✨That feeling when you expand access to abortion and gender affirming care for anyone who needs it in Colorado ✨
It is a joy to work alongside such a powerful movement for Justice. ❤️✊🏽
#coleg
#copolitics
@cmclymer
This meme also somehow is oblivious to the fact that people fleeing war and economic devastation actually cross rivers and oceans with their children as an act of love and protection, but then are detained and treated as criminals when they apply for asylum by this country.
Oh, if we’re gonna talk about 🔪:
"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made." -Malcolm X
NEW: GOP
@LarimerSheriff
Justin Smith is furious about Dem. Rep
@leslieherod
's police accountability bill introduced today. Sheriff Smith told
#HeyNext
it's like "somebody snuck up behind you, put a knife to your throat and said, I'm here to negotiate your safety."
#9NEWS
#coleg
It’s a good day in Colorado.
Earlier today, we passed HB22-1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which affirms each person’s decision to pursue reproductive healthcare w/o government interference.
I'm tired, but I'm so proud.
#coleg
#copolitics
TIP: If you’ve never said a word in public and aren’t sure how, you can just google pronounce + that word and practice. It’s easy! You can share this idea with anyone who needs to say a word out loud
UH, DID COLORADO JUST SEND DIET CORY TO DC?
Damn it,
@Hickenlooper
. This is unacceptable. Undocumented Coloradans are also working at the front lines of our economy in the midst of a pandemic, keeping Colorado running. Do better.
CC:
@CardboardCoryCO
#coleg
#copolitics
BREAKING:
@RepMegFroe
and I just filed a bill title to protect Colorado
#abortion
care providers and ensure access for anyone who seeks abortion care in our great state.
#copolitics
#coleg
Let’s gooooooo.
I’m so moved by all the ways Coloradans are showing up for each other in the aftermath(s) of these vicious, devastating tragedies.
You show us what is possible: a world in which we offer kindness to our fellow neighbor and stranger every day, because it’s the right thing to do.
THEY DOUBLED THEIR PROFITS. while Republicans are out trying to convince working families that Democrats are the problem…
It’s actually the corporate profiteering!
Shell will buy back $4 billion worth of shares and increase its dividend by 15% after posting another gigantic quarterly profit thanks to strong oil and gas prices
Orale, Yadira!
We are all ✨so incredibly proud✨ of you for breaking barriers and serving our community with such determination and care. Felicidades on winning your race to become Colorado’s FIRST Latina member of Congress!
@YadiraCaraveo
#coleg
#copolitics
I woke up this morning curious as to whether
@RepBoebert
/
@laurenboebert
has even begun to address the pandemic or economic crisis impacting constituents of CD3. Nah, she’s busy tweeting about “Obamagate.” What a damn shame. 🙄 Coloradans in CD3 deserve better.
#copolitics
STORYTIME,
#coleg
! Last night I attended an event at a local biz + had dinner with my bestie. When we returned to the garage, I was surprised to find 3 Wyatt's Towing employees in the stairwell, along w/ 3 idling tow trucks parked by where my Honda Accord had been. OH HELL NO! 1/
Wow, this is absurdly racist, but I guess this is what outreach to communities of color looks like from the
@ColoGOP
. 😒
@ColoradoKbb
what are you going to do about this?
#coleg
#copolitics
On this
#TransDayOfRemembrance
, we are waking up to horrific news about a mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. My heart breaks and breaks and breaks.
Today,
@DouglasEmhoff
, our future first Second Gentleman, joined
@Leroy_Garcia
, me, and other members of our Colorado Latinos for Biden Council to listen and learn about the issues impacting Latino community. 1/
Current POV: fighting to protect abortion & gender-affirming care providers, patients, and assistors. Proud to do this work alongside a broad coalition of repro justice and trans-inclusive organizations. In Colorado, we got your back. ❤️✊🏽
#SafeAccess4CO
#coleg
#copolitics
At a time where we want our country to unify, talk of using the 25th Amendment or entering into expedited impeachment proceedings are the last thing we need. Either Democrats are going to be honest about calls for unity or they will continue with this rhetoric. Can’t do both.
