Colorado Times Recorder

The Colorado Times Recorder is a progressive news outlet focusing on Colorado politics and culture. Opinion submissions welcome.

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“Stripping $1 trillion from Medicaid, public health programs like those offered at CDPHE, and rural hospitals... will cause an estimated 51,000 preventable deaths every year.”
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This murderous fervor—puportedly in support of a “free Palestine”—could not be more damaging to the interests of those they say they support.
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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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To be held at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, the event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering a variety of discussions among Democrats
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The candidates agreed on most subjects... except for two. Those divides have largely defined the “grassroots” vs. “establishment” camps of today’s Colorado GOP. #copolitics #coleg
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CALENDAR: Upcoming Political Events in Colorado https://t.co/jPMsc67BO8

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The outcome of the midterm elections will not be decided by voters, columnist Logan M. Davis says. #copolitics

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We have roadmaps for many earlier stages of life. We know what comes after high school. There are fairly well-worn paths through college, careers, marriage, and raising children.

But later life often comes with fewer scripts. Unlike earlier stages of life, there is no universally accepted roadmap for what comes next. That can feel unsettling. But it can also be liberating.

There's something reassuring about realizing that uncertainty is not evidence that you're doing life wrong. It may simply be a sign that there's more ahead of you than you can see from here. #aging

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Nonvoters determine election outcomes every bit as much as voters -- so who are they, and why don't we talk about them? #copolitics

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But his grant of clemency to Peters has cost us much more: A continuing distrust in our democratic process and a normalization of what Donald Trump did after the 2020 Election. https://t.co/GseCQ3H5me #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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Colorado's biggest Republican megadonor hosted a debate for Democratic attorney general candidates -- and Logan thinks that the rest of the local media failed to frame it accurately. Again. #copolitics

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Brandishing receipts for gas, groceries, and other everyday expenses, protesters gathered in front of U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans' office in Northglenn today, explaining that they deployed their evidence of rising prices to stop Evans from continuing to support policies that fuel inflation.

"I used to budget $50 for spending on gas, and that's kind of expensive, and now it costs me $80 to fill my gas," Jazzel Gardea Pinera, a recent college graduate and a "proud child" of immigrants, told fellow demonstrators. "That is money I can't spend on groceries, bread, books, education. The cost of housing has become unaffordable for young people like me."
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CTR columnist Art Goodtimes' mix of reflection, poetry, events, musings, and more.
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Felonies, frenemies, and more news you might have missed this week from the Colorado Times Recorder ⬇️ #copolitics

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Both of the remaining candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District spoke about the variety of platforms and engagement methods their campaigns have used to reach young voters, but local organizers say that more is needed to secure the support of young Coloradans than just a strong digital presence.

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You might not think of storytelling as a weapon against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or as a way to fight against the oligarchs and political elite who work together to derail equality and protect their wealth.

But at a screening last night of three mini-documentaries about Colorado immigrants, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) showed not only how stories can "change hearts and minds," as organizers put it, but also serve as an organizing tool to help bring people together to fight.

That's a theme that came up repeatedly at the gathering at the First Baptist Church in Denver, in the three documentaries and in the panel discussion that followed.
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Two conservative news outlets owned by Republican billionaire Phil Anschutz are teaming up tonight with the Common Sense Institute, a conservative think tank, to sponsor a debate for four Democratic candidates for Colorado attorney general. Did the financial ties among the sponsors (e.g., Phil Anschutz) bring the three together? Will the organizations disclose their agenda? And why wasn't a progressive group included to balance things out? https://t.co/cB136Vi3ei

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In the Streets: Upcoming protests, rallies, and other political events in Colorado this week and next.

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