CaffeineMe

Blather, rinse, repeat.

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@TheRicanMemes Lol! Coincidentally, we're in Montana right now at Glacier Park. Drove by Yellowstone on the way up.

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@SamaHoole Sama Hoole followers might enjoy this one.

[Colorado Springs Fire Department @CSFDPIO]

Every crew needs a good leader… apparently ours has four legs. 🐐🔥

While working on the Rock Creek Fire, our firefighters got an unexpected escort from a very determined goat who led them toward the fire area and helped with some fuel mitigation along the way.

We’re not saying he’s ready for a badge… but we’re also not saying he isn’t. 😂

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

Happy Independence Day!

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

Grand finale at Mt Rushmore. Pretty epic fireworks display!

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@lovelyyukkieusa Amazing!

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@Erin4Parents LGBTQ+ has become a state sponsored religion, and one that will allow no other gods before it. Drip Coffee in Denver is under attack by rainbow activists for being Christian owned. Our First Amendment rights are ignored.

[AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ @AwakenedOutlaw]

James Talarico is the Pete Buttigieg of Beto O'Rourke's.

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@StevePender @INTERIORPORN1 "Single serving lives." Chef's kiss!

[Gov John Evans ret. (prosopopoeia) @coloradocomrade]

Sine Die — and Polis is out here taking a victory lap like he just built the promised land.

You exploded the state budget from $29 billion to nearly $49 billion, turned Colorado into the 6th most regulated state in America, presided over record business closures, watched Denver and Aurora become national crime disasters, and made housing unaffordable while raiding voter-approved funds just to paper over your mess.

You brag about “saving people money,” “creating housing,” and “building safer communities” while families flee, businesses leave, taxes and fees crush working Coloradans, and your green mandates drive up energy costs.

This isn’t progress, Polis.

This is managed decline with better PR.

In my day, leaders left the state stronger than they found it.

You’re leaving it more expensive, more regulated, and more broken.

You “ain’t done yet”?

Colorado sure wishes you were.
The damage is done.

[Colorado Unfiltered @COUnfiltered]

So let me get this straight…

Citizens get pissed that Colorado roads are held together with crack sealant, expired hopes, and orange cones from 2007, so they launch a ballot initiative to constitutionally force transportation money toward… you know… transportation.

And the State Senate’s response is HB26-1430.

A bill specifically designed to basically go:

“Ok sure, you can vote for road funding… but we’re gonna offset it, redirect it, cut fees somewhere else, reshuffle transfers, and accountant-ninja kick the actual impact into another dimension.”

That is objectively insane behavior.

Imagine your wife gives you grocery money and instead of buying groceries you buy Pokémon cards, vape juice, and a fog machine. Then when she locks the grocery money in a safe you respond by taking money out of the electric bill to buy the same dumb shit anyway.

That’s basically what this is.

The entire point of the citizen initiative was:
• Stop diverting transportation money
• Prioritize roads
• Force long-term infrastructure funding
• Prevent the yearly budget shell game

And the legislature looked at that and said:
“Counterpoint: what if we keep the shell game?”

Colorado government has become addicted to moving money around like a drunk guy shifting debt between credit cards while insisting he’s financially responsible because he used a different Visa this month.

And before somebody screams “BUT THE BUDGET,” congratulations, you just identified the actual issue:
The state doesn’t have a revenue problem. It has a spending priority problem.

You cannot tell people there’s “no money for roads” while simultaneously funding 9 million studies, 47 advisory committees, pilot programs that never end, and bureaucratic ecosystems that reproduce like rabbits the second federal grant money appears.

HB26-1430 is basically lawmakers looking voters dead in the eyes and saying:
“Aw that’s cute. You thought ballot initiatives still controlled government.”

#copolitics

[Gov John Evans ret. (prosopopoeia) @coloradocomrade]

Just the facts!

[Gov John Evans ret. (prosopopoeia) @coloradocomrade]

Over the past eight years did your income increase by 50%?

Your Colorado State government income has … and you are paying it.

[Jon Caldara @JonCaldara]

We the people of Colorado no longer control our own state constitution. I found this out the hard way. #copolitics #coleg #cogov

In Colorado, a government for, by, and of the people is a fib.

We lowly citizens no longer have much of a say in altering our own state constitution. Even though that seems to violate the whole meaning of our constitution in the first place.