How did 9NEWS break the story about
@MayorHancock
flying out of DIA to spend Thanksgiving with his family?
A tip.
Have a tip? marshall at 9news dot com
Mil gracias to
@POTUS
and
@FLOTUS
for an opportunity for the Love of my Life and me to celebrate the holiday theme, “We the People,” alongside people who work tirelessly to improve our communities, and in so doing, help this nation live up to its true ideals. ❤️✊🏽
Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate that getting my
#ebike
Cereza 🍒 this summer turned me into someone who bike commuted to work today. In mid-December. In Denver. This strikes me as hilarious.
Y’ALL! I bought a Momentum e-bike at
@SloHiCoffeeBike
today with the help of
@DenverCASR
’s e-bike rebate!! I am stoked to have passed SB22-193 to allocate $12M so more communities across Colorado can access e-bikes + transition away from fossil fuels. Now - what to name her?! 🚴🏽♀️
CO is still at double-digit unemployment. Today the homeless encampments were swept. $600/week of expanded UI protections expire in two days. Rent is due on Sat 8/1. This sweep is awful, and yet, what will our homelessness situation look like next month or in 60 days?
#copolitics
Confession: I really didn't think that I'd spend the last Friday night of my 30s in the
#coleg
Senate chamber.
But I’m down to do whatever it takes in order to ensure that fewer Coloradans die due to gun violence. ❤️✊🏽
@AlexisHarrigan
@ZachNeumannCO
@_MelissaMejia_
@t2salazar
@javier_mabrey
Interestingly, this morning I get a message telling me I'll be refunded because it was an incorrect tow. Sweet, but a few important things stick out. We passed the Towing Bill of Rights last year to protect Colorado consumers, and it looks like we have a LOT more work to do.🤨14/
This morning,
@COSenDem
held our leadership elections. I am honored that my colleagues unanimously elected me to serve as the Senate Majority Caucus Chair. Mis respetos y admiración to everyone who stepped up to serve. Adelante, y’all. We’ve got work to do! 🖤✊🏽
#copolitics
#coleg
BREAKING: A 14 year old Denver student who walked out for gun violence prevention in schools today was arrested and thrown to the ground by Capitol Police for yelling from the Gallery at the State Capitol just a few moments ago.
CW: Police violence.
I'm in cmte and one of the Principals of Westside Investment just testified against HB23-1090, prohibiting conflicts of interests for metro districts' boards of directors. So with that, I can no longer in good conscience support 2O on the Park Hill Golf Course.
#copolitics
#coleg
Graduations, not funerals.
Honored to stand alongside so many teachers, students, and comunidad calling for an end to gun violence and increased education funding.
#coleg
#copolitics
NEW: Stapleton neighborhood to change name linked to KKK. Master Community Association will meet June 17 to begin process to remove Stapleton name. Neighborhood group to “identify a new community name as quickly as possible.”
#9News
Hijole,
@laurenboebert
is on some “I’m rubber you’re glue” ish right now and it’s sad to see. This type of doubling-down on rhetoric that incited an insurrection and left five people dead is, uh, problematic. Stop embarrassing yourself and your constituents and resign.
1/Now that the
#SupremeCourt
ruled to protect
#DACA
, we (finally) get a tweet from usually-MIA
@SenCoryGardner
. You “support immediate passage”? Aight. Show us what you’ve done in the past FIVE AND A HALF YEARS to actually pass the Dream Act. I’ll wait. 🧐
#nah
#copolitics
#cosen
I support immediate passage of the Dream Act and would also support the House-passed Dream and Promise Act. The Senate should act quickly to provide permanent relief for Dreamers. I’ll continue to work across the aisle to deliver certainty for Dreamers in a way the Court cannot.
NEW - Wyatts Towing CEO Trevor Forbes has resigned from a state task force amid an AG investigation into his business.
Lawmakers, the AG and consumer groups have accused Wyatts of engaging in illegal, predatory lending practices that skirt a new law
Well,
@GovofCO
said we could recreate within ten miles of where we live, so I biked ten miles out and then turned around and came home. Once again, the mask was a lifesaver from all the gnats out there! 😅🚴🏽♀️
#doingmypartco
@jennastapes
I welcome your comments, and will be interested to hear them, particularly since two summers ago,
@WalkerStapleton
declined to comment on his grandfather’s legacy, instead, demurring to “focusing on the future.”
