Transform Colorado, the Truth and Liberty entity dedicated to political spending and voter guides, has organized a series of private, closed-to-the-press events at churches throughout Colorado. Last month, Colorado Times Recorder reporter Logan Davis was asked to leave a Transform Colorado event in Commerce City, but CTR recently obtained an audio recording of Transform Colorado’s July 16 event in Del Norte, where speakers Richard Harris and William Federer encouraged the audience to support their conservative political agenda while indulging in wild conspiracies.
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Colorado Democrats Fund Grants to Defeat Republicans in County Contests
The Colorado Democratic Party announced today that it has awarded $30,000 in grant funding to county parties as part of its Colorado County Comeback strategic initiative. Alamosa, Chaffee, Douglas, El Paso, Garfield, Grand, Huerfano, Mesa, Ouray, Park, Pueblo, and Routt counties all received grants to help support candidates, campaign planning, training, and staff support for this year’s county commissioner races.
2024 Republican Platform Changes on Abortion, LGBTQ Issues
This week, the Republican National Committee voted on the first new Republican platform since 2016. Eight years ago, the GOP’s platform — a hefty 58-page document outlining the party’s principles, goals, and positions on domestic and foreign affairs — laid out detailed policies for issues like abortion and marriage, but the most recent draft of the 2024 platform has both conservatives and progressives concerned. Is this latest version softening the party’s stances on social issues for political gain, or is it merely cloaking the same policies — or even more aggressive ones — in more opaque language?
KNUS Cans Corporon Amid Legal Woes
The long-running conservative talk show, “Wake Up with Randy Corporon,” hosted by the eponymous attorney and Colorado Republican National Committeeman, aired its last episode on 710 KNUS on June 29.
“Crazy Jesus People” — Boebert Joins Sean Feucht for Kingdom to the Capitol Stop in Denver
Controversial Christian conservative musician and activist Sean Feucht brought his “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour to Denver this weekend, performing on the steps of the Colorado Capitol with guest appearances from U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Colorado Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-Colorado Springs).
Colorado Lawmakers Respond to U.S. Supreme Court Emergency Abortion Care Decision, Dobbs Anniversary
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to temporarily preserve emergency care for pregnant people under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), a nearly 40-year-old federal law which requires hospitals to not turn away patients.
Kraken Lawyer Caves in Coomer Case
Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell has reached a settlement with former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer, according to court documents filed yesterday. Coomer was suing Powell as part of a larger defamation suit against Douglas County podcaster Joe Oltmann — along with his entities FEC United and Shuffling Madness Media — ultra-conservative pundit Michelle Malkin, James “Jim” Hoft of The Gateway Pundit, podcaster Eric Metaxas, One American News Network (OAN) and Chanel Rion, Sidney Powell and her organization Defending the Republic, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and the Trump Campaign.
Judge Recommends Contempt for DougCo Election Conspiracist who Fled Deposition
Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella recommended that Douglas County podcaster and gun store owner Joe Oltmann be held in contempt of court for fleeing a June 6 deposition.
Supreme Court Rejects Medication Abortion Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that the plaintiffs in the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine vs FDA suit lacked standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of medication abortion drug mifepristone.
Election Denier Flees Deposition, Could Face Sanctions, Contempt of Court
Last week, Douglas County podcaster and election conspiracist Joe Oltmann fled a deposition in federal court in Denver, opening him up to further sanctions and possibly contempt of court charges. Oltmann is currently a defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Dominion executive Eric Coomer, who is suing Oltmann for damage to his reputation and harassment suffered after Oltmann, on his podcast and many others, claimed Coomer took part in an “antifa conference call” and claimed he would rig the 2020 election. The judge in that case found Oltmann’s story, “evasive and not credible,” and concluded that Oltmann’s ‘statements regarding that conference call are probably false.”