An open letter to Sen. John Hickenlooper from a local trans person
Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper (D) held a town hall meeting in Grand Junction on Monday, April 14 at the Asteria […]
Ethics
29 Road interchange project still alive despite being resoundingly defeated at the ballot box in Nov., ’24 election
Even though voters turned down the proposal to build a new interchange on I-70 at 29 Road in the November
DOGE cancels leases on four federal agencies in Grand Junction
Local TV news stations KJCT and KKCO are reporting that Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is terminating the
Authoritarianism, Conservatives, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy under threat, Disinformation, Ethics, Trump Insanity
Fact-checking convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser and President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on 3/4/25
Donald Trump flat-out lied to Congress and Americans last night in his talk to Congress and the country. Here are
U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to review Tina Peters’ conviction
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), now a tool that convicted felon, sexual abuser and President Trump wields to help
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy publicly bullied and berated over his war time clothing at White House visit
At a shameful White House meeting last week between convicted felon/adjudicated sexual abuser President Trump and his #2, JD
Rep. Jeff Hurd uses anti-semitic trope to dismiss constituents at the town hall meetings he refuses to attend
When CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd (R) was running for office, he was open to talking to all sorts of western
CD-3 House Rep. Jeff Hurd votes in favor of massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP (food) benefits
Colorado CD-3 House Rep. Jeff Hurd voted for a budget resolution that, if approved in the Senate, will leave Congress
Under multi-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, Washington Post pulls full page ads critical of Musk
At the last minute, the Washington Post (WaPo) pulled two full page ads funded by the nonprofits Common Cause and
Trump, governing as an authoritarian, publicly portrays himself as king, dictator
Instead of signing legislation passed by Congress — the normal way policies are made in U.S. — Trump has been
Multiple Republican senators break from Trump’s views on Putin, Ukraine War
In a seismic shift against Trump’s favorable views of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump’s overt lie that Ukrainian President
Trump lies on the world stage, saying Ukraine started the war with Russia
In an incredible statement the equivalent of blaming a rape victim for being raped, Trump blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Trump administration working to change or eliminate boundaries of national monuments to allow increased mining & drilling
The Trump administration has started reviewing the boundaries of protected public lands with the intent of increasing mining for minerals
A convicted felon now in charge of the country, Trump is moving quickly to end law enforcement as we know it
The following analysis of Trump’s ongoing mass purge of federal law enforcement officials was taken from Rachel Maddow’s show 1/31/25
A reminder of the dangers of putting wealthy business leaders in charge of government
For those of you who think big business leaders are automatically qualified to run government or head it’s important agencies,
People’s March unites locals who oppose oligarchy, loss of rights & right wing extremism
The People’s March on Saturday, January 18, provided a chance for a large group of Mesa County’s growing number of
Meta’s Abandonment of Fact-Checking Empowers a President Who Traffics in Lies
Republished from The Contrarian with permission from the author, Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School,
House Ethics report finds “substantial evidence” that Matt Gaetz, Trump’s first pick for Attorney General, paid women for sex, had sex with an underage girl, used & possessed illegal drugs, accepted impermissible gifts and more
On December 23, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee, whose “singular mission is to protect the integrity of