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“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” –Charles de Gaulle
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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 […]
Janak Joshi is Having a Moment in CO-08
Janak Joshi is having himself a moment. The former state legislator from Colorado Springs is trying to make a political comeback in northern Colorado (CO-08), and he might just have a shot at pulling an upset in June. After just barely making it onto the ballot via the Republican congressional assembly process (literally by one […]
Marxists and Pedophiles: Republicans React to Legislative Session
(And bears, oh my! — Promoted by Colorado Pols) This story originally appeared on coloradotimesrecorder.com In media appearances and at townhall events, Colorado Republicans are reflecting on the recent legislative session which saw bills addressing housing, property taxes, and gun control. “Even being 19 Republicans to 46 Democrats in the House, we came in with […]
Williams, Boebert Close Ranks As Further Colorado GOP Endorsements Loom
UPDATE: The Colorado Republican Party has officially endorsed former State Rep. Janak Joshi over current State Rep. Gabe-ish Evans ahead of the June 25th Primary Election in CO-08. The announcement includes an extra-dickish swipe at Evans and Americans for Prosperity, the latter of which is spending big money trying to defeat State Party Chairman Dave […]
Lauren Boebert For Life? Those Are The Stakes
FiveThirtyEight’s Kayleigh Rogers has an in-depth look out today at the fast-approaching June 25th Republican primary in CO-04, pitting carpetbagging quasi-incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert against a crowded field of alternative candidates–a situation that, as we’ve been warning all year, increasingly favors Boebert in a primary that will in all likelihood decide who will represent this […]
Winners & Losers of the 2024 Legislative Session
The Theme: Patience and Persistence This year’s legislative session was by no means guaranteed to be a success, having begin with friction within both party caucuses and a major leadership debacle among Republicans. But despite an environment more acrimonious than ever and some moments of appalling lack of decorum, 2024 turned out to be one […]
PNC Presents: Winners and Losers of the 2024 Colorado legislative session
From landmark new renter protections signed into law to the passage of important pieces of Gov. Jared Polis’ agenda for affordable housing, reproductive rights, marriage equality, and gun safety, the 2024 session of the Colorado General Assembly was a major success for stakeholders who persisted and kept organizing despite past legislative setbacks. While we celebrate […]
Read Along With Rep. Ken DeGraaf About Dildos And Sex Apps
Yesterday, the Colorado House passed legislation to regulate the process by which local libraries can ban books from their shelves, a response to dozens of challenges introduced by “concerned parents,” often affiliated with Moms For Liberty or other conservative political groups, submitted in recently years as the politicization of public school politics has continued apace. […]
Get More Smarter on Tuesday (May 7)
Some of you might end up in Kansas if these winds keep up. 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 […]
Colorado Going Back To The Future on Marriage Equality
On Sunday, the Colorado House passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 24-003, referring a statewide constitutional amendment to voters this November to repeal the state’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage–a provision that hasn’t been enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision making marriage equality the law of the land, but would suddenly become a […]
Trump Hush Money Trial: He WANTS To Go To Jail, Doesn’t He?
Today’s biggest development in the ongoing criminal trial of former President Donald Trump on charges of falsifying business records to conceal a “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels while running for President in 2016 was a tenth contempt of court ruling against Trump from Judge Juan Merchan, which came with the explicit threat […]
Colorado Republican Mad About Decorum Rules Equates Democratic Legislators to Hitler
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Former state Representative Dan Woog, who is a candidate to return to the statehouse, equated Democratic legislators with Nazis today. The Republican from Weld County posted a picture of the state Capitol and Hitler to his Facebook page, along with a post claiming that Democratic leaders’ rules of decorum during floor […]
Puppy-Killing Gov. Kristi Noem Cancels Jeffco GOP Fundraiser
That’s the word this morning in a statement from Jefferson County Republican Party chair Nancy Pallozzi, a fundraiser planned for tomorrow at the Denver West Marriott headlined by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been cancelled as the repercussions from Noem’s disclosure in a new memoir that she personally shot and killed a young hunting […]
Lauren Boebert’s Romp Through GWU Goes Predictably Awry
As NBC4 Washington reports, a small contingent of far-right members of Congress including the ever down-to-troll Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado paid a visit to the campus of George Washington University yesterday, theatrically engaging in confrontations with protesters on campus against the ongoing war in Gaza and generally complaining about the hippies stinking up this […]
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Federal Government to Ease Weed Restrictions
Colorado and Washington were the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana through successful ballot initiatives in 2012. Since then, 22 more states have followed while 40 states, including the District of Columbia, have legalized medical marijuana. And now we’ve moved another YUGE step closer to legalizing — or at least decriminalizing — the stinky […]
More Idiotic Gun Rights Talking Points from Republicans (Starring Gabe Evans)
The 2024 Colorado legislative session is set to come to a close in less than two weeks (May 9). Democrats, who maintain majority control in both chambers, are scrambling to finish up some top legislative priorities. Republicans, who have no real ideas or policy aspirations of their own, continue to focus their efforts on wasting […]
Puppy Killer Kristi Noem Still Headlining Jeffco GOP Dinner
(An evening with a puppy killer, anyone? — Promoted by Colorado Pols) South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will be the featured speaker at this Saturday’s fundraising dinner for the Jefferson County Republican Party. Noem, who is on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, was already widely known as a conservative firebrand, but she returned to the […]
A Few More Words On Rep. Richard Holtorf’s Tragic Inability To Stop Talking
Yesterday the Colorado House debated and eventually gave initial passage to Senate Bill 24-131, a bill that would prohibit firearms in certain “sensitive spaces.” The bill’s original broad scope was pared down considerably in amendments, but one amendment along the way more or less has become the focus of debate over the entire bill: prohibiting […]
Educating All Kids Is Still The Right Thing To Do
Last week, Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation appropriating additional funds for public school districts facing an influx of migrant students. Colorado Public Radio reports: The Colorado Department of Education will distribute approximately $24 million from the state education fund to school districts and charter schools that recently enrolled new immigrant students. A bipartisan group of […]
At Least She’s Not Your Puppy Murdering Governor
In another edition of our long running series, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislator,” we take you to South Dakota, where… [Holy Christ, this is a real story?] …South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who may well end up as Donald Trump’s running mate, is a LITERAL PUPPY KILLER. As The Washington Post reports: South […]
The Republican Field for Congress in CO-08
Colorado will have four major Congressional Primary races in June (CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, and CO-08). Now that the assembly and petition processes for ballot access are complete, it’s time to assess how each of these three races will look on June 25th… Click below for our breakdowns of other Congressional Primary races in 2024: CO-03 […]
Speaker Johnson Frowns On Dave Williams’ Primary Chicanery
Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports today on the escalating controversy over Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams’ use of party resources to promote his personal political ambitions, which has since the party’s state assembly earlier this month grown into support for a slate of candidates with official backing in the June […]
Gun “Safety” Statistics Commonly Cited by Republican Lawmakers are Utter Nonsense
Republicans in the state legislature continue to obey their idiot masters at the NRA and RMGO in opposing any and all gun violence prevention legislation. It matters not whether these proposals are straightforward and obvious concepts; if Democrats suggest so much as limiting someone’s access to owning a combination machine gun and flamethrower, Colorado Republican […]
Jerry Sonnenberg Finds His Voice After Boebert Votes Against Israel Aid
Over the weekend, the U.S. House passed three separate foreign aid bills appropriating billions of dollars to support allies in Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to allow votes on these three separate bills, each with its own bipartisan majority coalition available to pass, has outraged the hard right led by Rep. […]