Here’s the first of a new regular feature. A weekly list of the top extremism stories from the Colorado Times Recorder and beyond. All of this week’s articles are from CTR, but in the future, we’ll include the work of other news outlets too.
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Colorado Lawmaker Leads Anti-LGBT Hate Group Amid Reelection Campaign
Colorado Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley recently announced her plans to lead a new Moms for Liberty chapter in Douglas County. Bradley was elected in 2022 to House District 39, which includes parts of Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, and other rural parts of the county and is currently running for reelection.
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Marxists and Pedophiles: Republicans React to Legislative Session
In media appearances and at townhall events, Colorado Republicans are reflecting on the recent legislative session which saw bills addressing housing, property taxes, and gun control.
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Inaugural March for Life Attacks Colorado Abortion Policy and Prop 89
Colorado anti-abortion activists spoke out against Colorado’s abortion policy and Proposition 89, the ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion access in Colorado’s Constitution, during the inaugural March for Life event in Denver on Friday.
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Libertarian Hazlitt Coalition Trains State Legislators to Target Public Schools
The national libertarian youth activism organization, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), has assembled a network of extreme conservative state legislators as part of its Hazlitt Coalition. Pulling its members from legislatures across the country, the Hazlitt Coalition’s Colorado delegation includes Reps. Scott Bottoms (R-Colorado Springs), Ken DeGraaf (R-Colorado Springs), Brandi Bradley (R-Littleton), and Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose).
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Dems Defeat ‘Extreme’ Anti-Abortion Bills
This week, Democrat-controlled Colorado House committees voted down two proposed anti-abortion bills from state Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-Colorado Springs). Bottoms’ “Personhood of Living Unborn Human Child” bill was killed by the State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee, and his “Require Information about Abortion Pill Reversal” bill met the same fate in the Health and Human Services Committee.
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Republicans Reflect on Legislative Session
With the end of the legislative session, Republicans in Colorado are giving an accounting of their performance to constituents at town hall events across the state. In the House, Republicans only hold 19 seats, compared to the 46 held by Democrats. In town halls in Douglas and El Paso Counties, Republican representatives expressed frustration at their inability to override Democratic priorities like abortion and gun control.
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‘I’m a Pissed Off Grandma’ — Republican Legislators Address Parent Rights Rally
Republican legislators addressed attendees of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network’s (CPAN) “Rally for Parent Rights” yesterday. The rally, which featured approximately 100 attendees, was in response to House Bill 23-1003, which would create a sixth through twelfth grade mental health assessment screening program administered by the state Department of Public Health & Environment. Republican legislators addressed vaccines, charter schools, LGBTQ issues, and what they saw as government overreach in regard to policies aimed at Colorado students.
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‘Advancing Death for No Other Purpose Than to Advance Death,’ Says GOP Lawmaker About Colorado Democrats’ Pro-Choice Legislation
As the Colorado Democrats’ “Safe Access to Protected Health Care” package of legislation moves to House for consideration, Republicans have taken to talk radio to share their views on the proposed bills that target the marketing practices of anti-abortion centers and their use of an unproven pill to reverse an abortion, expand legal protections for patients and providers seeking reproductive and gender-affirming health care, and expand insurance coverage for those seeking reproductive health care.
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TRANSforming Gender Conference Returns to CU Boulder
As state legislatures across the country are considering — and often passing — laws to limit access to gender-affirming health care and ban drag performances, the University of Colorado Boulder hosted the 17th annual TRANSforming Gender Conference this weekend. The free conference, which featured nearly 50 panels and workshops, raises awareness about issues and identities in the trans community, bringing together members of the LGBTQ community and allies to attend talks, trainings and forums on a wide variety of topics.