Erik Maulbetsch
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I describe the ruckus.
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RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of the Boulder Abortion Clinic who retired after fifty years of practice in April, left off — as one of the few clinics in the nation offering abortions later in pregnancy.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Target New Boulder Clinic
Last month, RISE Collective, composed of former employees of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, opened its doors and began providing abortions. RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of the Boulder Abortion Clinic who retired after fifty years of practice in April, left off — as one of the few clinics in the nation offering abortions later in pregnancy.
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Where else you gonna find Denver DSA and Turning Point USA events in one place?
In the Streets: Upcoming protests, rallies, and other political events in Colorado this week and next.
In the Streets: Upcoming Political Protests and Events in Colorado – November 12, 2025
Below are protest and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming events that are open to the public in Colorado, please let...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Where else you gonna find Denver DSA and Turning Point USA events in one place?
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has apparently called the race, even if it's not official yet- He just congratulated the winners on Facebook.
#copolitics
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November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has apparently called the race, even if it's not official yet- He just congratulated the winners on Facebook.
#copolitics
#copolitics
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Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck says she won't run for reelection to the statehouse, but hinted at a possible run for a different, perhaps bigger office. She also called one declared candidate a liar, while endorsing a new one.
State Legislator Won't Run For Final Term, Calls Opponent a Liar While Endorsing New Candidate
Colorado state Rep. Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) will not run for reelection next year. Speaking at the Fremont County GOP monthly meeting last night, Luck cited the need to spend more...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck says she won't run for reelection to the statehouse, but hinted at a possible run for a different, perhaps bigger office. She also called one declared candidate a liar, while endorsing a new one.
Hey Colorado public school supporters- read this.
Chaos and fear reign in an underfunded, under-staffed school district, where nearly a dozen teachers told writer @loganmdavis.bsky.social with absolute certainty that they would be fired if they spoke on the record for this piece.
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Bully: The Crisis of Leadership in Montezuma-Cortez Schools
The phone call came through around 9pm while Cyndi Eldredge was watching television with her husband. On the other end of the line was her boss, Montezuma-Cortez School District superintendent...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey Colorado public school supporters- read this.
Tonight: Colorado Republicans gather in Aurora to hear Lara Logan, a former 60 Minutes journalist whose descent into QAnon led to her getting fired from Newsmax for saying that the world’s elites “want us eating ... cockroaches” while they “dine on the blood of children.”
#copolitics
#copolitics
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Tonight: Colorado Republicans gather in Aurora to hear Lara Logan, a former 60 Minutes journalist whose descent into QAnon led to her getting fired from Newsmax for saying that the world’s elites “want us eating ... cockroaches” while they “dine on the blood of children.”
#copolitics
#copolitics
After 5 hours of shouting, booing, and endless points of order, the CO GOP Central Committee vote to opt-out of the 2026 open primary failed, 226-196. It got a majority of those present, but it needed to get 75% of the total body, a threshold that is disputed, to say the least. #copolitics
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
After 5 hours of shouting, booing, and endless points of order, the CO GOP Central Committee vote to opt-out of the 2026 open primary failed, 226-196. It got a majority of those present, but it needed to get 75% of the total body, a threshold that is disputed, to say the least. #copolitics
One of the uglier stories I've dredged out of the social media swamp. Without a title, he'd just be an antisemitic troll, but he's in leadership at a political party that has a growing partnership with the CO GOP, so, not a great look. #coleg #copolitics
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CO Libertarians Say New House GOP Leader Unconcerned by Their Exec Director's Belief in Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory About Kirk's Murder
The Libertarian Party of Colorado’s Executive Director Jim Wiley believes that the Israeli government is responsible for murdering Charlie Kirk. Wiley repeatedly made this claim as well as a series of...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of the uglier stories I've dredged out of the social media swamp. Without a title, he'd just be an antisemitic troll, but he's in leadership at a political party that has a growing partnership with the CO GOP, so, not a great look. #coleg #copolitics
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With 12 votes, Rep. Jarvis Caldwell is the new Colorado GOP House Caucus Leader. He defeated colleagues Ken DeGraaf and Larry Don Suckla, who each received 4 votes.
