Jason Salzman

CO Congressional Democrats Demand That ICE Stop Detaining People for 'Extended Periods' in 'Small, Confined Rooms' All six Democratic members of Colorado's congressional delegation -- led by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen -- demanded yesterday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "immediately" stop holding...

my latest: All 6 Democratic members of the CO congressional delegation — led by Rep. Brittany Pettersen — demanded yesterday that ICE “immediately” stop holding people for “extended periods of time in small, confined rooms that are meant to be a temporary holding space.”

EXCLUSIVE: Secret ICE Detention Facilities Exist Around Colorado, Data Shows Just west of downtown Glenwood Springs, perched between Midland Avenue and Interstate 70, a strip mall houses a gym, a chiropractor’s office, a tax accountant, and on the far end...

NEW: At least nine secretive ICE detention facilities are scattered around the state, tucked into strip malls and industrial parks. More than 3,000 people were held in them last year, including a 1-year-old girl.

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More GOP Attacks on Jews in Colorado.

National Right-Wing Donors Backed Out of Funding Anti-Trans Initiatives in Colorado, Proponent Says Kevin Lundberg, a leader of Protect Kids Colorado, a group trying to get anti-trans initiatives on Colorado’s 2026 ballot, told a radio host last week that his group was in...

A leader of a group trying to get anti-trans initiatives on Colorado’s 2026 ballot said that his group was in talks to get funding from at least one big national donor – but that they backed out after deciding it would be too difficult to win in Colorado.
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Abortion Groups Join Conservatives to Oppose Digital Surveillance In addition to bills looking to regulate data centers and AI, this session the Colorado legislature is also taking on bills related to digital surveillance, raising concerns from unlikely allies:...

In addition to bills looking to regulate data centers and AI, this session the Colorado legislature is also taking on bills related to digital surveillance, raising concerns from unlikely allies: pro-gun groups and abortion advocates.
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CO Springs Congressman Favored, But Dems Have Best Shot Ever at Flipping the District, Say Experts Rep. Jeff Crank, the freshman Republican representing the area around Colorado Springs, easily won the 2024 election in a district that is very friendly to Republicans. But Democrats are betting...

CO Springs Congressional District: "This is one of the few districts in the country that trended left on the presidential level between 2020 and 2024. Most of the country trended a little bit or a lot to the right in the past four years, and so that alone kind of makes it notable," said one expert.

Activists Now Paying for Signatures for Anti-Trans Ballot Measures Protect Kids Colorado, an anti-LGBTQ organization pushing to get initiatives on the 2026 ballot, announced last month that it had gathered 75% of the signatures needed to qualify. Though it...

An anti-LGBTQ organization pushing to get initiatives on the 2026 ballot has previously gathered signatures exclusively through volunteers. But with just days left to qualify, the group has now hired a professional firm.
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DAVIS: Barefoot and Pregnant - A Heritage Foundation Plan for the Family The Heritage Foundation is back with a new plan for remaking America in its own image. The think tank which masterminded Project 2025 released a new issue paper last month,...

Barefoot and pregnant: the Heritage Foundation's new plan for "saving the family" wants to keep young women out of the workforce so that they can have babies young and often, writes @loganmdavis.bsky.social

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Colorado Catholics Move to the Left? Pope Leo Replaces Right-Wing Archbishop Samuel Aquila After months of speculation, the Denver Catholic Archdiocese announced this morning that Pope Leo replaced right-wing Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila with Bishop James Golka of Colorado Springs, who w...

My latest: CO Catholics Move Left? Pope Leo replaces right-wing Archbishop Aquila. When it came to political issues like abortion and LGBTQ rights, Aquila's hateful words rose above his statements of compassion. His replacement may chart a different course coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/colo...

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As Christian-Right Activists Push Anti-Trans Ballot Measures, Their Extreme Rhetoric is Ramping Up To most people, the word ‘plague’ conjures images of widespread infectious disease and death. It’s also the word that former GOP lawmaker Kevin Lundberg used to describe the transgender rights...

A campaign to put anti-trans initiatives on Colorado's 2026 ballot has become a crusade for right-wing religious groups who use their faith to justify pushing trans people out of public life.
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DAVIS: 27% of Colorado Lawmakers are Currently Breaking the Law Twenty-seven members of the Colorado General Assembly are currently committing a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of between $1,000 and $5,000, though it’s unlikely any of them will be charged...

27% of Colorado legislators are currently breaking the law. Their crime? Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social has the details.

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Fear and Loathing and Shock and Awe at the National March for Life I’ve been writing about abortion — not “life” or “choice” or “reproductive justice” or whatever euphemism is in vogue — for almost four years and last weekend I finally attended...

Milking my D.C. trip for every ounce of content, here is a 1st-person (hence the "Fear and Loathing" in the title) account of the March for Life. I won't mention the "March for Life" again until April, when Denver has their state march. Thanks for reading.
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Did Pressure From Journalists Prompt an Anschutz-Owned Newspaper To Publish a Disclosure, Albeit a Weak One? After being called out by journalists for failing to disclose ties between Phil Anschutz's family and a key player in a story covered by the Denver Gazette, which Anschutz owns,...

my latest: Did Pressure From Journalists Prompt an Anschutz-Owned Newspaper To Publish a Disclosure, Albeit a Weak One? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/did-...

Many Conservatives Now Cheer the Jackbooted Thugs They Once Warned Against I grew up mostly in western Colorado at the base of the Grand Mesa wilderness. Virtually everyone I knew owned guns and hunted, including the preacher at our local church....

