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2024 Review: Our Investigations Into Christian Nationalist Organizations
In 2024, columnist Logan M. Davis took deep dives into two different Christian nationalist organizations. In February, he wrote the first full accounting of the Narrowgate cult, which operated in the 1990s. Later in the year, Logan published an investigative series pulling back the veil of secrecy around a major Colorado-based ministry and revealing allegations of widespread abuse within. In the aftermath of that second investigation, the ministry’s long-time leader, Andrew Wommack, announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position.
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2024 Review: The Colorado Times Recorder’s Impact Journalism — Resignations, a Cancellation, and More
Most journalism is compost for a community. The manure of words can be toxic for sure (e.g., FOX News), but if it’s done right, journalism lays the groundwork for debate, inspires new ideas, stimulates broader perspectives, and kills infectious societal diseases like misinformation, conspiracies, lies, inconsistencies, and more.
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Please Give to Colorado’s Leading Progressive News Site
Colorado has a lot of great news outlets, but the Colorado Times Recorder has a lane that we own: We report on politics from an openly progressive perspective, calling out election deniers and bigotry; correcting misinformation on conservative media platforms, reporting on dangerous groups and events, fact-checking public figures and activists, and educating the public on issues that matter most to progressives.
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Christian Nationalist College Celebrates Its ‘First-Ever’ Graduate To Be Elected to Congress
Evans A Christian nationalist college founded by one of the country’s top anti-gay and anti-abortion conservatives is celebrating U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans (R-CO) as its “first-ever graduate to be elected” to Congress.
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Now Is NOT the Time To Go on a ‘News Fast’
A lot of people are telling me they’re overwhelmed and taking a break from the news. They can’t obsess on Trump again like they’ve been doing for years. It’s bad for their mental health to read his word salad every day during their lunch break. It’s too much to watch MSNBC flip out about Trump selecting an anti-vaxxer as a top health official. Or an alleged pedophile to lead the Justice Department. Trump’s voice and image on CNN turn a perfectly good day into a bad one. And on and on.
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CO District Attorney Promises To ‘Find a Way’ To Sidestep Laws Forbidding Local Police From Helping Feds Arrest Migrants
He says it’s “tricky,” but George Brauchler, who was elected last week as the district attorney for a newly created judicial district in Colorado, is promising to “find a way” to allow local law enforcement to work with federal officials seeking to arrest immigrants, even when Colorado law ostensibly prohibits such cooperation.
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With Speakers Bureau Featuring Election Deniers, Republican Wants To Make Being a Conservative ‘Fun’ Again in Colorado
Colorado Republican leader Heidi Ganahl’s Rocky Mountain Voice (RMV) website offers “top speakers” who will make it “fun” to be a “conservative again in Colorado.”
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‘I Got Nothing To Hide,’ Gabe Evans Said. But Now He Flees From a Reporter Asking Questions
At the beginning of his congressional campaign, Gabe Evans promised to talk to anyone.
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Evans’ Explanation for Skipping Gay Marriage Vote Puzzles His Colleagues
Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans is saying that his strident opposition to gay marriage ended long ago.