The dark money pouring in from the Colorado centimillionaires into our primary elections is disgusting. If I were a candidate running this year, I would condemn it. It’s telling to see who has publicly condemned it, + who has looked the other way with a tight-lipped smile.
🧵 1/
Now that I’m free from
#coleg
, I spent my afternoon volunteering to assist migrants arriving in Denver. My heart breaks seeing and hearing their stories, but I am proud of my city for how we are showing up. So much more needs to be done. More soon.
@AlexisHarrigan
@ZachNeumannCO
@_MelissaMejia_
@t2salazar
@javier_mabrey
At 10:41pm, Wyatt's says I need to fill out a form, which will need to be approved by her manager, but "because it's so late, I'm not sure of the chances of it getting approved."🧐Y'all already know, I'm down for as long as it takes to make sure they're following the law. 10/
NEW: Gov. Jared Polis has extended an executive order that requires that Colorado landlords must, for at least one more month, give tenants 30 days’ notice before pursuing evictions,
@alex_burness
reports
I had big plans to do a bike ride today, but I chickened out. The air quality is awful. This photo is usually my favorite view of the city. Today, it makes me furious.
How is the air impacting you? What do you think needs to be done? Share your thoughts or DM me.
#coleg
How do regular folks compete against TEN BILLION DOLLARS of investor money?! In just Denver alone!? 🧐 this is absurd and a huge factor of why we are in an housing affordability crisis.
#coleg
Yesterday afternoon while on my bike, in one five-minute trip that was really just a few blocks, two different SUVs almost ran into me! I glowered at them both 🤨 but tbh it was kind of scary. In the moment I wondered whether I did something wrong, but this morning I woke up mad.
NEW: Gov. Polis tells my colleague
@AndyKnny
that the state should encourage dense and sustainable housing development — and he pointed the finger at local gov'ts for blocking that.
Last wk, I got my flu shot. This morning, I took a COVID test and will be on lockdown in advance of Monday’s special
#coleg
session. My husband and I canceled Thxgiving w/ broader family. I’ll be in isolation from my family during session, but happy to do it to keep others safe.
In
#coleg
,
#tnleg
, and in state Capitols across the country, young people are taking direct action to demand that those of us in positions of power act to end mass shootings and gun violence that has taken over their lives. It's on us to listen and to respond.
#goodtrouble
Latino voters, AAPI voters, working class voters and youth from the West (NV, AZ, CO) ensured that the Dems held the US Senate. Now that they’ve now run out of excuses,
@TheDemocrats
simply *must* tackle
#immigration
reform and the
#DreamAct
.
Nevada voters delivered the Senate majority to Democrats and helped safeguard our democracy by re-electing Senator Cortez Masto. Latino voters showed up for the first Latina U.S. Senator and proved once again that there is no path to victory in Nevada without Latino support.
Was the COVID alert disconcerting this morning? I worry that our next alerts will be notifying us that our local hospitals are full. Please cancel your Thanksgiving if you haven’t already. Wear a mask. Keep each other safe. 😷💗
I’ve had an amazing day traveling thru metro Denver thanks to
@RideRTD
’s
#ZeroFare
+ my ebike Cereza 🍒! I wanted to share the highlights with y’all! I started my day by biking to Union Station to catch the 120x. I was running late (bc of course) but I (barely) made it! 😅 1/
Confession: it’s been a full 15 years since I bought my last bike helmet. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends replacing a bicycle helmet every 5-10 years. Who knew?! 🤷🏽♀️
So of course I found the most visible (obnoxious?) color: radioactive yellow! ☢️
#bikeDEN
A bit of ✨professional news✨: In the upcoming
#coleg
session, I'm honored to continue serving as Chair of Senate Judiciary cmte and a member of Local Gov+Housing, and I'm excited to rejoin Aproppriations! I'm also so happy to welcome
@dafna_m
to the Senate Judiciary cmte!
