Thousands of Coloradans endured freezing temperatures and snow flurries to demonstrate against the Trump administration today. Roughly 2,500 protestors rallied at the state Capitol and marched through downtown Denver, part of a coordinated national event that was organized by the 50501 Movement.
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers out there. For this week’s round-up of extremism, we are looking at some anti-trans activism, another Project 2025 author joining the Trump Administration, and a convicted felon being elected chair of the Jefferson County GOP. We are featuring two articles from James O’Rourke who looked into anti-trans activists’ plans for the coming years and Trump’s appointment of Kathleen Sgamma, an oil and gas lobbyist, to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Owen Swallow gives an update on the Colorado GOP’s ongoing feud with a Durango school district and the divide that is beginning to form between La Plata County Republicans and State GOP leaders. Finally, we are featuring reporting from Westword’s Hannah Metzger, who covered Rich Wyatt’s ascension to lead the Jefferson County GOP. Wyatt, a convicted felon and election denier, first made a name for himself on a shortlived reality TV show that featured his Wheat Ridge gun shop, which he would later be convicted of running without a license.
Silhouette of a person looking at stars. Photo credit: Klemen Vrankar on Unsplash. Isn’t this a New World game?Not in the tame sense of playbut more a proxy fight for autonomy
As President Donald Trump ushers in unprecedented (and possibly illegal) changes in presidential power and the federal government, his actions have been “welcomed and celebrated by those in the pro-life” and “pro-family” movement, says a Family Research Council article titled “Trump’s First Week Just the Beginning of the ‘Clean-up Process’ of ‘Anti-Family Provisions.’”
This week, Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee voted to indefinitely postpone Rep. Scott Bottoms’ (R-Colorado Springs) bill to make bringing a minor from another state to Colorado for abortion or gender-affirming care a class 2 felony. Bottoms’ bill had no cosponsors in either the House or the Senate.
CFBP website on Thursday Three years ago, Wells Fargo was required to pay a total $3.7 billion to customers, including over 50,000 Coloradans, after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that Wells Fargo had engaged in systemic fraud including misapplied loan payments, wrongly assessed fees and interest, and harmful auto loan practices.
Protect Kids Colorado, an organization formed last year to promote ballot initiatives that would negatively impact the rights of Colorado’s transgender community, is gearing up once again to submit initiatives to the Title Board in an effort to get on the 2026 ballot.
"President Trump has made a fantastic selection of Kathleen Sgamma as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, as she knows our public lands and their untapped resources as well as anyone,” Boebert wrote in a statement.
