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Political Director, ProgressNow Colorado. All opinions are my own, Retweets โ endorsement, and my bosses know I am kind of a loose cannon already so ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
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Always sharply dressed
While he's bootin' the Lรผgenpresse
What First Amendment?
The Second, screw the rest
You thought speech was free
But at this party
There's a fee
And the price of admission
Is to kiss the backside of
Lucky Dave
#copolitics
Takes no guff,
Gives ladies the chills
Finds other people
To pay his bills
This is the story of
Lucky Dave
#copolitics
#co05
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So, I'm pretty tolerant of people getting their thing on.
But there were kids all over this theater.
I'm sorry. This is conduct unbecoming.
#copolitics
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(1) Any person who performs any of the following in a public place or where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public commits public indecency:
(d) A lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person
#copolitics
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@bmenezes
Yup. Meet the Mighty Quinn. But he's not my concern since he'll never be in Congress.
#copolitics
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As the entire world demands answers over the killing of
#ElijahMcClain
I have a little story to tell you about Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman you might find interesting. Maybe not. Tell me what you think.
#copolitics
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The reason Lauren Boebert will not resign no matter how many cars slam into the train wreck is the same reason George Santos refused to resign.
Congress pays the most money Boebert has ever made. Every day on the clock is cash money she can't afford not to bank.
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CRS ยง18-7-301
"Any person who performs any of the following in a public place or where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public commits public indecency...a lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person"
#copolitics
@DenverDAsOffice
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And here is
@laurenboebert
producing fog for the Beetlejuice musical! That's what I call audience participation.
#copolitics
#beetlebert
@mattberg33
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If Jesus was at
@CPAC
for this unbelievable blasphemous "Heaven has a wall" panel. An insult to all Christendom.
#CPAC2017
#copolitics
#smh
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That is where I will end this little history lesson, but as we know in the streets of Aurora today the story is not over. As they say, what is past is also prologue.
#elijahmcclain
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Today, however, Mike Coffman is the Mayor of Aurora. And Aurora also has a problem with its warriors extrajudicially killing civilians.
#elijahmcclain
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Hey
@SenCoryGardner
! I don't think I can pay all these folks.
#copolitics
#costandswithpp
#istandwithpp
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Here y'all, I made this handy guide to tell the difference between Denver rallies for
#Trump
supporters vs. opponents.
#copolitics
#coleg
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The rapidly increasing bitterness we're seeing on
#copolitics
is not due to
@elonmusk
but the growing realization that Colorado Republicans are going to get their asses handed to them Tuesday even if the GOP has a good night elsewhere.
Just so we're clear.
#coleg
#cogov
#cosen
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The back of the bus is where the air conditioning is, so no one ever really complained.
#JeffCoSchoolBoardHistory
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Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger and 82nd Airborne combat veteran who earned a Bronze Star for heroism in the Battle of Samawah.
This armchair pipsqueak is not qualified to lecture Rep. Crow on assault weapons or any other martial subject.
#copolitics
#coleg
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"Caraveo was also the only Coloradan in Congress who didnโt miss a vote in the first nine months of this Congressional term."
Why the hell isn't this a headline instead of buried in a newsletter?
No one is working harder for Colorado than Yadira Caraveo. Full stop.
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If you're against the ban on ghost guns, you in essence believe there should be no background checks on gun purchases whatsoever. You believe you should be able to pick up a gun at Ace Hardware next to the hammers.
It would be nice for RMGO to just admit this.
#copolitics
#coleg
Gun owners and groups sue Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over homemade, "ghost" guns
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Joe O'Dea was one of the most overhyped underperforming U.S. Senate candidates in
#copolitics
history. O'Dea's campaign boiled down to "Democrats called him a moderate" while O'Dea proved he wasn't. O'Dea was bad on the stump and bad on camera.
#cosen
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There was an SRO at Columbine.
There was an SRO at Uvalde.
The data shows clearly that SROs do not prevent shootings.
I'm really disappointed by the knee-jerk groupthink, some of which is coming from people who I know know better.
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So this just happened, and I'm taking it as a sign that the election truly is almost over.
