Colorado Times Recorder

22/08/2024

Eagle County’s only elected Republican, Sheriff James van Beek, will be reading a book meant for children that was written by far-right extremist and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec this Saturday.

Eagle County’s only elected Republican, Sheriff James van Beek, will be reading a book meant for children that was written by far-right extremist and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec this...

22/08/2024

Last week, a Colorado Christian nationalist was sentenced for her role in the January 6th insurrection. She believes that her faith requires her embrace of far-right politics, and sees little difference between the two.

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Last week, a sentence was handed down in a case that has taken more than three years to conclude. Rebecca Lavrenz – perhaps the most prominent of the 17 Coloradans...

21/08/2024

A bill passed by the Colorado Legislature this year that adjusts taxpayer refunds will benefit high earners but decrease refunds for most Colorado taxpayers.

A bill passed by the Colorado Legislature this year that adjusts taxpayer refunds will benefit high earners but decrease refunds for most Colorado taxpayers, according to a recent analysis from...

21/08/2024

GOP Congressional Candidate Gabe Evans, who's running to unseat Yadira Caraveo in Colorado's most competitive congressional district, doesn't talk much about his formative training as a right-wing activist, embracing the core agenda of the Christian far right, including a ban on abortion, opposition to gay marriage, the appointment of conservative Supreme Court Justices, and more.

On the campaign trail, congressional candidate Gabe Evans talks a lot about his experience in the military, police force, and Colorado Legislature. Evans But what you don’t hear him discuss...

20/08/2024

DEGUIRE: On June 13, 2024, while district families were on summer break and with limited community input, the Denver (DPS) school board approved new guidelines for closing schools in the ‘25-‘26 school year.

On June 13, 2024, while district families were on summer break and with limited community input, the Denver (DPS) school board approved new guidelines (Executive Limitation, EL-18) for closing schools...

20/08/2024

Montezuma County Republican Party Chair Lenetta Shull chastised Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams over the “transphobic email” the state party sent out last week during a Sunday evening “grassroots town hall meeting” held via Zoom.

Montezuma County Republican Party Chair Lenetta Shull chastised Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams over the “transphobic email” the state party sent out last week during a Sunday evening “grassroots town...

19/08/2024

“All of the phony AI generated images depicting massive crowds for Kamala Harris are in violation of Colorado’s new (and silly) Candidate Election Deepfake Disclosures law,” Baisley wrote on Facebook last week. “Jenna Griswold awaits your call.”

With many other Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, calling Harris’s rally images fake, Baisley’s post is not uncommon — even if it is unfounded. Axios and other fact-checkers reported that these accusations are untrue. https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/08/co-lawmaker-falsely-accuses-harris-of-using-ai-enhanced-images-to-make-her-crowds-look-bigger/63764/

18/08/2024

Opinion: We’ve recently learned about Project 2025, the GOP’s scheme to let corporate agents take over our government. But there’s an effort by some donors to also make Democrats install corporate-subservient officials to expand their monopoly power.

We’ve recently learned about Project 2025, the GOP’s scheme to let corporate agents take over our government. But there’s also a less visible effort by some donors to also make...

17/08/2024

"Tampon Trump" by Clay Jones

16/08/2024

Released in 2022, the film "Selection Code" tries to wrangle the story of Tina Peters into a more flattering narrative. But any of the issues brought to light in Peters' trial paint that narrative in a much more clearly negative way.

Just about anyone who pays attention to Colorado politics knows the broad details of Tina Peters' story. Formerly Mesa County's Clerk & Recorder, in May 2021 Peters helped election conspiracists...

16/08/2024

How many kindergartners are vaccinated against measles at your son’s school? How many are vaccinated against whooping cough at your daughter’s child care center?

These are the kinds of questions parents can answer quickly using a state database created by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The database lets users search vaccination and exemption rates for child care centers, schools, and colleges statewide, and look at trends over time.

By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat How many kindergartners are vaccinated against measles at your son’s school? How many are vaccinated against whooping cough at your daughter’s child care center? These are...

15/08/2024

Will Rep. Bradley's policy agenda represent her 89,000+ constituents, or the 46 members of DougCo Moms for Liberty?

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...

14/08/2024

Among the groups calling Advance Colorado's tax cut initiatives a "real threat" to Colorado is Ready Colorado, a conservative group closely tied to ... Advance Colorado.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, advocacy groups from across the political spectrum joined together to call on Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) to convene a special session of the state...

14/08/2024

Colorado's 8th congressional district is a must-win seat for national Republicans this November. There's only one thing standing in their way: the Republican candidate, Gabe Evans.

Read Logan M. Davis' new column about the GOP's Gabe Evans problem.

The national Republican Party’s path to maintaining its majority in the House of Representatives this November runs straight through Colorado’s 8th congressional district. It’s a new district, created by the...

