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DAVIS: The American Autocoup

·February 4, 2025

I have long been skeptical of the merits of running around screaming that the sky is falling. If the sky were really falling – I assumed – everyone would notice and behave accordingly. The last two weeks have challenged that assumption, though. In a situation where the sky really does appear to be falling, millions of people are working desperately to convince themselves otherwise. Even now, when reading the daily headlines makes anyone sound like a conspiracy nut, many are beset by the impulse to believe that what we are seeing cannot possibly be as bad as it appears to be.

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CO Dems Update Abortion Shield Law to Fight Red State Lawsuits Targeting Patients & Providers

·February 3, 2025

Colorado legislators are moving to strengthen Colorado’s shield law, which protects abortion patients and providers from prosecution by states where abortion is illegal. In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter of New York for providing medication abortion to Texas residents in violation of state law. Last week, a Louisiana grand jury indicted Carpenter on similar charges. These cases could challenge the shield laws in place in states where abortion is legal.

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Conservatives Raise Funds for ‘Journalistic Ethics’

·January 31, 2025

Conservatives from across Colorado participated in a “fun-fundraiser” for The Peak News Educational Foundation’s “Journalistic Ethics and Media Vocational Training Program” at the Pinery in Colorado Springs on Thursday night. The crowd was a diverse mix of current and former elected officials — congressmen, El Paso County Commissioners, Colorado Springs City Councilors, and local school board members, the leaders of the El Paso County chapter of Moms for Liberty, recently pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, local pastors, libertarians, and the Gazette’s Debbie Kelley, who has penned credulous profiles of the ‘J6 Praying Grandma’ Rebecca Lavrenz and conservative faith healer Mario Murillo.

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Rep. Ron Weinberg

‘A Bloody Embarrassment’ – Colorado GOP Chair’s Meeting Goes Off The Rails

·January 31, 2025
Rep. Ron Weinberg

Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams tried and failed to consolidate his power last night via a series of proposed party bylaw changes. If adopted, the amendments would increase the power of the GOP’s small executive committee, and banish his enemies from ever holding leadership positions. Those enemies include state chair candidate Brita Horn, who would not be allowed to lead the party should the amendment punishing her and the other Republicans who attempted to depose Williams last fall pass. He called a virtual meeting over Zoom for the four hundred or so members of the State Central Committee, intending to pass five amendments.

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State Rep. Ryan Gonzalez introduces a bill to the House Agriculture Committee, 1/27/25.

Colorado Libertarian Party Collaborated with GOP Lawmaker on Failed Repeal of Cage-Free Egg Law

·January 30, 2025
State Rep. Ryan Gonzalez introduces a bill to the House Agriculture Committee, 1/27/25.

On Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers voted to kill one of the first bills put forward by Rep. Ryan Gonzalez (R-Greeley), a repeal of Colorado’s cage-free egg law that he worked on with the Libertarian Party of Colorado (LPCO). The measure failed to advance beyond committee as lawmakers argued whether the repeal would have any impact on the cost of eggs. 

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DAVIS: Project 2025 Is Here, and Not Wasting Any Time

·January 29, 2025

Flooding the zone with shit.” That’s the phrase that Steve Bannon, the right-wing Rasputin and former Trump strategist, coined years ago for the technique we have seen the Trump administration deploy in the last week. The idea, as Bannon conceived it, was to unleash a firehose of disinformation, scandal, and intrigue at such an astonishing rate that neither the public nor the media would be able to remain focused on a single topic or transgression for long. Unfortunately, the first week of the second Trump administration was a masterclass in it: the Nazi salute, the talk of annexing Greenland, the “Gulf of America.” 

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