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Colorado Week in Review for August 20, 2023
awesome + uniting Colorado test scores improve, hinting at a pandemic recovery Aurora to celebrate its diverse community during tenth Global Fest 16 downtown Denver office buildings considered for housing conversions awesome + controversy Colorado closer to banning ‘abortion reversal’ treatment after medical board decision Colorado marijuana tax revenue higher than alcohol, cigarettes Aurora City […]
Meet Rep. Lauren Boebert, Co-Conspirator 1776
UPDATE: An unrepentant Rep. Lauren Boebert defends the 2020 coup attempt in a new interview yesterday, reciting the same barely-coherent set of disproven talking points she used in the 2022 GOP primary (below)–and hopes the indictment leads to eventual Trumpian triumph: Constitutional scholar Lauren Boebert explains how Trump was legally justified trying to overturn the […]
GOP Files Suit To Overturn Colorado’s Semi-Open Primaries
Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio reports on the filing of the long-anticipated lawsuit in federal court from the Colorado Republican Party seeking to overturn Proposition 108, the initiative passed in 2016 allowing unaffiliated voters to take part in either party’s primary: The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Denver on Monday, alleges that Proposition […]
Get More Smarter on Wednesday (July 19)
It’s hot out there, but it’s going to get a LOT hotter next week. 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 […]
Get More Smarter on Tuesday (July 11)
Don’t forget the sunscreen if you’re outside today; it’s a scorcher. 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 […]
Mesa County Health Board Causing Worry
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Mesa County Colorado is officially on the world map these days, thanks to the likes of Tina Peters and Lauren Boebert, but what is causing me a lot of worry these days is the direction of the Mesa County Health Department’s Board. Janet Rowland got herself appointed to that Board as […]
Waiting For Dave Williams’ Next Lead Balloon
It’s been a wild few months for newly-elected Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams, whose brief term in office has been marred by growing dissent, infighting, intraparty score-settling…basically anything except what the Colorado GOP should be focused on, raising money and organizing to reclaim seats in the 2024 elections. Axios’ John Frank […]
Settled: Dave Williams Thinks Republican Donors Are Stupid
UPDATE: KRDO-TV political reporter Spencer Soicher with an eye-opening apropos report on growing dissatisfaction with Dave Williams’ performance as Colorado GOP chairman: “I don’t think anyone wants to see an angry state party in Colorado,” [Pols emphasis] former Colorado GOP Chair Kristi Burton Brown said. Burton Brown didn’t seek another term after the November election […]
Colorado GOP Plans to Hire John Eastman for 2nd Try To Overturn Voter-Approved Open Primary Law
(Better hurry before John Eastman gets disbarred — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Republicans are hiring conservative attorney John Eastman to attempt to overturn the will of the voters. Any déja vu you may be experiencing is understandable. The difference is instead of Trump hiring him to flip a […]
Eating Your Own: Not Just For Dave Williams Anymore!
As Will Doran reports for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, the recent phenomenon of state Republican Party organizations dominated by far-right hardcore activists openly attacking Republican elected officials, which we’ve seen in Colorado as state GOP chairman Dave Williams attacks his 2022 congressional primary opponent Rep. Doug Lamborn at every opportunity, isn’t limited to our […]
Republicans Reflect on Colorado Springs Mayoral Race
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Pundits and politicos across the country have heralded the victory of Yemi Mobolade over Republican Wayne Williams in the Colorado Springs mayoral race as a great win for progressive Democrats in Colorado Springs, despite the fact that Mobolade is not a Democrat and has a history of union-busting and wage theft as a business owner. “We […]
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 […]
When Wayne Williams Gets Desperate
Former El Paso County Clerk and commissioner Wayne Williams‘ career peaked in 2014 when he won election to the statewide office of Secretary of State, losing that post four years later to Jena Griswold as part of the 2018 clean election sweep by Democrats that has persisted to this today. After losing statewide office, Williams […]
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 […]
Sallie Clark Endorses Yemi For Colorado Springs Mayor
When we last left former El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark, she was still reeling from having been narrowly eliminated from the runoff in the Colorado Springs mayoral race on April 4th by ex-Secretary of State Wayne Williams–both of whom were trounced in turn by political newcomer and local businessman Yemi Mobolade. Despite being edged […]
Fellow Republicans Throw “Double-Dippin’ Dave” Under The Bus
A must-read story today from Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland finally puts in print rumors that have been circulating around the Colorado State Capitol for months: former far-right firebrand Rep. Dave Williams, elected in March to serve as the next chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, is simultaneously drawing a paycheck for the 40-hour-per-week job […]
BREAKING: Tucker Carlson Out At Fox News
UPDATE #2: Colorado’s far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert stans up for Tucker: “Wherever Tucker Carlson goes, America will follow!” Even Newsmax? Our prediction: even less fact-checking where Tucker lands. —– UPDATE: Washington Post suggests Tucker Carlson was let go for biting the hand that feeds: Many of Carlson’s private messages were released in motions filed by […]
Dominion Settles With Fox News Over 2020 Election Lies
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: One of the prime movers of the Dominion conspiracy theory, local gun store owner and wannabe hangman Joe Oltmann, is most displeased with Fox News for settling: F@ck those shitbags at Dominion and f@ck Fox… listen to this. No question, Fox sold out the American people. F@ck them. I will never stop fighting […]
New Colo GOP Official Believes QAnon Conspiracy Theory That Obama & Biden Are Pedophiles
(This is who they are now — Promoted by Colorado Pols) When Colorado Republicans elected two first-time party leaders last month, Chairman Dave Williams made the biggest headlines with his brazen election denialism, but he isn’t the most extreme new party officer. That title goes to GOP Secretary Anna Ferguson of Adams County, who shares […]
Get More Smarter on Wednesday (April 12)
Happy Birthday to David Letterman. 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… ► […]
Sallie Clark, Sore Loserman
As Colorado Springs’ KRDO-TV reports, narrowly (but not that narrowly) eliminated mayoral candidate Sallie Clark is inquiring about the cost of a recount of her loss to former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who in turn lost by a much bigger margin to political newcomer Yemi Mobolade: A candidate in the race to be […]
Democrats Uncontroversially Elect Normal Human Chairman
In a contrast so telling it really does speak for itself, Colorado Public Radio’s Andrew Kenney reports on the election yesterday of veteran local political strategist Shad Murib to succeed outgoing chair Morgan Carroll as the head of the Colorado Democratic Party: A longtime political professional, the 35-year-old is a native of Littleton and a […]
Get More Smarter on Friday (March 31)
It’s more blustery outside than the guy inside that paper sack. 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 […]
Dave Williams’ GOP Gets To Work Wrecking Itself
As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports today, with the Colorado Republican Party now firmly under the control of far-right chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams, one of the first orders of business is the long-sought goal of closing the Republican primary to insufficiently “America First” unaffiliated voters: “The Colorado Republican Committee wishes to explore […]