It's a stage of grief thing.
#copolitics
#cogov
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You don't think a little snow is going to stop Coloradans from saving the planet do you?
#copolitics
#climatemarch
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I've just got this nagging feeling I can't shake that nobody would have paid Jayson Boebert half a million dollars a year before his wife was on the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Easy for
@laurenboebert
to prove me wrong.
Release the tax returns.
#copolitics
If Jayson Boebert was making half a million dollars a year in 2019, the Boeberts' well-documented financial struggles in 2020--when Jayson made another half million--don't make sense.
#copolitics
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On November 19, 2005, 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. Marines near the town of Haditha. Despite a clear attempt to cover this incident up, the killings eventually become known as the Haditha Massacre.
#ElijahMcClain
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Barbara Kirkmeyer is the most dishonest candidate for federal office in Colorado since Cory Gardner.
From shamelessly scrubbing her record on abortion to knowingly lying about fentanyl, Kirkmeyer has shown not just disregard but contempt for the truth.
#copolitics
#co08
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To every Colorado Senator who stood your ground today and passed
#HB1177
. You who were targeted by insane gun nut vitriol yet stayed true to the 80%+ of Coloradans who support a red flag law.
Weโve got your back.
#copolitics
#coleg
#ERPO
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Here is how Iโll remember Carrie Ann Lucas, adroitly handling the press while waiting for the release of the Gardner sit-in protesters. The world needs more fearless people like her and we will miss her.
#copolitics
#coleg
@AtlantisADAPT
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If the situation was reversed, not only would
@laurenboebert
be demanding every ballot be counted and recounted, but Boebert would not have conceded.
Any time a race is this close the result should be double-checked. It's insane for Republicans to argue against that.
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Mike Coffman claimed he was "personally offended" by the suggestion that he might have assisted in the initial coverup of the Haditha massacre, and once the scandal blew up stateside he did give a statement about what he knew.
#elijahmcclain
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If it wasn't for a ban on high capacity magazines, Davy Crockett would have held the Alamo.
#JeffCoSchoolBoardHistory
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But a year later, on June 2, 2007, the Washington Post reported that the city government of Haditha was outraged by the massacre and told every American who would listen as much. But not Mayor Mike? How is that possible?
#elijahmcclain
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Shortly after, Marine Lt. Col. Mike Coffman was assigned to Haditha as a civil affairs officer. The Denver Post reported June 1, 2006 that when Coffman talked to Haditha city leaders, they didn't mention a massacre...
#elijahmcclain
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In the end, prosecution of those responsible for the Haditha massacre was woefully inadequate, and stopped well short of Mike Coffman's connection. Coffman succeeded in avoiding this particular scandal and it did not contribute to his 2018 defeat.
#elijahmcclain
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There's a special place in Hell for people who make it their hobby to disparage people in crisis instead of helping them.
#copolitics
A city rapidly deterioratingโฆ WAY DOWN WE GO with MethCampMike at the helm.
#Denver
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Mayor Mike told the same thing to the Washington Post on June 4, 2006, that when he met with Haditha city leaders "none of them raised it as an issue."
#elijahmcclain
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I've been trying very hard to stay out of this Denver mayoral fracas, but I'll tell you this: if you're running on a message of trashing Denver as some kind of hellhole in need of salvation, you will not get my vote. Denver is an amazing vibrant place to call home.
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I regret that I have but two eyeballs to roll for my country.
#whereistheoutrage
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If you're a passenger rail fan in Colorado, the infrastructure bill combined with recent state action toward Front Range Rail is exciting stuff. Let's bring the Southwest Chief to Pueblo and start working on connecting Cheyenne to Albuquerque with rail service.
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Hey everybody,
@laurenboebert
wants to talk about the difference between the way the January 6th insurrectionists and
#BlackLivesMatter
protesters were treated by the authorities!
I don't know about you, but I've been wanting to talk about this for six months.
#copolitics
#co03
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An AR-15 is very effective at killing large numbers of civilians.
An AR-15 is not effective at combating a modern mechanized army.
