About 25 members of Denver’s Fight for $15 movement, which advocates for raising the minimum wage, gathered at a local Carl’s Jr. Thursday as part of a nationwide wave of rallies against labor secretary nominee and fast food mogul Andy Puzder.
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Wilburn is another possible candidate for state GOP chair
Derrick Wilburn, vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party, will decide whether to run for state party chair later this month, after current GOP chair Steve House makes his decision on whether to seek re-election to the post.
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When your headline doesn’t match your content, you are creating propaganda: Michael Brown edition
When you want to imply something that isn’t true, how do you do it? You do it with a misleading headline, of course. Here we have 630-AM KHOW’s Michael Brown, radio host and infamously inept and under-qualified head of FEMA under the George W. Bush administration, showing how it’s done:
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County Republican chair suggests castrating transgender people who use women’s bathrooms
Saguache County Republican Chair Richard Drake apparently shared a Facebook meme this week depicting a castration device with the statement, “Make’em think twice before entering the ladies room. Share if you know what these are used for.”
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Pro-choice activists call on Gardner to reject Trump’s anti-choice nominee for attorney general
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado called on Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner Monday to oppose the confirmation of anti-choice U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
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Hundreds rally against Obamacare repeal, petition Gardner to protect their coverage
Hundreds of people gathered at U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s office in Denver Tuesday to rally against plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.
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Their selective outrage makes something clear: They are racist
Four people kidnap and torture a man. They’re caught and charged with crimes that will likely keep them in prison for life. For the GOP, this is proof that Obama and Black Lives Matter are racist and responsible for the crimes.
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ACLU of Colorado aims to make the state a “civil liberties safe zone”
As the inauguration of Donald Trump approaches, the ACLU of Colorado is reaffirming its commitment to protecting the rights of Coloradans by calling on statewide leaders to make the state a “civil liberties safe zone.”
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Republicans plan to defund Planned Parenthood as part of Obamacare repeal, but activists promise to “fight like hell”
The director of Planned Parenthood in Colorado said yesterday her organization will “fight like hell” against plans by Republicans, announced by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), to de-fund Planned Parenthood.
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Racist GOP county chair makes it official
A while back, Denver blogger Jason Salzman called the GOP’s Otero County Chair Judy Reyher to ask about seemingly racist posts on her Facebook page—things like complaining that black people are “hate filled beings” and many other examples. At the time she denied being a racist.