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Will Joe O’Dea Ride His Horse to Weld County in 2024?

Colorado Republicans apparently still think that it might be a good idea to get 2022 Republican Senate candidate Joe O’Dea to run for federal office again in 2024. That’s the very same Joe O’Dea who lost the 2022 U.S. Senate race to incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet by 15 points. POLITICO reports (again) about a potential […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (May 19)

The Denver Nuggets are two wins away from advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Game 3 is Saturday in Los Angeles. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If […]

Hicken-Letter Epically Destroys Boebert’s Earmark Hypocrisy

Prior to the GOP’s narrow takeover of the U.S. House in the 2022 midterms, Colorado’s then-freshman all-purpose blowhard Rep. Lauren Boebert ostentatiously refused to pass on requests for so-called “earmarks,” otherwise known as specific funding appropriations for numerous projects in her district, decrying Democratic leadership for engaging in a process she condemned as corrupt. At […]

Sweet Home Colorado for Space Command HQ?

  The administration of former President Donald Trump created a new branch of the military called “Space Force” in 2018. The headquarters of U.S. Space Command was established in Colorado Springs on a temporary basis until an official home was found, and Colorado politicians lobbied hard for the HQ to remain in our state. But […]

The Jig is Up: Republicans Detail Legislative Obstruction Efforts

Throughout the 120 days of the recently-concluded Colorado legislative session, House Republicans generally stuck to a strategy of trying to waste as much time as possible in order to prevent a Democratic supermajority from accomplishing some of its goals. Relegated to a leaderless micro-minority, the House GOP caucus had no realistic policy plans of their […]

2023 Legislation wrap-up and more ways to fight for progress this week (May 15)

So far, 2023 has been a big year for PNC. At the beginning of our 20th year fighting for progressive values in Colorado, for the first time ProgressNow Colorado took a front-line approach to the legislative session with a full-time Legislative Director inside the building helping to shape policy. We worked directly to pass legislation […]

The Get More Smarter Podcast Legislative Wrap Up

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the First Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly has adjourned Sine Die and it was a despicable failure, or a resounding success, or somewhere in between, depending entirely on how much time you spend putting money into Elon Musk’s pocket. Your hosts Jason Bane and Ian […]

Caraveo, Senate Dems Fight For Interstate Abortion Rights

Colorado’s U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet announced last week the reintroduction of the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act, which would protect abortion providers from lawsuits originating in anti-choice states and prohibit federal support for such actions: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and […]

The Republican Weather Forecast: Persistent Snowflakes

With the 2023 Colorado legislative session now in the books, there have been lots of stories in the media assessing what did or did not get accomplished. We posted our own “Winners and Losers” of the legislative session on Wednesday, which included analysis of the same Republican ineptitude that other news outlets have noted. House […]

What in the Hell is Lauren Boebert Doing?

Near the end of this week’s episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii spent a few minutes discussing the absurdity of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis waging an all-out political war on The Walt Disney Company because it disagreed with his “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis is betting that […]

PNC Presents: Winners and Losers of the 2023 Colorado legislative session

THE WINNERS Abortion Rights and Reproductive Health Care A year after the hijacked conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court made good on the right’s long-standing threat to overturn Roe v. Wade, Colorado as expected became a haven for abortion care, offering help to thousands of people fleeing abortion ban states. This year, Colorado passed […]

Beclowning Themselves to the Bitter End

UPDATE: Apparently House Republicans walked out…so they could talk about walking out. —– The 2023 legislative session in Colorado came to a close late Monday evening, but not before House Republicans took their months-long complaining and filibustering to a new level of ludicrous. In a final day full of frayed nerves and flaring tempers on […]

Washington Post Highlights Colorado Lawmakers

Two Colorado lawmakers are the prime subjects in separate Washington Post stories published today. First up: Casey Parks writes about State Rep. Brianna Titone (D-Arvada), one of the clear-cut stars of the 2023 Colorado legislative session. Parks dives into Titone’s efforts to reach across the political aisle and form friendships with the likes of Republican […]

Tina Peters Held In Contempt Of Court, Avoids Jail Again

An update in the long and complicated legal proceedings against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters today, as a Mesa County judge ruled Peters in contempt of court stemming from an incident in which Peters illegally recorded court proceedings. The iPad used to record that court hearing became the focus of an obstruction charge Peters […]

Again With the Construction Defects Reform Nonsense?

As the 2023 legislative session winds to a close (Monday is Sine Die), lawmakers from both political parties are starting to think about priorities for 2024. Among the issues that have come up for discussion lately is the idea of another round of legislation dealing with one of the all-time bullshit arguments in Colorado: Construction […]

Colorado GOP Chair Appears on Conspiracist ScamPAC Podcast, Promotes Election Denialism

(Dance with the crackpots who brung you — Promoted by Colorado Pols) When Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams hit the airwaves last month for his victory tour of right-wing talk radio, he insisted that he would unify the clearly divided Republican Party. He offered leadership roles to the other chair candidates he defeated, including Tina […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (May 3)

May the Third be with you. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter.   FIRST UP…   […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (May 2)

The Denver Nuggets took a 2-0 series lead on Monday night by beating the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinals matchup; Game 3 is in Phoenix on Friday. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If […]

Senate Republicans Make Asinine Arguments on Ghost Guns

We wrote in this space on Thursday about discussion in the State Senate regarding proposed legislation seeking to regulate unserialized firearms — more commonly known as “ghost guns” — and to establish a process to serialize firearms made at home via a 3D printer or other methods. There have been bipartisan calls for this legislation, […]

It’s Red vs. Red As “Ghost Gun” Ban Sails Through

This afternoon, the Colorado Senate is debating Senate Bill 23-279, a late-introduced bill banning the possession and manufacture of “ghost guns.” This bill was introduced in direct response to a shooting at Denver’s East High School earlier this year that reportedly involved such a weapon. In keeping with the general trend this legislative session, though […]

Thursday Open Thread

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” –Will Rogers

Haley Sideswipes DeSantis on Disney, But Colorado’s Got Dibs

The conservative Washington Examiner reports from the early stages of the Republican 2024 presidential primary, where former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has joined in the recent collective dunking on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his “anti-business” hostile relationship with one of his state’s largest employers, The Walt Disney Company. If Disney is tired of […]

Biden Announces Re-Election as Trump, MAGA Slump

Everything old is new again. Well, that’s not exactly right. Everything that was old in 2020 is now older, but there will be a newish version in 2024. A darker version, but in a good way. From The New York Times: President Biden formally announced on Tuesday that he would seek a second term, arguing […]

Caption This Photo: Boebert And Kitty’s Thousand-Yard Stare

Colorado’s sophomore maven of misadventure Rep. Lauren Boebert’s campaign for re-election announced the addition of a new team member on Monday, whatever it takes to keep at least 546 votes to the good from early retirement: We’re suckers for a cute kitten like anyone else, but much like the goat Boebert made “friends” with a […]

Republicans Celebrate “Right to Repair” That They Opposed

As Jesse Bedayn reports for The Associated Press, Colorado is now the first state in the country with a “right to repair” law that allows farmers more freedom to fix their own tractors and combines: Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first […]

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