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BREAKING: Ken Buck to Resign from Congress and Drop Anvil on Lauren Boebert

UPDATE: Okay, bear with us because this is confusing… Governor Polis has called a special election in CO-04 to align with the June 25 Primary Election already scheduled. This makes sense, because it saves the state money by not requiring county clerks and the Colorado Secretary of State to conduct two separate elections within a […]

Brandi Bradley Says House Republicans Plan to Waste Even MORE of Everyone’s Time

Republicans in the Colorado House of Representatives waste a MASSIVE amount of time talking about ridiculous ideas, making utterly disgusting speeches, and allowing folks like Rep. Ken “Skin” DeGraaf to mutter big words he recently gleaned from a thesaurus. No subject is too far out of bounds for the GOP micro-minority. Democratic House Speaker Julie […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (Feb. 28)

Holy crap! There is so much happening in the political world today that there’s no possible way for us to get to everything without returning to this Get More Smarter format. So let’s do that. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you […]

Idiotic and Expensive Republican Elections Bill (Rightfully) Dies in Legislature

The Republican micro-minority caucus in the state legislature is very sad about the failure of yet another bill from Rep. Ken “Skin” DeGraaf (R-Colorado Springs) to overhaul Colorado’s election system. Instead, they should be thankful that Democrats in the State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee gave it a quick death. DeGraaf tried a similar […]

You Don’t Need Extra Permission to Read This Story

There may be no more annoying, exhausting, and deplorable business model than that of the health insurance industry in the United States. Customers pay a lot of money for health insurance coverage only to be forced to jump through endless hoops in order to receive the very benefits that were agreed upon from the start. […]

Trump Readies Himself to Touch Hot Stove of National Abortion Ban

Former President Donald Trump might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but when it comes to political strategy, he’s definitely aware of avoiding the bigger landmines. And ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, no issue has been more fraught for Republicans than that of abortion rights. Since […]

Get More Smarter on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14)

Roses are red, violets are blue; we enjoy GMS updates, we hope you do also. 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 […]

How “Red Flag” Laws Became a Red Flag for George Brauchler’s Political Ambitions

Republican George Brauchler walked away from his KNUS radio show last week so that he could focus his time and energy on winning the Republican nomination for the new 23rd Judicial District. The new district has a favorable Republican lean, but Brauchler’s flip-flopping history with gun safety reforms has him in hot water already.  Before […]

Doctoring His Resumé? Congressional Candidate Who Surrendered His Medical License Still Calls Himself a Physician

(Failed upward by Colorado Pols) Janak Joshi, a former GOP legislator, announced his candidacy for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District late last month. He told Colorado Politics he hopes to stand out as a “conservative leader” — and he seems to have already won over some prominent far-right activists. “Janak Joshi has recently announced that he […]

Mayorkas Impeachment Fails Despite Shady Maneuvering from Speaker Johnson

House Republicans tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, which was another in a long string of embarrassments for a congressional majority considered to be among the most dysfunctional in modern history. Colorado Rep. Ken Buck (R-Greeley) was among four Republicans to ultimately vote “NO” on impeaching Mayorkas, […]

Republicans Look Up, Realize that Sky is NOT Falling

The American economy is doing really, really, really well. The stock market keeps reaching new heights, with the S&P 500 hitting a new record five days in a row over a period that ended on Friday. We have the strongest GDP growth in the developed world; consumer spending keeps rising; gas prices keep falling; and inflation […]

Turnout Heaven: Abortion Rights Headed For Your Ballot

As Colorado Newsline’s Sara Wilson reports, a coalition of reproductive rights groups kicked off their petition campaign to place an amendment on this November’s ballot to permanently guarantee abortion rights in Colorado’s state constitution, along with removing old language prohibiting public funds being used for abortion care: Colorado already has strong abortion protections in place […]

