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“Nothing satisfied the ‘enviro’ coalition. What would have been the most robust framework in the nation has now become a signal to industry that Colorado remains closed,” Valdez said ahead of the hearing. “We will watch our neighbors in Wyoming reap all of the economic benefits.”
Here’s why Melat Kiros’ candidacy scares me as a liberal Jewish woman in Colorado (Opinion)
Steven Woodrow I’d find the rise of the uber-Left more exciting — universal healthcare, higher taxes on the wealthy, environmental protections are all great — if they didn’t prize globalizing the intifada above everything else.
Test campaign message, darkened skin video of Melat Kiros. “ Melat Kiros wants to divide Denver Democrats. A Denver Post column called her statements offensive and laced with antisemitism. Kiros supports abolishing police, withdrawing from NATO, and is backed by groups tied to controversial rhetoric. Denver deserves better. Reply stop to end.”
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The world, is a business, Mr Beale
Warner: You've called it the “one essential country on the planet.” Bennet: I did say that, I said that on the floor of the Senate in the context of my mother's experience in the Holocaust. She was born in Warsaw in 1938. Her entire family was killed except for her and her parents and an aunt. And I think it's important for people to know, too, that she was separated from her parents for three years during the war, which had a profound effect. And that's what I meant, an essential country, given the history of antisemitism in this world and given the particular history of the Holocaust, and I stand by those remarks. I think that Benjamin Netanyahu's prosecution of the war in Gaza has been horrific. I think that he has pursued it in a way that has benefited his domestic politics and has created devastation in Gaza that cannot be justified or defended. Warner: Is there any part of your tenure in the Senate that you think helped contribute to the monster you see created in Israel? Bennet: No, I do not agree with that.
Colorado AFL-CIO endorses Diana DeGette, US House District 1
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Thing Bad @Merman_Melville Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weight 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day Jan 25, 2019
Cybertruck with anti Elon sticker: “I don’t support Elon or Trump! Can’t find a buyer”
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We’re winning so much’: Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters ahead of midterms Trump main objective was convincing increasingly wary Americans that the economy is stronger than many believe.
“Chris Wright is a scientist who has dedicated his life to the study and use of energy. He believes in science and supports the research that will deliver the affordable, reliable, and clean energy that will not only lower costs but make our country more secure. While we don’t always agree, we will work together because none of us have four years to wait to act,” said Hickenlooper.
The Impeachers: the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation, brenda wineapple
But at least one member of the original task force has a different view. Sebastian Andrews, who served on the panel as a high school senior at Denver School of the Arts, said participants knew it would be tough for Denver to meet the 2025 emissions goal. That’s why its final report recommended the city find additional revenue to spend $200 annually to cut emissions, mostly on projects to rebuild streets to favor bikes and transit. “The bottom line is Denver agreed to cut its emissions by 40 percent, and it's missing that mark mostly because of the money problem,” Andrews said.
Spiderman: you can rewrite DNA on the fly, and you’re using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure cancer! Dinosaur: but I don’t want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs.
Federal repeals of environmental programs and polices are setting the state back about a year in achieving its emissions goals, said Will Toor, executive director of the Colorado Energy Office. Colorado is about two years behind schedule in achieving its 2030 benchmark of reducing emissions by 50% from a 2005 baseline. Before Trump took office in January, the state was about one year off target, he said.
Now, he plans to use that momentum to propel the rest of his agenda. In the New Year, his administration is considering proposing changes to the city’s local minimum wage laws for tipped workers as restaurant owners struggle with economic difficulties. City officials will also begin an enforcement crackdown on “quality of life” crimes often committed by drug users and people suffering from mental illnesses, including the possibility of mandating treatment.
Unlike Hancock, Johnston has not offered early retirement incentives to employees. Instead, he ordered department heads to close vacant positions and carry out layoffs. Meanwhile, Johnston has pushed for raises to police, fire and likely sheriff deputies, even as other city workers won’t likely get raises. Uniformed employees also avoided furloughs. In contrast, both Hancock and former mayor John Hickenlooper saved millions by convincing police unions to accept delays in salary increases.
Proposed Denver budget changes by agency, showing reductions in every department except for public safety, which is increasing.
For immediate release: Governor Jared Polis Orders Flsgs to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk
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"It’s very common to have politicians involved (in stadium development discussions), kind of like it’s normal to have organized crime involved in casinos," said J.C. Bradbury, an economics professor at Kennesaw State University in Georgia whose research focuses on sports economics and stadium development. "Yes, it’s common, but that doesn't mean it’s desirable."
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If we’re honest with ourselves, the model of social movements has been to just throw young people at these crises and not have a plan to take care of them mentally or physically or financially, and to just always assume that there’s another generation of people who are going to spend five years doing it, and as long as there’s enough of us who put in the 20 years to kind of be in leadership positions, we’ll be fine. When that strategy hit a mass disabling event, we realized that there isn’t a bench anymore, and the care network that we all required to reproduce our lives fell apart.
Rep. Caraveo votes with Republicans 'strongly condemning' Vice President Kamala Harris Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, once a reliable progressive vote on immigration issues, joins GOP attack as she faces a tough re-election. Author: Kyle Clark Published: 5:27 PM MDT July 25, 2024 Updated: 8:38 AM MDT July 26, 2024 ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — When it comes to immigration, Rep. Yadira Caraveo has been all over the map. Three years after calling on the Biden administration to defund ICE, Caraveo joined Republicans on Thursday in “strongly condemning” the Biden administration for failing to secure the border. The vote completes a 180-degree turn for Caraveo on immigration, as she has moved from a safely Democratic seat in the state legislature to the most vulnerable Democratic seat in Colorado’s Congressional delegation.
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Colorado regulators sign off on oil and gas drilling near new Erie housing development Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission approved Civitas’ plan to drill 26 wells, which would extend 5 miles under Erie from a 19-acre location in Weld County just outside city limits Mark Jaffe 4:01 AM MDT on Mar 27, 2025
Gov Pritzker Thread detailing how an Executive Order doesn’t override state law, get bent King Trump
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House Member Introduces Resolution to Abolish the Senate April 27, 1911 Photo of Victor Berger "Whereas the Senate in particular has become an obstructive and useless body, a menace to the liberties of the people, and an obstacle to social growth; a body, many of the Members of which are representatives neither of a State nor of its people, but solely of certain predatory combinations, and a body which, by reason of the corruption often attending the election of its Members, has furnished the gravest public scandals in the history of the nation. . . ."
That's antisemitism. And a lot of the slogans that peopl use either are or slide into antisemitism. The one that bothers me the most is genocide. Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, that would be genocide. That's not what happened. In fact, the opposite happened. And Hamas is much closer to genocidal than Israel. And I told Netanyahu, I said to him what I thought: You gotta reduce the number of casualties and make sure aid gets in and stuff like that. Here is the difficulty: Hamas has a different way of waging warfare, of using innocent Gazans as human shields. They put rockets in hospitals. They put their
“It is not a DOGE bill” The audit proposal — to have the state auditor review 10 years’ worth of environmental, labor and health regulations — fits into that feeling of defensiveness because it’s backed by business groups, legislative leadership and Gov. Jared Polis. When details of the audit bill were revealed last month, several Democrats responded with a profane, three-word response.
State of play: The aggressive opposition is led by the local chapter of the far-left Working Families Party, labor unions and the national advocacy group One Fair Wage. Through online campaigning, the organizations are focusing the debate on cutting wages of tipped workers, which is a possibility under the legislation. Opponents are targeting restaurants and breweries that testified or spoke in favor of the bill with bad reviews online that tell others to not visit. What they're saying: The effort is being compared to a "jihad" by one supporter, and the Colorado Restaurant Association called the trolling tactics "disgusting." "I've not seen it this bad, ever," the association's CEO, Sonia Riggs, tells Axios. The other side: Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, tells us that she can't believe lawmakers are "cruel enough or stupid enough" to reduce worker pay at a time when Denver is becoming less affordable.
Privatizing and Eliminating the Monopoly of the United States Postal Service By Jared Polis Colorado State Board of Education Issue Paper Number 4-2001 August 15, 2001
In Westminster, fears of Soviet-style apartment blocs
Huh. I wonder who that’s for.
“Yesterday, a bill was introduced that would immediately cut the pay of nearly every tipped worker in the city. It’s being framed as a way to “save restaurants,” but in reality, it does so at the expense of workers who are already some of the most underpaid, undervalued, and vulnerable to wage theft. To make matters worse, this bill is sponsored by two Democrats of the Colorado House. Reach out and let them know that cutting the wages of hardworking service industry employees is unacceptable. Call Alex Valdez at (303)866-2925 and Steve Woodrow at (303)866-2967. Our city runs on the labor of these workers—they deserve fair pay, not another financial hit. Stay engaged, stay vocal, and let’s fight for the rights of those who keep our community going.” No on HB25-1208
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Jared Polis @jaredpolis Personally, I love participating in the X/twitter community and applaud the strong, virile leadership of @elonmusk *Simpson meme* caption: And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
The Discourse Lover @Trillburne SOCIALIST: late capitalism has created a moral rot that pervades our entire society NEOLIBERAL: but imagine if we monetized the rot