During a sympathetic exchange at a debate Thursday, nine Republican candidates hoping to represent an eastern Colorado congressional district largely said that voters should look at a candidate’s record and positions instead of their legal transgressions.
If you were caught groping and vaping in a theater near a pregnant woman — and you made a big deal about apologizing and explaining how “challenging” your life had been lately — you wouldn’t joke about it repeatedly in public. Would you?
In late November, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called Social Security Administration (SSA) staff the equivalent of ne’er-do-well couch-potatoes as she raked a senior Social Security Administration official across the coals during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
Former Trump attorney John Eastman, who’s facing charges in Georgia relating to a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election, is scheduled to appear in federal district court in Colorado Jan. 23 — not as a defendant but as a lawyer representing the Colorado Republican Party, according to Randy Corporon, the co-counsel in the case.
Lauren Boebert burst into Congress on a wave of publicity from right-wing media outlets, including FOX News and Colorado talk-radio shows.
The conservative institutions that surround the Colorado Republican Party — and rely on it to advance their agendas — promote the same election deniers, Trumpists, and extremists that Republican activists love but Colorado voters hate.
The Colorado Times Recorder published a series of articles this year addressing concerns about the expansion of Republican activist Phil Anschutz’s media empire in Colorado. The series documents that the conservative views and business interests of the owner infect his news sites, despite the presence of a nationally respected editor at the top.
Boebert We try not to cover Congressman Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) outrage du jour, but we are committed to holding her accountable — and to providing facts when she offers falsehoods. So we ended up spending a lot of time writing about Boebert and related topics. Here’s a sample of our 2023 work. We look forward to continuing to cover Boebert in her campaign to represent a new Colorado congressional district next year.
Through the year, the Colorado Times Recorder dedicated significant time to covering school board elections around the state. Here’s a look back at some of that coverage.
In 2023 the Colorado Times Recorder reported on statewide and national reproductive justice stories. From ballot initiatives to this year’s “Safe Access to Protected Health Care” package of legislation, Colorado has moved to protect access to reproductive health care in post-Roe America. CTR also covered the efforts of anti-abortion activists, Republican attempts at anti-abortion legislation and ballot initiatives, and the abortion abolition movement that is gaining ground across the country.
