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When I moved to Denver, I was blown away by how robust the media presence is. It still is, to the great benefit of this city. But I don’t think people realize how it’s simultaneously really fragile, how quickly that array of coverage and voices and perspective can get hollowed out.
The parent company of 9NEWS is being acquired by the parent company of FOX31 in Denver and the stations will be combined, according to the company's CEO. Here's what we know:
August 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
When I moved to Denver, I was blown away by how robust the media presence is. It still is, to the great benefit of this city. But I don’t think people realize how it’s simultaneously really fragile, how quickly that array of coverage and voices and perspective can get hollowed out.
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Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) says big drops in crime rates in Colorado are because of President Trump and Republicans.
One problem: The data is from 2024, before either Trump or Evans had been elected to their current jobs. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/215099...
One problem: The data is from 2024, before either Trump or Evans had been elected to their current jobs. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/215099...
More New Crime Data Lands Another Blow to Republican Narratives | Colorado Pols
Republicans such as Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) -- who loves to remind anyone who will listen that he was once a police officer on the hardscrabble streets of Arvada -- often go out of their...
www.coloradopols.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) says big drops in crime rates in Colorado are because of President Trump and Republicans.
One problem: The data is from 2024, before either Trump or Evans had been elected to their current jobs. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/215099...
One problem: The data is from 2024, before either Trump or Evans had been elected to their current jobs. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/215099...
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THIS WEEK on our Colorado Politics Podcast:
👴Gabe Evans would deport his own grandpa
🗃️The Epstein Files haunt Trump internationally
🏃🏻♀️Lauren Boebert skips the Epstein vote
🕴️ @philweiser.bsky.social filing more suits than a Men's Wearhouse
🛢️Oil companies lied about arsenic and benzene
🎧LISTEN UP🎧
👴Gabe Evans would deport his own grandpa
🗃️The Epstein Files haunt Trump internationally
🏃🏻♀️Lauren Boebert skips the Epstein vote
🕴️ @philweiser.bsky.social filing more suits than a Men's Wearhouse
🛢️Oil companies lied about arsenic and benzene
🎧LISTEN UP🎧
The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
The Get More Smarter Podcast is a weekly overview of Colorado politics. The podcast is hosted by seasoned Colorado politicos Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Ian Silverii, former 9News talking head...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THIS WEEK on our Colorado Politics Podcast:
👴Gabe Evans would deport his own grandpa
🗃️The Epstein Files haunt Trump internationally
🏃🏻♀️Lauren Boebert skips the Epstein vote
🕴️ @philweiser.bsky.social filing more suits than a Men's Wearhouse
🛢️Oil companies lied about arsenic and benzene
🎧LISTEN UP🎧
👴Gabe Evans would deport his own grandpa
🗃️The Epstein Files haunt Trump internationally
🏃🏻♀️Lauren Boebert skips the Epstein vote
🕴️ @philweiser.bsky.social filing more suits than a Men's Wearhouse
🛢️Oil companies lied about arsenic and benzene
🎧LISTEN UP🎧
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Gabe Evans disses the Attorney General of the State of Colorado for holding a police officer accountable for flagrantly violating Colorado's laws against doing federal immigration enforcement against a 19 year old student with no criminal record...while claiming ICE is only going after criminals?
Evans: Lawsuit against deputy will endanger Coloradans
(The Center Square) — U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, called out the state’s Democrats after Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit against a Colorado sheriff's deputy, holding him
www.thecentersquare.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Gabe Evans disses the Attorney General of the State of Colorado for holding a police officer accountable for flagrantly violating Colorado's laws against doing federal immigration enforcement against a 19 year old student with no criminal record...while claiming ICE is only going after criminals?
What a good use of ad dollars - getting ratioed lol
Some oil and gas astroturf group is doing ads for our 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado, and he is getting his shit absolutely wrecked in the comments.
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What a good use of ad dollars - getting ratioed lol
You already know how I feel about hot reds so….
