A second Republican county clerk in Colorado is being investigated for stealing confidential election data and passing it to unauthorized persons. I previously wrote here about Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk, a GOP election conspiracy activist arrested for election crimes, assaulting a police of[...]
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April 28th, 2022 - 6:38 pm § in Politics
Another Colorado GOP election official is under investigation
QAnon group sends gunmen to Colorado voters’ homes
In Colorado, a pro-Trump QAnon group is sending gunmen to voters’ homes. They impersonate government officials by wearing fake badges and knock on doors “in areas with large numbers of voters of color, questioning people about how they voted and taking photographs of their homes,” [...]
Trucker convoy shows its real colors
They call themselves the “People’s Convoy,” but they don’t represent us. They’re a fringe group of far-right, pro-Trump racists who’ve hijacked the American flag and term “People” for a barely-disguised white supremacy movement. On Friday, March 18, 20[...]
February 15th, 2022 - 2:31 pm § in Politics
Crazy “Stop the Steal” Trumper under investigation for election tampering now wants to run Colorado’s elections
No responsible citizen would vote for her, and in a rational society she wouldn’t stand a chance. But Tina Peters, who is under state and federal investigation for election tampering, and last week tried to kick a police officer while being arrested for illegally recording a court proceeding, [...]
February 4th, 2022 - 12:34 pm § in Politics
The GOP’s true colors
The Republican National Committee convened 168 members on Friday, February 4, 2022, to tell the world where the GOP stands on certain issues. For example, they condemned the Chinese government (but House Republicans just voted against a China competition bill, see that story here). But the main busi[...]
December 30th, 2021 - 2:28 pm § in Misc.
115-mph wind gusts whip up Colorado firestorm
TOWNS NEAR BOULDER ENGULFED IN FLAMES Hundreds of subdivision homes destroyed; 30,000 people evacuated Read story here Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 9th, 2021 - 11:57 pm § in Misc.
What motivates the people who threaten election workers?
First of all, they’re sore losers. Reuters tracked down 9 people, 7 men and 2 women, who’ve harassed or threatened U.S. election officials and election workers. They’re all Trump supporters. They’re all sore about Trump’s defeat and unwilling to accept the election was [...]
August 16th, 2021 - 5:35 pm § in Environment
Water rationing is coming to the Colorado River
Using the Mississippi River as a dividing line, the eastern U.S. is wet, the western U.S. is dry (see map of mean annual precipitation here). The American West is dependent on rivers, fed by mountain snowmelt, and its economy depends heavily on reclamation projects involving the damming of rivers. A[...]
March 10th, 2021 - 10:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
I can’t believe these people got on the George Floyd murder trial jury
So far, 5 of 12 jurors have been picked for the murder trial of the ex-police officer who killed George Floyd, consisting “of two people of color, a man and a woman, and three white men in their early 30s or 40s” (read story here), and I’m genuinely surprised by who got on the jury[...]
Vox article says, “Kicking people off social media isn’t about free speech.” Or is it?
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch, and TikTok have suspended Trump’s social media accounts. Many of his extremist followers also were hit with sanctions by social media companies, which have shut down tens of thousands of user accounts, especially those promoting the false Q[...]