The point, small arms can't guarantee freedom. Fortunately we don't have to fight our own army since We The People ARE the government.
#copolitics
@alanfranklin
I am confused. Is the AR-15 the most deadly assault rifle ever produced, a literal killing machine that has no business being in civilian hands, or is it a "peashooter" that is ineffective in real combat?
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She is so obviously turning the vileness up to 11 to squelch her scandals. Move over Cory Gardner, Lauren Boebert is now the biggest mistake Colorado voters have ever made.
#copolitics
Rep. Lauren Boebert proposes an amendment to reduce trans Department of Defense official Shawn Skelly's salary to $1.
"This delusional man thinking he is a woman, embodies and espouses the wokism that thatโs causing significant harm to our military readiness and troopsโ morale!"
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I've been waiting for this day for over six years.
So long to one-term gutless wonder
@SenCoryGardner
, the greatest mistake made by Colorado voters in a generation.
He will not be missed.
#copolitics
#cosen
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Here's Colorado GOP Rep.
@SoperMatthew
having a normal one.
If by "normal" you mean threatening civil war.
#copolitics
#coleg
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FINALLY: Boebert's phone + social media records are subpoenaed!
#SubpoenaBoebert
#Boebert
#Jan6thInsurrection
#CoPolitics
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The East High kids have started something big.
#copolitics
We canโt keep living and dying like this. We wonโt accept school shootings as normal. Organize a walkout at your school on April 5th:
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Any student looking for a model of decency, honesty, and empathy in modern politics need look no farther than Ed Perlmutter.
#copolitics
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For all my ammosexual reply guys who think their .223 peashooters can "defend freedom."
Sorry Meal Team Six, but only democracy can defend freedom in the era of modern mechanized warfare.
You're delusional clowns and your delusions get Americans killed.
#copolitics
#coleg
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Here's a concept.
If an eight-hour course and a live-fire exercise make it "nearly impossible" for you to obtain a concealed carry permit...
You shouldn't have one.
#copolitics
#coleg
Tomorrow, I will be joined by more loyal RMGO members to testify in strong opposition to HB24-1174, a bill that would make it nearly impossible to obtain a CHP in Colorado.
I will be meeting folks at 1 PM on the North Capitol Steps. See y'all there!
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My rent went up by $700 a month this year.
Not $700 a year. $700 A MONTH.
Homeowners with your cushy HELOCs wonder why renters didn't come to your rescue? Are you kidding me?
We've got to do better.
#copolitics
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This is a sitting Colorado legislator openly condoning death threats against fellow lawmakers.
I've been doing
#copolitics
for 20 years and this could honestly be a new low. I don't say that lightly, Rep. Bradley has a lot of competition.
This is not normal. Not okay.
#coleg
I knew it was coming, the threats of a lawsuit against MY first amendment rights. The other side running scared because Iโm going to speak the truth of what happened last week. They are accusing ME of dangerous behavior when in fact the dangerous behavior is theirs. Dangerousโฆ
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It's fascinating how so many people who have prospered so greatly from being on the winning side of historic real estate appreciation are shocked to discover that taxes are due on those gains.
Meanwhile, renters just pay more. Nobody insulates them from the bubble.
#copolitics
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"I genuinely did not recall vaping that evening when I discussed the nightโs events with my campaign team"
Wow, she really thinks everyone is stupid.
#copolitics
#beetlebert
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a great American story of capitalism and savory meat products.
#JeffCoSchoolBoardHistory
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Did you call the STAR team, or just gawk and sneer at another person suffering a mental health crisis?
I hope she got help, and to hell with bottom-feeders like
@dobetterdnvr
who are in the end just another part of the problem.
#copolitics
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This is a monstrous brazen lie.
Denver never "suggested" any such thing and
@libsoftiktok
knows it.
It's breathtaking even after all these years to watch them just go on the internet and tell lies.
#copolitics
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Folks, it would not be a hot
#copolitics
race without some sketchy rando parachuting in out of nowhere. It happens basically every time.