13/08/2024

GUILTY: Election Conspiracist and Former Mesa County, Colorado, Election Official Faces Years Jail

A Mesa County jury found Tina Peters guilty Monday on 7 of 10 criminal charges related to a security breach that occurred in the spring of 2021 in the elections...

13/08/2024

Saturday, Aug. 24 is shaping up to be an eventful day for those monitoring the infighting of the Colorado Republican Party and the death spiral of the El Paso County Republican Party.

Photo by Dan Pancamo. Saturday, Aug. 24 is shaping up to be an eventful day for those monitoring the infighting of the Colorado Republican Party and the death spiral of...

12/08/2024

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who's in Colorado Friday, is only one of at least 13 high-profile GOP extremists who've endorsed Evans, who faces CO Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Democrat, in one of the most competitive congressional races in the country. Here's a list of Evans' MAGA endorsers. https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/08/house-speaker-johnson-whos-headlining-gabe-evans-fundraiser-friday-is-one-of-many-maga-extremists-endorsing-evans/63592/

12/08/2024

Jenna Ellis, the Christian attorney who joined former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, agreed Aug. 5 to cooperate with Arizona’s attorney general.

Jenna Ellis, the Christian attorney who joined former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, agreed Aug. 5 to cooperate with Arizona’s attorney general. She pledged to “completely...

11/08/2024

Opinion: Republicans' plan for mass deportation would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.

There’s an image that’s stayed with me for weeks: A sea of people holding up “Mass Deportation Now” signs at the Republican National Convention. Since then, I’ve been plagued with...

09/08/2024

"Balz to the Walz" by Clay Jones

Mismanagement and Infighting Will Cause CO Republicans To ‘Suffer’ in November’s Election, Says Former Party… 1 day ago

09/08/2024

"I will be leaving for Grand Junction Tuesday evening to go up and support Tina Peters."
— CO Republican Natl Committeewoman Christy Fidura

As former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters' trial on multiple election fraud-related felonies continues, a handful of supporters have gathered each day, both inside and outside the courtroom, to support...

09/08/2024

"Bring them home." A plea and a prayer from the Shomer.

What’s the first really big news story you can remember? For me, it was the Iran Hostage Crisis. It unfolded during President Jimmy Carter’s administration. For those too young to...

08/08/2024

Last week, the Pueblo Board of County Commissioners approved a $650 payment to sponsor a 10-person table at A Caring Pregnancy Center’s annual fundraiser next month. On July 8, the Pueblo City Council voted 5-1 to spend $1,500 to sponsor the event.

Last week, the Pueblo Board of County Commissioners approved a $650 payment to sponsor a 10-person table at A Caring Pregnancy Center’s annual fundraiser next month. On July 8, the...

08/08/2024

“That is one of the fundamental duties of the state chairman in the state party: to identify and get out the Republican vote. And nothing is happening on that front,” said Dick Wadhams, who served as Colorado’s GOP leader 13 years ago. “[Williams] has no time to do the fundamental role of the Colorado Republican Party, which is to get the Republican vote out.

“And so Republicans will suffer this election because of that.”

07/08/2024

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who refuses to say Biden won in 2020, is coming to Colorado next week to raise money for Republican Gabe Evans, who also won't say the last presidential election wasn't stolen.

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) is coming to Larimer County next Friday to headline a fundraiser for state Rep. Gabe Evans. Houser Speaker Mike Johnson Colorado's recently...

07/08/2024

A week after Logan Davis' investigative reporting on his ministry, controversial Christian evangelist Andrew Wommack announced that he will transition out of leadership over his Woodland Park-based Charis Bible College.

Controversial Christian evangelist Andrew Wommack announced that he will transition out of leadership over his Woodland Park-based Charis Bible College next month. Sources inside the ministry report that the announcement...

06/08/2024

"What we really want to take away from COVID, is we always need to be thinking about the next thing that’s going to be happening and creating better systems of response."

The La Plata County Public Health Department is in a period of transition.  Until recently, the county partnered with Archuleta County to its east to operate the dual county San...

05/08/2024

This morning, activists from Protect Kids Colorado and partnered organizations announced that their two ballot initiatives had failed to collect enough signatures to be eligible for the 2024 ballot.

This morning, activists from Protect Kids Colorado and partnered organizations announced that their two ballot initiatives, both targeting the rights of transgender youths in Colorado, had failed to collect enough...

05/08/2024

“We should have an opportunity to pick up 2-3 seats in the state Senate, but bc we are so focused on the infighting, I seriously question whether that’s going to be able to happen.”

After more than a decade of public service, Colorado Springs Republican Mark Waller has not been an elected official for over three years, and given his party's current state of...

04/08/2024

From the Colorado Times Recorder's resident poet: A poem of hope in a political landscape that just turned hopeful.

The Buddhabeauty of the changing present moment could be its geometricgeodesic dadadivinity. Witness as in no other era our species’ technological burglar's bag of expanding multiverses. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy on lookout. The...