Jamie O'Rourke
@jamie-orourke.bsky.social
Investigative reporter (and sometimes film critic) @coloradotimesrecorder.com
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It looks like there will be a GOP primary fight in House District 16, which flipped R in 2024 by just 3 votes. The former Democratic Rep., Stephanie Vigil, will face either D11 Board VP Jill Haffley or newly announced Charis Bible College staffer Jamie Koch.
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GOP Primary Fight Brewing for Contested CO Springs House Seat
After Colorado Rep. Rebecca Keltie (R-Colorado Springs) announced she wouldn’t be running for reelection to her House District 16 seat, she endorsed Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Educat...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It looks like there will be a GOP primary fight in House District 16, which flipped R in 2024 by just 3 votes. The former Democratic Rep., Stephanie Vigil, will face either D11 Board VP Jill Haffley or newly announced Charis Bible College staffer Jamie Koch.
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Colorado Gives Day: When Liars Say We're 'Fake News,' We Just Work Harder To Report the Truth
Every year, the Colorado Times Recorder is threatened online, attacked by officials, and dismissed as illegitimate. And every year, especially these days, we respond by working harder to expose the...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Not that you need a reason to support the @coloradotimesrecorder.com, but if want one, It's Colorado Gives Day. To be clear, said giving can take place remotely. And even if you don't send cash, we always appreciate your eyeballs.*
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Newly Elected Republicans Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans Cough Up $2,000 Each To Join Swanky Washington DC Social Club
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Newly Elected Republicans Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans Cough Up $2,000 Each To Join Swanky Washington DC Social Club
On a chilly November afternoon, a well-coiffed woman at the entrance of the tony Capitol Hill Club, called out to another woman wearing a pink pea coat, “Stay out of...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Newly Elected Republicans Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans Cough Up $2,000 Each To Join Swanky Washington DC Social Club
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Today is Colorado Gives Day. If you're sick of the for-profit, corporate media letting you down, the alternatives need support. Colorado Times Recorder is doing the important work, and we'd love your support.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today is Colorado Gives Day. If you're sick of the for-profit, corporate media letting you down, the alternatives need support. Colorado Times Recorder is doing the important work, and we'd love your support.
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Good evening, I’m at the D11 board meeting where there is a protest over the treatment of teacher Angelica Givler-Viers.
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Good evening, I’m at the D11 board meeting where there is a protest over the treatment of teacher Angelica Givler-Viers.
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Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social obtained secretly recorded audio (again) from a gathering of GOP elected officials, strategists, and advocates.
What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.
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What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.
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DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court
If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social obtained secretly recorded audio (again) from a gathering of GOP elected officials, strategists, and advocates.
What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/davi...
What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/davi...
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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Victor Marx is under fire for his stance on abortion. During an appearance last month on the Dan Caplis show, Marx described himself as “pro-life” but acknowledged the limitations of anti-abortion activism in Colorado.
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Abortion Shaping the Republican Gubernatorial Primary
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Victor Marx is under fire for his stance on abortion. During an appearance last month on the Dan Caplis show, Marx described himself as “pro-life” but acknowledged...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Victor Marx is under fire for his stance on abortion. During an appearance last month on the Dan Caplis show, Marx described himself as “pro-life” but acknowledged the limitations of anti-abortion activism in Colorado.
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After drivers approaching of Starbucks talked with union supporters who approached their cars with flyers, about half the cars approaching the drive-thru left without buying a latte or anything. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/latt...
Latte-Less: Picketers Persuade Starbucks Customers To Exit the Drive-Thru Without Buying Anything
On Sunday, picketers in front of a Starbucks on South Broadway in Denver approached customers as they entered the store's drive-thru, discussed the national strike against the coffee chain, and...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
After drivers approaching of Starbucks talked with union supporters who approached their cars with flyers, about half the cars approaching the drive-thru left without buying a latte or anything. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/latt...
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This morning we heard from County Clerks in Colorado who are urging Gov. Polis not to transfer Tina Peters to federal custody.
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Colorado Election Officials Urge Polis To Deny Trump Request To Transfer Election Denier Peters
The Colorado County Clerks Association (CCCA) held a press conference this morning urging Gov. Jared Polis not to transfer former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to federal custody. Peters “This...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This morning we heard from County Clerks in Colorado who are urging Gov. Polis not to transfer Tina Peters to federal custody.
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A full 70% of initiatives filed at Colorado's Title Board are funded by conservative dark money group Advance Colorado. What they can't achieve by winning elected office, they're trying to accomplish at the ballot box. Great story @coloradotimesrecorder.com coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
Analysis: Conservative Dark Money Group Dominates Colorado's Ballot Initiative Process for 2026
Ostensibly, ballot initiatives are meant as a way for the average citizen to create political change without the Legislature. But over half of the initiatives which could be put to...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A full 70% of initiatives filed at Colorado's Title Board are funded by conservative dark money group Advance Colorado. What they can't achieve by winning elected office, they're trying to accomplish at the ballot box. Great story @coloradotimesrecorder.com coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
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MY LATEST: Despite pressure from activists, Evans’ support for Trump’s mass deportation policy, which aims to remove millions of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. regardless of how long they’ve been in the country, doesn’t appear to be wavering
Protesters Call on Congressman Gabe Evans To Stop Supporting Mass Deportations and To Oppose a New ICE Jail in His District
The door to U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans' (R-CO) office in Greeley was locked Friday morning when Jen Montes, standing in front of 30 people, delivered an envelope full of petitions...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
MY LATEST: Despite pressure from activists, Evans’ support for Trump’s mass deportation policy, which aims to remove millions of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. regardless of how long they’ve been in the country, doesn’t appear to be wavering
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Strategically endorsing revisionist “RotS wasn’t THAT bad?” takes like they’re ethanol subsidies for millennials
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Strategically endorsing revisionist “RotS wasn’t THAT bad?” takes like they’re ethanol subsidies for millennials
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Great and important work by @james-e-orourke.bsky.social here about the big money trying to buy our ballot initiative process.
