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Check out the meeting calendar: www.thorntonco.gov/government/m...
When available, the calendar will provide links to Zoom links to attend meetings virtually.
#Thornton #ThorntonCO #Colorado #LocalGovernment #MuniPoli
Check out the meeting calendar: www.thorntonco.gov/government/m...
When available, the calendar will provide links to Zoom links to attend meetings virtually.
#Thornton #ThorntonCO #Colorado #LocalGovernment #MuniPoli
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"move at the speed of trust. focus on critical connections more than critical mass. build the resilience by building the relationships. we cannot build highly effective mass movements without trust at the core. trust is slow until it is fast"
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"move at the speed of trust. focus on critical connections more than critical mass. build the resilience by building the relationships. we cannot build highly effective mass movements without trust at the core. trust is slow until it is fast"
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adrienne marie brown's principle of resilience/transformative justice:
'make room for the inevitable presence of socialized oppression. keep a systemic view on it, even if it appears as individual behavior. recover from oppression together by addressing it at the root"
'make room for the inevitable presence of socialized oppression. keep a systemic view on it, even if it appears as individual behavior. recover from oppression together by addressing it at the root"
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
adrienne marie brown's principle of resilience/transformative justice:
'make room for the inevitable presence of socialized oppression. keep a systemic view on it, even if it appears as individual behavior. recover from oppression together by addressing it at the root"
'make room for the inevitable presence of socialized oppression. keep a systemic view on it, even if it appears as individual behavior. recover from oppression together by addressing it at the root"
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Some CO news: George Sparks is retiring from the role of CEO and President of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (via museum email). "I know the time is right to pass the torch.... The Board of Trustees will conduct a national search early next year."
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Some CO news: George Sparks is retiring from the role of CEO and President of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (via museum email). "I know the time is right to pass the torch.... The Board of Trustees will conduct a national search early next year."
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On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”
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THREAD. One of the most damning flaws in the worldviews of essentially every pundit on MSNBC, columnist in the New York Times, peddler of "Abundance," and consultant for Democrats is that they downplay or ignore the repressive power of the punishment bureaucracy and associated industries.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
THREAD. One of the most damning flaws in the worldviews of essentially every pundit on MSNBC, columnist in the New York Times, peddler of "Abundance," and consultant for Democrats is that they downplay or ignore the repressive power of the punishment bureaucracy and associated industries.
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Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
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The Tenants United movement in Bozeman, Montana has pushed policy to restrict second-home vacation rentals, do less policing of homelessness, and set up publicly funded eviction legal defense.
Last summer, the movement scored a significant win.
Last summer, the movement scored a significant win.
To Tackle Housing Crisis, These Organizers Want to First Change How City Hall Works
Advocates in Bozeman, Montana, are using a once-in-a-decade chance to reshape their local government structure to create more equitable representation and, eventually, more affordable housing policy.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Tenants United movement in Bozeman, Montana has pushed policy to restrict second-home vacation rentals, do less policing of homelessness, and set up publicly funded eviction legal defense.
Last summer, the movement scored a significant win.
Last summer, the movement scored a significant win.
And for those living in districts with legislators backed by dark money, such as HD-31's Jacque Phillips, sign the petition and contact your legislator to request a town hall.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/c...
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/c...
#COpolitics
No corporate sponsors. No luxury retreats. Just real leaders doing the work with our communities.
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And for those living in districts with legislators backed by dark money, such as HD-31's Jacque Phillips, sign the petition and contact your legislator to request a town hall.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/c...
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/c...
#COpolitics
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No corporate sponsors. No luxury retreats. Just real leaders doing the work with our communities.
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
No corporate sponsors. No luxury retreats. Just real leaders doing the work with our communities.
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
Come out tomorrow to support two of the legislators fighting corporate corruption and building a government that works for working people!
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And by participating in the caucus and county assembly process, you also have a chance to be part of a vacancy committee who will get to replace state legislators who leave their office mid-term (which happens more than it should in CO).
www.cpr.org/2025/01/17/v...
www.cpr.org/2025/01/17/v...
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And by participating in the caucus and county assembly process, you also have a chance to be part of a vacancy committee who will get to replace state legislators who leave their office mid-term (which happens more than it should in CO).
www.cpr.org/2025/01/17/v...
www.cpr.org/2025/01/17/v...
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This year's caucus will be March 3-7.
Check with your local county party for specific date.
Caucus resources:
www.westword.com/news/caucuse...
www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
State party caucus rules (start p. 38): static1.squarespace.com/static/6786c...
#COpolitics
Check with your local county party for specific date.
Caucus resources:
www.westword.com/news/caucuse...
www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
State party caucus rules (start p. 38): static1.squarespace.com/static/6786c...
#COpolitics
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This year's caucus will be March 3-7.
Check with your local county party for specific date.
Caucus resources:
www.westword.com/news/caucuse...
www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
State party caucus rules (start p. 38): static1.squarespace.com/static/6786c...
#COpolitics
Check with your local county party for specific date.
Caucus resources:
www.westword.com/news/caucuse...
www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
State party caucus rules (start p. 38): static1.squarespace.com/static/6786c...
#COpolitics
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"Nobody is better at turning victory into defeat than Chuck Schumer," said the NIH staffer. "After Tuesday I started to have hope again for... the first time since Schumer caved the first time. So much for that, I got nearly a week of not being hideously depressed."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Nobody is better at turning victory into defeat than Chuck Schumer," said the NIH staffer. "After Tuesday I started to have hope again for... the first time since Schumer caved the first time. So much for that, I got nearly a week of not being hideously depressed."
