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Mayor Perry sits down with Kelly Townsend and Karen Ferullo from Methuen's Health Department. 

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The Heartland POD on TwitterGo to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: COLORADO NEWSLINE: RINO hunters looking for a bloodbathAs county clerks across Colorado prepared to send out mail ballots to voters on Monday, former President Donald Trump weighed in on one of the state's most-watched 2022 races.Trump blasted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O'Dea, a Denver construction CEO, as a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, over comments O'Dea made about a potential 2024 Trump presidential campaign.In a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, O'Dea was asked whether the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol should disqualify Trump from running again. O'Dea called the events of Jan. 6 “a black eye for our country,” though he has previously said he doesn't believe Trump deserves blame for the Capitol attack.“I don't think Donald Trump should run again,” O'Dea said Sunday. “I'm going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we've got four or five really great Republicans right now — Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott. They can run and serve for eight years.”Trump responded in a post on his Truth Social website: “MAGA doesn't Vote for stupid people with big mouths”O'Dea faces an uphill battle against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is seeking his third full Senate term, in a state that has trended increasingly blue in recent elections. Bennet has led O'Dea in recent polling by an average of eight percentage points, according to FiveThirtyEight.A first-time candidate who has pitched himself as a moderate on social issues, O'Dea has walked a tightrope throughout his campaign as he seeks to win over moderate voters without alienating the conservative Republican base.He did not publicly state his opposition to a Trump 2024 bid until after the June GOP primary, when he defeated far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks with 55% of the vote. His campaign clarified that O'Dea would still support Trump in the general election if the former president wins the GOP nomination, but O'Dea has since backed off of that position in interviews.GOP state Rep. Dave Williams, a far-right election denier who mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn earlier this year, reacted to Trump's comments in a Twitter post.“Ouch,” Williams wrote. “Maybe Joe's campaign shouldn't alienate the base 3 weeks before an election.”Trump's criticism follows Ron Hanks' endorsement of the Libertarian in the Senate race, Bryan Peotter, who has put election denial and total opposition to abortion at the center of his campaign. The Libertarian wrote on Twitter that Trump's attack on O'Dea “reads like an endorsement for my campaign pretty clearly.”In an Oct. 7 appearance on the conservative “Chuck and Julie Show,” Ron Hanks, who received just under 45% of the vote in the GOP's June primary, said neither Peotter nor O'Dea have a chance of beating Bennet - and that Republican voters should vote for Peotter to send a message to party leaders.“It's our time now as grassroots Colorado conservatives to step in. We have a big battle ahead to try to reform this leadership,” said Hanks. “It's got to be a bloodbath.”COLORADO NEWSLINE: Will Colorado legalize psychedelic mushrooms?Ten years after Colorado voters made history by approving the ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, this November's Proposition 122 would allow licensed ‘healing centers' and decriminalize personal use of some hallucinogens. The Natural Medicine Health Act would establish a regulated market for psilocybin and psilocyn, the psychoactive compounds found in psychedelic mushrooms. Placed on the 2022 ballot by a citizen initiative, it will become law if a majority of Colorado voters give their approval.The measure would allow licensed “healing centers” to provide access to psilocybin and psilocyn for therapeutic purposes. It would also decriminalize the “personal use” of the substances, allowing people to possess and grow psychedelic mushrooms in their own homes.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOXNatural Medicine Colorado, the group backing the effort says “Natural psychedelic medicines are non-addictive, and can have profound benefits for people struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, opioid use disorder, and those struggling to find peace at the end of their lives.”Proposition 122 qualified for the ballot in July after organizers submitted more than the required 124,632 valid signatures to the secretary of state's office. An issue committee backing the measure has reported more than $2.8 million in contributions, according to campaign finance disclosures.Nearly all of that funding came from New Approach PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based PAC that advocates for drug policy reform. Top donors to the group include the van Ameringen Foundation, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.New Approach PAC supported successful mushroom decriminalization measures in Oregon and Washington, D.C., in 2020. If voters approve Proposition 122, Colorado would become the third jurisdiction in the country to legalize psilocybin.Denver voters took a more limited step towards the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in 2019, approving a measure that directed police to make possession of psychedelics the city's ”lowest law-enforcement priority.”Legalization advocates point to a vast body of existing research showing that psychedelics can be effective in treating depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The federal Food and Drug Administration has designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for the treatment of major depressive disorder.Luke Gruber, an initiative backer and a Marine veteran who suffered from PTSD and depression after serving in Afghanistan, says psilocybin therapy “changed his life.”He said, “I can't really describe the experience, but I can describe what it was like after my first treatment with natural medicine. It was like being reminded of what hope felt like.”If passed, Proposition 122 would establish a 15-member Natural Medicine Advisory Board to oversee the regulation of psychedelic substances. The first licenses for regulated providers would be issued beginning in September 2024. Pending recommendations from the advisory board, other substances, including DMT and mescaline, could be added to the program in 2026.I WILL BE VOTING YES. COLORADO NEWSLINE: SHE'S JUST BLOWING SMOKEKirkmeyer repeats false Colorado oil and gas claims in 8th District debate against CaraveoIn a recent debate in the race for Colorado's new 8th Congressional District, right-wing GOP State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer took the opportunity to repeat a series of false claims about the oil and gas industry, and the impacts of a 2019 law sponsored by her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Dr. Yadira Caraveo.Kirkmeyer called the package of new health, safety and environmental reforms a “de facto ban on oil and gas. We went from 5,100 permits approved in 2018 down to about, I think, 22 — 22 permits this year, something approximately in that area,” she claimed.So, it's not 22. It's actually 842 new drilling permits that have been approved this year. Nearly 40 times higher than what Kirkmeyer claimed. In total, there are 1,314 active drilling permits held by Colorado oil and gas producers as of last week.She made a similar false claim in March, asserting that only four permits had been issued at that point in the year. The true figure was 125.Colorado's oil production levels have dipped slightly from their 2019 peak, but remain near historic highs. Producers within the state are on pace to pump more than 156 million barrels of crude oil out of Colorado this year. That's higher than every other year prior to 2018, and it's more than five times the volume being pumped in Colorado ten years ago. Drillers have reduced growth plans and capital budgets in large part due to the demands of Wall Street investors, who flooded the industry with cheap credit amid the 2010s fracking boom, but have since sought to prioritize more profitable streams of revenue.Kirkmeyer claimed that SB-181 “killed thousands of jobs” in the 8th District, which encompasses an area in north metro Denver and Weld County that is home to the vast majority of Colorado's oil production. Asked why the same trends were observed in drilling-friendly states like Texas and Wyoming recently, Kirkmeyer said, “I have no idea what other laws, or what other kinds of regulations, or what else was going on in those states.” Kirkmeyer also denied the scientific consensus on fossil fuels and climate change. Dr. Caraveo, the Democratic candidate, is a pediatrician who has seen the impacts of drilling and refinery operations in the lungs of the innocent kids who come into her clinic. The Suncor refinery, one of Colorado's largest sources of air pollution, is located within the new district. Dr. Caraveo said 2019's oil and gas reform bill was moderate, and incorporated industry input. The 8th District, the boundaries of which were drawn last year by Colorado's first-ever Independent Redistricting Commission, is the state's most competitive. According to the commission's analysis, former President Donald Trump would have won the district by 1.7 percentage points in the 2016 election, while Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper would have carried the district by the same margin in his defeat of former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. Nonpartisan elections analysts rate the race as a toss-up.ARIZONA MIRROR:Oath Keepers are planning to watch drop boxes in Arizona, spurred by conspiracy theories. The groups' violent rhetoric has advocates worried, and some local politicians are stirring the pot. The increased attention to ballot drop boxes comes in the wake of the debunked film “2000 Mules” about a completely made up ballot stuffing operation supposedly benefitting Democratic candidates. Now, groups are organizing events to keep an eye on drop boxes in Arizona. One of those groups is connected directly to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, a known white supremacist group. They're calling their midterm voter intimidation efforts “Operation Drop Box.” On its website the group members describe themselves as “conservative patriots” who say the country has been hijacked global elites, communists, leftists, deep state bureaucrats, and fake news.”Jim Arroyo, the leader of the Arizona Oath Keepers said the group sent emails to everyone in the group's roster, about 1,000 people. In an Oath Keeprs meeting, Arroyo said “For the November election we would like to post people at drop boxes to have eyes on target to be able to notify law enforcement. We have already coordinated with Sheriff Rhodes and he told us that if we see somebody stuffing a ballot box and we get a license plate number, that deputies would make an arrest and there will be a prosecution.” County Sheriff David Rhodes has spoken to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers on two separate occasions. In an August 2021 meeting, he said “I've got to tell you, this is one of my favorite groups. It is great to be with friends” When asked about coordination between the Sheriff, Lions of Liberty and the Oath Keepers. County spokesperson Kristin Greene said “Sheriff Rhodes has zero to do with their effort to watch the drop boxes.”Rhodes also spoke to the group in late September, a meeting which the Sheriff's Office said was to educate the group on what was legal and what was not legal for the group to do. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office told the group members that as long as they stay 75 feet away from the drop boxes, they are within their legal rights, but any closer and they could be violating the law. The county is also at the center of another effort led by former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, who leads the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs Association, an extremist anti-government group.  CSPOA and the Oath Keepers have long had close ties.State Sen. Kelly Townsend, a Republican, called on “vigilantes” to camp out on drop boxes. At a legislative hearing all about indulging wild conspiracy theories, she said, “I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out there that want to camp out at these drop boxes. We're going to have hidden trail cameras, we are going to have people parked out there watching you and they are going to follow you to your car and get your license plate, so don't try it. Don't try it anymore.” Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli has also made similar calls while at an election security forum. “We need to be force multipliers,” Borrelli told the crowd in Tempe. “We need to have people camped on unmanned drop boxes and camp on those and keep an eye on them and take down that data, license plates, pictures and so on and so forth.”Concerned voter advocates are advising that .ocal law enforcement may not be the best option for a voter to turn to, if you end up feeling intimidated at the polls - instead suggesting contacting local election officials, the election protection hotline, or federal law enforcement. Voter intimidation is a federal crime, one that is enforced by the FBI and Department of Justice. When asked for comment about the situation with white supremacists camping out at ballot drop boxes, United States Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino said “Enough with the election deniers and fear-mongers, who only seek to undermine our democratic process. I'm proud to live in a state that endeavors to remove barriers to voting, and that has long believed in vote-by-mail. Working in partnership with our state and local election officials, the Department of Justice will do its very best to ensure that every eligible voter who chooses to vote can do so easily and efficiently, without interference or discrimination.”Most importantly, voters shouldn't let wackos like the Oath Keepers and so-called Constitutional Sheriffs keep you from participating in American democracy. ON THAT NOTE:Arizona's General Election has officially begun, with ballots being sent out across the state to voters who have signed up to receive them by mail, and with polling places opening up for early voting. Voters who have registered for mail-in ballots will begin receiving their ballots soon, and can check the status of their ballot at my.arizona.voteThose who have not yet requested a mail-in ballot have until Oct. 28 to do so. NEVADA CURRENT:Nevada launches opioid task force as fentanyl overdoses increaseThe Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Attorney General Aaron Ford and Gov. Steve Sisolak have launched an opioid task force designed to provide technical assistance, guidance and resources to local and state jurisdictions amid the rise of opioid overdoses. The increase in overdoses is associated with fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. Fentanyl is often found in other drugs like cocaine and pills and is not detectable without a chemical test. Between July and August in Nevada, emergency department visits from suspected opioid-related deaths increased by 66% - and emergency department visits from suspected stimulant-related overdoses increased by 50%.For those looking for help, visit: behavioralhealthnv.org in Nevada, or can call the free, confidential, national treatment and referral hotline at 1-800-662-4357. 1-800-662-helpTo find free naloxone or learn about using fentanyl test strips in Nevada, visit nvopioidresponse.orgLast year, 107,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Concert pick of the Week: Todd Snider at Washington's FOCOTodd Snider is an American singer/songwriter who is 1000x more fucking badass than implied by that term. He's got a new Live album called Return of the Storyteller, with extra resonance in our post-pandemic era. Snider says laughingly, “This was really only my second tour – because I went out on the road in '94 and never went home until the pandemic.  And I'm so glad I recorded those shows for this album. Because that was the sound of the country getting to see live music again. Everyone just hugs at the start of a concert-you can tell folks are glad to see each other, and then they get more excited than they used to be about just being out and seeing music. I'm sure that it will go back to normal, but it hasn't yet.”So go to the show! Todd Snider is playing next Wednesday Washington's Fort Collins - tickets at washingtonsfoco.com.Next Friday - October 28 he'll be at Knuckleheads in Kansas City - on Saturday November 19th he'll be play the Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, and in between he has near daily shows in Des Moines, Eau Claire, Omaha, Iowa City, Chicago, Madison, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Illinois, Raleigh, Knoxville.Closes out the tour in December with 5 dates in Texas, last of which being Luckenback, on December 10.If you can't tell - I'm definitely hoping to catch a couple of this extraordinary storyteller's shows. God willing.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Source New Mexico, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

The Heartland POD on TwitterGo to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: COLORADO NEWSLINE: RINO hunters looking for a bloodbathAs county clerks across Colorado prepared to send out mail ballots to voters on Monday, former President Donald Trump weighed in on one of the state's most-watched 2022 races.Trump blasted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O'Dea, a Denver construction CEO, as a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, over comments O'Dea made about a potential 2024 Trump presidential campaign.In a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, O'Dea was asked whether the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol should disqualify Trump from running again. O'Dea called the events of Jan. 6 “a black eye for our country,” though he has previously said he doesn't believe Trump deserves blame for the Capitol attack.“I don't think Donald Trump should run again,” O'Dea said Sunday. “I'm going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we've got four or five really great Republicans right now — Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott. They can run and serve for eight years.”Trump responded in a post on his Truth Social website: “MAGA doesn't Vote for stupid people with big mouths”O'Dea faces an uphill battle against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is seeking his third full Senate term, in a state that has trended increasingly blue in recent elections. Bennet has led O'Dea in recent polling by an average of eight percentage points, according to FiveThirtyEight.A first-time candidate who has pitched himself as a moderate on social issues, O'Dea has walked a tightrope throughout his campaign as he seeks to win over moderate voters without alienating the conservative Republican base.He did not publicly state his opposition to a Trump 2024 bid until after the June GOP primary, when he defeated far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks with 55% of the vote. His campaign clarified that O'Dea would still support Trump in the general election if the former president wins the GOP nomination, but O'Dea has since backed off of that position in interviews.GOP state Rep. Dave Williams, a far-right election denier who mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn earlier this year, reacted to Trump's comments in a Twitter post.“Ouch,” Williams wrote. “Maybe Joe's campaign shouldn't alienate the base 3 weeks before an election.”Trump's criticism follows Ron Hanks' endorsement of the Libertarian in the Senate race, Bryan Peotter, who has put election denial and total opposition to abortion at the center of his campaign. The Libertarian wrote on Twitter that Trump's attack on O'Dea “reads like an endorsement for my campaign pretty clearly.”In an Oct. 7 appearance on the conservative “Chuck and Julie Show,” Ron Hanks, who received just under 45% of the vote in the GOP's June primary, said neither Peotter nor O'Dea have a chance of beating Bennet - and that Republican voters should vote for Peotter to send a message to party leaders.“It's our time now as grassroots Colorado conservatives to step in. We have a big battle ahead to try to reform this leadership,” said Hanks. “It's got to be a bloodbath.”COLORADO NEWSLINE: Will Colorado legalize psychedelic mushrooms?Ten years after Colorado voters made history by approving the ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, this November's Proposition 122 would allow licensed ‘healing centers' and decriminalize personal use of some hallucinogens. The Natural Medicine Health Act would establish a regulated market for psilocybin and psilocyn, the psychoactive compounds found in psychedelic mushrooms. Placed on the 2022 ballot by a citizen initiative, it will become law if a majority of Colorado voters give their approval.The measure would allow licensed “healing centers” to provide access to psilocybin and psilocyn for therapeutic purposes. It would also decriminalize the “personal use” of the substances, allowing people to possess and grow psychedelic mushrooms in their own homes.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOXNatural Medicine Colorado, the group backing the effort says “Natural psychedelic medicines are non-addictive, and can have profound benefits for people struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, opioid use disorder, and those struggling to find peace at the end of their lives.”Proposition 122 qualified for the ballot in July after organizers submitted more than the required 124,632 valid signatures to the secretary of state's office. An issue committee backing the measure has reported more than $2.8 million in contributions, according to campaign finance disclosures.Nearly all of that funding came from New Approach PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based PAC that advocates for drug policy reform. Top donors to the group include the van Ameringen Foundation, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.New Approach PAC supported successful mushroom decriminalization measures in Oregon and Washington, D.C., in 2020. If voters approve Proposition 122, Colorado would become the third jurisdiction in the country to legalize psilocybin.Denver voters took a more limited step towards the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in 2019, approving a measure that directed police to make possession of psychedelics the city's ”lowest law-enforcement priority.”Legalization advocates point to a vast body of existing research showing that psychedelics can be effective in treating depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The federal Food and Drug Administration has designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for the treatment of major depressive disorder.Luke Gruber, an initiative backer and a Marine veteran who suffered from PTSD and depression after serving in Afghanistan, says psilocybin therapy “changed his life.”He said, “I can't really describe the experience, but I can describe what it was like after my first treatment with natural medicine. It was like being reminded of what hope felt like.”If passed, Proposition 122 would establish a 15-member Natural Medicine Advisory Board to oversee the regulation of psychedelic substances. The first licenses for regulated providers would be issued beginning in September 2024. Pending recommendations from the advisory board, other substances, including DMT and mescaline, could be added to the program in 2026.I WILL BE VOTING YES. COLORADO NEWSLINE: SHE'S JUST BLOWING SMOKEKirkmeyer repeats false Colorado oil and gas claims in 8th District debate against CaraveoIn a recent debate in the race for Colorado's new 8th Congressional District, right-wing GOP State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer took the opportunity to repeat a series of false claims about the oil and gas industry, and the impacts of a 2019 law sponsored by her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Dr. Yadira Caraveo.Kirkmeyer called the package of new health, safety and environmental reforms a “de facto ban on oil and gas. We went from 5,100 permits approved in 2018 down to about, I think, 22 — 22 permits this year, something approximately in that area,” she claimed.So, it's not 22. It's actually 842 new drilling permits that have been approved this year. Nearly 40 times higher than what Kirkmeyer claimed. In total, there are 1,314 active drilling permits held by Colorado oil and gas producers as of last week.She made a similar false claim in March, asserting that only four permits had been issued at that point in the year. The true figure was 125.Colorado's oil production levels have dipped slightly from their 2019 peak, but remain near historic highs. Producers within the state are on pace to pump more than 156 million barrels of crude oil out of Colorado this year. That's higher than every other year prior to 2018, and it's more than five times the volume being pumped in Colorado ten years ago. Drillers have reduced growth plans and capital budgets in large part due to the demands of Wall Street investors, who flooded the industry with cheap credit amid the 2010s fracking boom, but have since sought to prioritize more profitable streams of revenue.Kirkmeyer claimed that SB-181 “killed thousands of jobs” in the 8th District, which encompasses an area in north metro Denver and Weld County that is home to the vast majority of Colorado's oil production. Asked why the same trends were observed in drilling-friendly states like Texas and Wyoming recently, Kirkmeyer said, “I have no idea what other laws, or what other kinds of regulations, or what else was going on in those states.” Kirkmeyer also denied the scientific consensus on fossil fuels and climate change. Dr. Caraveo, the Democratic candidate, is a pediatrician who has seen the impacts of drilling and refinery operations in the lungs of the innocent kids who come into her clinic. The Suncor refinery, one of Colorado's largest sources of air pollution, is located within the new district. Dr. Caraveo said 2019's oil and gas reform bill was moderate, and incorporated industry input. The 8th District, the boundaries of which were drawn last year by Colorado's first-ever Independent Redistricting Commission, is the state's most competitive. According to the commission's analysis, former President Donald Trump would have won the district by 1.7 percentage points in the 2016 election, while Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper would have carried the district by the same margin in his defeat of former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. Nonpartisan elections analysts rate the race as a toss-up.ARIZONA MIRROR:Oath Keepers are planning to watch drop boxes in Arizona, spurred by conspiracy theories. The groups' violent rhetoric has advocates worried, and some local politicians are stirring the pot. The increased attention to ballot drop boxes comes in the wake of the debunked film “2000 Mules” about a completely made up ballot stuffing operation supposedly benefitting Democratic candidates. Now, groups are organizing events to keep an eye on drop boxes in Arizona. One of those groups is connected directly to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, a known white supremacist group. They're calling their midterm voter intimidation efforts “Operation Drop Box.” On its website the group members describe themselves as “conservative patriots” who say the country has been hijacked global elites, communists, leftists, deep state bureaucrats, and fake news.”Jim Arroyo, the leader of the Arizona Oath Keepers said the group sent emails to everyone in the group's roster, about 1,000 people. In an Oath Keeprs meeting, Arroyo said “For the November election we would like to post people at drop boxes to have eyes on target to be able to notify law enforcement. We have already coordinated with Sheriff Rhodes and he told us that if we see somebody stuffing a ballot box and we get a license plate number, that deputies would make an arrest and there will be a prosecution.” County Sheriff David Rhodes has spoken to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers on two separate occasions. In an August 2021 meeting, he said “I've got to tell you, this is one of my favorite groups. It is great to be with friends” When asked about coordination between the Sheriff, Lions of Liberty and the Oath Keepers. County spokesperson Kristin Greene said “Sheriff Rhodes has zero to do with their effort to watch the drop boxes.”Rhodes also spoke to the group in late September, a meeting which the Sheriff's Office said was to educate the group on what was legal and what was not legal for the group to do. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office told the group members that as long as they stay 75 feet away from the drop boxes, they are within their legal rights, but any closer and they could be violating the law. The county is also at the center of another effort led by former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, who leads the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs Association, an extremist anti-government group.  CSPOA and the Oath Keepers have long had close ties.State Sen. Kelly Townsend, a Republican, called on “vigilantes” to camp out on drop boxes. At a legislative hearing all about indulging wild conspiracy theories, she said, “I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out there that want to camp out at these drop boxes. We're going to have hidden trail cameras, we are going to have people parked out there watching you and they are going to follow you to your car and get your license plate, so don't try it. Don't try it anymore.” Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli has also made similar calls while at an election security forum. “We need to be force multipliers,” Borrelli told the crowd in Tempe. “We need to have people camped on unmanned drop boxes and camp on those and keep an eye on them and take down that data, license plates, pictures and so on and so forth.”Concerned voter advocates are advising that .ocal law enforcement may not be the best option for a voter to turn to, if you end up feeling intimidated at the polls - instead suggesting contacting local election officials, the election protection hotline, or federal law enforcement. Voter intimidation is a federal crime, one that is enforced by the FBI and Department of Justice. When asked for comment about the situation with white supremacists camping out at ballot drop boxes, United States Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino said “Enough with the election deniers and fear-mongers, who only seek to undermine our democratic process. I'm proud to live in a state that endeavors to remove barriers to voting, and that has long believed in vote-by-mail. Working in partnership with our state and local election officials, the Department of Justice will do its very best to ensure that every eligible voter who chooses to vote can do so easily and efficiently, without interference or discrimination.”Most importantly, voters shouldn't let wackos like the Oath Keepers and so-called Constitutional Sheriffs keep you from participating in American democracy. ON THAT NOTE:Arizona's General Election has officially begun, with ballots being sent out across the state to voters who have signed up to receive them by mail, and with polling places opening up for early voting. Voters who have registered for mail-in ballots will begin receiving their ballots soon, and can check the status of their ballot at my.arizona.voteThose who have not yet requested a mail-in ballot have until Oct. 28 to do so. NEVADA CURRENT:Nevada launches opioid task force as fentanyl overdoses increaseThe Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Attorney General Aaron Ford and Gov. Steve Sisolak have launched an opioid task force designed to provide technical assistance, guidance and resources to local and state jurisdictions amid the rise of opioid overdoses. The increase in overdoses is associated with fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. Fentanyl is often found in other drugs like cocaine and pills and is not detectable without a chemical test. Between July and August in Nevada, emergency department visits from suspected opioid-related deaths increased by 66% - and emergency department visits from suspected stimulant-related overdoses increased by 50%.For those looking for help, visit: behavioralhealthnv.org in Nevada, or can call the free, confidential, national treatment and referral hotline at 1-800-662-4357. 1-800-662-helpTo find free naloxone or learn about using fentanyl test strips in Nevada, visit nvopioidresponse.orgLast year, 107,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Concert pick of the Week: Todd Snider at Washington's FOCOTodd Snider is an American singer/songwriter who is 1000x more fucking badass than implied by that term. He's got a new Live album called Return of the Storyteller, with extra resonance in our post-pandemic era. Snider says laughingly, “This was really only my second tour – because I went out on the road in '94 and never went home until the pandemic.  And I'm so glad I recorded those shows for this album. Because that was the sound of the country getting to see live music again. Everyone just hugs at the start of a concert-you can tell folks are glad to see each other, and then they get more excited than they used to be about just being out and seeing music. I'm sure that it will go back to normal, but it hasn't yet.”So go to the show! Todd Snider is playing next Wednesday Washington's Fort Collins - tickets at washingtonsfoco.com.Next Friday - October 28 he'll be at Knuckleheads in Kansas City - on Saturday November 19th he'll be play the Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, and in between he has near daily shows in Des Moines, Eau Claire, Omaha, Iowa City, Chicago, Madison, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Illinois, Raleigh, Knoxville.Closes out the tour in December with 5 dates in Texas, last of which being Luckenback, on December 10.If you can't tell - I'm definitely hoping to catch a couple of this extraordinary storyteller's shows. God willing.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Source New Mexico, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

1416: Senator Kelly Townsend gives an update. ESAs signed into law making AZ leader in education freedom. Jeff compares AZ Gov. Candidates on the border.   Mothers are now “birthing parents” according to a proposal by the National Education Association 0:00-12:40 but luckily in Arizona Governor Ducey just singed the expansion of the ESA program making Arizona a leader in education freedom.    Jeff compares the four Republican candidates for governor on their stance on the border 12:41-34:37.   Are masks coming back? 34:38-43:24. Debra shares an experience at a Flagstaff grocery store.    Senator Kelly Townsend is happy Governor Ducey signed the expansion of the ESA Program 43:25-64:12 plus she talks about the bloated Arizona budget, the race for re-election in LD7 and more.   A listener asks about Kari Lake and Obama 64:13-74:10 and Jeff, while not picking a Candiate in the Republican Primary, points out that people do change over time and points to Trump. Jeff also chimes in on the DOJ vs. AZ.

The AZ Legislature was attacked by pro-abortion activists and Kelly Townsend describes what was done and the violence being spread by the Left.

The baby formula shortage crisis is a real problem in America. Kelly Townsend joins the show to discuss what families do to find solutions.

Senator Kelly Townsend on Arizona Attorney General's Letter Validating Election Fraud Mike Lindell Has Been Documenting For Over a Year  

#1355: Congressman Andy Biggs gives a DC update. Senator Kelly Townsend gives an AZ legislative update. + Inflation in AZ way up! #1355: Wednesday, April 13, 2022   Jeff gives updates on AZ inflation (0:00-12:42), now at 10.9% in Phoenix and 8.6% in Flagstaff. Producer Price Index is at 11.2% which may signal higher inflation to come.    Congressman Andy Biggs gives a DC update (12:01-29:55) including info on his recent visit to the border and astounding numbers of daily apprehensions of those coming across from Mexico illegally. Biggs also shares info on Biden's push to end title 42 as well as his colleagues inability to understand what's causing inflation. How do you stop inflation? Biggs has some ideas he shares.    Where's Mark Kelly? Joe calls in from cottonwood and calls BS on Senator Mark Kelly (33:00-43:19). Jeff's never seen him except on TV with his “regular guy” t-shirt.     Senator Kelly Townsend gives a legislative update (43:20-67:30). Is “rogue Republican” Senator Paul Boyer holding up good bills? What's the status of the state budget and where is all that “surplus” money going to go? Are we going to get full school choice and the “backpack” of money in Arizona.    Jeff gives some news updates (67:31-73:57)

A needed clarification towards child neglect laws passes in Arizona and ensures that bigger and better steps are taken.

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Election integrity bills have been voted down in Arizona and a few Republicans are to blame for the bills failing.

To discuss an upcoming primary battle between a pair of Republican lawmakers, the bumpy road for some election-related legislation and more, The Show spoke with former congressional candidate Christine Jones and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera.

Show #1318: Senator Townsend on why she entered LD7 race against Sen. Rogers + Russian oil ban + Olivia's unicorn give away!   0:00-15:41 Jeff's NEWS Picks: Biden Bans Russian oil, Jeff gives some oil stats. Senator Kelly Townsend challenges Senator Wendy Rogers. Senator Ugenti-Ritas bill on using force during property crimes AZ Board of Regents divests of Russia 15:42-27:38 “No Sleep til Brooklyn”: Olivia shares a hiking story. Jeff recaps todays markets and oil prices Olivia shares listener comments   27:39-43:24 Jeff shares a border story from Tiffany Shedd and Paris Dennard on Bidens Supreme Court Pick.   43:25-62:55 Senator Kelly Townsend talks to Jeff about why she jumped in LD7 race against Senator Wendy Rogers.   62:56-74:14 Olivia shares listener comments and announces a Unicorn giveaway!    Enter this weeks Nimarco's Pizza Give Away HERE!   Join us tomorrow for Open Line Wednesday with Rob Wilson. Jeff and Olivia will take two hours of live listener comments at 877-971-3971 starting at 4:06 on 97.1FM in NAZ and www.TalkWithJeff.com

The ASBA leaving the NSBA was seen as a power move to gain control over schools. SB 1011 addresses issues within that move and Kelly Townsend discusses how that will take place.

Arizona State Senator Kelly Townsend joins the MAGA Institute Podcast to discuss her experience of the medical tyranny plaguing America firsthand, both in hospitals and in Senate committee hearings. From heart-wrenching stories of patients being left alone covered in flesh-eating ants to willful denial of basic medical treatments and any shred of human decency. Sen […]

Medical statistics might be being manipulated by the Biden Administration. AZ State Senator discusses that notion plus her endorsement from Donald Trump at his event in Florence, AZ.

Senator Townsend discusses her bill to stop prescription denials. Jeff breaks down the Senates vote to repeal Biden mandate. Bruce Sidlinger talks cowboy cultural appropriation. Show # 1256: Thursday, December 9, 2021    0:00-14:36 Jeff breaks down the Senate passage of a bill to repeal and to nullify President Biden's vaccine mandate. + Chuck Schumer says really stupid stuff, but why wouldn't he, he's never held a real job in his life! 14:37-33:55 Should a pharmacist be able to deny off label treatments prescribed by a doctor? Senator Kelly Townsend says no and proposes a bill (SB1016) to stop this from occurring. She also looks ahead to the 2022 Legislative session which begins in just about a month. 33:56-43:24 Omicron now in AZ, detected in Yavapai County. Olivia shares a Christmas story.  43:25-64:25 Bruce Sidlinger talks cowboy cultural appropriation, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Costner and Elon Musk.  64:26-74:05 Another politician violates their own lockdowns, that's shocking! Olivia shares more Christmas stories. 

Medical mandates threaten freedoms not only in Arizona but across the country. AZ State Sen. Kelly Townsend discusses the fight for your freedoms.

AZ State Senator Kelly Townsend discusses the AZ Supreme Court decision to strike down legislation on various topics not pertaining to the budget bill.

While being a new mom and working at the same time, Kelly started to have a desire to reinvent herself. That desire led her to be an instrument for thousands of top executives and business leaders around the world to reinvent their future through her expert coaching and training sessions. Kelly talks about how you can remove barriers to your accomplishments and achieving results you only dared to dream about.  Kelly is also Rebecca's personal mentor and has had a profound impact on her and so many others.  Tune in to this life changing episode then listen to it over and over.  MORE ABOUT KELLY TOWNSEND Having spent more than 25 years in the business world and 20 years coaching and training in Ontology (the study of being), Kelly Townsend has a solid foundation of experience in sales, business development, leadership development and team alignment - and she is passionately committed to the success and empowerment of her clients. Her team at Townsend Consulting Group, Inc., successfully guides executives, entrepreneurs and corporations in creating vital, flourishing environments with an organizational design where collaboration and teamwork naturally occur. An expert in leadership development, team building and management effectiveness, Kelly leads seminars and workshops for thousands of people with topics in organizational transformation, vision, integrity and communication. She currently also serves as keynote speaker for a variety of conferences. Kelly is a former graduate of Collier Leadership Institute, Past President of the Rotary Club of Marco Island, Past Board Member of the David Lawrence Center, Current Board Member for the League of Courageous Women, Current Board Member and a regular contributing writer for è Bella Magazine. More about Kelly Townsend:  https://www.leadersteam.com/    THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR INFORMATION:   Soberlink is a comprehensive alcohol monitoring system. Combining a breathalyzer with wireless connectivity, Soberlink automatically documents proof of sobriety in real-time, which gives clients a sense of accomplishment while rebuilding trust with others. Features Adaptive Facial Recognition technology Technology to detect physical tampers Real-time text message reminders and Alerts Customizable scheduling Automated reporting options Get an exclusive $50 off your device by emailing info@soberlink.com and mentioning Negotiate Your Best Life ____________________________________________________________________ For more information on REBECCA ZUNG, ESQ. visit her website www.rebeccazung.com and follow her on Instagram: @rebeccazung and YouTube! GRAB YOUR FREE CRUSH MY NEGOTIATION PREP WORKSHEET RIGHT HERE!  SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL RIGHT HERE.  Grab a copy of Rebecca's book, Negotiate Like You M.A.T.T.E.R.: The Sure Fire Method to Step Up and Win (foreword written by Robert Shapiro).   It went straight to being a #1 bestseller the first day it was launched!  Find out what everyone is so excited about - get the book RIGHT HERE!  To get your copy of Rebecca's bestselling book, Breaking Free: A Step by Step Guide to Achieving Emotional, Physical and Spiritual Freedom, please visit the Amazon website to order it RIGHT HERE.   

Jim & Jayme pressed Sen. Townsend for her use of Nazi imagery while tweeting about the vaccine.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AZ State Senator Kelly Townsend discusses on the pushback against city and county regulations on medical mandates from AG Brnovich.

AZ State Senator Kelly Townsend discusses cases in the continued pushback against medical mandates across the state of Arizona.

Monday, August 2, 2021: Show #1165 Senator Townsend pushes to make VAX Passports ILLEGAL in AZ. Plus, losing the incentive to work! Socialism sucks unless you're lazy! 00:00-23:00 Senator Kelly Townsend discusses her push to ban vaccine passports in Arizona. 23:01-35:00 Ted from Chino Valley quotes James Madison, Joe from Cottonwood talks eviction moratorium. 35:01-45:47 Karina from Munds Park on frustrations over the changing Covid messaging. Olivia chimes in on bacon troubles in California. 45:48-67:00 Trisha from Cottonwood talks high rent! Jeff and Mark discuss the more the government does the more they hurt. The eviction moratorium, inflated trillion dollar infrastructure package and the treasure taking "extraordinary" action. 67:01-78:32 Losing incentive to work and the rent is too damn high.

Lawyer Alex Kolodin discusses why State Senator Kelly Townsend's bill saves us against fascism.

AZ State Senator Kelly Townsend discusses the push back from nurses against Banner Health new mandate policies for employment.

Our guest today is AZ Senator Kelly Townsend. Senator Townsend has proudly served the citizens of the 16th Legislative District since 2013. Kelly is an accomplished author with books published in the USA, Croatia, and Slovenia. She is well traveled internationally, with a deep interest in other cultures and customs, languages, and of course, international and state government. And she is a fierce defender of the Constitution and is a national leader in the Article V movement and our AZ Election Integrity Audit. 1) We have moved into a new phase of the audit here in AZ. Talk to us about what we know and what we anticipate in the near future. 2) You have been a regular speaker at each of our annual Celebrate and Protect the Second Amendment Rally Events. Why is the 2A important to you? 3) What is the Convention of States? 4) What is the Article V movement?

Drive in with The Morning Ritual weekday mornings on KNST AM790 State Sen Kelly Townsend talks about what must happen now that we know there was fraud in the audit, if Karen Fann can be trusted, her election integrity bills killed by Sen Ugenti-Rita and what is next for the audit.

Senator Kelly Townsend on Governors Vetoes + Bruce Sidlinger and Jeff discuss the latest news!   Tuesday, June 1, 2021: Show #1125   0:00-15:10 Governor Ducey goes nuke option on 22 bills. Legislature in recess until June 10.    15:11-27:37 AZ tops in country in personal income gain but where's the money coming from? Jeff and Bruce reveal the data! Is anyone really gaining?   27:38-43:08 Bruces Mill, a listener disappointed in FUSD limiting graduation guests and meat gets hacked!   43:09-59:39 Senator Kelly Townsend returns, discusses budget stalemate, Ducey's vetoes and more.   59:40-73:54 Bruce Sidlinger on hope, hopelessness and unsolicited offers to buy your house.