We are so lucky to have so many followers on Bluesky and so many listeners to the audio version of our Colorado politics podcast, but we gotta get these numbers up on YouTube! Yes, we know we have faces for radio, but if you like the show, pop on over to our YouTube channel and subscribe!
Hot Red on Red Action | Get More Smarter EP 244
YouTube video by The Get More Smarter Podcast
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July 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You already know how I feel about hot reds so….
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We are being run by an idiotic death cult.
Building new coal and gas power plants would mean higher energy bills. Here’s how the math works.
Even after federal tax credits for clean energy development were erased, it’s still more expensive to build new “dispatchable” electric plants
coloradosun.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We are being run by an idiotic death cult.
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You smell something, Rabbit?
Fear.
Fear.
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You smell something, Rabbit?
Fear.
Fear.
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Narrator: there is no fucking way all of them had criminal histories.
ICE announces arrests of 243 immigrants in metro Denver operation, alleging all had criminal histories
Federal immigration authorities arrested at least 243 undocumented immigrants with varying criminal backgrounds in the Denver area in mid-July, ICE said Wednesday.
www.denverpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Narrator: there is no fucking way all of them had criminal histories.
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This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
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@pettersen.house.gov's five year old son cheers her on from home as she votes no on the Big Bullshit Bill
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
@pettersen.house.gov's five year old son cheers her on from home as she votes no on the Big Bullshit Bill
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Protesters stage sit-in over federal spending bill outside Rep. Hurd’s Grand Junction office www.cpr.org/2025/07/02/p... #copolitics
Protesters stage sit-in over federal spending bill outside Rep. Hurd’s Grand Junction office
In a statement to CPR News, Hurd said the bill would strengthen the program “by rooting out the waste, fraud and abuse.”
www.cpr.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Protesters stage sit-in over federal spending bill outside Rep. Hurd’s Grand Junction office www.cpr.org/2025/07/02/p... #copolitics
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Are we great yet?
July 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Are we great yet?
Hot take: was Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild actually written about Gabe Evans?
From our friends at @calltoactivism.bsky.social on the bad website:
Gabe Evans just lies through his teeth. The bill cuts Medicaid by over $1 trillion over the next decade. This is a fact, and is not up for debate. Thank you @repcasar.bsky.social
#copolitics
Gabe Evans just lies through his teeth. The bill cuts Medicaid by over $1 trillion over the next decade. This is a fact, and is not up for debate. Thank you @repcasar.bsky.social
#copolitics
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hot take: was Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild actually written about Gabe Evans?
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The fight isn’t over. Mike Johnson is trying to ram this cruel bill back through the House TOMORROW.
Call the vulnerable Republicans in this graphic NOW.
Tell them to VOTE NO on gutting Medicaid & slashing care. ☎️ 202-224-3121
#VoteNo
Call the vulnerable Republicans in this graphic NOW.
Tell them to VOTE NO on gutting Medicaid & slashing care. ☎️ 202-224-3121
#VoteNo
July 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The fight isn’t over. Mike Johnson is trying to ram this cruel bill back through the House TOMORROW.
Call the vulnerable Republicans in this graphic NOW.
Tell them to VOTE NO on gutting Medicaid & slashing care. ☎️ 202-224-3121
#VoteNo
Call the vulnerable Republicans in this graphic NOW.
Tell them to VOTE NO on gutting Medicaid & slashing care. ☎️ 202-224-3121
#VoteNo
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THIS WEEK on our Colorado Politics Podcast
📉Everyone hates the Big Bullshit Bill
⚰️Republicans are literally going to kill people
💥Trump "totally obliterated" any credibility we still have
🏞️Are our public lands for sale? Are they not? Who knows!?
👩Prez of @cobaltadvocates.bsky.social joins us!
📉Everyone hates the Big Bullshit Bill
⚰️Republicans are literally going to kill people
💥Trump "totally obliterated" any credibility we still have
🏞️Are our public lands for sale? Are they not? Who knows!?
👩Prez of @cobaltadvocates.bsky.social joins us!
The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
The Get More Smarter Podcast is a weekly overview of Colorado politics. The podcast is hosted by seasoned Colorado politicos Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Ian Silverii, former 9News talking head...
