Amid the unrelenting cavalcade of appalling Trump administration appointees announced in recent weeks, one pick slid past without nearly enough scrutiny: the selection of Mike Huckabee to serve as the United States’ ambassador to Israel. With no diplomatic experience whatsoever, Huckabee will take up the crucial posting in the middle of a war. But it’s not Huckabee’s lack of experience which makes the choice so eyebrow-raising, it’s his apocalyptic Christian Zionist notion of Israel.
Conservative Christian activist group Forging Pueblo held a “Jericho Walk for D70 Schools” in Pueblo Saturday.
Republican legislators from across the county gathered in Washington, D.C. last week for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit. Heading Colorado’s delegation was state Sen. Mark Baisley (R-Roxborough Park), who appears to be considering a run for governor in 2026, and serves as one of ALEC’s Colorado State Co-Chairs.
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Earlier this week conspiracist filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza publicly apologized for the false claims in his election fraud conspiracy movie 2000 Mules.
Colorado will soon see the launch of a program for legal psychedelic-assisted therapies across the state.
Evans A Christian nationalist college founded by one of the country’s top anti-gay and anti-abortion conservatives is celebrating U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans (R-CO) as its “first-ever graduate to be elected” to Congress.
