Erik Maulbetsch

Erik Maulbetsch

@erikm.bsky.social

I describe the ruckus. @coloradotimesrecorder.com

1,228 Followers 336 Following 147 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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Recent public reporting indicates that ICE is holding immigrants at secret detention facilities across Colorado. Today, I attempted to conduct oversight at one of the locations in Garfield County.

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5 days ago
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GOP's midnight heist to split Salt Lake County was five seconds too late Five seconds past the deadline, the Utah Senate cast the final votes on HB212 to let cities secede from Salt Lake County. The timestamp could kill the bill and spark a court fight.

Utah Republican legislators rushed a bill to potentially split up Salt Lake County at the last second.

The last "yes" vote landed five seconds too late.

See the video:
utahpolitics.news/gops-midnigh...

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6 days ago
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After CO Times Recorder Revealed Secret Detention Centers in CO, 31 Lawmakers Call on ICE for 'Immediate Transparency' The day after the Colorado Times Recorder revealed that ICE has been detaining immigrants in at least nine makeshift facilities throughout Colorado, 31 state lawmakers -- led by congressional candidat...

31 CO lawmakers - led by congressional candidate Manny Rutinel - sent a letter yesterday to immigration officials stating that the "existence of undisclosed detention sites, 'hidden in plain sight' between strip malls and office parks, is unacceptable." coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/afte...

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2 weeks ago

This thread can only end with live tweeting your call to the NSA Uzi lady's phone number

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1 month ago
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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

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/davi...

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1 month ago

Last week Evans made a big show of concern with ICE entering homes w/o a judicial warrant. His "grilling" of the ICE Director lasted 23 seconds and consisted of asking him to agree to talk more about it... in private... sometime later.

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1 month ago

These guys say a lot of crazy things. Our reporter @suziereports.bsky.social was there to hear them. Oh, and also to see Joe Oltmann sashay across the stage while showing off a little gun under his jacket.

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1 month ago
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The racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.

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1 month ago

The participating candidates are Bottoms, Lopez, and Mikesell. To be fair, Bottoms pushed back on the moderator's statistics, saying that Islamic migrants to America aren't having that many more kids, but then said the real problem is Sharia law.

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1 month ago
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LIVE in Elbert County, CO: Question for 3 Republican gubernatorial candidates: "The average Islamic man has 4 wives, each have 8 children. So one man produces 32 children... there will be a shift in the population. What will you do to prevent this in CO?"
Spoiler alert- they all answer seriously.

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1 month ago
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Skywriting, a new ICE facility in Colorado, and other news you might have missed over the weekend ⬇️

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1 month ago
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Just learned the CBS News app has local affiliates, like Minneapolis, which led me to see a great piece on the businesses on the block where ICE murdered Alex Pretti. Also- the Twin Cities weather guy does his forecasts using Viking QB numbers- "today's high is JJ McCarthy."

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1 month ago

National group @moveon.org hired the plane.

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1 month ago
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fun fact for Colorado politics types: the Leadership Institute has been handling the political training for Republican state legislators, with longtime GOP operative Tyler Sandberg teaching the classes.

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1 month ago

Check out CTR's Sean Beedle reporting live from D.C.

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1 month ago
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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...

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.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/we-s...

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Seems worth noting that "report" author Dustin Zvonek, whom the CBS Denver anchor interviewed, is a partner at 76 Group, the GOP firm that *created* Common Sense Inst as a way to get headlines to help Republicans win elections. Read more about it here: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/02/most...

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2 months ago
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Kepler vs. Frosty, a one- act play with a surprise ending.

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2 months ago
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Trial day two begins for Patrick Egan, the man accused of assaulting a KKCO-KJCT journalist Day two of the Patrick Egan trial commenced on Tuesday morning. Egan is on trial allegedly assaulting a KKCO-KJCT reporter back in December 2024.

In the trial for a man accused of following a nonwhite Colorado TV reporter and then tackling and choking him outside the station after yelling "This is Trump's America now," the defense is arguing he experienced β€œmedical hysteria" from a Benadryl prescription: www.kkco11news.com/2026/01/06/t...

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2 months ago

Attention holiday shoppers: if a petition gatherer asks you for your signature to "limit ICE," be sure to read the fine print. The initiative from right-wing Advance Colorado actually would override state/local laws that protect immigrants.

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2 months ago
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2 months ago
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Denver Airport Again Rejects Congressman's Claim of Power Supply Shortage For the second time in a month, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport (DEN), and once again...

For the second time in a month, Congressman Evans has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/denv...

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3 months ago

Spoiler alert: the "third-largest city" is Aurora, where election commissioners' duties include appointing election judges.

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3 months ago
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As Billionaires Like Stan Kroenke Profit From Public Lands, Taxpayers Pick up the Tab by Mark Olalde and Jimmy Tobias Stan Kroenke doesn’t need federal help to make a business flourish. He is worth an estimated $20 billion, a fortune that has allowed him...

Via @highcountrynews.org "Our analysis found that in 2024 alone, the federal government poured at least $2.5 billion into subsidy programs that public-lands ranchers can access, not including the steep discount on forage. ... Benefits flow largely to a select few like Kroenke.

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3 months ago
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Colorado Gives Day: When Liars Say We're 'Fake News,' We Just Work Harder To Report the Truth Every year, the Colorado Times Recorder is threatened online, attacked by officials, and dismissed as illegitimate. And every year, especially these days, we respond by working harder to expose the...

Not that you need a reason to support the @coloradotimesrecorder.com, but if want one, It's Colorado Gives Day. To be clear, said giving can take place remotely. And even if you don't send cash, we always appreciate your eyeballs.*

*metaphorically speaking.

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3 months ago
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DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed...

Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social obtained secretly recorded audio (again) from a gathering of GOP elected officials, strategists, and advocates.

What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/davi...

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3 months ago

A whole lotta familiar Republicans spoke in favor of their fellow GOP commissioners doing a favor for Sterling Ranch developers the Smethills, and taking power from the newly elected school board that was just chosen by R-leaning Dougco voters.

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3 months ago

This was a hell of a claim to make anytime, much less two weeks before Thanksgiving. After I asked DIA about it, Evans sent a "clarification" to the podcast on which he said it, but wouldn't answer my questions.

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3 months ago
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Anti-Abortion Activists Target New Boulder Clinic Last month, RISE Collective, composed of former employees of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, opened its doors and began providing abortions. RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of...

RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of the Boulder Abortion Clinic who retired after fifty years of practice in April, left off β€” as one of the few clinics in the nation offering abortions later in pregnancy.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/anti...

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4 months ago

Where else you gonna find Denver DSA and Turning Point USA events in one place?

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