Jason Salzman

Former Rocky Mountain News Media Critic. Editor, Colorado Times Recorder and Opinions are my own, not CTR's.

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Later this month @SecretaryWright will return home to Colorado to headline a far-right festival hosted by one election denier and featuring several others, including a QAnon promoter.
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Where's the beef?
#CO08 #copolitics
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My latest: New GOP Leader called Trump a 'Nutcase' #copolitics

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After Republicans nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate in 2016, Craig Steiner -- who was elected by Colorado Republicans over the weekend to be their new leader -- announced on Facebook that he thought Trump was a "nutcase" and dropped his affiliation with the Republican Party. https://t.co/wuET5nqPl8

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My latest:

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Tim Arvidson, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Colorado Senate, was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting and killing a man in Colorado Springs.

According to the arrest affidavit, Arvidson approached his neighbor and accused a group of people of selling drugs and having guns. After an altercation, Arvidson then shot 43-year-old Robert Dougher, who later died of his injuries.

Arvidson boasted multiple times in Facebook posts about taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, posting a photo of himself driving to the event, uploading a video of it as he participated, and later processing what he "experienced." https://t.co/HVJh709i3w #copolitics

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Who lobbied against pro-immigrant bills at the state capitol this year? Logan looked into it.
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My latest

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Prosecutor Dan Rubinstein said, "It doesn't matter whether [Peters'] beliefs are true or not. What matters is, that was the motive that she did it, not what the underlying belief was -- but because she was trying to prove something, she did these reckless actions of violating all the security protocols." https://t.co/NwVEYR41ww

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FEATURE: A Western Slope sheriff has cooperated with ICE in violation of state laws he previously said he would not comply with. #copolitics

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Join us tonight.

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JOIN US NEXT WEEK: Our Webinar on How Conservatives Fund Ballot Initiatives To Hoodwink Blue Colorado. The Colorado Times Recorder will host an online panel and fundraiser on Tuesday, May 12, to discuss its recent investigation (and new website) that reveals how wealthy conservative donors, such as GOP billionaire Phil Anschutz, have poured millions of dollars into a network of dark-money groups focused on public relations and ballot measures. https://t.co/8KsK9nHNEe #copolitics #coleg

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The Colorado Times Recorder won 8 awards in this year's @spj_tweets
journalism contest, including for this one: Five CO Springs News Outlets Scrub Their Websites of an Article About the Arrest of a Former GOP Council Member https://t.co/WhEXXQQJhT #copolitics #coleg

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My latest:

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Greeley activists have spotlighted an unmarked ICE office in town, which was built with cells for detaining people. ICE confirmed that it runs the office for criminal investigations, but did not respond to questions about how many people have been detained in Greeley, if any, and when. Nor did the agency comment on why the office is unmarked. Also unanswered was the question of whether the agency plans to ramp up detentions in Greeley as part of Trump's deportation program. https://t.co/6TmJU9kpOh #copolitics #ICE

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We are republishing the stories which recently won Society of Professional Journalists awards.

This piece by Logan M. Davis won first place for long-form features. #copolitics

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The Colorado Times Recorder received eight awards on Saturday in the Society of Professional Journalists' 2026 "Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism" contest. https://t.co/ivMdQTnowK

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#C08 #Copolitics

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U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) will face a Libertarian challenger this November in his run for reelection in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District (CD8), one of the closest-watched U.S. House races in the country, after David Wood was nominated at the 2026 Libertarian Party Convention on Saturday.

After the Republican Barb Kirkmeyer lost to the Democrat Yadira Caraveo in the district in 2022 by fewer votes than the Libertarian candidate received, Evans signed the Libertarians’ controversial ‘Liberty Pledge’ during his 2024 race to keep a Libertarian off the 2024 ballot and prevent a similar vote-splitting scenario.
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The Colorado Times Recorder will host an online panel and fundraiser on Tuesday, May 12, to discuss its recent investigation (and new website) that illuminates how wealthy conservative donors, like GOP billionaire Phil Anschutz, have poured millions of dollars into a network of dark-money groups -- centered around Advance Colorado -- focused on public relations and ballot measures.

CTR Deputy Editor Erik Maulbetsch and investigative columnist Logan Davis will explain how Advance Colorado's network operates -- and why it's had some success in blue Colorado. The Zoom event is free. The sign-up link is in the article below. https://t.co/mO1s7aIXeQ #copolitics #coleg

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After years of sifting through thousands of tax documents, hundreds of news stories, and countless other sources in an effort to help Coloradans understand Advance Colorado and its conservative network, we've put all our reporting in one place.
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Between a liberal media ecosystem she claims is biased against Republicans, Democrats’ fundraising machine, and rising anti-Trump sentiment, Heidi Ganahl says Colorado’s GOP needs a “small miracle” to win even one statewide race this year. #copolitics
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My latest: #copolitics #CO08

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When he was running for Congress in 2024, Gabe Evans said that if elected, it would be his "mission" to stop the "scourge of fentanyl." But the Colorado congressman's actions will likely worsen the crisis, say experts, leading to more overdose deaths, less health care for people with substance abuse problems, and cuts to programs and services for addicts. https://t.co/LSQx9vsAff #copolitics #CO08

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Joey Bunch is a great writer.

His evocative prose turned me green with envy. To wit:

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Joey Bunch ain’t dead yet, and he’s modeling a Colorado Times Recorder t-shirt. He says, “I donated all my suits, so it’s the nicest article of clothing I own.” #copolitics #coleg @colo_politics