Ron Tupa

former CO state senator/representative & teacher; founder of digitdemos; political consultant; populist progressive; MA in Political Communication, Regis Univ.

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Getting back in the political arena means shaking off the dust and attending gatherings of like-minded political reformers. Independent candidates like https://t.co/8WAcWQqkZD and RFKJ are hoping 2024 will be our breakthrough year! #coleg #copolitics

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Below is my https://t.co/NFkJtwMYP9 campaign announcement for Congress as an Independent candidate for CO CD-7 #coleg #copolitics

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Today I announced my campaign to run as an Independent for Congress in CO CD-7. I'm a former public school teacher & state legislator having served 14yrs in the CO House & Senate. Join my effort to bring an Independent voice to Congress! #coleg #copolitics https://t.co/8WAcWQqSPb

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Today I announce my campaign to run as an Independent for Congress in CO CD-7. I'm a former public school teacher & state legislator having served 14 yrs in the CO House & Senate. Join my effort to bring an Independent voice to Congress! #coleg #copolitics https://t.co/8WAcWQqSPb

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Today I announce my campaign to run as an Independent for US Congress in Colorado's CD-7. I'm a former public school teacher and state legislator, having served 14 yrs in the CO House and Senate. Join my effort to bring an Independent voice to Congress! https://t.co/8WAcWQqSPb

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

As a teacher, I'm still waiting on research regarding the impact of social media on student learning...surely someone has done it? #coleg #copolitics

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

This is the worst drawing ever done of me.
(But the interview by @tunkuv was good...)

For data supporting my assertions about social media, see here:
https://t.co/ufARlk3GSm

and especially this Google doc:
https://t.co/m31GH7bR8f

https://t.co/qeiYJ7xI1C

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

don't look now! 'Seasons in the Sun' is up next, followed by 'Shannon'! lol @okmaher

[Kelly Maher @okmaher]

My kids asked me if I knew of any songs about horses and I played them “Wildfire” and now my 12-year-old self is crying at a fictional woman dying while trying to find her pony in a storm. Next up in emotionally traumatic songs from my past, Christmas Shoes.

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

(POLITICAL CHESS, anyone???) for the love of all things HOLY - don't unleash this Pandora's Box of chocolate temptation for the world to feast upon! pieces sacrificed just to be eaten! #coleg #copolitics

[How Things Are Manufactured @fastworkers6]

Making a chess board out of chocolate https://t.co/EGvRzb64a2

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

I learned it was called that attending public schools in Vicksburg, MS in the 1970's....@ariarmstrong #copolitics #coleg

[Ari Armstrong @ariarmstrong]

Something I've mentioned before: The first time I heard the Civil War called "the War of Northern Aggression" was at a Mises Institute conference. At the time I didn't know enough to understand why that was really bad and a dark sign for that wing of the libertarian movement.

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

@speakercarroll I hope you visited my sister's pizza joint Crosscut- best 'Za in boulder county! #coleg #copolitics

[Rev. Terrance D. Carroll, Esq. @speakercarroll]

I found a place in Nederland that makes an exceptionally strong Americano and it has me buzzing. Next time I’ll get the small instead of the medium.

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

Rollerball, baby.....

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

apparently, b/c the SCOTUS believes a person has a 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms but a woman doesn't have a specific enumerated Amendment protecting her Right to Bear Offspring? #coleg #copolitics @thehill

[The Hill @thehill]

"States can’t regulate guns, but they can ban abortions — why?" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/whje6wN5kX

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

@TheEllenDumm well, once upon a time, at least someone in the Legislature opposed the idea....(hint: me) unfortunately, we didn't have enough votes to stop it from happening #coleg #copolitics

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

any self-respecting 1970's VW owner is intimately familiar with our Solex 34Pict-3 carburetors, @ariarmstrong ....since we have repaired them many, many times on our own!

[Ari Armstrong @ariarmstrong]

Extraordinary video of a carburetor in action: https://t.co/RKxYvp0tG8

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

just stating the obvious: even if it *can't buy happiness (really?), $ can always buy access... #coleg #copolitics

[Michael Littwin @mike_littwin]

And Colorado was one of the target states. #copolitics https://t.co/Biy57Y1fhL

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

obviously, you've yet to fly through Dallas Ft. Worth Intl. Airport.... @Justa_Jus

[Justine Sandoval @Justa_Jus]

Was LAX deliberately designed to be the most complicated airport in the world?

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

@KateBennett_DC @FLOTUS ah yes -(not-so)fond memories of getting my own arm shot up with a full round of vaccinations in Vicksburg, MS in the 1970's...thankfully the needles are much smaller now! #coleg #copolitics

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

once upon a time, the bar was actually set higher...but the stupidity of some people we elect to office nowadays is truly dumbfounding... #coleg #copolitics

[POLITICO @politico]

"There is no comparison to the Holocaust," Marjorie Taylor Greene said after she paid a private visit to the Holocaust Museum on the National Mall.

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

phew! b/c I'm sure no one has ever thought of THAT before..... #coleg #copolitics

[Daily Kos @dailykos]

MyPillow Guy launching site to compete with YouTube and Twitter, because sure; why not? https://t.co/5Rr8lvEzWo

[Ron Tupa @rontupa]

it really shouldn't be that hard to pass a dress code in the US House of Representatives.... what am I missing? state legislatures have them, why not Congress? #coleg #copolitics

[The Hill @thehill]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a mask that reads “this mask is as useless as Joe Biden,” moves to adjourn the house