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DOGE Has Cut Nearly $16 Million From Gabe Evans' District; He Calls It 'Right-Sizing Government'

5 days ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Erik Maulbetsch

“For the first time in decades, we are going back to the idea of right-sizing government,” said Congressman Gabe Evans, when asked by a conservative news host for his thoughts on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The headlines about the misleadingly named budget-slashing project may be winding down since Elon’s retreat from D.C., but the real-world impacts of his tech bros’ firing sprees and funding freezes are being felt across the country, including in Evans’ own district.
CO Springs Board of Education Candidates Running on Trans Sports Bans

1 week ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Heidi Beedle

Colorado Republicans held a town hall Saturday for El Paso County board of education candidates. The candidates for the ostensibly nonpartisan seats in Colorado Springs School District 11, District 49, and Academy School District 20 were joined by Colorado House Minority Leader Rep. Rose Pugliese (R-El Paso County), U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO), and Colorado GOP Chair Brita Horn.
Salem Media Apologizes and Issues Retraction Over Election Denier Promotion. Again.

1 week ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Heidi Beedle

Late Friday afternoon, Salem Media, the national broadcasting company focused on Christian and conservative content that owns several Colorado stations including 710 KNUS, issued an undated apology to former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer. Coomer filed a defamation lawsuit against former KNUS host and current Republican National Committeeman Randy Corporon and conservative broadcaster Salem Media Group in 2021 over Corporon’s platforming of election conspiracist Joe Oltmann.
Denver 'No Kings' Rally

1 week ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Jason Salzman

Thousands marched and rallied around the Colorado Capitol and surrounding areas on Saturday — aligned with “No Kings” rallies across the country and state. The event occurred during a military parade in Washington, D.C., which coincided with President Donald Trump’s birthday.
Cartoon: Journalists in Crosshairs

2 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Clay Jones
Fever Swamp Review Podcast: Trans Athlete DESTROYS Womens Sports

2 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Heidi Beedle

Heidi Beedle is a former soldier, educator, activist, and animal welfare worker. They received a Bachelor’s in English from UCCS. They have worked as a freelance and staff writer for the Colorado Springs Independent covering LGBTQ issues, nuclear disasters, cattle mutilations, and social movements. Heidi currently covers reproductive justice and politics for the Colorado Times Recorder.
'All Hat No Cattle'? Congressman Raises a 'Few Cows' As a Hobby, And Says It's Legitimate To Promote Himself in Politics As a 'Rancher'

2 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Jason Salzman

In May, Patrick Henry College founder Michael Farris introduced the school’s 2025 commencement speaker, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) and his wife, as the “owners and operators of a family farm in the southern part of Weld County, Colorado, where they’re raising their two boys, who are delightful young men.”Evans refers to himself as a rancher on his congressional website, with some of the same language Farris used.
DAVIS: In Memory of a Good Woman

2 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Logan Davis

A good woman passed away last week. Ruth Eggenburger was 93 years-old when she departed this world from a Texarkana hospice. Right until the end, she never let anyone tell her what she couldn’t do — especially if their reason was that she was a woman. In fact, they’d be lucky to live long after such a suggestion. She was my grandmother, and she was the first liberal I ever knew. Liberalism isn’t in the water where my Mama Ruth is from.
Cartoon: One Big Beautiful Shipwreck

3 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Clay Jones
Big? Definitely. But Colorado Utilities See No Beauty in the Federal Budget Bill

3 weeks ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Allen Best

Oh, wouldn’t I love to know what is going through the mind of Jeff Hurd right now. And Gabe Evans, too. These two U.S. representatives from Colorado, both of them Republicans, voted for the sprawling 1,000-page budget reconciliation bill that, if adopted by the Senate, will certainly raise electricity rates and slow the adoption of electric vehicles.