Get information about Grand Junction’s Community Food Bank, its hours, location, services and programs and information on how to donate financially at this link.
Authoritarianism, Conservatives, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy under threat, Election deniers, Extremism, Freedom under threat, Insurrection, Oligarchy, The Big Lie, Trump Insanity, Trump's lies
Trump nominee to head BLM out after it was discovered she told the truth about the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots
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A top Trump nominee is out after getting caught telling the truth. Colorado’s Kathleen Sgamma was to head the BLM. She had decades of oil and gas advocacy and helped write Project 2025. But then a 2021 memo came out where she criticized President Trump for his election rigging lies.
— Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) April 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Democracy under threat, Elections, Equal rights, Extremism, Freedom under threat, Jeff Hurd, Women
W. slope Rep. Jeff Hurd votes for the SAVE Act, which would make it harder for married women & rural residents to vote
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Chart showing how Colorado Representatives voted on HR-22, the “Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility” (“SAVE”) Act. CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd voted “yes” on the Act, which will make it much harder for millions of married women to vote. All Colorado Democrats opposed the measure.
On April 10, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility” (SAVE) Act by a margin of 220-208. CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd (R) voted for the measure, essentially a voter suppression law that would make it vastly harder for married women and rural voters to register to vote or update their voter registrations. The bill was supposedly introduced supposedly to make it harder for non-citizens to vote, but there are already laws in place that prohibit non-citizens from voting and in reality, the problem of non-citizens voting is vanishingly rare. For example, a 2024 audit of voters in Georgia found that out of 20 million registered voters, only 20 non-citizens were registered to vote, and when they were found, they were purged from the voter rolls.
Activism, Authoritarianism, Democracy under threat, Extremism, Fascism, Freedom under threat, Republicans violating laws, Trump Insanity
The next mass protest against Trump/Musk authoritarianism is Sat., April 19
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50501 announced the next coordinated day of action against President Donald Trump’s administration will on Saturday, April 19, the day before Easter.
“50501” stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement,” a decentralized yet unified protest movement that launched in early 2025. 50501 spreads information about planned demonstrations mostly through social media sites like Reddit, Instagram and Facebook. Keep an eye on the Facebook page of Indivisible Grand Junction for information on local protests. Also keep an eye on the Facebook page of the Mesa Count Democrats.
Activism, City of Grand Junction, Crazy Republicans, Cronyism, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy, Democracy under threat, Extremism, Freedom under threat, Good things about Mesa County, Grassroots advocacy, Human rights, Local concerns, Republican incompetence, Republicans violating laws, Trump Insanity
Estimated 2,500 people turn out to protest Trump regime at Grand Junction Hands Off! demonstration
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An estimated 2,500 people turned out to loudly protest convicted felon, sexual abuser and President Donald Trump and his co-president Elon Musk and their erratic governing style, economy-destroying tariffs, alienating of America’s allies, crony capitalism, ignoring people’s rights to due process, rolling back of civil and human rights, illegal dismantling of federal agencies and worse, at one of the biggest protests ever in town. The demonstration was one of about 1,400 similar protests taking place across the nation on April 5 as Americans, increasingly worried about Trump pushing the country into authoritarianism, rise in solidarity against Trump and Trumpism.
Authoritarianism, Bad behavior, Christian nationalism, Conservatives, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy under threat, Extremism, Fake patriotism, Grassroots advocacy, Republicans violating laws
Colorado GOP annual fundraising dinner kicked out of two venues before finding a place that would accept it
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The troubled Colorado Republican Party announced February 20th that Steve Bannon, a convicted felon who also pled guilty to fraud charges in New York state, was going to give the keynote speech at the party’s annual Centennial Fundraising Dinner, was set to be held at Denver Tech Center (DTC):
Activism, Authoritarianism, Christian nationalism, Cronyism, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy, Democracy under threat, Democrats, Destruction of the federal government, Equal rights, Ethics, Ethnic/Minority, Extremism, Fascism, Freedom under threat, Human rights, Local concerns, Oligarchy, Public health, Racism, Republican incompetence, Republicans violating laws, Trump Insanity
The April 5 Hands Off! demonstration is ON in Grand Junction!
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On Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Mesa County Democrats, Indivisible Grand Junction, Western Colorado Alliance, Mesa County Action Coalition, and others will host a Hands Off! protest on the lawn of the Historic Lowell School Building at 7th and Grand! The event coincides with nationwide action that day “to stand up against those who believe they can take whatever they want — our democracy, our future, our rights.”
The event will protest the drastic, illegal measures the Trump/Musk regime is taking against our federal government offices and services, the unprecedented attacks on our civil rights and seizure of millions of Americans’ personal information, like social security numbers and banking information, and the damage Trump and Musk are doing to vital sources of scientific research, as well as their attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, the rights of transgender Americans, immigrant rights and so much more.