They always flame out. Have patience, await the new maps, and in the meantime there's always
#resignboebert
and
#expelboebert
#co03
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The relentless hyping of Joe O'Dea in the end had an audience of one: Joe O'Dea. O'Dea's consultants manufactured a bubble of pretend viability in order to siphon cash directly from O'Dea's wallet. The fake polls in the final week were a big part of this.
#copolitics
#cosen
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What I want is a mechanism for holding these ridiculous tinpot elected politician sheriffs accountable when they refuse to enforce Colorado's gun laws and people die.
Which has already happened.
Sure, gun stores too. But start with these four-star jokers.
#copolitics
#coleg
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The sane majority of Colorado has got your back, Secretary Griswold. History will record you stood up for our Constitution against election denial and insurrection.
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Hey Lauren, I had to laugh at the โpack your bagsโ comment given your recent move.
Bring on the recall.
Unlike you, I've always defended our Constitution and democracy.
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Joe O'Dea's campaign was a con job, and O'Dea was the victim as much as Colorado voters. Greedy consultants convinced a rich rube to self-fund a vanity no-win U.S. Senate race for their own enrichment.
#copolitics
#cosen
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To summarize your Sunday
#copolitics
โ Marty Coniglio is out at 9NEWS after comparing Trumpโs stormtroopers to Nazis, and Mike Coffman is still Mayor of Aurora after calling
#ElijahMcClain
protesters โdomestic terrorists.โ
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Jena Griswold has stood up to Trump and Trump's assault on American democracy for years, and for that she is labeled "partisan."
History will ascribe a different word: PATRIOT.
#copolitics
#coleg
Colorado House Republicans are pursuing conspiracies and political games, instead of getting real work done for Colorado. I will not be deterred from protecting our Constitution and democracy. Sham proceedings, attacks and even threats will not stop me from doing the right thing.
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It looks like Tina Peters broke the law while trying "prove" vote fraud and is now fleeing into the arms of Mike Lindell and hoping for revolution to stay out of jail?
Ten bucks says this ends up with a white Ford Bronco and slow-speed chase along I-70 toward Utah.
#copolitics
Is
@MesaCountyClerk
Tina Peters admitting complicity in a crime that sensitive election information was released by speaking at My Pillow guy event? Only your local DA knows for sure.
#copolitics
#MesaCounty
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Isn't it cool to have politicians who respect the rule of law even when it doesn't go their way?
This too should shame Republicans.
#copolitics
Although I disagree with the decision, I'm glad to have a ruling from the Court. Americans now have clarity that Donald Trump is eligibleย to appear on the ballot ahead ofย Super Tuesday.
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Shaun Boyd is one of the principal sources of misinformation in Colorado politics. Hardly any of her
#copolitics
press corps colleagues call her out because of her seniority. Instead they sit on panels with her.
She discredits the entire profession. Regulate yourselves.
CBS4 crossing the line into outright misinformation here. This report only looked at victimization data from the 22 largest states. There are 13 smaller states with higher reported violent crime rates than Colorado whose data weren't analyzed, making this claim totally baseless.
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So uhm yeah the rusty bridge and 2x4s in the girders definitely makes me think this bill is a good idea.
#copolitics
#coleg
Gov. Polis about to sign the big transportation bill under I-70 near Floyd Hill. First bill signing Iโve attended under a bridge.
#copolitics
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Pulse Nightclub and Club Q victims would like a word, Quislings.
Y'all make me physically sick.
#copolitics
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A bachelor's degree and two years of newsroom experience required for $18.00 To $21.00 an hour--what a burger-flipper can make after just a few months on the job, Uber drivers on Day One.
To literally work for a billionaire.
That's an insult, not a job offer.
#copolitics
Hey guys ... we're hiring a public safety reporter to work here at the
@csgazette
.
Great place to work ... great team to work with. ๐
Interested? Check out the job description here:
#journalismjobs
#Colorado
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Hi there! So what you're saying is, 86,400 cars are stolen in Colorado every day, and 31,536,000 cars are stolen in Colorado every year?
Let's make words mean quantifiable things again. It's so much better than just making stuff up.
#copolitics
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This story relies on a single anonymous source repeating the opponent's allegation with no additional evidence.
