Don’t cheer the relocation of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) out of Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction until you understand the Trump administration’s real motive behind moving federal agencies out of Washington. Hint: It’s not to help them, and…
Tag: Trump Insanity
It’s time to admit Republican firearm policies have completely failed America
Americans young and old are getting slaughtered every day just going about their daily lives shopping in supermarkets, attending concerts and movies, going to services at churches, mosques and synagogues, going to school, going to work… How did America…
“Incredibly political”: Grand Junction’s newest City Councilman selected after heavy pressure on mayor
The Grand Junction City Council voted last night to fill the vacant District E seat, but only after a tense session in which one council member publicly pressured another to change his vote after the six council members deadlocked four…
The 5 Minute Mueller Report
Don’t have time to read the whole 420-page Mueller Report (pdf)? That’s understandable. You can download an audio recording of it for FREE and listen to the whole thing while you’re driving, doing housework or exercising. A free recording of…
Oklahoma is just the beginning of what life will be like under Republican rule
Oklahoma Republicans just passed a mind-blowingly strict law that makes abortion illegal in virtually every circumstance, effectively terminating the right of women in the state to control their own bodies and reproductive fate. Oklahoma wasn’t alone in this, either. Other…
Lessons from the Shutdown
Donald Trump just put America through the longest federal government shutdown in history, single-handedly keeping over 800,000 federal workers from being paid for over a month, hobbling law enforcement agencies and airport security, blocking immigration proceedings, causing delays in airline…
Annual Grand Junction Women’s March draws huge crowds again
The third annual Women’s March in Grand Junction on Saturday, January 19th, drew an enthusiastic crowd of about 2,000 liberal and progressive western slope residents who came out to support women’s rights, equality for women and gay, lesbian and transgender…
Rep. Scott Tipton votes to continue government shutdown, keep federal workers unpaid
The western slope’s House representative in Washington, D.C., Scott Tipton, voted AGAINST a bill on Jan. 6 to end President Trump’s shutdown for most federal agencies. The bill, HR 265, passed the House by a wide margin — 243 to…
Hate in Grand Junction on full display today at Mesa County Deplorables rally against refugees
An article in today’s Daily Sentinel says Mesa County Deplorables will hold a rally downtown today against the people who make up the “caravan” of central American refugees headed northward on foot towards the U.S. border to escape violence in…
Pickup of the “Impeachment Now” banner: History made in western Colorado with first-ever banner flight
The banner flew over Delta, Montrose and Grand Junction on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. It was crowd-funded by voters across the western slope who are deeply concerned about America’s loss of credibility, dignity and standing in the world as a…
Western slope liberal “snowflakes” hope to make history with the area’s first flying banner
Energy against Trump is growing stronger throughout the country, including on the western slope. Progressives and liberals in the Grand Valley who were thrilled by the anti-G@P billboards currently up on Broadway/Highway 340 just west of Grand Avenue will get…
Election hacking? No biggie. Sen. Cory Gardner votes against funding election security
Russia’s campaign to influence U.S. elections and help Donald Trump get elected must not be any big deal to Colorado’s Republican Senator Cory Gardner, who joined Senate Republicans in blocking an attempt by Democrats to include $250 million in the…
Documenting hate in Grand Junction
Here are additional recently-spotted signs that bring the hate and racism lurking in Grand Junction right out into the open: A “Haji” is a slur for a Muslim, specifically one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca. The “ZF” stands…
Trump’s war on worker safety
Falling from scaffolding, getting hurt by chemical hazards, getting cut by, caught in or crushed by equipment… many Mesa County workers face hazards like this every day on the job. A significant number of people in Mesa County work in…
Rep. Scott Tipton votes to let Trump’s family and senior officials benefit financially from changes to federal banking rules
Western slope Congressional Representative Scott Tipton on March 14 voted against a motion to prohibit President Trump and his family from benefitting personally from a bill currently under consideration by the federal legislature to change federal banking rules.
Disgraced white supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos plans talk in Grand Junction
People are hyperventilating over a scheduled appearance in Grand Junction by white supremacist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at 7:00 p.m. on April 14th at a currently undisclosed location. Some are planning protests, but the best thing to do might be to just…
Get ready, Mesa County Republicans. President Trump wants to take your guns!
President Trump on Wednesday called for seizing guns belonging to people who are deemed to present a danger to others without allowing them due process first. “I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just…
Trump’s Border Wall Folly
While still promising Mexico will pay for it, President Trump is now trying to extort $25 billion from U.S. taxpayers to build a “big, beautiful” border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and he’s holding DACA recipients hostage to do…