Dozens of Patriot Front members just boarded metro minutes ago at the Eastern Market station in Washington, D.C. I asked one National Guard member who they were and they responded "protesters." A July 4th community parade is about to begin just outside the Eastern Market station.

Kerouac, partying in Central City in the 1940s: "... we fumed and screamed in our mountain nook, mad drunken Americans in the mighty land. We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell, I guess …”

This is good. I'd add we have a problem that goes way deeper than politics. It's about cultural debasement. As the piece says about the evaporation of shame, "shame is actually an essential behavior in policing what a society will and will not tolerate."

Gov. Polis fired two members of his clemency board who spoke publicly about the Tina Peters case. The members, Azra Taslimi and Hannah Seigel Proff, spoke to Newsline. "The standard that was applied to Tina Peters doesn’t exist anywhere in writing," Taslimi said. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Weiser would be a lawyer governor in a lawless land.

Political newcomer Melat Kiros drew in first-time volunteers and tapped experienced organizing networks to unseat longtime Rep. Diana DeGette in Denver's congressional District. Newsline's @chasewoodruff.bsky.social has the definitive account of her primary campaign.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado reposts a message from a Republican House colleague that calls for "an immediate freeze to all immigration" in light of the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship.

Strike leader Lupe Briseño, who was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2020, said, “It doesn’t matter what kind of work you’re doing, you work with pride and dignity and respect.”

Preliminary results Tuesday night showed U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s 30-year career in Congress on track to be brought to an end by a democratic socialist and first-time candidate born four months after DeGette first took office. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a series of ballot measures aiming to draw new congressional maps violate the state constitution, a major blow for Democrats aiming to respond to an unprecedented national gerrymandering spree initiated by Republicans last year. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Fifty for 150: Colorado voters in 1972 passed an initiative that canceled Denver’s plans to host the 1976 Winter Olympics. It remains the only time in history a host location has voted to turn the Olympics down. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

"It’s often said Polis has a 'libertarian streak,' but as his governorship unfolded it became ever harder not to recognize it as a conservative stripe, and, alarmingly, with the second Trump administration it morphed into a MAGA banner."

No context news ... on this day in 1876, the Rocky Mountain News had a piece about a constable who tried to apprehend a "desperado" called Texas near Alma and introduce him "to the hospitalities of a jailor," but Tex's buddy appeared from behind a stump with a rifle and freed his companion.

I tried to assess Polis' legacy, now that he's got only months left to his governorship. In short: "In some areas his performance was pretty impressive, but in others it was impressively bad."

This op-ed by members of Colorado's clemency board demolishes Polis' justification for letting Tina Peters out of prison. He said he was imposing consistency. They demonstrate the move was a grotesque special favor. "(The process) broke, quickly and dramatically, for the benefit of Tina Peters."

No context news clip, May 4, 1982, Rocky Mountain News.

For narrative exposition and plot resolution check out "Mulholland Drive."

I'd never seen anti-TABOR graffiti before yesterday, when I spotted "KILL TABOR SAVE CO" right under "ACAB" on a utility box at 12th and Downing in Cap Hill (see main photo of the piece below). Tax policy, meet street rage.

Insightful column by Quentin Young of @coloradonewsline.com He adroitly captures the conundrum that is TABOR and cites the graduated income tax as an answer to the problems posed by TABOR. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/18/t.... Learn more about the graduated income tax at protectcoloradosfuture.com

"TABOR masquerades as a good government guarantee but in fact it guarantees bad government." Terrific piece by @coloradonewsline.com's Quentin Young that touts the graduated income tax as an antidote to the ills created by TABOR. #copolitics coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/18/t...

NEW: Colorado’s Democratic race for U.S. Senate between the incumbent, John Hickenlooper, and state Sen. Julie Gonzales features deep divides on policy and ideology — but no face-to-face events. Hickenlooper has chosen to skip a long list of forums and debates. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Fifty for 150: In June 1989, an FBI agent visited Rocky Flats for what staff at the nuclear weapons plant thought was a briefing on ecoterrorism. That was a pretext. In fact, it was the start of a raid of the DOE property northwest of Denver — the first time the FBI raided another federal agency.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is on this leaked list of alleged members or guests of Peter Thiel’s secret society.

The reason reporters must continue to ask Republicans "Did Joe Biden win the 2020 election?" is because it continues to expose democracy-killing election denial, as here, in Denver7's interview with Craig Steiner, the new Colorado GOP chair.

Thank you @coloradonewsline.com for featuring me in their candidate Q&A for House District 5! If you'd like to learn a little more about who I am, why I'm running, and what I hope to bring to the Capitol, I hope you'll take a few minutes to check it out. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/11/c...

If you're filling out your Colorado ballot this weekend, check out the Newsline voter guide for information about races, Q&As with candidates, and news about the June 30 primary election.

Charts tell a vivid story of money in the race for Colorado governor: 1. Bennet has huge super PAC advantage in Dem race against Weiser 2. Marx is outspending his GOP opponents by miles 3. No one comes close to Michael Bloomberg's support of Bennet

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper was one of only a few major party candidates for top offices who did not respond to our questionnaire. Find all the questionnaire answers from Colorado primary candidates here: coloradonewsline.com/tag/2026-pri...

See what Colorado primary candidates say about the issues. Our Q&As help voters decide which candidates best reflect their views.

"Given an opportunity to make a one-minute closing statement, Marx used most of his time to close his eyes and say a prayer."

Fifty for 150: On the morning of Aug. 15, 2015, excavator crews under contract with the EPA started to dig out the entrance to a century-old, heavily polluted gold mine. The operation did not go as planned. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

This piece is part of our series of 50 stories that focus on events that helped define 150 years of Colorado statehood. We launched the series this week. Find all Fifty for 150 stories here: coloradonewsline.com/tag/fifty-fo...

The Air Force Academy graduation cap toss is always fun to watch. Here's a clip from this morning's toss by the class of 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7812...

One of the most extraordinary interviews of a prominent Colorado pol I've even seen. And a @kylec.bsky.social master class. The whole half hour is profoundly weird: CLARK: Do you think that you've killed people as an adult? MARX: Does it matter? CLARK: Yeah, I'd say so. MARX: Why?

Vance will be at the Air Force Academy today, in a city from which the administration relocated Space Command, in a state the White House treats like an enemy, at a time when a war of choice in the Middle East has claimed the life of a Fort Carson soldier. What does Vance have to say for himself?

Today we launched a special series, Fifty for 150, which will feature 50 stories about events that helped define Colorado over 150 years of statehood. We'll publish these over 10 weeks. The first story is about the 2023 Trump disqualification case. The last is about the declaration of statehood.

Reporter @chasewoodruff.bsky.social has scoured historic newspapers and other sources to bring Colorado's past to life. His yearlong series, Timeline 1876, evokes the people, places and conversations that animated the state 150 years ago. Timeline 1876 stories: coloradonewsline.com/tag/timeline...

Long Island native here. "The lurr" is not a thing.

Many falsehoods in this short clip: - Tina Peters is getting out of prison because of Gov. Polis, not Trump. - She did not commit "misdemeanor trespassing." She committed felonies, like attempt to influence a public servant. - Not innocent. Jury found her guilty. - Not 10-year sentence. 9 years.

Hours after Gov. Polis commuted the sentence of election denier Tina Peters, who helped breach her own election system, her lawyer tells Newsline she plans to go back to "getting rid of these fraudulent voting machines" when she's out of prison.

Here's how Colorado Republican candidates for governor Scott Bottoms and Barb Kirkmeyer responded last night when asked if Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

It's still shocking but also routine to hear a prominent Republican outright deny that Biden won the 2020 election, as Colorado state Rep. Scott Bottoms and governor candidate just did during his debate with state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer.

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A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

Cancer sucks. It sucks even worse for young people. I'm running the #ColfaxMarathon next month to help make life better for kids and young adults facing cancer. I'm extremely grateful every contribution, no matter the size, if you're in a position to donate. p2p.onecause.com/rcfcolfax202...

Gov. Jared Polis is to the right of Rep. Lauren Boebert on mass surveillance.

BREAKING: Supreme Court holds Louisiana's congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander

Few Americans would accept the claim “I have a right to hate,” but that changes dramatically when the words are preceded with “God says …"

Chris Wright is a climate arsonist whose position can be summarized by saying, yeah, climate change is happening and it's totally worth it. coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/27/c...