UPDATE: Following publication, Commissioner VanderWerf replied via email. His comments have been added.
Gordon Klingenschmitt
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Colorado’s Top Political Media Stuntmasters (e.g., Boebert, Tancredo) and Their Victims in Boulder
You might have thought Tom Tancredo would never be dethroned as Colorado’s king of political media spectacles, but he’s been surpassed by Lauren Boebert.
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Former Colorado Lawmaker Running For City Council Equates Democrats To Nazis
Former State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt (R-Colo Springs), who is in the race for Colorado Springs City Council, shared an image on his Facebook page this week that appears to equate Democrats to Nazis.
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Truth: Colorado Politicians Still Sharing Fake News
In the last two weeks, one Colorado state Representative, two former representatives and one perennial candidate have all shared fake news posts to their Facebook pages.
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Progressive leaders say Democratic Party should shun abortion opponents
Directors of 18 progressive organizations called on Democrats yesterday not to welcome or accommodate anti-choice policy-makers in their party.
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Anti-choice leaders react angrily to news that a pregnancy prevention program lowers teen abortion rate by 64 percent
Colorado officials and pro-abortion advocates are ecstatic over new statistics showing that the teen abortion rate has dropped 64 percent in Colorado over eight years, due mostly to a state-run program offering free or low-cost intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants to women. Teen pregnancies are down 54 percent.
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These Colorado Republicans are embracing extremist Senate candidate Roy Moore
Despite his record of bigotry and extremism, some Colorado Republicans embraced hardline conservative Christian Roy Moore after his upset over incumbent Luther Strange in Alabama’s U.S. Senate GOP primary election this week.
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On World AIDS Day, Planned Parenthood rolls out new testing technology, offers free screenings
Today, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) is launching their 4th annual World AIDS Day initiative, which will be its most extensive to date.
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Chaps is no longer the scourge of the Colorado GOP, but he’s still as ignorant as ever
We don’t have former State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt to kick around anymore, but rest assured he is still out there spreading ignorance. It’s too bad there are so many Republicans in the state legislature who are equally ignorant, such as State Sen. Tim Neville (R-Littleton) and State Sen. Laura Woods (R-Arvada).