[ Local ]

• In the case of Masterpiece Bakery refusing to make a cake to celebrate a gender transition, the Colorado Supreme Court votes 4-3 to dismiss the case on procedural grounds.
• In a narrow 5-4 vote, the Boulder City Council approves increasing Boulder’s city minimum wage to $15.57 for 2025.
• After teacher Rebecca Roetto of Fairview High School in Boulder is accused of drawing penises on student papers and yearbooks, teachers, parents, and former students show up to a Boulder Valley school board meeting to defend Roetto
• Congressman Jason Crow, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, and Aurora city manager Jason Bachelor meet as part of The Future of Buckley Task Force to oppose a United States Air Force proposal to transfer National Guard troops to Space Force Command without approval from the governor

[ National ]

• Hurricane Milton touches down in Florida and does extensive damage just weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the same area of the country
• With the election coming up on November 5, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump are neck-and-neck in most polls
• Crackpot Congresswoman Majorie Taylore Greene makes absurd claim that Democrats are controlling the weather to gain an unfair advantage in the election
• Ahead of the upcoming election, a state judge in Georgia rules against a Republican member of a local election board who claimed she had discretionary power to refuse to certify election results if she suspects fraud or errors

[ International ]

• The War in Gaza enters its second year, although conflicts between Israel and Palestine date back to the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948
• The Biden administration continues to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and threatens to stop providing military aid to Israel despite having provided Israel with billions of dollars worth of US bombs to drop on Palestinian citizens and now providing Israel with expensive THAAD missile defense systems
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the United Nations peacekeeping force known as the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) to evacuate southern Lebanon as Israel engages in a conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah there, but the U.N. refuses to give in to Israeli demands
• Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilains continue, killing about 50 people in a single strike on an educational institute in Poltava

Quotes

“Kamala has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from the dungeons of the third world … and she has had them resettled beautifully into your community to pray upon innocent American citizens. And no place is it more evident than right here, because in Aurora, multiple apartment complexes have been taken over by the savage Venezuela prison gang known as Tren de Aragua”
– Donald J. Trump spreading his racist lies at a rally in Aurora, CO

“Humans cannot create or control hurricanes. Anyone who thinks they can, needs to have their head examined.”
– Republican Congressman Carlos A. Giménez reacting to his colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claims about Democrats controlling the weather on Twitter

“Moments like this, there are no red or blue states, there’s one United States of America, where neighbors are helping neighbors, volunteers and first responders are risking everything, including their own lives, to help their fellow Americans. State, local and federal officials are standing side by side” 
– President Biden on the response to hurricane damage

By the Numbers

1,139 /42,979

The number of Israelis vs the number of Palestinians killed in the War in Gaza since October 7, 2023

$860 Million

The amount that the Biden-Harris has provided for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton survivors through FEMA, including $507 million for affected individuals and communities and $351.5 million for debris removal and other activities to save lives and protect property

$1-1.8 Billion

The estimated cost of each THAAD advanced missile defense system battery that the US is sending Israel

November 5th

Is the date of the election. Remember there are many different ways to submit your ballot, so don’t forget to vote!