by Claire Cleveland On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy nonprofit handed out free naloxone kits to passersby. Distributing the opioid reversal medication is essential to the center’s work to reduce fatal overdoses in the community. But how long the group can continue doing so is in question. The center depends on Colorado’s Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund, also known as the Naloxone Bulk Purchase Fund, which now lacks a recurring source of money — despite hundreds of millions of dollars in national opioid lawsuit settlement cash flowing into the state.
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News Analysis: Evans’ Support of Group That Defends Christian Homeschoolers Who Hit Their Kids Isn’t Surprising
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Look at the Facebook Ads Launched by the Denver Gazette on the Day Trump Spoke in Aurora; They Mirror His Message
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Extremist Rewind – 10/13/2024
As part of our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Erik Maulbetsch’s coverage of former CU Regent Heidi Ganahl’s press conference where she both called into question the results of the election she lost and announced a plan to recruit volunteers taken with election conspiracy theories to ‘monitor’ ballot boxes in the upcoming general election. We are also showcasing Jason Salzman’s and Maulbetsch’s analysis of mainstream Republicans endorsing election conspiracists in their races, Heidi Beedle’s coverage of posts from Lauren Boebert’s campaign manager that indicate the congresswoman had been in contact with Tina Peters ahead of her plan to undermine Mesa County’s election safety, and Owen Swallow’s coverage of a rally held by Gays Against Groomers, a group connected to other extremist groups like Moms For Liberty, and the counterprotests that outnumbered them. Take a look out for our coverage of yesterday’s Trump rally in Aurora.
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Trump Doubles Down on Debunked Gang Claims at Aurora Rally, Calls for Mass Deportations with ‘Project Aurora’
Following through on his announcement, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Aurora today at the Gaylord Rockies Resort.
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Support for Proposition KK: ‘A Vote for Women. A Vote for Survivors. A Vote for a Better, More Compassionate Colorado’
Carvajal As the Executive Director of The Blue Bench, Denver’s leading organization providing support to survivors of sexual violence, I am writing this as a plea — for the women, for the survivors, for the people in our community who feel like no one cares. In a climate where it often feels like women’s safety, healing, and dignity are pushed aside, we have an opportunity to make a profound difference by voting yes on Proposition KK this November.
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The Mounting Costs of Enabling Israel’s War on Gaza
Most Americans oppose this horrific war, but a year in we’re still paying for it — at the expense of our own safety, security, and morality.
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The Mother-Daughter Duo Fighting Fossil Fuels in Colorado
In 2019, facing growing pushback from environmental groups and activists like the Chittoors, the state mandated that regulators consider the public health and environmental impacts of oil and gas development.
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Christian-Right Groups Seek Votes With Anti-Trans Propaganda
Three decades after Christian conservatives sought to rouse voters’ fears of a “radical gay agenda,” Republicans are spending $65 million on election advertising about a “radical trans agenda,” according to The New York Times and other outlets.
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On Debate Stage, Gabe Evans Declined to Condemn Child Beatings
There is only one appropriate answer to the question, "When should children be hit in school," and that is, "Never," a word that Evans declined to utter.
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Two Years After Her Landslide Loss, Heidi Ganahl Claims Her Election Results Were “Off”
Next week, as Coloradans start filling out their ballots, many will vote via the hundreds of secure drop boxes found at libraries and municipal buildings throughout the state. If former gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl’s latest plan is successful, voters may encounter election fraud conspiracists camped out nearby. Her volunteers, should any appear, will be on the lookout for signs of ballot stuffing, an unproven crime alleged by Dinesh D’Souza’s debunked movie 2000 Mules, and for which the film’s publisher was forced to publicly apologize after pulling the film.