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What's the status on the legal case(s?) restoring congressional oversight access to ICE facilities, @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @crow.house.gov @pettersen.house.gov?
Journalists aren’t allowed inside ICE detention centers. So ours went undercover.
Inside Aurora’s GEO facility, they found hunger, neglect, and a system built to dehumanize those it holds.
#ICEDetentionCenters #auroracolorado
yellowscene.com/2025/11/10/s...
Inside Aurora’s GEO facility, they found hunger, neglect, and a system built to dehumanize those it holds.
#ICEDetentionCenters #auroracolorado
yellowscene.com/2025/11/10/s...
Sick with ICE: Healthcare at the Aurora ICE Detention Center
An inside look at detainee treatment and medical neglect at the Aurora ICE Detention Center, revealing an urgent need accountability.
yellowscene.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What's the status on the legal case(s?) restoring congressional oversight access to ICE facilities, @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @crow.house.gov @pettersen.house.gov?
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Petition from @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social to members of the Opportunity Caucus.
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Petition from @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social to members of the Opportunity Caucus.
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
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@epcodems.bsky.social caucus starts in March 2026.
Contact the JAX4EPCO campaign if you need help getting involved.
We need you there!!! ✊🏽
#copolitics #coloradosprings
Contact the JAX4EPCO campaign if you need help getting involved.
We need you there!!! ✊🏽
#copolitics #coloradosprings
This is why im running! It's an uphill battle to push for true progressive change in the Dem Party, but so very worth it! ✊🏽
I'm here for The People while my primary opponents are making this race about their fundraising, their ego & political backroom maneuvering.
I'm here for The People while my primary opponents are making this race about their fundraising, their ego & political backroom maneuvering.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@epcodems.bsky.social caucus starts in March 2026.
Contact the JAX4EPCO campaign if you need help getting involved.
We need you there!!! ✊🏽
#copolitics #coloradosprings
Contact the JAX4EPCO campaign if you need help getting involved.
We need you there!!! ✊🏽
#copolitics #coloradosprings
Petition from @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social to members of the Opportunity Caucus.
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Petition from @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social to members of the Opportunity Caucus.
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
"We believe in accountability and in the possibility of repair. Lawmakers who take responsibility and choose transparency can begin to rebuild trust."
#COpolitics
actionnetwork.org/petitions/en...
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ICYMI if you're in Boulder County but the Independent Monitor and City Attorney are doing their damndest to undermine the even very limited authority of the Police Oversight Panel. Those of you who follow Boulder politics, are you surprised? 🙃
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
ICYMI if you're in Boulder County but the Independent Monitor and City Attorney are doing their damndest to undermine the even very limited authority of the Police Oversight Panel. Those of you who follow Boulder politics, are you surprised? 🙃
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Coalition is shifting from ritual pledge to daily practice—who can speak for whom, in which rooms, without pretending to be the same.
Coalition as Credit
Reading the Mamdani-Lander-Warren Coalition as a Credit Event by Will Beaman How do you keep governing when opponents try to stage a fiscal loss? In New York, that will be the fight: not just what …
moneyontheleft.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Coalition is shifting from ritual pledge to daily practice—who can speak for whom, in which rooms, without pretending to be the same.
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liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
revealnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
"As state after state weighs partisan redistricting, the people who drew Colorado’s map hope it stays out of the fray"
www.cpr.org/2025/11/06/c...
www.cpr.org/2025/11/06/c...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"As state after state weighs partisan redistricting, the people who drew Colorado’s map hope it stays out of the fray"
www.cpr.org/2025/11/06/c...
www.cpr.org/2025/11/06/c...
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Democrats with no leverage: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Democrats with no leverage: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
The current Democratic Party leadership demands your money, your time, and your vote.
What they don't want is your input because it could change the Way Things Are in the party.
What they don't want is your input because it could change the Way Things Are in the party.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The current Democratic Party leadership demands your money, your time, and your vote.
What they don't want is your input because it could change the Way Things Are in the party.
What they don't want is your input because it could change the Way Things Are in the party.
"Internal recriminations?"
Or dissent from your base?
Voter apathy thrives when leaders of the Democratic Party make clear that they don’t believe in the democratic process.
Or dissent from your base?
Voter apathy thrives when leaders of the Democratic Party make clear that they don’t believe in the democratic process.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Internal recriminations?"
Or dissent from your base?
Voter apathy thrives when leaders of the Democratic Party make clear that they don’t believe in the democratic process.
Or dissent from your base?
Voter apathy thrives when leaders of the Democratic Party make clear that they don’t believe in the democratic process.
What's the status on the legal case(s?) restoring congressional oversight access to ICE facilities, @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @crow.house.gov @pettersen.house.gov?
Journalists aren’t allowed inside ICE detention centers. So ours went undercover.
Inside Aurora’s GEO facility, they found hunger, neglect, and a system built to dehumanize those it holds.
#ICEDetentionCenters #auroracolorado
yellowscene.com/2025/11/10/s...
Inside Aurora’s GEO facility, they found hunger, neglect, and a system built to dehumanize those it holds.
#ICEDetentionCenters #auroracolorado
yellowscene.com/2025/11/10/s...
Sick with ICE: Healthcare at the Aurora ICE Detention Center
An inside look at detainee treatment and medical neglect at the Aurora ICE Detention Center, revealing an urgent need accountability.
yellowscene.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What's the status on the legal case(s?) restoring congressional oversight access to ICE facilities, @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov @crow.house.gov @pettersen.house.gov?