Like the US Constitution, Colorado’s constitution contains a Bill of Rights making clear we are the ones who empower the state government, not the other way around.

Check out the first two of these rights:

First — All political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government, of right, originates from the people…

Second — The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state; and to alter and abolish their constitution…

Did you catch that? We the people have the sole and exclusive right to alter our constitution. It used to be true, too.

We used to alter our constitution through the initiative and referendum process.

Without that process, we would not have limits on governmental power. Laws reining in the legislature could never pass a vote by those same politicians. They’d never vote for open meetings laws, term limits, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, ethics laws, and so much more.

Recently, when the legislature arrogantly exempted themselves from open meetings laws, it started a chain reaction I’ve never witnessed in all my decades in politics.

Independence Institute, which I run, helped bring together nearly 50 highly diverse organizations that are usually at each other’s throats. We all shared a common concern: government in Colorado is turning opaque.

Open records are getting harder to access, open meetings are closing. The “people’s” work is being hidden from the people.

And when I say organizations from all over the political spectrum worked together, I’m not exaggerating: Independence Institute, the ACLU, Heidi Ganahl’s conservative Rocky Mountain Voice, the progressive Colorado Times Recorder, Colorado Public Radio, League of Women Voters, Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Common Cause, Colorado Black Women for Action, and many, many more.

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Over a year-and-a-half of work we crafted a constitutional reform based on what many other states already have, called “Right to Know.” It’s simple: a fundamental right for the people to access public records and government deliberations, with reasonable exceptions.

But you won’t see this proposed amendment on your fall ballot.

The normally sober state Title Board voted 2–1 to block it. The appointees of Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Attorney General Phil Weiser voted against you being able to vote on governmental transparency.

Were they ordered to do so? I’ll let others speculate.

Their argument was that your “right to know” the affairs of government isn’t a single subject, and only “single subjects” may go to the ballot.

Legislators’ bills must also have a single subject. The difference is they get to decide for themselves whether a bill qualifies. By contrast, we “the people” must get permission from an unelected board. A set of rules for them; a different set for us.

The powerful Title Board said our amendment was too broad.

I countered that the state constitution is supposed to contain broad amendments. That didn’t matter.

Our team pointed to existing rights guaranteed by Colorado’s constitution, like freedom of speech, religion and the right to keep and bear arms. I asked if we were bringing one of those rights as a citizen initiative today, would it pass “single subject” muster as they now interpret it?

They essentially said no.

By their interpretation, such basic rights as freedom of speech or religion might be too broad and vague to be considered a single subject.

We considered appealing the Title Board’s bizarre decision to the Colorado Supreme Court, but on the advice of lawyers from across the political spectrum, we decided not to.

The high court has shown little interest in expanding the public’s right to know what’s going on in their judicial branch.

So now, hiding behind the “single subject” rule, altering our constitution to include fundamental rights — like speech, religion, or even a right to know the affairs of government — can be denied to the very people who are supposed to be the government.

Some things you can’t make up.

[German War Helmet @Loteknik]

@rgthomasca @TristinHopper In Europe, a hundred miles is a long way.
In North America, a hundred years is a long time.

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

I support
@ScottBottomsCO for Governor.

[Mark Cook @PatriotMarkCook]

Victor Marx’s repeated avoidance of candidate forums and debates, now documented across nine verified instances so far, follows a clear and escalating pattern. Excuses shift from "prior commitments” and “scheduling conflicts” to outright rejection of events as “political theater,” “sideshows,” or unworthy of his time, even after initial confirmations or reschedule offers. This is not isolated caution; it looks like systematic non-engagement.

Within controlled opposition frameworks, such behavior is a classic marker: a candidate projects outsider strength in scripted settings while evading unfiltered scrutiny, opponent cross-examination, and direct voter accountability. Genuine reformers welcome the platform to expose establishment weaknesses. When a self-described bold alternative instead curates only safe appearances, the pattern should concern every voter evaluating authenticity. The compiled timeline below illustrates the consistent pattern:

📅April 14–15, 2026: Declined the May 6, 2026 Colorado Gubernatorial Forum (Douglas County Citizenry, Douglas County Republican Women, Lincoln Club of Colorado). (@LincolnClubofCO)

👉 Excuse: “forums are not a part of his strategy”

📅~February 5–9, 2026: Withdrew (after prior confirmation) from the San Luis Valley / Monte Vista Lincoln Day Dinner appearance.