#coleg #copolitics
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September 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
With 12 votes, Rep. Jarvis Caldwell is the new Colorado GOP House Caucus Leader. He defeated colleagues Ken DeGraaf and Larry Don Suckla, who each received 4 votes.
#coleg #copolitics
#coleg #copolitics
Is it fair for Congressman Evans to characterize meetings with audiences selected by the oil & gas industry as "town halls," if he didn't invite the public?
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#copolitics #CO08
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#copolitics #CO08
Evans Calls Private Meetings Hosted by the Oil & Gas Industry 'Town Halls.' Were They?
Earlier this month, Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) posted on X that he “recently held a town hall with Phillips 66 hardworking employees,” and shared photos of him speaking to a...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Is it fair for Congressman Evans to characterize meetings with audiences selected by the oil & gas industry as "town halls," if he didn't invite the public?
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#copolitics #CO08
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Here's a sneak peek at Logan Davis' column on the Christian nationalist Truth & Liberty Conference that took place in Woodland Park over the weekend. It featured several Republican elected officials.
At a gubernatorial candidate forum over the weekend, state Sen. Mark Baisley commented, at length, that his LGBTQ colleagues in the legislature have a "sickness in their minds" and are "in rebellion against God."
This is, at the very least, cause for censure.
@cosendem.bsky.social
This is, at the very least, cause for censure.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here's a sneak peek at Logan Davis' column on the Christian nationalist Truth & Liberty Conference that took place in Woodland Park over the weekend. It featured several Republican elected officials.
This was a bizarre story. Today Colorado GOP leaders will be headlining a "9-11 Heroes" fundraiser where the money goes to... a gun advocacy group?
#copolitics
#copolitics
Neither Chairwoman Horn nor Rep. Barron responded to requests for comment on whether they had any concerns about speaking at an event with a “tactical Hawaiian” theme, invoking the anti-government “Boogaloo” movement.
#coleg #copolitics
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CO GOP Leaders Speaking at Gun Group Fundraiser With 'Boogaloo' Dress Code
A pair of Colorado GOP leaders are attending a fundraiser tomorrow for a pro-gun advocacy group that is billing the event as a "Honoring 9/11 Heroes Luau.” "Dress in your...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This was a bizarre story. Today Colorado GOP leaders will be headlining a "9-11 Heroes" fundraiser where the money goes to... a gun advocacy group?
#copolitics
#copolitics
Can't say I'd ever heard of the guy running for Boulder City Council, but the Weld County Commissioner who created an antisemitic image of @colorado.gov Jared Polis is @scottkjames.bsky.social, a longtime radio host who has been a fixture in Weld politics for decades. #copolitics
What does a right-wing Weld County commissioner have in common with a left-wing city council candidate in Boulder?
You guessed it.
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You guessed it.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Can't say I'd ever heard of the guy running for Boulder City Council, but the Weld County Commissioner who created an antisemitic image of @colorado.gov Jared Polis is @scottkjames.bsky.social, a longtime radio host who has been a fixture in Weld politics for decades. #copolitics
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This kind of discourse highlights an overly affluent, media-first perspective on what is and is not effective organizing. Whether or not the right “farms the left for content” is irrelevant when mass action disables their ability to reproduce their movement. It’s not a member war, it’s a street one.
In the lead-up to Sean Feucht's prayer rally in Seattle this weekend, @thestranger.com published this smart piece explaining how figures on the right intentionally provoke leftist counter-protest so they can farm the interactions for content.
