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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 1d

And here’s the truth: there’s no roadmap out of this. The elder generations don’t have the answers.
It’s going to take new vision, new leadership, and a new sense of responsibility to clean up the mess and rebuild something better. That’s why I’m running.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 1d

We were told recovery was coming, but for most of us, it never did.

Now the AI bubble is doing what the housing bubble did: enriching a few, destabilizing the rest, and erasing rungs from the ladder of opportunity.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 1d

The old rules don’t apply. Locked out of the housing market, now they’re being boxed out of the job market, replaced by algorithms before they even get their start.

I remember how that feels. I’m a millennial who graduated into the wreckage of the housing crash.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 1d

Gen Z is disaffected because they inherited so many crises from older generations who built systems that no longer work.
The promise of the American Dream is broken.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 1d

It's illegal to fire fed employees during a shutdown. This is extortion. And delighting in taking away people's livelihoods from a self-described Christian Nationalist seems pretty Un-Christian to me. Solidarity with AFGE.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 4d

This week Colorado honors St. Frances Xavier Cabrini who built hospitals for the poor and sick. She embodied the Catholic social teaching to care for the least among us. I share that faith and am grateful for her example. With rural hospitals at risk of closing, this race is about faith in action.

Stained glass image of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 8d

I’m Trisha Calvarese. I cared for my parents when they both had terminal cancer at the same time. I get care. And I will not let this careless person rip the safety net from my rural neighbors.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 8d

But thanks to Boebert, now EVERYONE on Colorado's Eastern plains is at risk of losing access to EVERY available type of care.

That's because she voted to strip people of coverage in a way that puts rural hospitals at risk of downsizing and shuttering. Hugo already lost a nursing home.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 8d

Lauren Boebert has no credibility on care. She sold out working families for billionaires & voted against cancer treatment for vets.

Per fed law, the only care undocumented ppl can get is emergency.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 8d

I helped pass those investments in the first place and am running to fire Lauren Boebert because rising generations deserve access to the good education and jobs that can build a habitable future.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 8d

Lauren Boebert doesn't want Colorado to be a world leader in cutting-edge climate tech and renewable energy production. She doesn't care that this administration is stripping the state of *HALF A BILLION* in investments.

coloradosun.com/2025/10/03/c...

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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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

We urgently need tech-fluent voices in Congress to lead on these emerging issues. Thanks to everyone who made the summit possible.

And please tell kids, tomorrow needs you. < 3

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

Gavin’s Law makes it a crime in South Carolina to extort a minor. I will work with any Republican to similarly protect minors with Federal laws and to hold Big Tech accountable for a business model that profits from child exploitation.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

SC Legislator Brandon Guffey shared the heartbreaking story of his son Gavin, a happy teenager who took his own life, within hours of being targeted for sexual exploitation on IG by a scammer in Nigeria.

This can be uncomfortable to talk about. But silence and shame enable this crisis.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

Grateful to my Republican friend who invited me to the Inaugural Digital Safety Summit, supported by Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper.

There’s a 20% chance your teen has experienced sextortion. At least 1 in 5 teens are lured into sending explicit images online then threatened and blackmailed.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

But I know you're smarter than that. Proud to have helped pass the projects Boebert tried to kill but is now promoting. Help me fire her. Follow. Share. Pitch in now.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 15d

Lauren Boebert voted against bipartisan water infrastructure investments (like the $20 million going to improve water quality in Douglas County) and thinks we are all so stupid that she can just take a few photo-ops to pretend like she's doing the work.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 16d

...We strongly endorse Calvarese in this election. She will help restore our nation’s scientific integrity, putting us back at the front of global scientific leadership."

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 16d

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"Calvarese has been a consistent champion for technology and innovation, advocating for areas left behind by the economy. Her campaign inspires our members and honors our mission to protect federal employees while upholding the vital role of objective truth in science...

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 19d

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 19d

There is only one critical access hospital for 150 miles on the I-70 corridor. They're closing the nursing home. That's what Lauren Boebert voted for. I'm Trisha Calvarese, help me fire Boebert and save rural care in Colorado. Share, follow, donate. Let's go.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 26d

And a generation after Columbine, with another shooting in Evergreen just last week, we must do the hard work to keep our schools safe.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 26d

We stopped the Home Rule power grab by uniting Democratic, Unaffiliated & Republican voters. We’ll build on that momentum this year—then defeat Boebert in 2026.

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Trisha Calvarese @trishacalvarese.bsky.social · 26d

Knocking on doors talking to neighbors. As a graduate of Douglas County public schools (Fox Creek, Cresthill, Highlands Ranch), I’m proud to back pro-public school candidates for our Board of Education.

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