Current POV: I am in the Senate State Affairs committee today, where we will be hearing three bills designed to prevent gun violence from harming our communities. It'll be a long day, but I couldn't be prouder. ❤️✊🏽
#coleg
#copolitics
Orale, two of my favorite things: protests and bicycles.
Gracias to
@DenBicycleLobby
for organizing a critical mass protest and die-in to grieve the deaths of three bicyclists in a week and call for safer streets.
@AlexisHarrigan
@ZachNeumannCO
@_MelissaMejia_
@t2salazar
@javier_mabrey
Now it's my turn. Wyatt's tells me I need to pay $353.47. No mention of an installment plan, but I passed our Towing Bill of Rights () which requires towing companies return vehicles if an owner pays 15% or $60, whichever is less. So I ask for one.💅🏽 9/
THANK YOU
@GovofCO
for issuing a statewide eviction moratorium. This is a culmination of mONTHS of hard work and advocacy from so many individuals and organizations across the state working to
#KeepColoradansHoused
. Orale! ❤️✊🏽
#copolitics
#bikeDEN
fails:
I snap a pic of 3 cars parked in the bike lane. One driver calls me a bitch and says she hopes I get hit by a car + die. 😵💫
Later, I get confused by the 🛑 bike lane / 🟢 car traffic signals and almost get hit by a bus. Totally my mistake. 😞
But I didn’t die!
My heart is so full to learn that a judge just reinstated the
#DACA
program. Aún así, la lucha seguirá until ALL immigrants are treated with dignity + respect. Still, there has been so much injustice over the past several years, so let’s take a moment and savor this victory. ❤️✊🏽
1/ Thanks for tagging me,
@GovofCO
!
#DoingMyPartCO
is our way of stopping the spread of
#covid19
in Colorado. I’m staying in tonight and filling out my Census form, which just arrived.
The highlight of my day? Getting tacos al pastor with my team. 🌮🌮🌮
It made me realize that I want to hear the Denver mayoral candidates’ plan to put a taco truck on every corner.
Story: In waning hours of legislative session, Colorado Senate Democrats fail to whip votes to stand up to housing lobby and extend eviction moratorium. “Tsunami of evictions” may come next.
Today I signed an Executive Order designating Attorney General Phil Weiser to investigate and, if the facts support prosecution, criminally prosecute any individuals whose actions caused the death of Elijah McClain.
Executive Order:
Statement below:
Rent is due tomorrow. Do you have enough $$ to make rent? Do you work in a bar or nightclub that just got shut down again? Tell me how you’re navigating it, because only by organizing and working together will we be able to make change. DMs open.
#KeepColoradansHoused
#copolitics
To that end, let me be clear about what the stakes are here in Colorado.
We were able to pass the Reproductive Health Equity Act because the voters of Colorado, gave us a Democratic trifecta. But post redistricting, our
@COSenDem
majority is very much at risk. A
#copolitics
🧵:
For the moments when we DO insist on elections, we must be PRECISE with what we need and we will do with that power:
How many seats does the party need to Codify Roe?
Dems must SAY THAT. Not just “go vote” or “give us $6 to win.” That is demoralizing, losing, unfocused nonsense
I asked the Archdiocese of Denver if a similar no-Communion order had been issued to legislators who voted for the death penalty. The archdiocese declined to comment and referred the question to its lobbyist.
#coleg
#copolitics
So,
@pettersen4co
+ I are running SB21-242, which will allocate $15 MILLION towards purchasing underutilized motels + hotels so we can
#KeepColoradansHoused
+ address homelessness. I ran an amendment to have some fun. At this point,
#coleg
, you gotta find joy whenever you can. 🤣
The housing crisis is impacting us all, and I’ll be damned if we let any opportunity to help out hardworking families who rent slip by. During our special
#coleg
I’ll bring a bill w/
@replindsay
+
@leslieherod
to direct $30M in rental assistance to help keep Coloradans housed. 1/
@KwameSpearman
@POTUS
Again - stop talking and try asking questions and listening. Those of us calling you out have been working for going on 20 years with Republicans and Democrats at the local, state, and federal level. Just because you’re unaware that the work happened doesn’t mean it didn’t.