👉 Excuse: refusal to share stage with certain opponents, e.g., Scott Bottoms, Joe Oltmann; cited principle and family protection

📅January 31, 2026: Last-minute withdrawal from the Elbert County “We The People” Gubernatorial Candidate Forum (after being scheduled).

👉 Excuse: “We are not going to spend our time responding to provocation, participating in sideshows, or lending credibility to distractions designed to pull focus away from the real work ahead… events or forums that devolve into personal attacks or grievance-driven theatrics”

📅January 22–23, 2026: Declined the Women of Weld and Lincoln Club of Colorado-hosted GOP gubernatorial debate in Weld County. (@LincolnClubofCO)

👉 Excuse: scheduling conflict

📅December 11–16, 2025: Declined the Weld County GOP Gubernatorial forum invitation (December 11); declined reschedule offer. (@WeldCOGOP)

👉 Excuse: multiple fundraisers in Florida (YES, FLORIDA! - perhaps he forgot he was running for Governor of Colorado)

📅Late December 2025 (undated, post-December 16): No response or attendance at the Mesa County GOP, Mesa County Republican Women, and TPUSA forum. (@MESACOUNTYGOP @TPUSA)

👉 Excuse: none provided; organizers received no reply

📅October 18, 2025: No-show at the Northern Colorado Republicans Governor Candidate Forum in Loveland.

👉 Excuse: prior commitment in Oklahoma

📅Early October 2025 (~October 2): Absent from the Denver Press Club Republican gubernatorial forum. (@DenverPressClub)

👉 Excuse: ?

📅Early campaign (pre-December 2025, exact date ~October 2025): Declined invitation to the “Top 6” Republican Governor Candidate Forum in Weld County (organized by Reams for Weld Commissioner). (@stevereams)

👉 Excuse: prior out-of-state scheduling commitments already locked in weeks ahead; calendar was set

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

We Will Not Be Replaced

It is quite insane, really. The entire world now arrays itself against the United States the moment we remember we have a right to self-determination. Borders. Continuity. The simple demand that this nation remain ours.

I have never witnessed anything like recent events. The Catholic Church hierarchy and the mullahs of Iran suddenly chanting the same refrain. The UN. The Pope. Most Western governments. All reciting the identical globalist Marxist filth in a propaganda symphony that would make Goebbels himself stand in silent awe.

The message is not subtle. It's delivered with the cold precision of those who actually run the world:

>You will be persecuted if you want a country with borders.
>You will be smeared if you refuse infinity migrants who rape and don't assimilate.
>You will be damned if you reject sharing the earth with terrorist regimes.
>You will be hunted if you deny the ruling class its “Epstein” privileges over your daughters.

Submit. Dissolve. Perish quietly. You will never be thanked for it. Only chastised until you sheepishly die.

But we see you. Every last one of you. The globalist chorus that suddenly finds common cause with our enemies. You are not hiding. You're telling us exactly who you are, and we believe every damn word.

This isn't holy compassion you peddle. This is the deliberate weakening of the West so that it can be replaced. Our lands overrun. Our women violated. Our children’s future auctioned off while we are lectured about “welcoming the stranger.”

Where was this moral thunder when it matter most in recent years? Nowhere. Because the goal was never mercy. The goal was erosion.

America doesn't ask permission to exist as itself. We don't negotiate our survival. And we certainly don't apologize for refusing to roll over and die.

WE are the ones who underwrote the peace you enjoyed. WE are the ones who carried the bill for your delusions of borderless utopia. The invoice is now due, and this latest outburst is proof you feel the weight of it in your bones.

A sovereign people does not debate its own replacement. It secures its right to remain.

Pressure will come dressed as virtue. It always does. Shame, sermons, sanctions. Tired old tools with new voices. They mistake restraint for weakness. They always do.

America is not sustained by your worthless approval. It is sustained by will. It's sustained by steel laid down long before the argument, by ships already at sea, by a people who have paid in blood for the simple right to decide their own future. That memory does not fade. It simply hardens.

We are NOT asking permission. Nor are we seeking consensus. We are setting terms. We will not thin out. We will not be dissolved. We will not be replaced. We remain.

And all you can do is shriek at a country that has heard it all before. But the world runs on something older than your arguments.

If you want us to die, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way.

