MaxInColorado
@maxtyler.bsky.social
Happily retired. Former Colorado State Representative. Former small business owner. Current road-tripper and middling photographer.
Yes!
Perhaps foreshadowing 2026.
Perhaps foreshadowing 2026.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yes!
Perhaps foreshadowing 2026.
Perhaps foreshadowing 2026.
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OMG!!!!!!!!
The best. Hands down. The best.
The best. Hands down. The best.
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!
The best. Hands down. The best.
The best. Hands down. The best.
So the people who elected Trump are having a FAFO moment. They gave us this mess. I ave no sympathy, and especially no empathy.
New piece: Trump’s approval rating among low-engagement voters has fallen 30 points since Jan, the worst decline for any group. The GOP’s big advantage with hard-to-reach voters has evaporated as economic turmoil & toxic politics turns them away from Trump
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-do-di...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-do-di...
May 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So the people who elected Trump are having a FAFO moment. They gave us this mess. I ave no sympathy, and especially no empathy.
Good turnout and great signs in Denver today.
April 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Good turnout and great signs in Denver today.
For reference
The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...
April 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For reference
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Extremely fulsome, if (very justifiably) heated, response by @larrymishel.bsky.social
Not only is Larry's argument muscular, but he already took Smith through this, so I understand why he's bringing the heat. Also, Smith's "tricks" language is offensive and suggests he's not seriously engaging.
Not only is Larry's argument muscular, but he already took Smith through this, so I understand why he's bringing the heat. Also, Smith's "tricks" language is offensive and suggests he's not seriously engaging.
27) annually from 1979-2019) and that the economy has been rigged against them. See attached.
Ignore this at your peril and your credibility.
Ignore this at your peril and your credibility.
April 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extremely fulsome, if (very justifiably) heated, response by @larrymishel.bsky.social
Not only is Larry's argument muscular, but he already took Smith through this, so I understand why he's bringing the heat. Also, Smith's "tricks" language is offensive and suggests he's not seriously engaging.
Not only is Larry's argument muscular, but he already took Smith through this, so I understand why he's bringing the heat. Also, Smith's "tricks" language is offensive and suggests he's not seriously engaging.
This is 100% true in my opinion.
It all boils down to the fact that elite pundits find lefties annoying, because they make moral demands. Whereas the right's appeal is in giving them permission not to give a rat's ass about human rights.
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
March 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is 100% true in my opinion.
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I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
I’ve visited Wyoming with an Energy Group hosted by the Republican political elite. The entire political establishment and their families could meet in a small Holiday Inn conference room. This big bad booing is a big deal!
This is beautiful, BUT for the record: the very same Wyoming voters voted out Liz Cheneny... You get what you voted for.
March 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I’ve visited Wyoming with an Energy Group hosted by the Republican political elite. The entire political establishment and their families could meet in a small Holiday Inn conference room. This big bad booing is a big deal!
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Just for comparison: shelf in France
1 Euro = 1.09 Dollar
1 Euro = 1.09 Dollar
March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just for comparison: shelf in France
1 Euro = 1.09 Dollar
1 Euro = 1.09 Dollar
This morning in Denver
March 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This morning in Denver
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We shld view Tesla as the equivalent of a company that held down babies and poured radioactive waste down their throats or probably something worse. I don't support violence. But normal Americans are right to stand agst this company which threatens their liberty. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...
Rage Against Elon Musk Turns Tesla Into a Target
The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal ...
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We shld view Tesla as the equivalent of a company that held down babies and poured radioactive waste down their throats or probably something worse. I don't support violence. But normal Americans are right to stand agst this company which threatens their liberty. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...
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Exactly!
Apparently the reason the left "always loses" is because some of us are annoying and put people off. The far-right, of course, are a bunch of cool chill guys that are fun and normal 24/7.
March 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Exactly!
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The billionaires have been working on their merger with the evangelicals and “conservatives” for decades…abortion was the wedge issue to get Christians to vote against their own good.
It was never about babies. It was to bring about a coup…it is an oligarchy taking over the US inch by inch.
It was never about babies. It was to bring about a coup…it is an oligarchy taking over the US inch by inch.
February 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The billionaires have been working on their merger with the evangelicals and “conservatives” for decades…abortion was the wedge issue to get Christians to vote against their own good.
It was never about babies. It was to bring about a coup…it is an oligarchy taking over the US inch by inch.
It was never about babies. It was to bring about a coup…it is an oligarchy taking over the US inch by inch.
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In case you’re having a bad day, new polling shows Assistant President Poopy Pant’s approval rating and personal popularity are going down faster than Lauren Boebert’s hand at a kid’s musical.
Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.
Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case you’re having a bad day, new polling shows Assistant President Poopy Pant’s approval rating and personal popularity are going down faster than Lauren Boebert’s hand at a kid’s musical.
Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.
Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.
Call Your Senators and Representatives!
Now What?
I called and talked with staff and heard what my reps were trying to get done. I heard about the frustration about what little they could do.
Now What?
I called and talked with staff and heard what my reps were trying to get done. I heard about the frustration about what little they could do.
February 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Call Your Senators and Representatives!
Now What?
I called and talked with staff and heard what my reps were trying to get done. I heard about the frustration about what little they could do.
Now What?
I called and talked with staff and heard what my reps were trying to get done. I heard about the frustration about what little they could do.
We are descending into Chaos.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We are descending into Chaos.
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Great idea! Maybe the Democratic National Committee should do this too.
Seriously, how hard would it be for the Senate and House Ds to have a morning joint press conference, 7 days a week, contesting Trump's assault on the US right now? Could be a different Senator and House Member each day. We are in a national emergency right now. Our leaders need to act that way.
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Great idea! Maybe the Democratic National Committee should do this too.
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He's terrific but why is he one of only a few Dem senators we see speaking out loudly ?
Murphy: "This isn't hyperbole to say we are staying the death of democracy in the eyes right now. The centerpiece of our democracy is we observe court rulings."
February 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
He's terrific but why is he one of only a few Dem senators we see speaking out loudly ?