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How Will Project 2025 Impact Protections for LGBTQ People in Colorado?
“I think a reasonable level of concern is necessary right now. And I think that we need to make sure that we're not all moving to panic.”
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REVIEW: The Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Film Aims to Turn Out Christian-Right Voters
The Christian film series “God’s Not Dead” has released five installments in the past ten years. (Most of my friends balked when I told them this.) The most recent, “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust,” directs the series’ faith film scope towards national party politics – and its creators hope that their fictional narrative can create a real-world impact in this election.
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Former Lakewood Councilwoman Running for State Rep Attacks Lakewood Councilwoman for Using Position to Run for State Rep
Recent mailers sent out by Republican candidate Ramey Johnson’s campaign decry her Democratic opponent, Lakewood City Councilwoman Rebekah Stewart, for using her City Council position as a “stepping-stone” for a statehouse run. But on the other side of that same mailer, Johnson touted her own 10 years of prior experience on Lakewood’s City Council as a reason why she herself should be elected in November.
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Throwing Bricks, Eating Bugs: Platteville State Senate Candidate Spreads Misinformation & Conspiracies on Social Media
“Those of you who know me, know I don’t Quit stuff,” conservative education advocate Scott Bright wrote of his work at the state Capitol in an Instagram post last year. “I think I’m making some progress.”
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REVIEW: What a Silent Film From 1916 Can Teach Us About Far-Right Hypocrisy Today
D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation,” released in 1915, is widely regarded as one of the most hateful films ever created. It glorifies the racist terror perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan, while demonizing the Black people those crimes were perpetrated against.
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REVIEW: The 2022 Documentary Defending Convicted Clerk Tina Peters Has Aged Worse Than Milk
Many of the issues brought to light in Peters' trial paint the narrative portrayed by “Selection Code” in a much more clearly negative way.
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Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Fail to Collect Enough Signatures; Cannot Appear on 2024 Ballot
This morning, activists from Protect Kids Colorado and partnered organizations announced that their two ballot initiatives, both targeting the rights of transgender youths in Colorado, had failed to collect enough signatures to be eligible for the 2024 ballot.
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Proponents Say Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives ‘Doing Great’ on Path to Signature Goal; Will Announce Results at Capitol Monday
While the deadline to submit signatures is on Monday, Protect Kids Colorado set an internal deadline of Wednesday, July 31st.
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CO Bishops to Voters: Oppose Abortion & LGBT Rights; Support Anti-Trans Initiatives
Four Colorado bishops representing the Catholic Church have taken a stance on multiple upcoming ballot initiatives: vocally opposing measures to protect reproductive rights and gay marriage, and supporting potential measures that would negatively impact the rights of transgender youths.