Month: March 2023

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Republican leaders and Trump loyalists on Capitol Hill rally behind the former president after indictment
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/republican-reaction-trump-indictment-congress/index.html 
The news of the indictment broke just hours after lawmakers on Capitol Hill departed for a two-week Easter recess. The halls of the Capitol were quiet. On social media, Republicans were much louder. It was only a matter of minutes after news of the indictment broke before some of his fiercest defenders on Capitol Hill rushed to his defense. “Outrageous,” House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan tweeted. “BREAKING: Trump has been indicted! This is another political witch hunt targeting the people’s President,” Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert tweeted.
RELATED: Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury, according to reports
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/03/30/trump-indicted-by-manhattan-grand-jury-according-to-reports/ 
RELATED: Donald Trump indicted, becoming 1st ex-president charged with crime
https://coloradosun.com/2023/03/30/donald-trump-indicted-colorado-reaction/  
RELATED: Trump Indictment: Colorado Democrats say ‘no one is above the law,’ while state GOP calls the charges ