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Home Rule & Project 2025

One of the most striking things about the early Trump administration is how fast it moved. In the first few months, the machinery of government was already being broken — agencies weakened, oversight stripped, power centralized. That speed wasn’t accidental. It was the rapid rollout of Project 2025, a plan years in the making to consolidate executive power and neutralize independent agencies.

DougCo commissioners appoint library board members supporting book removal

The Douglas County commissioners altered a longtime appointment process for the Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees when they hand-picked new members of the board, including a Castle Rock resident who advocated for the libraries to remove books with LGBTQ+ themes.