Last month the Colorado Times Recorder published a story about FullCircle, a Denver-area 12-step support group for teens and young adults struggling with substance abuse issues. Our coverage — which failed to include critics of the group — was in line with recent reporting on the group from 9News and local outlet Front Porch.
University of Colorado Regent and Colorado gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl is the latest Republican to repeat outrageous and thoroughly debunked claims about furries in public schools.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert appeared on Ross Kaminsky’s radio program last Thursday and claimed the federal government should “get the heck out of” legislating abortion access. Boebert’s remarks were in response to Kaminsky asking Boebert for her thoughts on U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) proposed 15-week abortion ban.
Chávez Huerta Preparatory Academy (CHPA), the Pueblo charter school where Republican Senate candidate Stephen Varela serves as president of the board of directors, held an emergency meeting Saturday to appoint Richard Duran as interim CEO. According to Varela, former CHPA CEO Hal Stevens tendered his resignation Friday.
A campaign finance complaint filed by Mary Beth Corsentino, chair of the Pueblo Democratic Party, alleges that Republican Senate candidate Stephen Varela failed to submit a candidate affidavit and financial disclosure and failed to report an expenditure, violations of the Fair Campaign Practices Act.
While this weekend’s 2022 Truth and Liberty Conference, a gathering of right-wing Christians near Colorado Springs, didn’t tread any new ground ideologically — evangelical voters have long been opposed to LGBTQ rights and progressive policies — it did illustrate the continuing influence that Andrew Wommack’s entities — Truth and Liberty, Charis Bible College, and Andrew Wommack Ministries — have on politics.
This weekend, approximately 3,500 people attended the Truth and Liberty Coalition’s annual conference in Woodland Park, about 15 miles from Colorado Springs, where speakers laid out a theocratic vision for the future of American politics. Bringing together faith leaders, authors, politicians — U.S. Representatives Doug Lamborn and Lauren Boebert, Colorado Rep. Mark Baisley, Arkansas Sen. Jason Rapert — and activists, this year’s Truth and Liberty conference was a showcase of conservative grievances, with reactionary politics and Christian fundamentalism on full display.
Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters said yesterday that she was subpoenaed as part of former Dominion executive Eric Coomer’s defamation case against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
During a recent roundtable discussion with Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Katherine Riley, policy director for abortion advocacy group COLOR, noted the disproportionate impact that abortion bans have on marginalized groups.
During Tuesday’s meeting of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, District 4 Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez used his board comments to publicly accuse Colorado Springs at-large city councilor Wayne Williams of lying to the media and the public. Williams is also the subject of a recall effort, pushed by nonprofit Integrity Matters, which is also targeting newly appointed Colorado Springs councilor Stephanie Fortune. Williams will also be facing Gonzalez in Colorado Springs 2023 Mayoral election.
