Colorado Republicans first email after this year’s election had a simple message: “We Won!!” The Colorado Republicans’ first event after this year’s election has speakers with a simple message: we can’t trust Colorado’s election results.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Blame Miserly Ministries For Failure to Defeat Constitutional Amendment
Nicole Hunt, an analyst and spokesperson for conservative Christian powerhouse Focus on the Family, argues that the spending gap between pro- and anti-abortion groups is one of the contributing factors to the success of abortion ballot measures this year.
Extremist Rewind – 11/15/2024
It is time, once again, for Colorado Times Recorder’s weekly recap on Colorado stories about extremism. First up, we have an opinion piece from Logan Davis that highlights the ways that Christian Nationalists in Colorado have been emboldened by Trump’s electoral victory. Also on the docket this week is reporting from Jason Salzman on newly elected Colorado DA George Brauchler’s admission that he plans to ‘find a way’ to sidestep Colorado law to enforce deportation policies — and a roundup by Owen Swallow looking at which candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election were successful in their electoral endeavors (It’s most of them.). We’ve also decided to feature an article by Colorado Community Media’s Ellis Arnold on the state Labor Department finding that the Douglas County Sheriff and Commissioners engaged in unlawful and unfair labor practices in their efforts to avoid unionization.
Now Is NOT the Time To Go on a ‘News Fast’
A lot of people are telling me they’re overwhelmed and taking a break from the news. They can’t obsess on Trump again like they’ve been doing for years. It’s bad for their mental health to read his word salad every day during their lunch break. It’s too much to watch MSNBC flip out about Trump selecting an anti-vaxxer as a top health official. Or an alleged pedophile to lead the Justice Department. Trump’s voice and image on CNN turn a perfectly good day into a bad one. And on and on.
When Given a Choice, Voters Fought Back Against Inequality
In red states as well as blue, voters passed ballot initiatives to tax the rich, fund long term care, and provide paid leave.
Boebert Looks Into Alien Hybrids, Undersea Bases
Ufology, in many ways, is a self-contained ecosystem of ideas, recycling outlandish claims and wild theories one generation after another. Yesterday’s House Oversight hearing on “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP): Exposing the Truth” was the latest installment in a saga that has been going on since 1947.
CO District Attorney Promises To ‘Find a Way’ To Sidestep Laws Forbidding Local Police From Helping Feds Arrest Migrants
He says it’s “tricky,” but George Brauchler, who was elected last week as the district attorney for a newly created judicial district in Colorado, is promising to “find a way” to allow local law enforcement to work with federal officials seeking to arrest immigrants, even when Colorado law ostensibly prohibits such cooperation.
Colorado, Illinois Governors Launch Organization To ‘Safeguard’ Democracy Ahead of Trump Presidency
In the wake of Republican Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is helping to lead a new initiative that aims to protect state-level democratic institutions against federal overreach.
Researchers Launch Database To Track and Understand Wildfires
A coalition of research institutes from the southwestern U.S. has developed a new nationwide, open-access geodatabase that they believe will revolutionize tracking and understanding wildfires.