Two of the state’s most prominent law enforcement figures have spent the month bickering in the pages of the Phil Anschutz-owned Gazette. What started with a broadside from former and would-be future District Attorney George Brauchler against Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has devolved into a back-and-forth race to the bottom as the prosecutors take turns embodying the worst impulses of the American justice system.
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Trump Bibles: A Story of Biblical Corruption
An out of control Oklahoma superintendent is trying to brainwash kids — and personally enrich former President Trump.
DAVIS: They’re Going to Blame Immigrants
I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered,” the authoritarian aspirant tweeted, following his Friday rally at the Aurora Gaylord. “We will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.” Over the rest of the three-paragraph screed, he promised to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel migrants, a law which was last used to intern 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Any Criminal Threat in Aurora Is Dwarfed by the Rising MAGA Crime Rate
Editor’s note: This was originally published before Trump’s campaign stop in Aurora on Friday.
Support for Proposition KK: ‘A Vote for Women. A Vote for Survivors. A Vote for a Better, More Compassionate Colorado’
Carvajal As the Executive Director of The Blue Bench, Denver’s leading organization providing support to survivors of sexual violence, I am writing this as a plea — for the women, for the survivors, for the people in our community who feel like no one cares. In a climate where it often feels like women’s safety, healing, and dignity are pushed aside, we have an opportunity to make a profound difference by voting yes on Proposition KK this November.
The Mounting Costs of Enabling Israel’s War on Gaza
Most Americans oppose this horrific war, but a year in we’re still paying for it — at the expense of our own safety, security, and morality.
On Debate Stage, Gabe Evans Declined to Condemn Child Beatings
There is only one appropriate answer to the question, "When should children be hit in school," and that is, "Never," a word that Evans declined to utter.
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.