The Soapbox

Colorado is facing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall this year that has Democrats looking to make cuts in programs precious to taxpayers and low-income residents. But what the Democrat-controlled legislature is not willing to sacrifice is the $10 million they’ve set...

Mayor Mike Johnston had an answer for everything during Wednesday’s congressional oversight hearing on Denver’s sanctuary city laws. Unfortunately, it was to questions he was never asked, and that only served to anger an already frustrated Congress working to plug the...

Colorado Peak Politics was launched 14 years ago to call balls and strikes and record the absurdity of state politics. The goal was to nudge them towards sensible policies and lower taxes with a sense of humor, or a wrecking ball, whichever worked best. Journalists...

Colorado Democrats are pedaling hard to keep their members in line Thursday for a vote on a controversial Senate bill that would effectively ban the sale and manufacturing of guns in the state. An original cosponsor of Senate Bill 3 pulled his support just before last...

Joe Biden's policy of subsidizing his open borders scheme by shoveling taxpayer dollars towards business loans for companies owned by illegal aliens is over. The Small Business Administration is enacting a citizenship verification provision to ensure businesses...

Michael Bennet is spreading rumors he wants to be Colorado’s next governor to replace Jared Polis. The Democrat senator is wise to gauge support before committing to another humiliating political defeat. PeakNation™ will recall Bennet was jockeying for last...

President Trump’s nomination of Kathleen Sgamma of Western Energy Alliance to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has the left and their friends in the media howling in dismay. They are shocked the Coloradan whose background includes oil and gas would be picked...

Colorado’s Democrat U.S. Senators want to create sanctuary spaces in every town for criminal illegal aliens that includes election polling places, Social Security and unemployment offices. Even federal congressional offices would be turned into safe havens for TdA and...