Very unusual for the Post to put out such a thinly-sourced hatchet job so close to the election. Somebody called in their chits for this one.
#copolitics
BREAKING: State Rep. Leslie Herod sought a promise that she would have a job in Kelly Broughโs administration when the two were discussing the possibility of Herod endorsing Brough in the Denver mayoral runoff race, according to Brough and a third person.
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Almost an hour in and Dark Brandon is absolutely raining fire. I don't want to hear about Sleepy Joe ever again.
#sotu
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They're coming to Rifle to break into your car and steal your credit cards!
(checks notes)
Oh, wait a minute.
#copolitics
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The MAGA two-minute hate on Jena Griswold is totally predictable and also total BS. Griswold followed the orders of the court to the letter including reinstating Trump as soon as he appealed.
Not that facts have ever mattered to these frothing MAGAts.
#copolitics
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I donโt think weโve come to grips yet with just how fully Colorado has left
@sencorygardner
behind. Cory Gardnerโs election in 2014 was an anomaly made possible by an unprecedented campaign of lies and complicit local media. He will not be re-elected.
#copolitics
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Overreach is not full-day kindergarten or electric cars.
Overreach is making abortion a felony. Overreach is rolling back laws that 90% of the public supports. Overreach is turning a sex ed hearing into a lurid freakshow.
Just stop, losers and media enablers.
#copolitics
#coleg
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Looking for photos from today's giant
@RMGOColorado
rally at the Capitol. This is as close as I've got so far.
It does not appear that the revolution will begin today.
#copolitics
#coleg
#gunsense
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Take a seat, Quislings.
You are tools of your own oppression and unqualified to opine about anyone else's rights.
#copolitics
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If youโre all bent out of shape about Antifa in Portland but donโt have a word of criticism for the Nazis who brought them out, youโve just sided with the Nazis. Congrats, concern trolls!
#copolitics
#orpol
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Useful information. I'll buy my cinnamon roll elsewhere.
#copolitics
The founder and owner of Buc-eeโs, which has opened its first location in Colorado, is a political force to be reckoned with. Arch Aplin, III is a former Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission chairman.
(Data from
@transparencyUSA
from 2015-current.)
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Thank God for
@RepJasonCrow
in moments like these.
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This is false. And grotesque politics amidst a horrible situation. Facts:
1.Not ONE PENNY of that money has been transferred. All still in Doha.
2.These funds will NEVER go to Iran.
3.The money can ONLY be used for future purchase of humanitarian supplies.
No friend of Israelโฆ
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George Brauchler lost the death penalty phase of the Aurora shooter trial that he forced and then lied about how many jurors he failed to convince.
Then he lost the election for AG to the guy he's trolling.
I've got your "win-loss record" right here, George.
#copolitics
.
@GeorgeBrauchler
: "Reporter David Migoya and The Gazette have expended effort analyzing the performance of Coloradoโs judges based upon their appellate win-loss record. It is time to do the same for the attorney general."
#copolitics
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Thank you for explaining so guilelessly why SB24-003 is necessary.
I couldn't have said it any better.
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@JennaEllisEsq
If I'm ever formally censured by my profession's regulating body for lying over and over, undermining public confidence in elections, and engaging in a "pattern of misconduct," I'm going to at least take a couple days off Twitter.
How can anyone be this shameless?
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Still not convinced that
@colo_politics
is the Fox News of
#copolitics
eh?
Observe how one of these headlines is not like the others.
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My personal suspicion is that the Boeberts didn't get a dime until she was elected to Congress, and if that's right this is the biggest congressional corruption scandal since the guy with 90 grand in his freezer.
She can prove me wrong easily.
Or she can't.
#copolitics
#co03
Lauren Boebert has been lying for years on her financial disclosures about her husband's extremely sweet $480,000 a year gig with a Texas-based oil company.
And it could be even worse.
Investigation urgently needed.
#copolitics
#copols
#coleg
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The last 24 hours of DEAD SILENCE on
@laurenboebert
's Twitter thread has been brought to you by
@AdamForColorado
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It's been quite refreshing, hasn't it?
#copolitics
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