Sean Beedle

There is a cyber truck decked out in MAGA stuff

One resident raised concerns about dome height, but we’re right down the street from St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church (the sister church of my parish, just FYI), and architecturally there is a lot of overlap.

Good morning. I’m in Northeast Colorado Springs at a rally opposing a proposed Mosque. Residents have concerns about Sharia law, an influx of traffic, potential loudspeaker calls to prayer. About 20 people here.

With their ongoing budget woes, Manitou is working to reclaim costs from traffic incidents and is raising their municipal fee schedule. My latest:

Nerding Day: The Creech🌭 - 1-900-HOTDOG Cursed artifacts from the wrong dimension every weekday.

i wrote about Greg Capullo's 1990s abortion Hulk comic The Creech. he's a Hulk made of abortions!

(a case study in what happens when an artist decides hey, writing can't be THAT hard)

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Former State Rep. Holtorf Is Second CO GOP Vice Chair to Quit in 8 Months - Both Blamed Chair Horn Richard Holtorf resigned his role as vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party yesterday. Despite holding the position for fewer than six months, his tenure lasted more than double that...

“The lawyers need to quit telling us what to do... We need to run our party as a unified team, and that wasn't happening.”

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...

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 the National March for Life in Washington D.C.
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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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xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government

I don't just write about abortion events in D.C. I also cover... parking in Manitou Springs.

CO Springs Community Asks for Family's Release from ICE Detention Parents, students, and faculty of the Thomas MacLaren School held a press conference in Colorado Springs yesterday asking for the release of the Soliman family — Hayam El-Gamal and her...

The family, citizens of Egypt, immigrated to the U.S. from Kuwait in 2022 with B-1 visas. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), they filed for asylum on September 29, 2022.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Talk Strategy, Policy at National Pro-Life Summit Since its founding in 2006, Students for Life and its annual National Pro-Life Summit have become driving forces in the anti-abortion movement. This year, the event brought in over 1,000 people,...

I wrote about the policy discussions from this weekend's trip to D.C., where folks from the Heritage Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom laid out strategies for policy post-Dobbs.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Talk Strategy, Policy at National Pro-Life Summit Since its founding in 2006, Students for Life and its annual National Pro-Life Summit have become driving forces in the anti-abortion movement. This year, the event brought in over 1,000 people,...

Panelists from the Heritage Foundation, authors of Project 2025, and the Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal architects behind the Dobbs decision, shared their victories and plans for the future during the 2026 National Pro-Life Summit.
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Wild find at the thrift store today 😵‍💫

HHS Officials Address National Pro-Life Summit Following Friday’s March for Life, anti-abortion advocacy group Students for Life held its National Pro-Life Summit on Saturday. Speakers included right-wing figures like Jack Posobiec, the author wit...

“It’s a welcome relief to be among friends this morning who understand our shared obligation as leaders to serve as models of civilization and stand for the sanctity of life,” said HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill to the crowd of over 1,000 college students.
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Also:
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HHS Officials Address National Pro-Life Summit Following Friday’s March for Life, anti-abortion advocacy group Students for Life held its National Pro-Life Summit on Saturday. Speakers included right-wing figures like Jack Posobiec, the author wit...

Dispatch #2! What did senior HHS officials have to say to attendees at the National Pro-Life Summit? A bunch of stuff about abortion and trans people, mostly. It will impact things like medical research and foreign funding of orgs that work with LGBTQ people
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There is a contingent of South Carolina National Guard people stationed here. In the elevator I had to control the intrusive thought of pulling the quick release on the IOTV

D.C. Day 3: Game called on account of snow. It’s pretty mild by Colorado standards, but here it is enough to mess up *everything*

Staying in and writing today.

Adds a mention of abortion to the end of an extended discussion of trans issues, and then mentioning illegal immigrants.

Republicans Launch Political Group to Limit the Participation of Transgender People in Public Life Antagonism toward transgender people was on full display at Saturday’s "Red Wave" party in Colorado Springs, where nearly all of El Paso County’s Republican elected officials and candidates gathered t...

Last time I saw Riley was at Eli Bremer’s house in 2022.
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Riley Gaines! Talking about her experience testifying in support of anti-trans legislation.

Back in the main hall for the closing speakers, and Mr. Dalton is up. Again.

CO Dems Update Abortion Shield Law to Fight Red State Lawsuits Targeting Patients & Providers Colorado legislators are moving to strengthen Colorado’s shield law, which protects abortion patients and providers from prosecution by states where abortion is illegal. In December, Texas Attorney Ge...

also talking about Shield Laws
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They have a table here and have gotten a lot of mention from speakers.

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.

CO Pays $6.1 Million in Abortion Pill Lawsuit Colorado voters won’t receive TABOR refunds this year, but the the law firms behind the lawsuit over the state’s ban on so-called “abortion pill reversal,” just received $6.1 million in...

He’s talking about the Bella Health case in Colorado:
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The landscape

Final session, ft. Caleb Dalton of the ADF.

Republicans love the “they’re contaminating the water” motif