Decoding Christian Supremacists' Playbook Before Sean Feucht Takes Over Gas Works Park
Christian Supremacist worship leader Sean Feucht is heading back to Seattle for Revive in 25, and anyone paying attention should recognize this isn't just another stop on his revival tour. It's a calc...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This kind of discourse highlights an overly affluent, media-first perspective on what is and is not effective organizing. Whether or not the right “farms the left for content” is irrelevant when mass action disables their ability to reproduce their movement. It’s not a member war, it’s a street one.
Your #coleg special session update:
Rep. Brandi Bradley: "I'm here to be the adult in the room."
Also Rep. Bradley: "party in the potty" bathroom selfies in public restrooms.
#copolitics
Rep. Brandi Bradley: "I'm here to be the adult in the room."
Also Rep. Bradley: "party in the potty" bathroom selfies in public restrooms.
#copolitics
August 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Your #coleg special session update:
Rep. Brandi Bradley: "I'm here to be the adult in the room."
Also Rep. Bradley: "party in the potty" bathroom selfies in public restrooms.
#copolitics
Rep. Brandi Bradley: "I'm here to be the adult in the room."
Also Rep. Bradley: "party in the potty" bathroom selfies in public restrooms.
#copolitics
That would be Brian Cotter, one of two Pueblo funeral home directors elected to office as Republicans in 2022, the other being Asst. House Minority Leader Ty Winter of HD47.
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Decomposing bodies found behind hidden door in funeral home run by Pueblo County coroner
Multiple decomposing bodies were discovered behind a hidden door in a Pueblo funeral home run by the county coroner during an annual inspection, state officials said.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
That would be Brian Cotter, one of two Pueblo funeral home directors elected to office as Republicans in 2022, the other being Asst. House Minority Leader Ty Winter of HD47.
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#coleg #copolitics
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"Sen Janice Rich (R-GJ) praised groups like [Stand for the Constitution]...”
One thing- last year Rich, who served as Mesa Clerk long before Tina Peters, joined other R elex officials in calling out the state GOP for supporting Peters. Yet now she praises STFC, which still supports Peters. #coleg
One thing- last year Rich, who served as Mesa Clerk long before Tina Peters, joined other R elex officials in calling out the state GOP for supporting Peters. Yet now she praises STFC, which still supports Peters. #coleg
“We see ourselves as partners and educators – not this big, bad government,” Mesa County Public Health's Alli Howe told the group ... which adamantly opposed mask and vaccine mandates during the height of COVID.
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Conservative Activist Group Hosts State Sen. Janice Rich, Mesa County Officials
Stand For The Constitution (SFTC), a Grand Junction group that supports President Donald Trump – despite his seemingly unconstitutional actions – invited three Mesa County leaders, and a state senator...
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August 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Sen Janice Rich (R-GJ) praised groups like [Stand for the Constitution]...”
One thing- last year Rich, who served as Mesa Clerk long before Tina Peters, joined other R elex officials in calling out the state GOP for supporting Peters. Yet now she praises STFC, which still supports Peters. #coleg
One thing- last year Rich, who served as Mesa Clerk long before Tina Peters, joined other R elex officials in calling out the state GOP for supporting Peters. Yet now she praises STFC, which still supports Peters. #coleg
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House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese wants to roll back Medicaid to pre-Obamacare levels, a move that would kick 367,000 Coloradans off their healthcare.
#coleg #copolitics
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Top Colo GOP Legislator: Roll Back State's Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
The top Republican in the Colorado House says she wants to roll back Medicaid to its pre-Obamacare levels, a move that would kick approximately 367,000 Coloradans off their healthcare. During...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese wants to roll back Medicaid to pre-Obamacare levels, a move that would kick 367,000 Coloradans off their healthcare.
#coleg #copolitics
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Heidi reviews a number of recent political sex harassment scandals — Ron Weinberg, the attacks against Yara Zokaie, Weston Imer’s leaked photos, Mitch LaKind’s alleged comments, Steve Lebsock, Tay Anderson, etc. etc.
