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(D) Phil Weiser
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(D) Jena Griswold
(D) David Seligman
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(D) J. Danielson
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(D) Brianna Titone
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
(R) H. Scheppelman
(D) Alex Kelloff
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Trisha Calvarese
(D) Eileen Laubacher
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Shannon Bird
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Today is National Escargot Day
Song of the Day: “Love Shack” (1989) The B52s
Great post, Michael. Thanks!
Tom Tomorrow nails today's GOP current (and likely future) state of mind:
After the midterms, the music will change and it will be all defunding police BLM and Dems taking guns.
Just four US retailers sell 43% of our groceries – and one of those (Wal-Mart) sells 25%. As a result, suppliers feel pressure to accept less favorable terms or offer special perks to dominant buyers because they cannot afford to lose their business.
High levels of consolidation have also contributed to food waste. Retailers have strict requirements for produce size + appearance. Farms can't afford not to deliver on key contracts, so they may plant extra in case of drought or pest infestations.
We need an industry-wide re-tolling of our food system.
Fighting the Big Grocery Monopoly
Two of the big four, Costco and Kroger (King Soopers) are unionized, as are Safeway and Albertsons. Supporting unionized retailers means you are voting your dollars for your values!
^^this^^
Yup.👍
Walmart is still in the top 100 companies donating to legislators who sponsor bills to suppress voting and punish peaceful dissent. ( page 23 of the linked pdf).
If you boycott these companies because of their donations to wannabe fascists, make certain to also contact their PR offices to explain why they won’t have your business anymore.
Fun to wake up to the news of the rapid success of the Avalanche:
5/17 vs
St. Louis W 4 – 1
5/19 vs
St. Louis W 6 – 3
5/21 @
St. Louis W 5 – 1
5/23 @
St. Louis W 5 – 2
#1 seed now gets the #2 seed for the championship.
For real. *Slow clap* for the idiot system that has the two best teams in the NHL going head-to-head in the second goddamn round (or will, assuming Vegas finishes off the Wild).
Go Avs. Take State!
Wow, Rep. Hanks reportedly told the House Minority Leader McKean that he would break his neck. I know nerves get frayed toward the end of session, but this seems a bit…I dunno…less than statesmanlike? https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/late-night-disagreement-turns-into-threat-of-physical-violence-by-rep-ron-hanks/article_1a7f6188-bb1f-11eb-8fc4-7be33e47c427.html
Talking Points Memo has "Report: Dems Paying Out Of Pocket For Extra Security Measures Back Home Amid Rising Threats" It covers US House members. "the U.S. Capitol Police reported that there was a staggering 107% hike in threats against congressional lawmakers this year from 2020."
Colorado may be setting a precedent — I would not have guessed there would be a similar set of rising threats in in the chambers of the legislatures.
I don't think threats of violence have been completely unheard of, even in the Colorado legislature, and I'll guess with not great certainty that Hanks was just blowing off steam. But only time will tell how far Pandora's Box has really been opened.
This is a good segment from John Oliver about how local tv can be bought and paid for by snake oil salesmen. Sponsored Content: Last Week Tonight
The political angle is these are the same stations we are expecting (?) or trusting (?) to fact-check political ads. This is not reasonable. The stations have a financial motive to air as much paid advertisement as possible, no matter how deceptive.
Ken Buck is doing a good job on anti-trust https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/24/tech-antitrust-republican-490446
Let’s see if he looks at the elephant under his nose: the meat packing business. Given that Big Tech is ‘silicone valley’ liberals and the meat packing industry is in his backyard I’m betting he’ll take a pass.