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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 1d

Presidents should represent everyone, not punish people because of who they voted for.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 1d

Americans are tired of Republicans playing politics with their lives.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 1d

Day 9 of the Republican shutdown, and they still refuse to work to make health care affordable.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 1d

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser isn’t mincing words. Trump is a direct threat to democracy, and America needs to stand together.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 3d

In Alamosa, Colorado, ICE smashed a car window as a baby screamed. Now, that baby’s dad is gone.

Trump’s tactics aren’t about safety—it’s about cruelty.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 4d

Americans aren’t falling for Trump’s lies. They know this is on him.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 7d

Trump just cut $550M in clean energy funding for Colorado, a partisan attack that kills jobs, raises costs and blocks progress on reliable, affordable power.

Trump administration slashes $550 million in Colorado clean energy grants. Democrats call it revenge.

Mostly blue states, like Colorado, are losing $7.5 billion in federal clean energy grants. Democrats say it is an act of political revenge.

coloradosun.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 7d

Coloradans are already seeing Republicans’ Medicaid and SNAP cuts as neighbors lose health care and food help. Now Trump’s shutdown threatens to double premiums for millions more. Colorado Democrats are fighting to keep care affordable and end Trump's shutdown.

In Some States, Strapped Counties Must Impose Trump’s Medicaid Cuts

www.nytimes.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 8d

Trump runs from Project 2025 in public. But 48% is already reality. His shutdown proves it—attacking health care, stoking chaos and putting your family’s future on the line.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Trump is still playing games.

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Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 9d

I’m calling on Congress & the Trump Admin to stop punishing Americans and end the shutdown. From stripping health care to tariff taxes, DC is hurting hardworking Coloradans. In Colorado, we balance our budget every year—Washington should too.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 9d

This shutdown is on them.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 9d

Republicans didn’t even show up.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 10d

Trump and Republicans are willing to shut down the government and hurt American families instead of fixing the health care crisis that they created.

Democrats want to cancel the cuts, lower costs and save health care.

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 11d

The Capitol this morning is a ghost-town.

Why?

Because House Republicans would rather shut down the government than reverse the devastating cuts to healthcare for working families.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 10d

Donald Trump and Colorado Republicans would rather shut down the government than fund your health care.

Health care costs for millions, including tens of thousands in Colorado, could jump 75% in January. Up to 190k Coloradans risk losing insurance and rural hospitals could close.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 13d

We're honored to stand with @gabbygiffords.bsky.social in the fight to end gun violence. Tragedies like the Evergreen High School shooting remind us there’s more to do: expanding mental health support, cooling dangerous political rhetoric, and passing policy that works.

Our work continues.

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 14d

We just got a major boost.

Senator Hickenlooper raised $100K to supercharge our grassroots organizing, training organizers, reaching voters, and taking the fight to Trump and MAGA Republicans now. We’re building a Party ready to win for the long term across the ballot and across Colorado.

Hickenlooper pitches in $100K for Colorado Democratic Party's grassroots organizing

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper has raised $100,000 for the Colorado Democratic Party’s organizing efforts ahead of next year’s election, the party said on Thursday. The former two-term governor, who is s...

www.coloradopolitics.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 15d

Free speech is under attack—and Colorado is fighting back. @crow.house.gov is pushing new legislation to stop Trump from silencing dissent and punishing critics.

Colorado U.S. Rep. Jason Crow will help lead Democrats’ free-speech legislation targeting Trump actions

“For the most part, it mirrors what the law already is, while reinforcing that the federal government shouldn’t be involved in violating any of these rights.”

www.denverpost.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 16d

Colorado voters continue to reject Trump and MAGA, but Republicans can't wake up and keep pushing extreme, out of touch candidates. @hickenlooper.senate.gov is fighting to lower costs, protect our lands and stop Trump’s dangerous agenda.

The GOP Field To Oust Hickenlooper Is Thin and And Unabashedly Pro-Trump

Eleven Republicans are running for Colorado Governor, but just two GOP candidates are in the race to oust Democratic incumbent Sen. John Hickenlooper next year, and they're both unabashedly pro-Trump....

coloradotimesrecorder.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 16d

Come and take it 🇺🇸

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 16d

Colorado Republicans promised a fight. Instead, they bowed to Trump and handed our jobs to Alabama. coloradosun.com/2025/09/16/s...

Colorado’s Republican U.S. representatives decline to fight Trump on Space Command, even as they risk voter fallout

If they cross Trump, Colorado’s Republican members of Congress risk political consequences — lost endorsements, primary challengers, fewer campaign donations — but they also could put future federal p...

coloradosun.com

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Colorado Democrats @coloradodems.bsky.social · 17d

Congrats, Colorado! Thanks to the Colorado GOP blowing a $1.2 billion hole in the state budget to give billionaires a tax cut, you can only buy half a tank of gas with your TABOR refund — unless you’re rich, then it’s an appetizer at Elway’s.
www.axios.com/local/denver...

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 18d

The cuts to disaster preparedness at the Federal level are beyond reckless — which is why I’ve introduced legislation to reverse them.

Our work to protect and support FEMA, NOAA, and the NWS continues!

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