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Fever Swamp Review Podcast: Sex, Guys, and Screenshots
Heidi reviews a number of recent political sex harassment scandals — Ron Weinberg, the attacks against Yara Zokaie, Weston Imer's leaked photos, Mitch LaKind's alleged comments, Steve Lebsock, Tay And...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Heidi reviews a number of recent political sex harassment scandals — Ron Weinberg, the attacks against Yara Zokaie, Weston Imer’s leaked photos, Mitch LaKind’s alleged comments, Steve Lebsock, Tay Anderson, etc. etc.
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Asked which #coleg seats the group plans to target, Rep. DeGraaf replied, "just the anti-Liberty, fetal-harvesting, child-mutilating, TABOR-hating, tax-loving gun-grabbers."
#copolitics
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Christian Right Representatives Launch Group to 'Flip Colorado Legislative Seats'
Three of the most conservative Republican legislators in Colorado, along with a few activists, have founded a new political action committee called "We the Parents." State Reps. Brandi Bradley (R-Roxb...
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August 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Asked which #coleg seats the group plans to target, Rep. DeGraaf replied, "just the anti-Liberty, fetal-harvesting, child-mutilating, TABOR-hating, tax-loving gun-grabbers."
#copolitics
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Good morning! I’m in downtown Colorado Springs for the Rage Against the Regime protest. Crowd isn’t as bog as some of the past protests. To give a sense of the rage against the regime, they started off with a lecture about deescalation and staying off the streets and now are singing the natl anthem
August 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Good morning! I’m in downtown Colorado Springs for the Rage Against the Regime protest. Crowd isn’t as bog as some of the past protests. To give a sense of the rage against the regime, they started off with a lecture about deescalation and staying off the streets and now are singing the natl anthem
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Congressman Evans used a meeting with his local food bank to defend the budget's Medicaid cuts. The food bank: "[we told him] the need will get worse should the [SNAP & Medicaid] cuts go through."
#copolitics
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Food Bank Warned Gabe Evans: 'Need Will Get Worse' if Trump's Budget Bill Passed
A spokesman for the Weld Food Bank says they made it clear to Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) that the Medicaid and SNAP food aid cuts in the budget he supported...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Congressman Evans used a meeting with his local food bank to defend the budget's Medicaid cuts. The food bank: "[we told him] the need will get worse should the [SNAP & Medicaid] cuts go through."
#copolitics
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Among the Colorado GOP #coleg members who signed a letter calling Denver's climate change campaign "an insult" and lacking "respect," is Rep. Ron Weinberg, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and bullying from Republican women. #copolitics
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July 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Among the Colorado GOP #coleg members who signed a letter calling Denver's climate change campaign "an insult" and lacking "respect," is Rep. Ron Weinberg, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and bullying from Republican women. #copolitics
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"Asked whether she planned to resign as Pueblo County GOP Chair, Gray says she will not, noting that former state party chair Dave Williams did not resign while running in a GOP primary for Congress."
#coleg #copolitics
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Pueblo GOP Chair Announces Bid For Statehouse Seat Held by Republican Incumbent Who Hasn't Said Whether She'll Run Again
Ultra-conservative state legislator Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) drew a surprising primary challenger this week: Pueblo County Republican Chair Michelle Gray. Primary challenges of Colorado GOP incumben...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Asked whether she planned to resign as Pueblo County GOP Chair, Gray says she will not, noting that former state party chair Dave Williams did not resign while running in a GOP primary for Congress."
#coleg #copolitics
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Tonight, Colorado Senate Republican donors are paying $1000 to watch the league's worst team from its owners' suite, where they'll hang with Rox owner Dick Monfort and former Gov. Bill Owens, both of whom are best known for their accomplishments circa 2007.
#coleg #copolitics
#coleg #copolitics
July 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tonight, Colorado Senate Republican donors are paying $1000 to watch the league's worst team from its owners' suite, where they'll hang with Rox owner Dick Monfort and former Gov. Bill Owens, both of whom are best known for their accomplishments circa 2007.
#coleg #copolitics
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