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

@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?

Where else you gonna find Denver DSA and Turning Point USA events in one place?

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...

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has apparently called the race, even if it's not official yet- He just congratulated the winners on Facebook. #copolitics

NEW: Far-right Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann is suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a onetime ally in the national election conspiracy theory movement, alleging Lindell breached the terms of $3 million loan agreement. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

I have worked on just about every kind of race from dogcatcher to US Senate. None of them hit me half as hard as watching Woodland Park take back its school district last night. I have never seen so many tears shed at a victorious election night party, as folks realized the nightmare was over.

Shoutout to the VA for getting me my FOIA response *on* election day. Better late than never, I guess. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/co-s...

Stepping up its involvement in anti-trans political campaigns, Colorado’s Catholic Bishops have directed parishioners to gather signatures at church to place initiatives on next year’s election ballot. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/turn...

My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com: Colorado Catholic bishops, including Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila, published a letter in August calling on parishes to host signature-gathering weekends for an anti-trans group's ballot initiatives. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/turn...

Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.

Last week, two conservative Cherry Creek School Board candidates each received $5,000 donations from President Donald Trump's Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, and his wife, according to state campaign finance records coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/trum...

Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck says she won't run for reelection to the statehouse, but hinted at a possible run for a different, perhaps bigger office. She also called one declared candidate a liar, while endorsing a new one.

Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) is staying silent on the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel two Department of Energy (DOE) projects, totaling over $33 million, in his district. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/evan...

My latest on the D49 Board of Education race: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/cons...

Chaos and fear reign in an underfunded, under-staffed school district, where nearly a dozen teachers told writer @loganmdavis.bsky.social with absolute certainty that they would be fired if they spoke on the record for this piece. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/bull...

New Fever Swamp Review! CTR takes a look at candidates in D49 and D11, discussing prevailing issues in both districts, including the recent strike in D11. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/feve...

I’m at Acacia Park for today’s rally. A lot of people here.

I also spoke to @jmberger.com about what such a designation might mean: he said it will allow the FBI “to group together, prioritize, and probably fund investigations into trans people.” Even if it will mainly be an administrative tool, it is “almost certain to be abused by this administration.”

Earlier this month, three trans women were beaten by a group of young men in Seattle's gay neighborhood. According to the county prosecutor's office, there's been at least four more group beatings since June 2024. In one case, strangers joined in. The kicker? www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine. Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)

another case of people reading a headline and either not reading or misreading an article. the actual reporting does not say anything like "all trans people are being classified as terrorists" i understand why people are scared. i also feel like reading comprehension is at an all time low

New Fever Swamp Review! Amid continuing gun violence, CTR attends Dragonman’s 33rd Annual Freedom Shoot and talks with attendees about gun policy, also a visit to Raw Tools, a nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/feve...

At LibsofTikTok's direction, Colorado Republicans are organizing to call for the firing of this state employee, who says nothing in this post that could be construed as celebrating Kirk's death or supporting violence. A retaliatory purge for political speech underway.

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation. Full statement here: www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

Glad the WSJ didn't rush to report inflammatory claims backed by no evidence whatsoever at an incredibly sensitive time.

As a reminder, a politically motivated conservative murdered two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota two months ago. These commentators are following a playbook to legitimize violence, not condemn it. Clutching their pearls is just part of it.

UPDATE: JeffCo Sheriff's Office says three students have been shot at Evergreen High School. St A's Hospital says all are in critical condition. Our live coverage here: www.9news.com/article/news...

I'd like to live in a world where nobody got shot, ever

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

alert: potential ban on federally-funded hospitals providing any trans health care is in the house hhs funding bill

A US President threatening to use the military against civilians in an American city is not normal and journalists who choose to ignore or normalize this should explain their choice to the communities they serve.

The administration: Hey, we're looking into whether or not we can exclude trans people from the Bill of Rights! Hope no one minds! Our Democratic "allies": *silently wait for consultants to tell them what to say, if anything*

Strongly agreeing with this. Losing 2A rights would be bad enough on its own, but all of us being declared criminally mentally ill would be a crystal clear sign of even worse to come. That they are even entertaining it is spine-tingling.

In the days after last week's Minneapolis shooting, I've been continually haunted by the shooter's video and the nihilistic contagion that seems to spread in mass shooter fandom communities. I spoke to @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social about how to process this terrible phenomenon w/o helping perpetuate it

1. Denver Public Schools is doing what some prestigious universities and hospitals refuse to do: Standing up for trans students and refusing to capitulate to Trump's anti-trans demands. "We will fight," says the superintendent, despite funding threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.

New: Rep. Armagost, the legislator facing the censure vote, has resigned, effective immediately. He was already set to leave the legislature on Sept. 1, but he’s now moved that up to avoid the censure vote.

Republican state representative resigns, sparing him from censure by Democrats in Colorado House coloradosun.com/2025/08/21/r... #copolitics #coleg

Colorado has one remaining alternative-weekly newspaper left after the humiliating catch-and-smother of the Colorado Springs Indy and the messy collapse of Boulder Weekly. Westword is still letting everyone know it's an alt with this headline, "Hey Dickheads"

EXCLUSIVE: In this our investigation into CO’s largest GOP dark money machine, CTR unveils millions of dollars of cash animating Advance Colorado’s operations – as well as their ties to Russian oligarchs, extremist militias, and Colorado’s wealthiest man. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/the-...

Good morning, I’m in Aurora where U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) is hearing from Jack Teter of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains about the impact of Medicaid funding ban on Planned Parenthood. He describes it as an “existential threat to the organization.”

"[Rich] praised groups like SFTC, while nodding to the one reporter present, saying 'the media is not on our side.'" Pretty wild stuff.

Recent panic that the Supreme Court might soon overturn marriage equality is unwarranted—the justices are highly unlikely to take up the case that has people worried. And this freak-out risks diverting attention away from the court's subtler, ongoing attack on gay rights. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Bennet voted to send more bombs and assault rifles to Netanyahu's government eight days ago

Who is DoBetterDNVR? Meet 3 women feeding information to Denver’s loudest social media critic www.denverpost.com/2025/08/01/w...

Among the Colorado GOP #coleg members who signed a letter calling Denver's climate change campaign "an insult" and lacking "respect," is Rep. Ron Weinberg, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and bullying from Republican women. #copolitics denverpost.com/2025/07/29/ron

i'm not surprised to see the nfl in the news. the nfl is a million-dollar business – and everyone wants a piece of the pie

Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans has centered his pro-Trump political identity — and his support for mass deportation — on the story of his Mexican-American grandfather, who he has repeatedly said immigrated “the legal way.” Documents show that isn’t true.