Activism, Democracy, Extremism, Grassroots advocacy, Human rights, John Marshall, Racism, White Supremacists
Anti-fascism demonstration at CMU a success
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Hundreds of people both young and older turned out at 4:00 p.m. yesterday at Colorado Mesa University Corner 12th St. and North Ave to support diversity and immigrants’ rights and protest CMU providing a platform for white supremacist Jared Taylor to speak on campus. It was a violence-free, albeit noisy demonstration with cheers, bullhorns, a vuvuzela, drums and other noisemakers. Many passing drivers honked in approval, encouraging a roar of support from the crowd and adding to the cacophony. Following are more scenes and protest signs from the demonstration:
Lies, Republicans violating laws, Sherronna Bishop
Is nationally-known election denier & “America’s Mom” Sherronna Bishop committing voter fraud by faking Colorado residence?
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Sherronna Bishop
Former western Colorado resident and vocal right wing extremist Sherronna Bishop and her family moved to Carthage, Texas in May of 2022, several months after the FBI executed a search warrant on their house in connection with the Tina Peters election equipment breach scandal, and they’ve resided there ever since. Sherronna was an unindicted co-conspirator in Tina Peters’ criminal case and is generally credited with hatching the plot that got Tina sentenced to 9 years of incarceration. What hasn’t been made public until now is that in November, 2023, a year and a half after the Bishops relocated to Texas, Sherronna re-registered to vote not in her new home state of Texas, but here in Mesa County.
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Demonstration to protest fascism and white supremacist Jared Taylor’s appearance at CMU to be held Thurs., 3/27 @ 4:00 p.m., 12th & North
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The Mesa County Democratic Socialists of America is promoting what they hope will be a massive, peaceful protest against fascism and white supremacist Jared Taylor’s appearance at Colorado Mesa University. Jared is scheduled to speak at 6:00 p.m. on March 27 in room 213 of the University Center.
Below is the press release about the event:
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April 5 Hands Off! Rally & Protest: Grand Junction, CO Fights Back
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UPDATE: THE EVENT IS ON!! HERE’S THE CURRENT INFO:
On April 5, 2025, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Mesa County Dems, Indivisible GJ, Western Colorado Alliance, Mesa County Action Coalition, and others are hosting a protest on the lawn of the Historic Lowell School Building on 7th and Grand! This is in conjunction with the nationwide protests on April 5
Bring your signs and park in the parking lot at Grand and 8th! There will be food trucks, kids’ activities with Creative Spirits Colorado, and Gemini Brewing will be open. This is a nonviolent, family-friendly, peaceful protest that welcomes all people.
Here is the up to date link for the Grand Junction Hands Off! event.
Word about the supposed “cancellation” of the event (see below) is that the venue was changed, and in order to change the venue for the event online on Mobilize.us, organizers had to cancel the original event, wait 24 hours and the re-post the event with the new venue.
NOTE: I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY THE ORGANIZER, BUT SIMILAR EVENTS ARE STILL TAKING PLACE IN MONTROSE, MOAB, GLENWOOD SPRINGS (SAYRE PARK) , EDWARDS (EAGLE COUNTY) AND GUNNISON.
The next national protest against the Trump/Musk regime is the Hands Off! National Day of Action on Saturday, April 5. Hands Off rallies and marches are taking place nationwide that day. In Grand Junction the event will be from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. The exact location hasn’t been stated yet, but from the map it looks like it might be Lincoln Park.
Sign up to attend and get more information here.
Here is the description of the event from Mobilize.us:
About this event
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. We are fighting back!
They’re taking everything they can get their hands on — our health care, our data, our jobs, our services — and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.
On Saturday, April 5th, we’re taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
This mass mobilization day is our message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. Alongside Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, and protesting to demand a stop the chaos and build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.
A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
Check out handsoff2025.com for more information.
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City of Grand Junction, Cody Davis, Diane Schwenke, Elections
City Council candidate rundown, 2025
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The candidates for Grand Junction City Council in the Tuesday, April 8, 2025 election are:
District A:
— Alexis Hitzeroth
— Cody Kennedy (incumbent)
District D:
— Laurel Cole (running unopposed)
District E:
— Randall Reitz (incumbent, running for a different seat)
— Robert Ballard
At Large:
— Ben Van Dyke
— Ken Scissors
— (Laura Houston was running for the At-Large seat and pulled out of the race, but didn’t withdraw in enough time to keep her name off the ballot, so her name will still appear on the ballot, but don’t vote for her.)
None of the candidates had any red flags on the background check site Truthfinder,com, like criminal records, bankruptcies, or court judgments against them.
Janet Rowland, Local concerns, Mental health, Public health
Sources: Mesa County Behavioral Health Director Lisa Mills pushed out
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Lisa Rickerd Mills, former director of Mesa County Behavioral Health (Photo: Facebook)
Sources inside Mesa County say the County’s Director of Behavioral Health, Lisa Mills, was “voluntold” to resign on March 11.
Mills played a key role in convincing former Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland to push Dr. Jeff Kuhr out of his long time position as Director of the Mesa County Public Health Department in 2023. Kuhr had been director of the health department for 12 years, had assured the Public Health Department was well funded and efficient, and won accolades for helping the County successfully get through the pandemic.
About a week and a half ago several sources contacted AnneLandmanBlog saying Mills had “left the building” and been put on administrative leave. At that time, an inquiry to the County revealed she was currently still employed by the County, but had no County email address or office phone number, which seemed to verify claims she was on administrative leave.
