Taxation with retaliation in Colorado

By: Quentin Young

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 808

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Coloradans for a long time have understood that the Trump administration is punishing their state out of political spite.

Now there’s proof.

It was always shocking to think that an American president could so subvert democracy as to use taxpayer money to extort a whole state, but direct evidence demands the victim move beyond disbelief to action. The founders of the United States based a war for independence in part on their …

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