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July 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
THIS WEEK on our Colorado Politics Podcast
📉Everyone hates the Big Bullshit Bill
⚰️Republicans are literally going to kill people
💥Trump "totally obliterated" any credibility we still have
🏞️Are our public lands for sale? Are they not? Who knows!?
👩Prez of @cobaltadvocates.bsky.social joins us!
📉Everyone hates the Big Bullshit Bill
⚰️Republicans are literally going to kill people
💥Trump "totally obliterated" any credibility we still have
🏞️Are our public lands for sale? Are they not? Who knows!?
👩Prez of @cobaltadvocates.bsky.social joins us!
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Denver vs. DC
June 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Denver vs. DC
The rubber stamp Republican
June 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The rubber stamp Republican
Check out my interview this week!
in today’s open tabs:
📲 Gavin Newsom takes to memes
🤬 MAGA influencer takes credit for getting TikTok star detained
🏀 right-wingers try to start sh*t with the WNBA
& more!
📲 Gavin Newsom takes to memes
🤬 MAGA influencer takes credit for getting TikTok star detained
🏀 right-wingers try to start sh*t with the WNBA
& more!
today in tabs: the revolution will be memed
ALSO: right-wing podcasters vs. the wbna, office chair butt, and more
www.opentabs.news
June 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Check out my interview this week!
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Felt cute, made some visualizations off that new Quinnipiac Poll (poll.qu.edu/poll-release...), might delete later
June 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Felt cute, made some visualizations off that new Quinnipiac Poll (poll.qu.edu/poll-release...), might delete later
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We are SO PROUD of secret third host of the pod @megaginger.bsky.social for getting this killer piece published in FWIW, check it out!!!
We Tried Bringing Culture Into Politics – Now, It’s Time For Politics In Culture
Also inside: the OpenAI failed coup is becoming a movie, New Jersey ad spending heats up ahead of primary day, and more
www.fwiw.news
June 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We are SO PROUD of secret third host of the pod @megaginger.bsky.social for getting this killer piece published in FWIW, check it out!!!
So excited to share this piece! If we want to win we need to break out of our political bubble and take ideas from new places. Please read!
"With Gen Alpha entering the political realm in 2028, we must flip the formula in this new media environment, where attention is currency and influence can’t be confined to campaign season," writes guest-author Megan Burns in this week's FWIW newsletter.
We Tried Bringing Culture Into Politics – Now, It’s Time For Politics In Culture
Also inside: the OpenAI failed coup is becoming a movie, New Jersey ad spending heats up ahead of primary day, and more
www.fwiw.news
June 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So excited to share this piece! If we want to win we need to break out of our political bubble and take ideas from new places. Please read!
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The boys are fighting… so WIRED spoke to insiders about what's *actually happening* between Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and that Big Beautiful Bill.
“If [Musk] actually successfully gets any votes switched to tank this bill and kills it, then I think at that point [Trump] is fucked.”
“If [Musk] actually successfully gets any votes switched to tank this bill and kills it, then I think at that point [Trump] is fucked.”
The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Breakup Has Started
Trumpworld insiders fear that Elon Musk's attacks on Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could kill it—and are already advising candidates to turn their backs on the world's richest man.
www.wired.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The boys are fighting… so WIRED spoke to insiders about what's *actually happening* between Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and that Big Beautiful Bill.
“If [Musk] actually successfully gets any votes switched to tank this bill and kills it, then I think at that point [Trump] is fucked.”
“If [Musk] actually successfully gets any votes switched to tank this bill and kills it, then I think at that point [Trump] is fucked.”
Everything @tompepinsky.com said in this is slowly coming true. I haven’t stopped thinking about this interview since we did it. So if you haven’t listened/watched please do.
The great @tompepinsky.com predicted this exact thing would happen back in January (because it always happens in oligarchies and kleptocracies!) and we're glad we were there to hear him say it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qh...
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Everything @tompepinsky.com said in this is slowly coming true. I haven’t stopped thinking about this interview since we did it. So if you haven’t listened/watched please do.