Carbon Capture Pipeline Cancellation, Election Results, and Honoring Veterans

On November 8, 2023, the day after Election Day, Kim Monson gathered USMC Memorial Foundation President Paula Sarlls, former State Senator Kevin Lundberg, mortgage specialist Lorne Levy, and sixth-generation rancher Trent Loos to analyze election fallout, honor veterans ahead of Saturday’s celebrations, and expose the growing threat of carbon capture pipelines to American farmland. Election Analysis and the Art Club Documentary Start listening at 30:37 – Hour 1 Kevin Lundberg dissected the mixed results from Election Day 2023. Colorado’s Proposition HH, which would have dismantled TABOR protections, went down to defeat by a 60-40 margin. Lundberg credited Natalie Menton, Brandon Wark, and Mike Alicron of Americans for Prosperity for their work defeating the measure. Kentucky’s Democratic governor Andy Beshear won reelection in a red state, while Louisiana elected a Republican governor outright without a runoff. Conservative school board candidates lost across Colorado, from Holyoke to Woodland Park to the Thompson and Poudre school districts. Lundberg found the results paradoxical: voters in Loveland rejected food taxes, approved oversight of urban renewal projects, and defeated a fire district tax increase, yet elected union-backed school board candidates. Ohio passed Issue 1 enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, prompting Lundberg to warn that Colorado may face similar measures targeting Article 5, Section 50’s ban on state abortion funding. Lundberg previewed his documentary Art Club, premiering November 17th at Dayspring Christian Church in Windsor. The film tells the story of Erin and John Lee’s daughter, who was targeted for transgender grooming in what was supposed to be an after-school art program. “There’s going to be a lot of head-scratching as to how in the world this election turned out the way it did. And I believe anybody who wants to stand up and say, well, the people have spoken and defend the election process, they better start proving that it works well rather than just assuring us that it does.” Kevin Lundberg, Former State Senator Carbon Capture Pipeline Threat to Agriculture Start listening at 75:22 – Hour 2 Trent Loos broke down the carbon capture pipeline fight gripping the Midwest. Navigator CO2 (the Heartland Greenway pipeline) was cancelled after the company refused to release plume studies, claiming Midwesterners were not smart enough to understand them. Loos revealed the pipeline’s ownership structure: 84% BlackRock, 14% United Arab Emirates, and 2% other investors. The $17 billion in annual tax credits driving these projects ensures they will keep coming despite individual defeats. The Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline continues advancing in Iowa. Loos exposed concerning conflicts of interest on the Iowa Utilities Board. Chairman Eric Helland, appointed by Governor Kim Reynolds, has ties to Summit owner Bruce Rastetter through a company called 49 Summit Solutions based in Alaska. Former Representative Steve King was denied the right to testify on behalf of a hospitalized landowner who had designated him as her proxy. King represents the King Interveners, landowners fighting the pipeline through the Free Soil Coalition. Loos warned about the Tallgrass Energy pipeline, originally permitted for natural gas, now petitioning to transport CO2 from Nebraska ethanol plants through Colorado and into Wyoming for injection into the Denver-Julesburg formation under Cheyenne. Four insurance companies have sent letters refusing to insure properties with CO2 pipelines, and land sales near proposed routes are collapsing. The Klamath River dam remo...