Election integrity legislation sponsored by Arizona state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, who represents eastern Maricopa County, failed Thursday after state Sen. Kelly Townsend, who represents portions of Maricopa and Pinal counties, a fellow Republican, changed her vote to no during the final reading.Ugenti-Rita joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the bill, how its defeat hurts Arizonans, and whether another vote will be held on the legislation.We also cover these stories:The Supreme Court will argue a Second Amendment case in the coming months. Conservative justices on the Supreme Court are signaling their support towards two non-profits in their challenge against California legislation requiring them to disclose the identities of large donors, Reuters reported. The Supreme Court announced Monday that they have declined to hear arguments in a case between the states of Texas and California. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Election integrity legislation sponsored by Arizona state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, who represents eastern Maricopa County, failed Thursday after state Sen. Kelly Townsend, who represents portions of Maricopa and Pinal counties, a fellow Republican, changed her vote to no during the final reading.   Ugenti-Rita joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the bill, how its defeat […]

Republican state Sen. Kelly Townsend cast the decisive vote against a bill to purge voters from Arizona’s popular permanent early voting list on principle. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and four councilmembers took their oaths of office Monday. Volunteers and citizen scientists with the Arizona Museum of Natural History have helped discover a new species of plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 79 million years ago. Plus, the latest in education and Fronteras Desk news.

Wednesday, April 18, 2021. Show #1093   Mask advisory, VA troubles, thinking is dead in America, school choice with Townsend, Herrod, Stanwitz.    (00:00-14:40) Senator Kelly Townsend returns to the show and wants school kids out of masks and is concerned by a new advisory out of Canada advising Canadians not to use masks with Graphene in it. https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2021/75309a-eng.php   “Should you be relying on government to tell you what medical decisions to make? The answer is always no.” Senator Townsend.    Time to stand up to the continued COVID nonsense  Jeff expands on his frustrations with very limited graduation ceremonies. Enough is enough! Time for people to stand up to this continued nonsense.    (14:41-26:33) Masks, forfeiture and ordinary guys! More on the Canadian advisory against certain masks. John from flagstaff chimes in about civil asset forfeiture. AZ Daily Sun will no longer print in Flagstaff. Bernie Madoff dies. Plus ordinary average guys (& gals)!   (26:34-42:17) Concerned Veterans for America: Troubles at the VA.  AZ Dir. Joshua Stanwitz returns with troubling VA cancellation numbers, people not getting needed services. The solution is simple! Jeff and Josh discuss. https://cv4a.org   (42:18-58:52) Cathi Herrod: We need school choice  President of Center for Arizona Policy, Cathi Herrod, returns to discuss pro family bills at the legislature, school choice, freedom of religion and more. https://www.azpolicy.org   (58:53-73:05) Officials keep getting it wrong! THINK FOR YOURSELF! Jeff vents on continued “officials” getting it wrong and begs people to stop being conformists. Joe from Cottonwood vents on weed and legal gambling. Is AZ going the way of CA? Jeff discusses. Plus, thinking is dead in America!

Show #1085: Friday April 2 2021  Deasy, Leest, Chaplik, Townsend: FLG Mayor Deasy keeping mask resolution + Sen. Townsend: make vaccine passports illegal!    Flagstaff Mayor Paul Deasy (0:00-19:16) Mayor Paul Deasy of Flagstaff discusses why he's keeping the resolution regarding masks in place in Flagstaff. What's it mean for city properties and private businesses?   Glenn Leest: We're in a whole new world and we're not going back! (19:17-30:30) Jeff and Glenn talk tech innovations! In the past year, we leap frogged 5 or 6 years! Check out Glenn here!    Representative Joseph Chaplik: Mask Freedom Bill on Governors desk! (30:31-43:02) Rep. Chaplik returns to discuss why the Mask Freedom Bill is still needed.   Senator Kelly Townsend wants to stop the vaccine passport in Arizona. (43:03-64:06) Jeff and Kelly talk about an America where you need papers and what she refers to as a caste system. HB2190 would make vaccine passports illegal in Arizona.   Jeff picks a couple clips from two interesting interviews from earlier in the week: baking cakes and civil asset forfeiture.    Jeff's son Owen spends the last segment of the week with dad! (64:07-74:02)  Owen talks geodes and swimming (brrrrrrr) this weekend! Jeff recaps this weeks news on the extension of the national eviction moratorium. 

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Drive in with The Morning Ritual weekday mornings on KNST AM790 Daniel McCarthy and State Rep Kelly Townsend debated about what needs to be done to make sure Biden doesn't steal the Arizona election. Daniel doesn't think the lawmakers are doing enough and moving quickly enough and Kelly Townsend says they have to do it the right way.

Drive in with The Morning Ritual weekday mornings on KNST AM790 State Rep Kelly Townsend talks about her and other lawmakers sending a letter to VP Pence telling him they will have electors that vote for President Trump and she wants to continue the investigation to put people in prison. She also talked about Ducey certifying the election and how lawmakers are leaving Ducey's side.

Drive in with The Morning Ritual weekday mornings on KNST AM790 State Rep. Kelly Townsend broke the story that Maricopa County GOP Chairwoman Rae Chornenky not only didn't show up to certify the Dominion Voting machines to make sure they're working properly, she stopped anyone else from going in her place.

Drive in with The Morning Ritual weekday mornings on KNST AM790 State Rep Kelly Townsend knows it's a difficult situation but she wants parents to form microschools or school co-ops to take their power back. She explains how it can be done so kids can be educated but not indoctrinated.

Mike Shaw, Political Director of the AZGOP, fills in for Seth. Tucson. Free speech, anf the upcoming Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager film, "No Safe Spaces." The China "social score." Guests: Bruce Ash, National Committeeman for the Republican party of Arizona. John Sullivan, writer for the movie, "No Safe Spaces." Kelly Townsend, Arizona Legislative District 16 Representative.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The American Hour with CDR Tom GarciaBig show today! On the radio with me is Kelly Townsend of "The Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots" at 4:00pm Eastern here and at www.USARadioNetwork.com call in # is 310.982.4145. Kelly just got back from meeting with Donald Trump.