The Soapbox

Democrats are all about demanding decorum when legislating, except when it comes to their own behavior. Yet this week it was a Democrat who lost his cool during a House healthcare committee when state Rep. Mary Bradfield tried to strip the biologically bizarre term...

Insurance is one of the most profitable industries worldwide pulling in trillions of dollars annually in the U.S., yet Democrats have found a way to make it more profitable in Colorado. Under a bill passed Saturday night when the Constitution was apparently sleeping,...

Coloradans are supposed to get $2 billion back in their wallets through Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) tax refunds this year, but Democrat lawmakers have other plans to spend our rebates. Their wish list already exceeds $1.5 billion with programs that are guaranteed...

After years of begging for more money and bitching when it was denied, Denver finally admits to finding $45 million in unnecessary spending on things like furniture that can instead fund their new base of voters from the borders. These “newcomers” can’t vote this...

One of Colorado’s 10 imported wolves was found dead this week in Larimer County, reportedly of natural causes. The price of being a boutique wolf state has already reached about $1.6 million — or about $160,000 million per wolf. So, taxpayers are already down that...

Democrat efforts to legalize deadly drugs at sanctioned street corner injection centers thankfully failed yet again in the state legislature. If the three strikes rule was in play, this idea would be out. But as Brittany Pettersen predicted back in 2019 the first time...

Wolves released by Gov. Polis are on a killing spree in the high country and have ranchers pleading for government officials to do their freaking job and put down the chronically depredating predators. They can’t get to it just yet, because bureaucrats are still...

Democrats are dumping nearly $6 million on the Western Slope in a desperate effort to win the 3rd District seat and claim power inside the House of Representatives where all federal spending originates. The best hope for keeping the sprawling district red with...