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Analysis: Conservative Dark Money Group Dominates Colorado's Ballot Initiative Process for 2026
Ostensibly, ballot initiatives are meant as a way for the average citizen to create political change without the Legislature. But over half of the initiatives which could be put to...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great and important work by @james-e-orourke.bsky.social here about the big money trying to buy our ballot initiative process.
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Erin Lee says they still need 100,000 signatures to get the initiatives on the ballot.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Erin Lee says they still need 100,000 signatures to get the initiatives on the ballot.
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Good evening. I’m in Windsor for a presentation on gender-affirming care (not in support of)
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Good evening. I’m in Windsor for a presentation on gender-affirming care (not in support of)
New from me: I sifted through all the ballot initiatives on the Colorado Title Board's website that have been proposed for 2026.
That's right, all of 87 of them (to this date).
Here's what I learned:
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That's right, all of 87 of them (to this date).
Here's what I learned:
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
Analysis: Conservative Dark Money Group Dominates Colorado's Ballot Initiative Process for 2026
Ostensibly, ballot initiatives are meant as a way for the average citizen to create political change without the Legislature. But over half of the initiatives which could be put to...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New from me: I sifted through all the ballot initiatives on the Colorado Title Board's website that have been proposed for 2026.
That's right, all of 87 of them (to this date).
Here's what I learned:
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
That's right, all of 87 of them (to this date).
Here's what I learned:
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
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Over half of the initiatives which could be put to Colorado voters in 2026 have been spawned by a single dark money group, a Colorado Times Recorder analysis has found.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
Analysis: Conservative Dark Money Group Dominates Colorado's Ballot Initiative Process for 2026
Ostensibly, ballot initiatives are meant as a way for the average citizen to create political change without the Legislature. But over half of the initiatives which could be put to...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Over half of the initiatives which could be put to Colorado voters in 2026 have been spawned by a single dark money group, a Colorado Times Recorder analysis has found.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/adva...
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This piece is can't miss
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
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So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
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How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This piece is can't miss
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This was a hell of a claim to make anytime, much less two weeks before Thanksgiving. After I asked DIA about it, Evans sent a "clarification" to the podcast on which he said it, but wouldn't answer my questions.
Congressman Gabe Evans says "misinterpreted information" was to blame for his wrongly claiming that Denver International Airport was doing "strategic blackouts," but he won't explain further.
Evans Blames His Incorrect Claim of Denver Airport ‘Blackouts’ on ‘Misinterpreted Information’
Last Wednesday, Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans made a shocking but false statement on a local conservative podcast: "Denver International Airport right now is doing strategic blackouts when there's...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This was a hell of a claim to make anytime, much less two weeks before Thanksgiving. After I asked DIA about it, Evans sent a "clarification" to the podcast on which he said it, but wouldn't answer my questions.
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I wrote about how everyone hates the filibuster:
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Colorado Republicans Criticize the Filibuster
During last week’s episode of the Truth and Liberty livecast, titled "Breaking the Gridlock," host Richard Harris, a prominent Republican activist, called for the end of the Senate filibuster. “It's.....
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wrote about how everyone hates the filibuster:
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Only one member of Colorado's congressional delegation was mentioned in the Epstein emails released last week -- and, for some reason, only I have reported it.
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DAVIS: Which Member of Colorado's Congressional Delegation is Mentioned in the Epstein Emails?
You haven’t seen this reported anywhere yet, but a member of Colorado’s congressional delegation is mentioned in the tranche of emails released by the House Oversight Committee from Jeffrey Epstein’s....
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November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Only one member of Colorado's congressional delegation was mentioned in the Epstein emails released last week -- and, for some reason, only I have reported it.
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The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers. n.pr/4hTblhM
U.S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers. n.pr/4hTblhM
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@caitlynkim.bsky.social reports that DeGette said that “Democratic party leaders are trying to get enough signatures for a discharge petition on a three-year extension of the premium enhanced tax credit.” Will CO GOP House delegation sign it especially Hurd who’s expressed support for the subsidies?
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@caitlynkim.bsky.social reports that DeGette said that “Democratic party leaders are trying to get enough signatures for a discharge petition on a three-year extension of the premium enhanced tax credit.” Will CO GOP House delegation sign it especially Hurd who’s expressed support for the subsidies?
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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?
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on Them today, my most room-temperature take of all time: democrats can, in fact, win elections without cynically abandoning trans civil rights at the first sign of trouble
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Election Night Proved Democrats Don’t Need to Abandon Trans People to Win
Mamdani, Spanberger and other wins tell Dems: you don’t need to cave on transgender rights to win an election.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
on Them today, my most room-temperature take of all time: democrats can, in fact, win elections without cynically abandoning trans civil rights at the first sign of trouble
www.them.us/story/2025-e...
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