Extremist Rewind Archives - Colorado Times Recorder

Extremist Rewind – April 7, 2025

Owen Swallow·April 7, 2025

Welcome back to CTR’s weekly roundup of articles pertaining to political extremism in Colorado. Aside from protests over the weekend in opposition to the Trump administration’s actions, which you can read our coverage of here, we have multiple stories pertaining to right-wing activism and overreach by the federal government. First up, we have a piece by James O’Rourke on the various far-right donors to a Colorado conservative training program called the Leadership Program of the Rockies (LPR). LPR’s investors range from longstanding conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation to extreme Libertarian city-state advocacy groups. Logan Davis has a column examining the link between modern right-wing anti-public education activism and the now 60-year-old John Birch Society. We are also highlighting two pieces by the Colorado Newsline’s Lindsey Toomer, who wrote about Trump’s Energy Secretary dismissing the role of climate change in Colorado wildfires and the now 10 international students at Colorado universities who have had their visas revoked.

Extremist Rewind – 1/31/2025

Owen Swallow·January 31, 2025

January has come and gone and we here at the Colorado Times Recorder are restarting our weekly roundup of articles relating to political extremism in Colorado. Since it has been a while since our last rewind, we will be looking back at some published work from earlier in the month. Starting off, we have Heidi Beedle’s coverage of anti-abortion advocates celebrating the Trump presidency and the pardoning of individuals who vandalized and intimidated people at pregnancy resource centers. We also have an article by Washington DC correspondent for CTR Maria Tedesco documenting the Colorado GOP celebration of Trump’s inauguration where a January 6th rioter was lauded, Erik Maulbetsch’s recent article on Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams derailing a recent Republican meeting with another attempted power grab and a column from Logan Davis on how policies from the now-infamous Project 2025 are being put in place at a national scale. Finally, we would like to draw attention to one of the first bills put forth by the Colorado GOP that targets trans people and gender-affirming care, reporting by James O’Rourke.

Extremist Rewind – 11/02/2024

Owen Swallow·November 4, 2024

As part of our weekly roundup of articles on political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Jason Salzman’s article documenting which candidates who have denied the results of the 2020 election through some form or another, Erik Maulbetsch’s coverage of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce not endorsing Republican Matt Burcham, who has pushed election conspiracy theories. We’re also featuring an article from Susan Green at Aurora Sentinel on Aurora City Councilor Danielle Jurinsky’s verbal abuse of her colleagues, and 9News’ Darren Whitehead’s on the sentencing of a Douglas County man who participated in the January 6 Capitol insurrection.