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President Biden signs the Democratically-passed American Rescue Plan into law. |
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Right out the gate, you may be wondering what exactly the very popular American Rescue Plan has that is designed to put money in pockets, shots in arms, people in jobs, and kids back in school! Here's a quick look:
Amazing -- and all accomplished within the first 50 days since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office! President Biden and Vice President Harris swore that they would hit the ground running from day 1 to help Colorado and our whole country build back better and stronger from the health and economic damage of COVID-19, and with our Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, Democrats delivered! |
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Remember -- Colorado Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, and Doug Lamborn all voted 'No' to helping struggling Colorado families. Meanwhile, all of Colorado's Democratic members of the Congressional delegation voted 'Yes'!
But how does the American Rescue Plan specifically help Coloradans, you ask? We got you covered! |
With Democrats leading the way, both our state and federal government are actually working by the people, for the people!
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CBS Denver
Vice President Kamala Harris came to Denver on Tuesday as part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to highlight what’s in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan. Before that she held a virtual chat with the operators of a Fort Lupton vaccine clinic.
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#StopAAPIHate |
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Today, and every day, we stand in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Colorado and across our country. This has to stop. Our hearts are with the families and loved ones of the victims in the shooting in Atlanta.
Over this past year alone, more than 3,800 cases of hate crimes and discrimination against AAPI have been reported in our country -- meaning the actual number could be much, much higher. We've seen too many politicians channel Donald Trump in casually using racist rhetoric to describe COVID like "China virus" or "kung flu". It's no coincidence that as these terms have been used, crimes targeting AAPI people have risen.
Tomorrow at 6:00PM MT, you can join in for a discussion on addressing AAPI hate crimes, and how we can come together as a Colorado community to discuss solutions for education, prevention, and support.
Register here: http://tiny.cc/AATownHall |
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BILLS TO WATCH IN #COLEG |
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Concerning the drawing of voting districts by county governments (HB21-1047) Sponsors: Rep. Chris Kennedy and Sen. Pete Lee
Rights In Residential Lease Agreements (SB21-173) Sponsors: Reps. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez & Yadira Caraveo, and Sens. Dominick Moreno and Julie Gonzales
Total Program Mill Levy Tax Credit (HB21-1164) Sponsors: House Speaker Alec Garnett & House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, and Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg & Senator Rachel Zenzinger
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César Chávez's Legacy: La Lucha Continúa Wednesday March 31 @ 6PM |
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Looking to celebrate César Chávez Day with your fellow Latina/o/x community members? Join us March 31 at 6pm for a virtual La Lucha Continúa Town Hall. Click here or the link below to register!
https://www.mobilize.us/coloradodems/event/377984/ |
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The 2021 Obama Gala Saturday, April 24, 2021 @ 5:00PM MT |
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Have you secured your spot for the 2021 virtual Obama Gala on Saturday, April 24, 2021? Click here or the button below to buy your ticket today! |
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You nominated and voted -- here are the awardees of the 2021 Obama Gala Awards! Join us in congratulating these honorees, and buy your ticket TODAY so you can watch them accept these awards virtually! |
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Opportunities with the Colorado Dems |
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Join Attorney General Phil Weiser, Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and special guests to celebrate democracy on March 21, 2021 @ 5:00PM! Click here to register!
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Join the Colorado Black Roundtable on Saturday, March 20, 2021 for a virtual discussion about how the Black community is represented in the four films listed in the graphic above! Click here or the graphic above to register! |
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Join our Letter to the Editor Campaign! |
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Colorado is home to over 100 newspapers across the state in our 64 counties, and Letters to the Editor are one of the best ways to communicate to voters!
That's why the CDP is launching a revamped, improved Letter to the Editor campaign! The purpose? To hold Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, Patrick Neville, and others accountable in the local press!
Want to sign your name to letters? Draft letters? Both?
Then this program is for you! Click here or the button below to join the LTE campaign! |
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Join the Rapid Response Team! |
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Owning the message is a big step in winning campaigns, and one of the ways we can own the message in 2021-2022 is through rapid response, and that's why we're re-launching the CDP Rapid Response Team!
Whether you want to show up to protest, share content on social media and help it go viral, call elected officials, or testify at the Colorado State Capitol, this is how you can lift up all the good work Colorado Dems have delivered on, and how you can help defeat Republicans!
Click here or the button below to sign up for the Rapid Response Team! |
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Colorado County Spotlight! By Shelia Canfield-Jones, CDP Vice Chair of Rural Outreach |
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Prowers
Prowers County was formed in 1889 and named for prominent pioneer and rancher John W. Prowers. Prowers County covers 1,644 square miles of the Great Plains and Arkansas River Valley. To the north of the county, you will find Kiowa County, to the west Bent County, to the south Baca County and to the east the state of Kansas. Lamar is the county seat for Prowers County.
The lower Arkansas River valley in 1000BC-1450AD was home to many nomadic peoples. The Paleo-Indian, Archaic and Formative followed the bison herds across the plains. The seventeenth century brought the Jicarilla Apache to cultivate gardens of corn, beans and squash along the riverbanks. The Spanish explorers traveled in the area but only made it as far as the Purgatoire River west of Prowers County. In the 1720s the Comanche rode in on horses driving out the farming tribal homes. Prowers County was the heart of an expanding Comanche territory that ran north and south between the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers and stretched from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Comanche empire was known as Comancheria. The Comanche occasionally clashed with the Arapaho. Other native peoples in Prowers County area by the nineteenth century included Kiowa and Cheyenne. While still under Comanche control in the 1803 Prowers County area was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The early 1800s brought explorers following the Arkansas River. The Santa Fe’ Trail ran through the area. Around mid 1840s droughts and epidemics caused many to leave the area. In 1861 the Treaty of Fort Wise was signed which sought to put the Cheyenne and Arapahoe on to a small reservation in eastern Colorado which include a part of the present-day Prowers County. In 1862 the Homestead Act offered the Indian’s land to white settlers. Setting up farms and ranches along the stagecoach lines many immigrants moved into the area. In 1867 the Medicine Lodge Treaty removed the Cheyenne and Arapaho, forcing them to endure the journey to Oklahoma territory.
