Next week, as Coloradans start filling out their ballots, many will vote via the hundreds of secure drop boxes found at libraries and municipal buildings throughout the state. If former gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl’s latest plan is successful, voters may encounter election fraud conspiracists camped out nearby. Her volunteers, should any appear, will be on the lookout for signs of ballot stuffing, an unproven crime alleged by Dinesh D’Souza’s debunked movie 2000 Mules, and for which the film’s publisher was forced to publicly apologize after pulling the film.
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Did Boebert Know About Colorado Clerk’s Criminal Plan Beforehand?
According to a social media post from “America’s Mom,” Sherronna Bishop, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) had prior knowledge of Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters’ plan to breach the security of Mesa County’s Dominion Voting machines.
Gays Against Groomers Event Outnumbered by Counter-Protestors
Last Saturday, a rally by Gays Against Groomers (GaG), a group that believes any form of gender-affirming healthcare is child abuse or ‘grooming’, was met with counterprotests. GaG, which was founded by a pro-Trump, conservative media specialist with ties to the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, has held similar events, which it calls the “Stop the War On Children” rally, in Colorado before and across the country.
With Trump Coming to Aurora, Denver Gazette Continues To Pay for Ads About Venezuelan Gangs Seizing an ‘Aurora Apartment Complex’
With former President Donald Trump set to campaign in Aurora on Friday, the Denver Gazette, owned by Republican billionaire Phil Anschutz, is continuing its Facebook advertising campaign that promotes hysteria and falsehoods about Venezuelan gangs.
The Shomer: Jews Are Not Your Political Football
“There is no place for antisemitism in the State of Colorado.”Governor Jared Polis spoke briefly last night at Temple Emanuel in Denver to a standing-room only crowd commemorating the first anniversary of the terrorist massacre and hostage-taking incursion into Israel staged by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
DAVIS: Is Gabe Evans a Christian Nationalist?
The third highest-ranking official in the federal government has done little to conceal the extent of his Christian nationalism. House Speaker Mike Johnson has decried American culture as ‘dark and depraved.’ He has compared himself to Moses. He has called the separation of church & state “a misnomer.” And this weekend, he was in Colorado, stumping for Gabe Evans in the seat which Johnson says may decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November.
Colorado GOP: Trump Coming to Aurora Friday
It appears Donald Trump will visit Aurora after all. According to Colorado GOP Director of Special Initiatives Darcy Schoening, the former president is scheduled to speak this Friday afternoon at 1pm at the Gaylord Rockies Resort. The venue, which also has a convention center, is located just outside of the Denver International Airport and technically within the boundaries of the City of Aurora.
Funding the Fringe: Mainstream Republicans Are Backing Election Deniers on Colorado’s Ballot
Mainstream Republicans and other business-oriented conservatives are again endorsing GOP candidates in Colorado who promote election conspiracies or outright deny that President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Extremist Rewind – 10/04/2024
As part of our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Steve Rabey’s breakdown of Focus on the Family’s network of Conservative Christian organizations, Jason Salzman’s reporting of a staunch anti-LGBTQ+ advocate’s support of Gabe Evans, and James O’Rourke’s coverage of conspiracy theories and misinformation spread by State Senate Candidate Scott Bright. We have chosen Denver7’s Jeff Anastasio’s reporting on prominent election denier and former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ sentencing of nine years in prison for her role in a data breach plot.
Democrat Buerger Says His GOP Opponent Catlin Sides With Republicans Not His Western CO Constituents
Cole Buerger, a fifth-generation Coloradan with much deeper roots in Silt than former resident and Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, said his experience fighting for democracy overseas and his reaction to the U.S. Capitol riot in 2021 converged to get him into politics in 2021.