[Heidi Ganahl @heidiganahl]

I can explain it. I did — in 2022. Here's exactly how to fix Colorado's budget and get to zero income tax:

🔹 Cut the size of government 10% every year for 4 years. That's a 40% reduction. Jared Polis grew government by 20%+ and added nearly 4,000 new employees. We should reverse that — immediately.

🔹 Freeze ALL government hiring on Day 1.

🔹 Move Polis's hidden fees to actual taxes and put them on the ballot. Voters decide — approve them and the revenue goes to the general fund, reject them and they're gone. Either way, the people choose. That's ~$1 billion right there.

🔹 Eliminate special interest tax exemptions. Politicians protect these. We must not.

🔹 Cut fraud and waste — targeting 5% of the budget. Another ~$1 billion.

🔹 Attract new businesses by becoming a zero income tax state. The 5 top-performing state economies in America have zero income tax. We modeled $2–3 billion in new revenue from economic growth alone.

🔹 Phase out the income tax ~1% per year over my first term. Not overnight — responsibly.

The Independence Institute ran the numbers independently and said the plan was feasible — that my "main obstacle was not an inadequate plan but politicians and other interests who wanted to keep growing government."

That's the answer. It's not comfortable. It requires actually shrinking government. Tough cuts. But the numbers work — if you have the guts to do it.

[Mark Cook @PatriotMarkCook]

🚨🚨 Victor Marx just blocked me, a Colorado Constituent while he's trying to run for Governor of Colorado!!! 🚨🚨

Attention @realtinapeters supporters, THIS is the man that 'claims' he will now release Tina on Day 1 that won't even talk to her lead forensic analyst, then BLOCKS HIM!

What a great Governor he would make, huh??? Block a Colorado Citizen fighting for the RIGHTS of other Colorado Citizens, for Tina, and for the TRUTH?

I think Victor just showed his true colors finally! Let's make sure EVERYONE SEES EVERY ONE OF THOSE COLORS OF HIS.

Blast it everywhere. We don't need a FAKE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING as Gov.

Maybe all those rumors about him are true after-all???

https://t.co/S4r71JOIK3

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄

GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn’t about toppling Iran. It’s about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 — and America is winning on every front.

Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela’s oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.” China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump — and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill.

Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰,” Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.”

Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.”

The most striking part was his warning for Britain: “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role.

When a foreign ally’s own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump’s strategy is working — even as it leaves them behind — that tells you everything about who has the leverage.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

[CaffeineMe @christ46519]

@marcorandazza Watch your back, man. The bunny will be coming for you!

[Michael Brown @MichaelDBrown]

The Colorado Chamber of Commerce Foundation has just published its 2025 Relocation Tracker — a systematic, sourced, documented accounting of every company that left Colorado, reduced its Colorado operations, or chose a competitor state over Colorado since 2019. The numbers are bad.

The trajectory is worse. And what makes this report genuinely important is that the Chamber didn't just count departures — they documented the reasons companies gave for leaving. In their own words. On the record.

The verdict: Colorado's business climate is not merely underperforming — it is actively repelling investment, at an accelerating pace, and the people doing the leaving are telling us exactly why.

Ninety-eight companies. Thirteen thousand, six hundred and seven known jobs. That's what Colorado has lost or failed to attract since 2019 in tracked, documented, sourced departures. And "known" is the operative word — most entries list "unknown" for jobs, because companies don't typically issue a press release when they quietly downsize or slip out of state. The Chamber worked from SEC filings, WARN Act notices, press releases, and news reporting. This is the floor, not the ceiling.

The pace is accelerating — and I mean that in the most literal, measurable sense. In 2019, roughly fifteen companies left or chose elsewhere. That number dipped during COVID. Then it started climbing. Twenty-one departures in 2024. Twenty-seven already documented in 2025 — the highest single year in the tracker's history, and the trend line on that chart doesn't bend. It steepens. We are losing companies faster this year than at any point in the last six years.

Here is the report if you don't believe me.

And if you think the primary problem is @GovofCO you're wrong. He's just the leader of the cabal, @coloradodems in the state legislature are the real problem.

You must focus on the legislative races. That's where the bills that create California in Colorado. It must stop because we are becoming worse than California.

I'll discuss in depth at 9:04 a.m. @KOAColorado

https://t.co/Q5paRA0tSr