John Prowers, in 1868, set up one of the most successful ranches in southeast Colorado. He served in the territorial legislature and was committed to breeding high quality cattle stock. In 1861 he married Amache, the daughter of the Cheyenne chief Ochinee. By 1881 his herd had grown to 10,000 and he expanded his ranch by purchasing land along the Arkansas that was owned by half-Indian children of prominent whites who had been awarded the land after the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. The twentieth century brought prosperous times and hardships of the Great Depression. Early June 1921 brought the most devastating floods in Colorado history.
The flood destroyed Lamar and the surrounding farms killing hundreds of people and causing $25 million dollars of destruction. In 1941 the Granada Relocation Center, also called Amache after John Prowers wife, was built and held 7,500 Japanese American Citizens where they remain until the end of WWII. On June 18, 1965 the Arkansas River flooded again hitting Prowers County the hardest, killing 6 people, injuring 150 and damaging more that 1,300 structures. |
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Today Prowers County is one of Colorado’s most productive agricultural counties. The average farm size is about 200 acres which is home to more that 102,500 cattle, the production of sorghum, poultry, eggs, hogs, pigs and vegetables. The healthcare and social assistance industry in Lamar provides jobs for more than 800 people and the county retail industry adds about 650-700 jobs.
There are approximately 1,414 registered Democrats, 3,345 Republicans, and 2,874 Unaffiliated voters. In 2020 81.30% had their votes counted. Prowers has a vail of red, but a little bit of blue is seeing its way through with the leadership of Susan Crites as their Democratic Party County Chair. If you are interested in learning more about the Prowers’ Democratic Party, please visit their Facebook page: Prowers County Democrats.
Keep Colorado Wild!
Shelia Canfield-Jones Vice-Chair Rural Outreach Colorado Democratic Party |
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#DemsDo |
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HAALAND CONFIRMED FOR INTERIOR! |
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Senate confirms Haaland as first-ever Native American to serve in the Cabinet Colorado Newsline
U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland made history on Monday when she became the first Native American to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold a position in a president’s Cabinet.
In a narrow 51-40 vote, senators confirmed Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat, to serve as secretary of Interior, where she will run a $21 billion agency that manages more than 450 million acres of public lands — as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Sen. Michael Bennet Secures $100 Billion In Child Tax Credits To Help Lift Families Out Of Poverty CBS Denver
Starting this summer, almost every family in Colorado will receive monthly checks of at least $250 for a year. You can thank Sen. Michael Bennet. A child tax credit bill Colorado’s senior senator introduced 5 years ago was included in the American Recovery Act that President Biden just signed into law.
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FEMA to reimburse Denver up to $60.4 million for emergency shelter services during COVID Colorado Politics
“It’s critical, in times of crisis such as these, that we’re all working together to provide all the support we can to those who need it most,” said Rep. Diana DeGette. “No one should have to worry about having a roof over their head when they go to sleep at night.”
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Rep. Jason Crow named to House Intelligence Committee Colorado Politics
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was named Friday to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, giving the Aurora Democrat a high-profile role overseeing the government's top-secret information about threats to national security.
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Center for Effective Lawmaking ranks Congressman Neguse Most Effective Colorado Lawmaker Burlington Record
The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking, in a new report, ranked Congressman Joe Neguse as one of the top 10 most effective lawmakers in the country. Neguse was also ranked as the most effective lawmaker in Colorado’s congressional delegation, the most effective lawmaker among the freshman class in the 116th Congress, and the most effective for legislating on public lands.
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Hickenlooper quotes from letters during delay tactic in U.S. Senate Durango Herald
While the latest COVID-19 relief bill was being read aloud in the Senate chambers, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper posted excerpts of letters from his constituents on Twitter. The letters, which were sent to his state office in Colorado, revealed a helplessness in people struggling with the consequences of the pandemic and a lack of government aid.
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Colorado to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine by mid-April, Gov. Jared Polis says Denver Post
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday promised that every adult in Colorado will become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-April as the state prepares to enter the next phase of its vaccination campaign next week.
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Former CO Sec. of State Gessler Brags About Engineering Negative Press Coverage of Current SOS Colorado Times Recorder
During a GOP chair forum hosted by an election-fraud conspiracy group, former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler bragged about being responsible for a negative news report about the current Secretary of State Jena Griswold. Asked to list his unpaid work on behalf of the Colorado GOP during the last election, Gessler ticked off a number of activities including candidate training, fundraising and media work.
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Circa 2018, when former Congressman Mike Coffman ran out the back to flee from constituents. |
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Mayor Coffman sues Aurora over local dark money campaign reform law Aurora Sentinel
“We have the city’s mayor using taxpayer money to sue the city on an issue that provides for transparency and accountability in elections — and it’s an issue that as mayor that he can’t vote on,” said Council member Nicole Johnston, a chief author of the campaign finance reform measure. “The mayor is suing the city, using taxpayer money, to make it easier for him to keep himself involved in dark money politics that have plagued city elections.
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Fact-checking Lauren Boebert's story about a man getting beaten to death outside her restaurant CNN
Boebert's claim that a man was beaten to death outside her restaurant is inaccurate, according to records obtained from local authorities. A forensic pathologist determined that a man who was found unresponsive by police on a sidewalk near the restaurant in August 2013 died because of "methamphetamine intoxication," not homicide.
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The Funnies! |
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