We are joined by Casper Stockham, Republican candidate for Colorado's 6th Congressional District.  We cover a lot of topics that we believe are of interest to our listeners on both sides of the aisle (and even outside of Colorado) and have provided audio bookmarks in case you're interested to hear only part of our conversation (of course, we hope you'll listen to the entire thing).  Also, we've provided quite a few reference links for this episode that provide additional data, opinion and analysis on each topic we discuss.

Federal spending/budget/taxes ~6:34Voting rights ~16:55Illegal immigration ~26:15Education ~ 39:15Gun violence ~52:23Gay rights v. religious freedom ~1:17:49

References (links may only work on www.redmombluemom.com)

Federal spending/budget/taxes:

• CBO - 2018 federal budget infographic (Jan 2019)
• Face it - you probably got a tax cut (NYT, April 2019)
• Pass-Through Deduction Will Fuel Wealth Inequality (Forbes Dec 2018)
• A Year After the Middle Class Tax Cut, the Rich are Winning (Bloomberg Dec 2018)

Voting rights:

• Voter Suppression is Warping Democracy (Atlantic, July 2018)
• Voter Suppression During the 2018 Midterm Election (Center for American Progress, November 2018)
• Election resources (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• YouTube - Are voter ID laws racist? (Ami Horowitz, November 2016)

Illegal immigration:

• Family separation by the numbers (ACLU, August 2019)
• The real border crisis is foreigners gaming American's asylum laws (The Federalist, December 2018)
• Why don’t they just get in line (American Immigration Council, 2016)
• If you want less illegal immigration, go after employers (Mother Jones Commentary, November 2016)

Education:

• Why do Republicans Suddenly Hate College So Much (Atlantic, July 2017)
• New Data Shows Some Colleges are Definitely Unaffordable for Many (Hechinger Report, October 2018)
• The immorality of student loan forgiveness and free college (Reason, August 2019)
• The world might be better off without college for everyone (Atlantic, January 2018)

Gun violence:

• 7 gun control myths that just won't die (The Federalist, October 2015)
• US Mass Shootings - data from 1982 - 2019 (Mother Jones, August 2019)
• Gun-Rights Advocates Claim Criminals Don’t Follow Gun Laws. Here’s the Research That Shows They’re Wrong. (The Trace, 2015)
• 2018 was by far the worst year on record for gun violence in schools (Vox, December 2018)

Gay rights v. religious freedom

• When Religion Becomes an Excuse to Discriminate (Advocate Opinion, February 2018)
• LGBT rights are under attack (Daily Beast April, 2019)
• Can a religious school fire a gay teacher? It's complicated. (NBC, August 2019)