In an interview last week, Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans said he didn’t remember how he voted on a 2020 ballot initiative that would have partially banned abortion, but he did recall that he and his wife “were split on the issue.”
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Fire on the Mountain: Inside a Secretive Colorado Bible College (Part III)
Content note: this story contains references to domestic violence, abuse, and murder.
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Colorado Democrats Fund Grants to Defeat Republicans in County Contests
The Colorado Democratic Party announced today that it has awarded $30,000 in grant funding to county parties as part of its Colorado County Comeback strategic initiative. Alamosa, Chaffee, Douglas, El Paso, Garfield, Grand, Huerfano, Mesa, Ouray, Park, Pueblo, and Routt counties all received grants to help support candidates, campaign planning, training, and staff support for this year’s county commissioner races.
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Colorado GOP Statehouse Candidate Among Core Members of Election Conspiracy Group
A Colorado Republican with perhaps the best odds of flipping a statehouse seat from blue to red appears to have become interested in politics as one of the core members of an election fraud conspiracy group.
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Fire on the Mountain: Inside a Secretive Colorado Bible College (Part II)
John Leong had a decision to make. The finances were a mess: the ministry was underwater after its latest land acquisition, and no one else in leadership seemed to take that fact into account. In an organization seized by the need to expand at all costs, the $18 million debt on the balance sheet was treated as an abstract problem. As Chief Operating Officer for Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWMI), John saw it in more concrete terms. Instead of dialing back their projected spending or slowing Charis Bible College’s desired rate of expansion, though, a new board member had proposed a riskier idea: selling investment opportunities to Wommack’s loyal followers.
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Polis: Biden Needs To ‘Show What Will Change’ To Enable Him To Win Because If the ‘Election Was Held Today, He Likely Wouldn’t Win’
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – It’s understandable when you host a meeting featuring actor Matthew McConaughey – and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pops in as a surprise guest – that the mundane business of bipartisanship and saving democracy maybe gets lost in the shuffle.
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Oltmann and Boebert Spread Misinformation on Trump Attack
Three days after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, federal investigators have yet to uncover the motives of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. What little has been uncovered about Crook’s political views is ambiguous and inconsistent, with the New York Times reporting that he was a registered Republican who also donated to the Progressive Turnout Project.
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Fire on the Mountain: Inside a Secretive Colorado Bible College (Part I)
Content note: This story contains references to sexual assault and abuse.
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After the Trump Assassination Attempt, Some CO Politicians Blurred the Distinction Between Political Criticism and Incitements to Violence
Every decent American is shocked, outraged, and saddened by the July 13 attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the resulting murder of a bystander and wounding of two others. The perpetrator came within maybe an inch of murdering the former president.
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Conservative Christian Leader in CO Reacts to GOP Platform by Advising Anti-Abortion Activists to Play the ‘Long Game’ on Banning Abortion
As Democrats debate whether President Joe Biden should run for another term, Republican officials back Donald Trump and his agenda for the next four years, according to the party’s recently released platform, which is expected to be approved at the Republican National Convention starting in Milwaukee.