The Colorado Times Recorder is re-posting this piece, published on the four-year anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, in light of the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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FACT CHECK: Suzanne Staiert Claims Credit for Implementing CO Mail Voting System She Opposed
On her campaign website for a key state senate race, Republican Suzanne Staiert promotes herself as having “implemented Colorado’s mail ballot system” without mentioning that she’d previously opposed it.
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Trump Knew COVID-19 Could Kill, He Just Didn’t Care
“Captain,” said the first mate, “we just crashed into an iceberg — the hull’s been breached!”
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Virtual Trainings Aim to Support Coloradans Dealing With Eviction and Paid Leave During Pandemic
“I just want to start off this training by saying that this is not the world that I want,” said Jason Legg. “The rules and laws I’m going to talk about are how the world is right now.”
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‘Womb Lives Matter’: Prop. 115 Backers Co-Opt the Movement for Black Lives
Backers of a ballot measure to ban later abortion care in Colorado are following national trends within the anti-abortion movement of borrowing language from the Black Lives Matter movement and attempting to frame abortion access as a threat to racial justice.
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Sandy Hook Conspiracist Tom Ready Hosting Boebert Fundraiser
Colorado Republican congressional candidate Lauren Boebert, already labeled a QAnon supporter by national press, is appearing at a private fundraiser this evening hosted by a GOP donor who gained national notoriety of his own in 2014 when he raised doubts about whether the Sandy Hook school massacre actually took place.
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POLL: Coloradans’ Mental Health Has Plummeted This Year
A new poll from the Colorado Health Foundation shows massive mental strain on Colorado residents from the stress of the physical health risks of the pandemic, severe economic stress, and the police brutality that’s been in the news all over the country.
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FACT CHECK: In Ad, Gardner Makes False Claim That He’s Trying to Protect People With Pre-Existing Conditions
In a political ad released this morning, U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) falsely claims that his legislation, introduced last month, will protect people with pre-existing conditions if Obamacare is repealed.
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Hickenlooper Launched the First Spanish-Language Ad of CO Senate Race
The first Spanish-language advertisement of the Senate race between former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Senator Cory Gardner was released by Hickenlooper on Aug. 18.