In late 2015, Denver Activist Theo Wilson went undercover online as a black man amongst the alt-right. By creating a fake white supremacist Facebook profile as well as a YouTube account under the moniker “Lucius25,” Wilson set out to trick the social media platforms’ algorithms into feeding him the same…
When Senator Cory Gardner held his first in-person town halls in over a year last week, plenty of constituents attended to air their grievances or show their support for the congressman from Yuma. And unsurprisingly, plenty of readers weighed in on our story about Gardner’s town hall in Lakewood.
In response to increased immigration enforcement under President Trump and lower numbers of crimes being reported by immigrants, Denver has looked for ways to reassure residents that it is doing no more than what is legally necessary when following federal immigration laws. But the city hasn’t always agreed on how…
Steve Barlock, an independent Denver-area real estate broker who co-chaired the 2016 Mile High City campaign for now-President Donald Trump, is running as a Republican for governor here in 2018. In the following in-depth interview, he goes into detail about his reasons for seeking the office, shares his frustrations with entrenched powers on both sides of the political spectrum, and touts himself as a candidate of the people dedicated to being to Colorado what Trump is to the United States as a whole.
Despite a moderator repeatedly asking the crowd to remain respectful and lower their voices, hecklers interrupted Senator Cory Gardner nearly every time he tried to answer a question.
Career diplomat Dan Baer believes his tenure working and negotiating under the Obama administration makes him a perfect fit to help heal partisan wounds in Washington.
Lawyers representing Denver’s homeless population filed a motion for a summary judgement that, if approved by a judge, would put an end to Denver’s practice of homeless sweeps on the grounds that they violate the constitutional rights of the city’s 3,400 individuals experiencing homelessness.
Jon Caldara, the feisty president of the Independence Institute, is continuing an ideological assault on Colorado Public Radio, arguing that the venerable broadcaster lacks diversity not of race, color or creed, but of thought. And while CPR initially defended itself against this claim, it’s now declining to comment in the apparent hope that Caldara will shut up, go away or move on to pester someone else.
Actions taken by Coloradans in response to the violence in Charlottesville this weekend ranged from a rally in City Park, to Senator Cory Gardner’s tweets and appearance on CNN.
Senator Cory Gardner is having a busy August, even with Congress on vacation. On August 7, his Denver office moved from Skyline Park. On August 12, the Colorado Republican tweeted about the Charlottesville violence, earning a spot on CNN. And August 15, he’ll hold three town halls.
Levi Tillemann’s got an impressive resume for a 35-year-old. He’s earned his PHD, learned Chinese and Japanese, published a book and served in Obama’s Department of Energy. Now, he’s hoping to add Congressman to his lengthy highlight reel.
Charges against Cynthia Dawn Russell and Elizabeth Moseley in relation to an ADAPT protest of Senator Cory Gardner in January have been dismissed. This decision, which came down on the same day that cases against five Democratic Socialists of America members who demonstrated against the senator at a July sit-in were also tossed, helps explain why Gardner recently relocated his offices from the Chase Bank building, a commercial enterprise, to a federal building.
Mayor Hancock and Denver City Council are considering different approaches to limiting Denver’s cooperation with ICE, but some immigrant advocates like attorney Hans Meyer believe that neither goes far enough.
While the Trump administration has a new proposal that would crack down on legal immigration, a Denver City Council committee approved a proposal that would give undocumented residents more protection from ICE. Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Hancock is drafting his own executive order regarding immigration. Our readers weigh in.
In a little over a month, three quarters of a million people like Denver’s LaLo Montoya, an undocumented resident, may be thrown back into the shadows if the Trump administration aggressively expands deportations.
On Wednesday, August 2, members of a City Council committee overwhelmingly approved legislation that would prevent local authorities from cooperating with some of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts to identify and/or deport undocumented residents in Denver. In a public hearing packed with activists, the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee voted five to one to approve the bill, which will head to the full City Council later this month.
What’s it like to be summoned to the White House? For Rick Enstrom, a longtime figure in Colorado Republican politics, an invitation to attend an August 1 forum about small businesses like Enstrom Candies, the longtime Colorado enterprise he helps run, was an opportunity to get another angle on the administration of President Donald Trump — one that doesn’t have anything to do with investigations into possible collusion with Russia or the other assorted controversies that have dominated coverage by most major media outlets other than Fox News, which caught Enstrom on camera at the event.
Sen. Cory Gardner has a plan to put the party back in the Grand Old Party. Gardner is headed for Disney World — with an entourage of donors, lobbyists, PAC contributors, and very special friends in tow.
Latham is embarking on a road trip across the U.S. finding and collecting stories of human kindness, especially stories of people making beautiful decisions after experiencing adversity.
Gabriel McArthur is no longer running for Congress, but the 25-year-old former Bernie Sanders delegate is now running for Colorado Secretary of State after dropping out of the 6th district Congressional race to make way for fellow progressive candidate Levi Tillemann.
A hotline callers can use to report ICE raids, subsequently dispatching a team of “confirmers” to the scene, has identified five across Colorado, as Chris Walker told us in a recent story. But trolls and calls of fake reports have plagued the hotline since its inception. Our readers phoned in their own opinions of the hotline.
Cory Gardner’s time in the shadows is officially over. On Tuesday, the junior Republican senator from Colorado voted to proceed in the Republicans’ ongoing efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