Richard Holtorf Lights Himself on Fire, Attempts to Douse Flames with Gasoline

On Friday at the State Capitol, Rep. Richard Holtorf (R-Akron) lit himself on fire with a bizarre speech about his own experiences with abortion rights. Over the course of the following 24 hours, Holtorf attempted to douse those flames by pouring gasoline over his head. Repeatedly. If you missed what kicked all of this off, […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (Jan. 17)

We swear we’re going to get back to doing these updates more regularly. 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 […]

“Civility” With Rep. Ken DeGraaf And His Buddy Joe Oltmann

Nationally infamous 2020 election conspiracy theorist, local gun store owner, and regular proponent of political violence Joe Oltmann enjoyed a fresh recent round of attention after joining with “MAGA King” CD-4 Republican candidate Trent Leisy to organize a convoy of Trump flag-festooned trucks and SUVs from Fort Collins to Oltmann’s Colorado Springs gun shop last month […]

Once Again: The Cruelty IS THE POINT for Republicans

THURSDAY UPDATE: Yet another troubling headline from The Washington Post: As Tony Romm writes: Some of the roughly 5 million families who receive rental assistance from the U.S. government could see sharp cuts to their benefits — and even the threat of eviction — unless lawmakers in Washington can craft a budget deal that fully funds […]

House Micro-Minority Leader Lynch Guarantees Session of Absentee Obstruction

The Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog wrapped up its annual Q&A sessions with Gov. Jared Polis and the leadership on both sides and both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly. All worth the moment it takes to read, but we wanted to start with Republican House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, recently announced candidate for Congress […]

There Really is Nobody Left in Charge for Colorado Republicans

Colorado Republicans have had trouble winning elections in Colorado for more than a decade, but the damage has dialed up exponentially in recent election cycles. Republican candidates have been absolutely throttled at the ballot box in every election since 2018, culminating in a 2022 cycle that one ousted lawmaker labeled an “extinction-level event.” You don’t […]

Common Sense Institute Chairman Backs Heidi Ganahl’s Plan to Retake Colorado

(The war on furversion continues — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Heidi Ganahl, failed gubernatorial candidate and host of the “Unleashed” podcast, has a new project in the works, one that aims to help Republicans regain control in Colorado. The former CU regent has already secured significant funding from prominent GOP donors, including Walter “Buz” Koelbel, […]

Boebert Stokes MAGA Rage While Threats Against Colorado Justices Spike

In the 36 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court announced their ruling disqualifying ex-President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in this state under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition of individuals who engaged in insurrection from running for elected office, there’s been an explosion of anger and threats on social media such […]

New Complaint Filed To Pull Jenna Ellis’ Law License

As the Denver Post’s Nick Coltrain reports, the next step in the road to accountability for disgraced local attorney Jenna Ellis, who pled guilty in October to a felony charge in the case against conspirators seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, is at hand with a new complaint to […]

The Growing Republican ClusterBuck in CO-04

As you probably already know, Congressman Ken Buck (R-Greeley) is among the more than three dozen Republican incumbents in Congress who are not seeking re-election in 2024. That makes the fourth congressional district one of the more interesting races to watch in Colorado — at least through a Republican Primary Election — in an otherwise […]

New Head Clown Needed for House Republican Circus

The Colorado legislature will reconvene in about a month (January 10, 2024, to be exact), and it will likely kick things off with a different clown in charge of the circus that is the House Republican caucus. The current Chief Clown is House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, but Lynch has been widely expected to run […]

Colorado Republican Election Deniers Celebrate Their Takeover of State Party

(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Ask many Colorado Republicans about their thoughts on U.S. elections, and you will hear a variety of answers. Some, like failed 2022 gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl, refuse to say in public what they told supporters in private. Others raise doubts about specific aspects of past elections, such as mail-in ballots or […]

Right Wing Republicans Reject THEIR OWN Federal Funding Proposal

The federal government will shut down just after midnight on Friday if Republican House Speaker “MAGA” Mike Johnson can’t work out a deal that will satisfy the competing factions of both the House Freedom Caucus and “reality.” In order to keep the lights on in this country, Johnson will likely be forced to resort to […]

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