Parental Rights at the Supreme Court and the Battle for Border Security

On October 13, 2025, guest host Yvonne Paez fills in for Kim Monson to explore the critical intersection of parental rights, state governance, and border security with Colorado Representative Scott Bottoms, parental rights advocate Erin Lee, financial advisor Jody Hinsey, and retired Border Patrol agent Chris Harris. Six Priorities to Reclaim Colorado Start listening at 17:05 – Hour 1 Scott Bottoms, Colorado state representative for House District 15 and gubernatorial candidate, outlines his comprehensive plan to restore the state. Bottoms identifies parental rights as his top priority, citing hospitals performing transgender surgeries on minors without parental knowledge, currently under FBI investigation. He warns that Colorado ranks second in the nation for crime and that the Venezuelan cartel’s U.S. headquarters has been declared by the DEA to be in Aurora. Bottoms calls for reclaiming safety and security, economic vitality through energy independence, accessible healthcare guided by patients rather than government mandates, government transparency, and preparing Colorado for the AI revolution while preserving human innovation. He emphasizes that support for these priorities crosses party lines, with Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated voters all recognizing the state’s problems. “The biggest thing that we’re trying to accomplish is we’re really going to reclaim Colorado for all Coloradans. One of the things we’re finding is that Democrats, Republicans, unaffiliated, nobody is okay with where Colorado is right now.” Scott Bottoms, Colorado State Representative, House District 15 From Art Club to the Supreme Court: Fighting for Parental Rights Start listening at 30:38 – Hour 1 Erin Lee, founder of Protect Kids Colorado, reports that her federal lawsuit against the Poudre School District has reached the Supreme Court. After her daughter was recruited into a transgender indoctrination club disguised as an art club, Lee discovered the school was proud of providing what they called a “safe space” from parents. The case, Lee v. Poudre, was conferenced by SCOTUS on September 29th and again on October 10th, with the court holding the case for further consideration rather than dismissing it. Lee reveals that Childs v. Salazar, challenging Colorado’s law forcing counselors to affirm gender-confused children, appears headed for a 6-3 victory at the Supreme Court. She has also filed suit against House Bill 1312, which mandates using chosen pronouns and allows the state to remove children from parents who do not affirm their child’s gender identity. Colorado, she notes, ranks tenth in the nation for child mutilation procedures related to gender confusion. Through Protect Kids Colorado, Lee is circulating three citizen ballot petitions addressing child mutilation, males in female spaces, and child trafficking. The organization needs 125,000 valid signatures by February. She calls for evangelical churches to join the Catholic Church, which has already mandated preach-and-sign weekends through year’s end. “Colorado is savable. It’s worth saving and it’s savable, but it’s going to take we the people working together to do it.” Erin Lee, Founder, Protect Kids Colorado Building Financial Resilience Against Uncertainty Start listening at 62:05 – Hour 2 Jody Hinsey of Mint Financial Strategies discusses preparing for financial emergencies amid government shutdown concerns. She notes there have been...