"Many Conservatives Now Cheer the Jackbooted Thugs They Once Warned Against." My new op-ed: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/many...

“It could have been prevented by her if she would have complied...that’s what this gets down to, simply the rule of law.” --Rep. Jeff Crank on the murder of Renee Good

Does Crank speak for you?

Call Jeff Crank at (202) 225-4422 to respond. #copolitics

'We Stand for Everything that You Stand for' Trump Appointee Tells Anti-Abortion Donors During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives. Despite widespread conservative victories over repro...

During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives.
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'We Stand for Everything that You Stand for' Trump Appointee Tells Anti-Abortion Donors During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives. Despite widespread conservative victories over repro...

My first dispatch from D.C. Filing stories on the road! Look at me, being a real journalist. Here's a roundup of some of the things March for Life charged folks $500 to hear, for free:
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'Simply the Rule of Law:' Colorado Congressman Blames Renee Good for Her Own Death in Minneapolis U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO) is blaming Minneapolis resident Renee Good for her own death after she was shot in the head by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis last...

My latest. CO congressman — like JD Vance — blamed the victim of the last ICE shooting for her. We will see what happens this time? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/simp...

Evans Caps His Evolving Reasons for Opposing ACA Tax Credits by Calling Them a 'Failure' Soon after he voted against extending funds for an Obamacare program that helped lower health insurance premiums for over 200,000 Coloradans, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) announced, "Extending that for...

My latest: A review of the evolving reasons Gabe Evans has offered for opposing the Obamacare tax credits. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/evan...

With Flu Hospitalizations at Record Numbers, It's Not Too Late To Get a Flu Shot, Says Expert Flu hospitalizations have spiked to record levels this winter in Colorado. And while it’s early in the 2025–26 flu season, flu outbreaks have been rough both globally and in the...

“The vaccines do not necessarily keep you from getting sick, but they decrease severity. So, if you get a flu vaccine, you are much less likely to end up in the hospital,” says a CO expert coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/with...

'Verified With My Own Eyes'- Evans Supports 100% of ICE Arrests in CO Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) has doubled down on the claim that every person currently detained by ICE in Colorado deserves to be behind bars. He made his most recent statement...

Congressman Gabe Evans has doubled down on the claim that every person currently detained by ICE in Colorado deserves to be behind bars.

Evans, Who Owns Three Cows, Decides To Retain a Tax Break for Ranchers U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO), who owns three cows, has decided to continue ranching his land, which means his land in Weld County will continue to be designated as agricultural,...

My Latest: Rep. Gabe Evans gets a tax break for his hobby: raising a few Longhorns. He also thinks his cows entitle him to promote himself as a "rancher." He was thinking of dropping the cow hobby - & presumbably the bovine promotion - but decided not to. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/evan...

'Absolutely Justified' Says Boebert of ICE Shooting Last week communities across Colorado took to the streets in shock, grief, and outrage over the shooting of Renee Good by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis...

I covered our federal delegation's response to the shooting of Renee Good. Rep. Lauren Boebert said the shooting was "absolutely justified,” but Reps. Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans were hesitant to stake out a position just yet.
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Lawmakers Vote for More Transparency. It's Their Best Weapon Against Gov't Haters & Skeptics The fight to establish trust in government is never won, because with every step forward comes setbacks that shake people's faith. These arrive in the form of an errant comment,...

My latest: The CO legislature is impressive, ugly, beautiful, & nothing close to perfect. But it's ours! Now you can pop some corn, watch what goes on there on video & get inspired to do something. Tell any gov't haters you may know to tune in coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/lawm...

2025 Review: Colorado's Most Competitive Congressional Seat, Now Held by Gabe Evans A congressional district north of Denver is expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after this year's...

My latest: Samples of our 2025 coverage of a congressional district north of Denver that's expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House after this year’s midterm elections coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/2025...

2025 Review: Colorado's Most Competitive Congressional Seat, Now Held by Gabe Evans A congressional district north of Denver is expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after this year's...

Here is a sample of the Colorado Times Recorder's 2025 reporting about a congressional district north of Denver that's expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after this year's midterm elections.

Christmas Poem: 'Let Us Not Prey' Suddenly Charmed The World is becalmed. Everywhere they say, "Let us not prey." Now they cry, "To alms, to alms," And stockpile Balms. The only fallout There shall be: Tinsil...

Christmas Poem: ‘Let Us Not Prey’

The World is becalmed.

Everywhere they say,

"Let us not prey."

Now they cry,

"To alms, to alms,"

And stockpile Balms.

The only fallout

There shall be:

Tinsil

From every tree.

Evans Takes '100%' Credit for Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Despite the ongoing erosion of support for President Donald Trump and his governing agenda, Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans continues to embrace the president's core accomplishments. Evans In fact, on...

My Latest: CO Congressman Evans is openly accepting singular responsibility for the Big Beautiful Bill, despite its unpopularity, the first version of which passed the House by one vote and then the amended version by a handful of votes. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/evan...

Paid Signature Gatherers Mislead Voters About Pro-ICE Ballot Initiative Signature gatherers outside of grocery stores and other public spaces are a common sight in the year before an election — but can you trust what circulators tell you?  While...

Circulators collecting signatures for Initiative #95 described it as a way to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s activity in Colorado. In reality, it would force local law enforcement to share information with ICE.