Heidi Beedle

Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package.  The Department of Veteran Affairs is reversing a 2022 rule that provided access to abortion counseling and abortions to certain pregnant veterans in addition to VA beneficiaries. “We take this action to ensure that…

NEW: The Trump administration proposed rescinding abortion access for veterans and their families through the VA.

This cruel and unnecessary action will make it even more difficult for veterans to get the care they need.

I also wrote about last week's event:

Courts Weigh-In on Medicaid for Planned Parenthood, Abortion Pill Reversal Last week, judges in separate cases issued rulings impacting reproductive health care providers on both sides of the abortion debate. On July 28, a federal judge ruled that the federal...

I wrote about some recent court rulings:
1. Planned Parenthood suing over the defunding provision in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, Rep. Brittany Pettersen visited an Arvadad PP Clinic
2. A District Court blocked Colorado's ban on abortion pill reversal.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/cour...

Courts Weigh-In on Medicaid for Planned Parenthood, Abortion Pill Reversal Last week, judges in separate cases issued rulings impacting reproductive health care providers on both sides of the abortion debate. On July 28, a federal judge ruled that the federal...

Last week, judges in separate cases issued rulings impacting reproductive health care providers on both sides of the abortion debate.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/cour...

Forgive us our posts, as we forgive those who post against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from computer.

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I’m taking off. Y’all stay safe out there.

speakers on city hall steps

Next speaker is the psychedelic church guy.

Operator of Proposed CO Springs ICE Facility Lost License Amid Sex Abuse Investigation The Baptiste Group, a Georgia-based company that provides disaster remediation, shelter, social services, and other emergency relief services, is one of the companies proposing an Immigration and Cust...

Leyva discussing expansion of ICE detention facilities, which I covered this week:
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/oper...

speaker in front of city hall

First speaker is Annette Ley a of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition.

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Quakers

Unitarians

There are liberal churches out too, the Psychedelic church, the Quakers, and the Unitarians.

There’s a whole host of liberal orgs out with tents

Co Springs City Hall

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Good morning! I’m in downtown Colorado Springs for the Rage Against the Regime protest. Crowd isn’t as bog as some of the past protests. To give a sense of the rage against the regime, they started off with a lecture about deescalation and staying off the streets and now are singing the natl anthem

JD Vance to Spend August Recess Channeling His Inner Mulder The truth is out there—and the vice president intends to get to “the bottom” of it.

The Vice President plans to spend his break uncovering the truth about UFOs.

Who is DoBetterDNVR? Meet 3 women feeding information to Denver’s loudest social media critic The account routinely excoriates Denver’s current leaders for the way the city approaches addiction and homelessness.

DoBetterDNVR bills itself as a “citizen journalist" but critics say it relies on shock and conspiracy to build its platform on Instagram and X. The account's anonymity, lack of transparency and absence of public ethical standards undermine its credibility, one expert said.

ICE: 'Two illegal aliens' on the run after allegedly attempting to ram ICE agents with a vehicle The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has issued a shelter-in-place for a quarter-mile radius along Burgess Road.

UPDATE

An ICE spokesperson says agents attempted to arrest two individuals they say were in the country illegally when they allegedly attempted to use their vehicle to ram into ICE agents.

The two people fled and later abandoned the vehicle.

this book is going to turn me into the joker. if you are even a little serious about understanding politics, it's a must-read — a lot of our current political order was shaped by Amway

There is a mini activist fair, voter registration, local activist group, one of Dems trying to run for CD-5.

church with BLM and pride flag

During Q and A, Graham says “The mixture of politics and religion often leads to bad theology…”

This is the church where the event is held:

David A. Graham, The Atlantic David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter.

We’re hearing from David Graham, discussing how Project 2025 is reflected in current federal efforts, the budget bill, etc. “We can see these things popping up all over the place.”

www.theatlantic.com/author/david...

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I’m at First Congregational Church in Co Springs for tonight’s presentation on Project 2025

Highly radioactive wasp nest found at Savannah River Site A radioactive wasp nest was discovered earlier this month in South Carolina by workers at the Savannah River Site.

In local news 😒

www.wrdw.com/2025/07/29/h...

Denver7 Investigates: Embedding with ICE during a 'high-stakes' operation Investigative Reporter Natalie Chuck rode along with ICE Denver, taking the community’s questions directly to the field office director.

I was a journalist for a long time. If ICE called me up to do a free PR campaign for their secret police and concentration camps, I would tell to f*ck off. But that's just me, I guess.

DAVIS: What Do We Do Now? There’s this kind of frightening but flattering thing that happens when you do the work that I do, when you spend a lot of time writing and reading about and...

Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social has been asked the same question over and over for the last seven months: what do we do now?

He wants to hear what you think the answer is.

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/davi...

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Journalism: There’s no job security and the pay isn’t great but at least everyone hates you

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This is all just another reason to stop using Twitter.

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What’s wild is a number of prominent conservative voices, most notably Heidi Ganahl but a number of media personalities as well, have joined the brigading effort.

Arvada City Council Candidate and Other Libertarians Address 'Free Assange' Rally Members of the Libertarian Party of Colorado spoke during a Free Julian Assange Rally at the Capitol yesterday. The Denver rally was part of a nationwide series of events to...

There is a network of conservative and Libertarian twitter trolls who harass any journalists who mention them whenever they happen to become newsworthy.

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/04/arva...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston dismisses criticism from @DoBetterDNVR of his handling homelessness crisis Denver Mayor Mike Johnston dismisses criticism from anonymous social media account @DoBetterDNVR on homelessness, focusing on delivering results for Denverites.

A bunch of Colorado reactionaries are up in arms about a forthcoming Denver Post story on the anonymous Twitter account dobetterdnvr, which posts videos of homeless people. They are all currently harassing the journalist writing the story.

denvergazette.com/news/homeles...

Point-in-Time count shows ‘painful realities’ of homelessness in region - The Pikes Peak Bulletin Yesterday the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care (PPCoC) released their findings from the 2025 Point-in-Time (PIT) count. Required by the Department of Housing and

Co Springs is facing an $11.5 million shortfall, which I mentioned in my recent coverage on homelessness:
pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

Pueblo considers raising sales tax 1 percent The proposal, which passed a preliminary council vote Monday, would increase the base sales tax from 3 percent to 4 percent. Officials say they need it to fill a budget gap.

Manitou isn’t alone, it seems all the major municipalities are facing budget shortages. Pueblo is considering raising sales tax:

www.cpr.org/2025/07/29/p...