Long way to go, but the AES win, and the broader shift it portends, is another step on the path to John Hickenlooper lining up as the 50th vote for the Dem agenda in 2029 (and the near-miss of swapping him out for a Warrenite progressive proving extremely consequential).

Chase Woodruff@chasewoodruff.bsky.social · 2w ago

Obviously neither of these things is guaranteed, but if Dems continue to shift left while sweeping back to power in 2026 and 2028, the reelection of John Hickenlooper to a six-year term from a D+15 state could potentially loom very large in 2029 and beyond.

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #RockyMountainNationalPark

Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.

fair, but we can implement social democratic policies. france can't just decide to spawn a Cathedral Spires. once again, Colorado >>> europe (idc about the rest of this godforsaken fascist deathcult and actively dislike the majority of the other 49 states)

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 2h ago

You were born on the wrong continent. Yes, the United States has a greater GDP per capita than Western Europe. But that GDP has not translated into broader prosperity in time and well-being for ordinary workers.

2016 will never end, and I'm like a pig in shit

how long until stevens moves to northern virginia? o/u 3 months

british people legally can't talk about their culture of elite pedophilia because they don't have freedom of speech. that's not a right they have. and what speech her undying majesty does permit is subject to prior approval by jo terf.

Jose@jum.bsky.social · 19h ago

Americans really don’t get to be talking like this anymore

[white guy pretending to be a black guy online] this abdul guy don’t speak for me, playa

i had a meeting with my advisers about this post. they didn’t want me to do it that early. “boss, it could backfire, boss, the numbers could get all wacky,” on and on from one of them. little guy. and I said to him, “a coward dies a thousand deaths. just 999 to go.” and with a powerful roundhouse k

bort@crushbort.bsky.social · 16h ago

the ragnarok lobster guy deleted all his posts about how haley stevens was gonna win. that’s how cold politics is. ragnarok lobster is abandoning you before the polls even close

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Colorado Avalanche@avalanche.bsky.social · yesterday

Get a taste for high elevation with Into Thin Air Night 🏔️ 🎟️: avs.social/2627ITAXO

Top of mind especially right now with Initiative 95 hanging in the balance: every year that goes by just underlines what a coup the Raise the Bar amendment was for Colorado's center-right establishment.

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 17h ago

NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this

say what you will about high school debaters (i have, and will), but we don't do shit like this. no one looks at this story (or any story, really) and thinks "debate kid behavior."

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

We did it!! Thank you @coloradonewsline.com and @chasewoodruff.bsky.social for the story about our coalition turning in signatures to get the graduated income tax on the ballot! It will cut taxes for 97% of Coloradans and raise them for those making more. coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color...

Supporters of Colorado graduated income tax measure submit ​required number of petition signatures | Colorado Newsline

As a constitutional measure, the initiative needs the support of at least 2% of the registered voters in each of 35 state Senate districts.

coloradonewsline.com

This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 24h ago

All of Colorado's 64 counties are under an Air Quality Alert through at least 9a tomorrow. Been a while since that's happened. Wildfire smoke from Utah + Pacific Northwest is gonna make it rough out there today + tomorrow. #COwx

punishment for buying a bmw should be more severe than this, tbh

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterday

This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.

Sorry if this is obvious, but it's important to understand: When powerful people show up on a newspaper op-ed page like this, it's not to reach an audience. It's not 1985; they have much more direct and effective ways of doing that. What they are after is borrowed legitimacy.

matty rhys as han solo, neis

NationCymru@nation.cymru · yesterday

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with a cast of leading Welsh actors bringing the iconic 1977 film to life yn Gymraeg ahead of its 50th anniversary

i pay for a genocide and nazi stormtroopers, so

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

I’ve hated James Carville for decades, ever since he appeared as a ringer in a college debate on behalf of an out-of-control dean to punish and humiliate some older, non-traditional students who were in trouble for starting their own fraternity. Even more humiliating, Carville didn’t win the debate.

It is unfortunate that the president most like Hitler is also, separate from that, maybe the funniest one.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: "Japan has been very good to us with the exception of Pearl Harbor"

good interview, clearly pointless candidacy. setting his o/u 3% at of the general vote.

Ryan (Ry) Warner@ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 2d ago

“In Denver, we've pushed back against the Trump administration for so many years. A lot of people, including myself, were disturbed when we saw somebody win the nomination for the Democratic ticket who's on the extreme left. I'm somebody who doesn't really believe in the extremes.”

Climate change manifesting as meme accounts breaking character to let their followers know their house is in the path of a wildfire in the event that they stop posting for a while

lmao, i woke up today like "oh shit, smoke hit early, i guess!" nope. different smoke. that smoke's still coming.

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 2d ago

This morning’s Front Range smoke is mostly coming from fires burning in Utah. Unfortunately, the smoke will get noticeably worse tonight as we pull in a bunch more smoke from fires burning in the Pacific Northwest. #COwx

Wales leads the way

NationCymru@nation.cymru · 2d ago

The Football Association of Wales has withdrawn its support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his bungled effort to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors