Pro-Palestine protests have continued to escalate at Auraria campus. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), an organization of student activists, is at the forefront of these protests with encampments involving about 50 people, including students and community members.
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Roberts, Dems Strike Deal on Regulating Critical Wetlands as Kirkmeyer ‘Lets Water Bill Go’
For state Sen. Dylan Roberts (D-Frisco) “protecting and securing our water future is the most important issue and biggest challenge facing our state for the next several decades.”
FLASHBACK: Stormy Daniels’ 2018 Stop in Denver During Her ‘Make America Horny Again’ Tour
Stormy Daniels is testifying today in New York in the hush-money trial of Donald Trump. Her last public appearance in Denver appears to have been in 2018 when she performed at the Diamond Cabaret downtown as part of a national ‘Make America Horny Again’ tour. The story below about Daniels’ Denver stop appeared in the Colorado Times Recorder on June 2, 2018.
For The Record: CO GOP Rep. Baselessly Insists State Will Lower Age of Consent to 12
Rep. Scott Bottoms, who is also a pastor at the Church at Briargate in Colorado Springs, has become notorious for making frequent inflammatory statements, including on abortion and LGBTQ people.
Colorado Times Recorder Joins Durango Herald, Colorado Sun, Gazette, and Others in Winning Journalism Awards
The Colorado Times Recorder won three journalism awards Friday, helping Colorado bring home over 330 awards in a 4-state regional contest sponsored by the Colorado Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Colorado Republican Mad About Decorum Rules Equates Democratic Legislators to Hitler
Former state Representative Dan Woog, who is a candidate to return to the statehouse, equated the current Democratic legislators with Nazis today. The Republican from Weld County posted a picture of the state Capitol and Hitler to his Facebook page, along with a post claiming that Democratic leaders’ rules of decorum during floor debate are equilvalent to Hitler’s despotic takeover of Germany. After making his analogy, he concluded by writing, “this isn’t contrived sensationalism. This is reality.”
‘Pure Horsesh*t.’ — Election Deniers Come to Custer County
The Custer Board of County Commissioners held a special meeting Wednesday evening to hear from prominent election conspiracy advocates who urged county officials to remove the county’s Dominion voting machines. Speakers during Wednesday’s special BOCC meeting included MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Douglas County podcaster and defamation defendant Joe Oltmann, former Lauren Boebert campaign manager and “America’s Mom” Sherrona Bishop, Jan. 6 rioter Shawn Smith, and Park County Commissioner Amy Mitchell, who is also a proponent of the Dominion Voting conspiracy.
One Colorado Rancher Had Five Calves Killed by Wolves in 11 Days
KREMMLING – Of the six livestock killed by wolves in Grand County, Colorado, five were owned by a Kremmling-area rancher named Conway Farrell, who has or leases several ranches in the area.
BRIEF: Second Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative Approved for Circulation Following Supreme Court Ruling
Now that they have received approval from the courts, the initiatives have until early August to collect enough signatures to appear on the ballot – something which the initiatives’ advocates say will be a challenge of its own.
Two Colorado Counties Join With ‘Hate Group’ To Push For Repeal of Laws Protecting Migrants
El Paso and Douglas County Commissioners, along with their respective sheriffs, Joseph Roybal and Darren Weekly, joined with an anti-immigration hate group last month to push for the repeal of Colorado laws that protect immigrants from unjustified harm from the federal government and state and local government contractors.