Now it appears Mills is permanently out.
Democracy, Democracy under threat, Destruction of the federal government, Energy, Environment, Health care, Jeff Hurd, politics
Summary of Rep. Jeff Hurd’s 3/11/25 town hall meeting
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Republican House Rep. Jeffrey S. Hurd. CD-3
Here is a summary of CD-3 House Rep. Jeff Hurd (R)’s town hall meeting held on 3/11/2025, with thanks to author Jim Marshall, who compiled the notes.
First, some observations by me: Hurd pulled last minute switches to both the time and the instructions for participating in the meeting, which made it difficult for constituents to join the call and probably reduced the number of participants. Many people who followed the last-minute changes and called in reported they were unable to hear the meeting. I personally dialed the updated (833) number on my cell phone at the appointed time and got 15 minutes of silence. After I heard voices, I put the phone on speaker but noted that the speaker phone did not work on this call. Unsure whether it was a setting on the other end, I tried hanging up and dialed in using my Google Voice number, and was able to hear the call on the computer speaker.
After about 20 minutes of introduction, softball questions were taken first and more serious questions about Ukraine, Russia, Trump & Musk’s attacks on the federal government and their efforts to erode democracy were addressed later.
Here is the summary of the meeting provided by Jim Marshall:
Ethics, Local concerns
ALERT: Hurd pulls last minute switcheroo on when & how to participate in his promised Tuesday, 3/11/25 telephonic town hall meeting on
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CD-3 House Rep. Jeff Hurd, who represents western Colorado (Photo: X/Twitter)
CD-3 House Representative Jeff Hurd (R) has made VERY last minute changes to the time and way to participate in his promised telephonic town hall meeting scheduled for TODAY.
Previously constituents were told they had to call a number and give the person who answered their telephone number, and that THEY would get a call from Hurd at 6:00 p.m. today, at the established time the meeting was to begin, 6:00 p.m.
That’s all changed.
NOW, constituents are being told THEY must call a different phone number, (833) 380-0417 and the meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. instead of 6:00 p.m.
Authoritarianism, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy, Democracy under threat, Destruction of the federal government, Extremism, Freedom under threat, Republicans violating laws, Trump Insanity
French Senator discusses global ramifications of the Trump regime
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This is a video of French Senator Claude Malhuret posted on March 7 in which he discusses what is going on in the United States, and how Europe needs to react to it. Sen. Malhuret is a French physician and lawyer who has been in the French Senate since 2014. He is a center-right legislator. This video has been going viral and reflects what European countries think about the current state of affairs we are enduring here in the U.S. under Trump. The full video is about 8 minutes long.
It tells us much about what the rest of the world thinks of what the Trump regime is doing to the United States.
Here is an excerpt of the talk from the beginning of the video:
Economics, Elections, Ethics, Grand Junction City Council, Local concerns
29 Road interchange project still alive despite being resoundingly defeated at the ballot box in Nov., ’24 election
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Screenshot of March 5 meeting at which City Council discussed moving forward with the 29 Road interchange project, even though it was resoundingly voted down at the ballot box just 4 months ago
Even though voters turned down the proposal to build a new interchange on I-70 at 29 Road in the November 5, 2024 election by a margin of 56.44% to 43.36%, a discussion of how to push forward with the project was on City Council’s agenda at their March 5, 2025 regular meeting. The proposal on last fall’s ballot asked voters to approve the City and County taking on $80 million in debt to fund the project, with a payback cost of $173,438,202.
At the time, the City’s finance manager told City council members at a workshop that the debt the from the project would “decimate city capital, basically.”
The City and County combined have already invested over $2 million in trying to make the project happen, and the City is now considering what to do with $800,000 remaining under a current design contract for the project.
Below are notes about the project from Council’s 3/5 regular meeting. Boldfaced emphasis was included by a person who lives on the 29 Road corridor and is following the project closely.
Dangerous Republicans, Democracy under threat, Fascism, Freedom under threat, Harassment, Local concerns, Propaganda, Trump Insanity, Weird Grand Junction Stuff, White Supremacists
CMU fostering a climate of hate
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This piece was written by Jacob Richards and is reprinted here with permission from The Revolutionist. The Revolutionist accepts no advertising and is 100% volunteer-run and subscriber-funded community media. You can subscribe to it at this link.
Colorado Mesa University’s Western Culture Club is hosting an out-and-out white Supremacist as a speaker on campus later in March. (Time and date erased because we don’t platform nazis).
A new campus club, the “Western Culture Club,” appeared on campus in early March promoting a talk by Jared Taylor to be held at Colorado Mesa University (CMU) later in March. Taylor is an avowed white supremacist and author, and this is just the latest escalation by bigots on campus, seemingly with the blessing of the CMU administration.
When students started a new semester at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction on January 20th, the same day Trump took office, the campus seemed different.
Emboldened by the inauguration of an openly racist and openly fascistic president, racist students on the campus have begun a now months-long sticker campaign. The stickers call on students to fulfill “civic duty” to “report any and all illegal aliens” to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.