A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney said Monday that former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss “election integrity” and plans for upcoming elections.
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In the Streets: ‘Tank Crank’ and Other Upcoming Political Events
Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at [email protected].
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CO GOP Officer Picks Lopez: ‘Being a Republican Doesn’t Require Me to Abandon My Conscience’
Colorado Republican Party Secretary Russ Andrews today endorsed unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate and former Republican Congressman Greg Lopez for Governor, saying recent developments surrounding his own party’s nominee, Victor Marx, have made it impossible for him, in good conscience, to support the Republican ticket for governor.
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Join Us Next Week for a Webinar on Colorado’s Ballot Measures. How Conservatives Are Trying to Hoodwink Democracy
Your ballot is especially crowded this year, with 14 statewide measures, seven of which were placed on the ballot by the conservative advocacy organization Advance Colorado.
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New Group Joins Ballot Campaign Against Trans Athletes
In the run-up to the November election, newly formed activist group Athletes for Action has joined Protect Kids Colorado to promote Proposition 134, the effort to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports. This week, Athletes for Action has launched a statewide video ad urging Colorado voters to vote for Proposition 134 in the November 3 election. The ad lists Jennifer Sey, the Colorado-based founder of XX-XY athletics, as the group’s registered agent, although, as of publication, Colorado’s campaign finance disclosure website, TRACER, shows no record of the group.
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In Video, Statehouse Candidate Says Race ‘Isn’t About Religion,’ Later Denies Founding Role in Forging Pueblo
Pueblo Republican Dana Charles has now two recorded two videos saying that her race is not about religion. Most recently, in a Facebook post made last Saturday, she also wrote “typical tired played out propaganda,” without any specific explanation, before saying in the video that “the Democrat socialists are at it again from surveys to making this race about religion.”
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In Shift, Bennet, Hick Vote for Human Rights Report on Israeli Violence in West Bank
Colorado Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined all of their Democratic Senate colleagues (except Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman) last week in support of a measure introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) mandating a human rights report on violence by Israel in the West Bank.
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Re-Run: The Official Muckraker Ballot Guide
With ballots landing in Colorado mailboxes this week, we are re-running Logan’s ballot initiative guide, which now includes a recommendation on ballot measure 7A, which will appear on Front Range ballots.
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Running on the Economy Is ‘Not a Good Look’ for Evans, Says Rutinel During Debate
Toward the end of his debate tonight with Congressman Gabe Evans, Democrat Manny Rutinel turned to the Republican incumbent, who’d been discussing Colorado’s economy, and said, “Now, I just got to say, he keeps bringing up the economy. Are you sure you want to run on the economy right now? Gas is at $4.20. Diesel is at $6.20 because of this forever war in Iran that put American lives at risk and raised gas and diesel prices at home. Grocery prices are going through the roof because of the corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that you are pushing, and healthcare insurance premiums are going through the roof because you’ve gutted the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.
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‘Not Victim-Centered At All:’ Trafficking Survivors Slam Anti-LGBTQ Group’s Ballot Measure as Harmful to Victims
“I mean, to me, they just have blinders on. They're not considering the victim at all. They're hiding behind the title of ‘Protect Kids Colorado.'"