Juneteenth 2024 Open Thread
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” –Frederick Douglass
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Colorado Week in Review for June 16, 2024
awesome + uniting Longest-ever flight from Denver International Airport takes off Tuesday All the Juneteenth Events in Metro Denver Colorado Rockies Do Something Never Done Before in Modern Era of Baseball History awesome + controversy Abortion rights advocates in Colorado prepare for more legal challenges Efforts to build an “airport city” called Colorado Aerotropolis are […]
Colorado Week in Review for June 9, 2024
awesome + uniting Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks with space station after challenging rendezvous Two years of free college? For some students in Colorado, the answer will soon be, ‘Yes’ Colorado Springs opens new LGBTQ community center nearly 18 months after Club Q shooting awesome + controversy More protections for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in Colorado […]
Buy The Greatest (Or Worst) Trump T-Shirt of 2024 While You Can
As readers may know, Donald Trump’s campaign has instructed Republican campaigns across the country to avoid fundraising appeals that invoke Trump’s recent conviction on 34 felony counts in New York related to the cover-up of Trump’s “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Since the conviction, Trump has reportedly enjoyed a massive influx of […]
Mike Lynch Gets Perfect Ending to Disastrous 2024
It may seem hard to believe, but 2024 is already halfway over. There might not be any Colorado politician more ready for this year to just end entirely than State Rep. Mike Lynch (R-Wellington). Lynch began the year as the House Minority Leader and a plausibly-strong challenger for Congress in CO-04. Things went downhill from […]
Colorado Week in Review for June 2, 2024
Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case Colorado politicians react to Trump guilty verdict Colorado officials react to Donald Trump’s conviction, from saying he “lacks moral capacity” to criticizing “scam trial” Donald Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes. Here’s how Colorado leaders are reacting. Colorado officials, politicians react after Trump […]
Colorado Week in Review for May 26, 2024
awesome + uniting “Enormous progress” for tenants: Here’s how the Colorado legislature tried to help renters in 2024 Colorado State University’s corpse flower bloomed. Here’s how to see (and smell) it Wolverines to be reintroduced in Colorado awesome + controversy After Colorado leaders protest, Congress scales back proposal to move National Guard units to Space […]
Memorial Day Weekend 2024 Open Thread
May 21st, 2024: The Day The Colorado Republican Party Died
As 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark reported last night, the Colorado Republican Party sent out an email blast yesterday that if we’re to take it at face value completely resets the debate over education policy in Colorado, making claims and recommendations so far from the mainstream no matter what your views on public education may be that […]
Ramey Johnson’s State House Campaign Epitomizes Colorado GOP in 2024
Republican “Zombie” Ramey Johnson has long been a recurring character in this space because of her seemingly never-ending quest to win election to something. Her sad sack 2024 campaign is her 11th such effort since 2000, which makes running for office more of a hobby than a serious undertaking… And that makes her the perfect […]