public response. First, widespread frustration with systemic failures exposes real suffering in this fallen world. For many Americans, the health care maze of insurers, drug companies, hospitals, and policymakers feels predatory. Second, cultural norms have shifted. Outrage has replaced deliberation, and peaceful restoration is no longer the goal. The value of human life feels negotiable.

Applauding an alleged gunman reveals that self-justified anger, not discernment, is now steering the ship. But vengeance disguised as justice is still evil. Right and wrong don’t bend to hashtags, personal versions of truth, or societal trends. True justice is steady, ordered, and restorative. It requires humility to acknowledge that human beings are not its author.

Micah 6:8 presents a higher standard of justice rooted in mercy and humility: “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” The verse binds justice to mercy — and both to humility. Mangione’s story raises broader questions about how justice is defined and how quickly society applauds those who take it into their own hands. It also invites a quieter kind of reflection: Where do those same vigilante instincts surface in everyday life — not in violence, but in subtler forms of retaliation, exposure, or punishment that feel justified in the moment?

Maybe it’s blasting a business online for poor service instead of speaking to the owner face-to-face. Perhaps it’s joining a social media pile-on, canceling someone over a single misstep, or cutting someone off in traffic to “teach them a lesson.” Different scale, same instinct: to occupy the judge’s seat and declare justice on personal terms.

These actions may feel justified — even redemptive. In the face of valid grievances, whether rooted in exploitative workplaces or overpriced services, the way they are addressed still matters. When individuals act as their own law, the result is often greater injustice, not less. In such conditions, human flourishing gives way to division, fear, and moral confusion.

Lasting justice, changed hearts

The assassin's bullets didn’t reform health care or restore human flourishing. They killed a father, traumatized a nation, and tempted a society to pursue a counterfeit justice. They sowed fear, chaos, and the potential for copycats. Proposals such as the Luigi Mangione Access to Healthcare Act may bring change, but it’s born of fear and opportunism, not transformed hearts. It seeks control, proclaiming, “I am the judge.”

Lasting justice doesn’t begin in systems but rather in the moral character of individuals. A just society is built by people who embody justice before they demand it — whose hearts, habits, and relationships reflect a higher moral order. When justice is rooted in truth and shaped by mercy and humility, it becomes self-sustaining. In such a society, the need to seek justice is diminished because it is already present in people’s lives.

God has shown you what is good. And what does he require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. It’s justice with mercy, mercy with humility — humility that recognizes no individual is the hero or the god of the story.

The assassin did not just kill a man. He redefined, for some, what it means to be just. It is the kind of distortion that ought to provoke moral outrage, not because it shocks, but because it substitutes true justice with a dangerous imitation. Resisting it demands more than words; it calls for lives shaped by prayer, grounded in truth, and anchored in humility and mercy.

Brian Thompson is gone. Luigi Mangione still faces trial. What remains is a choice: Buy a ticket to the musical or pursue a justice marked by mercy and truth. One path longs for a savior. The other already knows who the savior is.

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The strange deification of Luigi Mangione



As soon as the shocking video of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassination on a New York City street went public, the left began turning the murderer into a folk hero. Before the shooter’s identity was even known, progressives celebrated the act, inventing fictional backstories to glorify the killing as a form of noble revenge.

Now that Luigi Mangione has been apprehended, late-night comedians are swooning over him and progressive fanatics are even tattooing his image on their bodies. The justification for this disturbing behavior is the claim of “obscene profits” made by corrupt health care companies. Yet these same progressives attacked anyone who questioned the COVID-19 vaccine while pharmaceutical companies made record profits.

Progressives may have cheered his alleged choice of target, but Mangione hardly fits the image of a working-class revolutionary.

The truth is darker: The left harbors a deep appetite for political violence and celebrates anyone who harms its perceived enemies.

From the start, Thompson’s murder stood out as bizarre. The video, which showed a calm and methodical killer shooting Thompson in the back, made it clear that this was no random street crime.

Authorities launched a manhunt that ended when customers recognized Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Police took him into custody without incident.

The fallout has been equally strange. The Altoona Police Department received death threats for arresting Mangione, and the McDonald’s location was flooded with negative online reviews. Meanwhile, false claims circulated online, including a fabricated story that UnitedHealthcare denied Mangione coverage for critical back surgery. Progressives seized on these narratives, desperately twisting the assassination to fit their political agenda.

Mangione had a broad online presence, but it did little to align him with any mainstream political movement. Far from being a desperate victim driven to violence, the alleged assassin came from a wealthy family, attended an elite private school, and earned an Ivy League diploma.

While Mangione harbored a deep hatred for the health care industry, he also appeared to have a general disdain for much of the modern world. Progressives may have cheered his alleged choice of target, but Mangione hardly fits the image of a working-class revolutionary spurred to action by dire circumstances — no matter how much the left wishes to believe otherwise.

Conservatives must recognize that one does not need to be a violent Marxist revolutionary to see that America’s health care system is broken. Americans pay exorbitant amounts for health care. Companies in the industry are often predatory, constantly looking for ways to cut costs and deny coverage.

The system itself is a bureaucratic nightmare, seemingly designed to frustrate patients into abandoning claims. Ballooning costs can destroy the financial future of anyone facing a medical emergency.

Government interference in the industry and the added strain caused by illegal immigration, as individuals use the system without contributing to it, are major contributors to this crisis. However, these factors alone cannot fully explain the disastrous state of health care in America.

People are angry for a reason. If conservatives dismiss their frustrations by labeling anyone who points out the problem a Marxist, they will make a grave error.

The problem isn’t a lack of legitimate reasons to be angry with the state of the health care industry. The problem is that progressives use these grievances as a thin pretext for political violence.

The left has no problem with health care corporations earning obscene profits when it serves a leftist agenda. During the pandemic, pharmaceutical companies pushed vaccines that failed to prevent infection or transmission and caused harm to some patients. These companies made record profits and were granted immunity from legal liability for any harm their products caused.

Progressives didn’t push back against these practices. Instead, they demonized anyone who questioned them. They tried to make vaccines mandatory, destroyed the careers of doctors who spoke out, censored medical facts, and smeared critics as science deniers.

When journalist Christopher Rufo exposed footage of hospital officials boasting about the profits from child transition surgeries — surgeries that make patients dependent for life — progressives ignored it. They didn’t turn on the health care establishment. Instead, they continued pushing for the mutilation of children and attacked anyone who opposed their gender jihad.

If conservatives resorted to violence against a doctor profiting from these surgeries or a pharmaceutical CEO earning money from faulty vaccines, the left would immediately label them deranged terrorists.

While real issues exist within the health care industry, the left holds no principled stance against providers or pharmaceutical companies profiting from misery. Progressives have no objection to corporations earning record profits or receiving legal protection after causing harm — as long as it serves their agenda.

For most on the left, morality boils down to hating whomever the media tells them to hate with no concern for applying a consistent standard.

When a deranged assassin shot at Donald Trump, celebrities told progressives to cheer — and they did. When the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was assassinated, celebrities once again signaled progressives to cheer — and they did.

It really is just that simple.