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.
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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.
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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.”
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Senate Republicans Kill ‘Right to Contraception Act,’ Sponsored by Hickenlooper, Bennet, and Other Dems
Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted against a measure to codify and strengthen the legal right to contraceptives at the federal level yesterday. The Right to Contraception Act, introduced last summer, was sponsored by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and others.
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Colorado Congressional Candidates Crank and Williams Court Voters at Walk for Life
Republican 5th Congressional District candidates Jeff Crank and Dave Williams attended Saturday’s Walk for Life, an annual fundraiser for Life Network, a chain of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in Colorado Springs.
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Anti-Abortion Group Endorses Crank
Jeff Crank, the Republican competing against Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams for the 5th Congressional District nomination, has been endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Candidate Fund. Crank, a regional vice president at the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity and host of its American Potential podcast, has called abortion a “convenience” and expressed support for a national abortion ban.
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Colorado Springs Democrat Responds to Republican Attack on Public Schools
Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) responded yesterday to Colorado GOP Director of Special Initiatives Darcy Schoening’s recent party-wide email urging parents to remove their kids from public schools and claiming Democrats want to “turn more kids trans.” Schoening’s email specifically identified legislation sponsored by Vigil, this year’s House Bill 1039, Non-legal Name Changes in Schools.
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A Secret Third Thing: RFK Jr. Comes to Colorado
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a standing-room only rally at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace Sunday. Kennedy, a member of the famous political dynasty, built his reputation in the 1980s as an environmental lawyer, and more recently as an anti-vaccine activist, known for his belief in conspiracies surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lone Democrat Votes Against Freedom to Marry
During the May 4 Colorado House vote for the “Protecting The Freedom to Marry” measure, which asks voters to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage that Colorado currently has in the State Constitution, one Democrat, Rep. Regina English (D-Colorado Springs) voted against the measure.
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Marxists and Pedophiles: Republicans React to Legislative Session
In media appearances and at townhall events, Colorado Republicans are reflecting on the recent legislative session which saw bills addressing housing, property taxes, and gun control.