Colorado's San Luis Valley struggles with food insecurity. 1 in 4 residents uses the network of 15 food banks spread across an area the size of Massachusetts. Organizers say they often feel forgotten by the Front Range. So #HeyNext viewers raised $73,782 to fill those food banks.
The Food Bank Network of the San Luis Valley is part of the non-profit @LaPuenteHome. They run lean with *one* paid employee. The food bank locations are run by volunteers. As always on Word of Thanks, I'm matching the first 50 $5 donations here: coloradogives.org/9caresSLVFoodB…
Coordinators say the rate of food bank usage in the Valley is double the statewide average. Thank you for showing our neighbors there that all of Colorado cares. Next viewers have now given $800,000+ to small to mid-size non-profits through Word of Thanks since June.
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NEW: #CO4 candidate State Rep @richard_holtorf unleashed a misogynist attack on GOP primary rival @laurenboebert today, saying Boebert dresses like a prostitute. "High heels, short skirt, low-cut blouse," Holtorf said on KNUS. "She needs to learn how to dress." #copolitics
Holtorf compared Boebert's outfits to prostitutes walking Colfax in Denver. "My five daughters, if they stood in front of me... dressed like Boebert, I would be disgusted," Holtorf said.
Holtorf is struggling to gain traction in a six-way GOP primary to replace Republican Ken Buck in Colorado's 4th Congressional District (DougCo, Loveland, Eastern Plains). Boebert holds an enormous fundraising and name ID advantage.
NEW: Election interference indictments in Arizona include Colorado attorney and convicted felon Jenna Ellis, and former CU visiting professor John Eastman, attorney for the @cologop, per WaPo. #copolitics
@cologop Here is the section of the indictment that appears to refer to John Eastman:
@cologop Here is the section of the indictment that appears to refer to Jenna Ellis:
Guys, the bananas are gone. You know what that means in Colorado. This snowstorm is for real. @nexton9news viewers noticed this storm prep gauge years ago and we can't unsee it.
Doug G documented the bananapocalypse at the King Soopers in Southlands
David C reports a few strays at the Kings at University and Hampden
NEW: Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO) will not seek the special election nomination to replace Rep Ken Buck (R) for the remainder of 2024, instead focusing on the GOP primary to replace him for a full two-year term. The primary and special election are both June 25. #copolitics
Boebert was unlikely to win the special election nod from GOP insiders in CO-4 after switching her district from CO-3 and if she had received the special election nomination and won the special election in June, she would have been forced to resign her current seat early.
Boebert holds a nearly 10x advantage in fundraising over GOP rivals Jerry Sonnenberg and Deb Flora (as of Jan) but she is likely to face an effort from more traditional GOP insiders to steer the special election nomination to one of her rivals, which could cause voter confusion.
The failure to cover and contextualize extremism and unprecedented political behavior is even more pronounced at the local news level, especially on local TV news. Why?
Perhaps it’s the fear of alienating any of the audience, despite the stakes. Perhaps it’s fear of the violent threats that journalists and their families receive after covering extremism. Maybe it’s disinterest, apathy, or the idea that such weighty topics should be left others.
But studies show as many American receive their news from local TV as cable, so refusing to cover extremism is a decision to not inform our neighbors of the threat.
NEW: Congressional candidate and GOP House Minority Leader @COrepLynch says he didn't think there was any reason to tell voters he was arrested in 2022 for drunk driving and a weapons charge because it's a "personal matter." #copolitics #coleg
@COrepLynch Lynch's BAC was more than double the legal limit when he was stopped going 90mph on I-25 by a state trooper who thought Lynch was trying to race him. The trooper said he feared for his safety as Lynch reached for a gun during the traffic stop.
@COrepLynch Lynch asked the trooper to contact the Colorado State Patrol's lobbyist at the Capitol, then later rescinded the request before telling the trooper he was a state legislator. Two minutes after Lynch's arrest, a CSP spokesman was notified but the arrest was kept under wraps.