Last week, before Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) issued a mask mandate, Otero County GOP Chair Stephanie Garbo posted a meme on her personal Facebook page comparing masks to police brutality.
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COVID-19 Mask Mandates Are Nazism, Say Some Colo Republicans
Some notable Republicans across the country, including Coloradans, have honed in on an analogy to protest public health and safety precautions taken during the pandemic: enforcement of masks, lockdowns, and contact tracing = Nazism.
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Gov. Polis Bill Signings Mark Major Win for Colo LGBTQ+ Community
From bureaucracy to physical violence, queer individuals face unique challenges that require ongoing solutions. Governor Jared Polis signed four bills into law yesterday in Colorado that will make the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Colorado a little bit easier.
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COVID Uncertainty, Police Reform, and Budget Cuts: Aurora Dems Recap 2020
Saturday morning, a group of Democratic state lawmakers from Aurora came together over Zoom to hold a virtual town hall in order to recap the unusual highlights of the 2020 legislative session, as well as answer questions from constituents.
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U.S. Lawmakers: New ICE Stance on International Students is “Cruel”
A recent Trump administration decision to mandate that international students take at least one in-person course this fall–or risk deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)–has drastically impacted the lives of non-immigration international students studying in the U.S.
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Is COVID Contact Tracing Colorado’s Newest Political Issue?
“Are we going to start going back to Jim Crow and tagging people, or Nazi Germany where we’re making someone wear a stamp on their chest, because someone has a hateful interpretation?”
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Virus Drives Stake Through Tourism, an Economic Engine of Already-Impoverished U.S. Territories
U.S. states face major challenges now and in the future as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, but U.S. territories face their own set of unique difficulties due to their geography, economies, and limited rights.
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Anti-Mask Posts on Facebook Pages for the Sake of Debate, Not as Official Position, Say Two Colo GOP Groups
Spokespeople for the Gunnison and Douglas County Republican Parties say they posted arguments against wearing masks on their official Facebook pages, not because they endorse those anti-mask positions but for the sake of argument.
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Foreign Relations Senators Attack China, Argue About Approach to WHO
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations convened for a hearing in D.C. yesterday on a piece of legislation aimed at improving global responses to future pandemics: the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act.
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Former Colo Candidate for Governor, Doug Robinson, who’s Mitt Romney’s Nephew, Supports Police Reform
Former Colorado GOP governor candidate Doug Robinson, a nephew of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), has followed in his uncle’s footsteps with a public Facebook post calling for police reform.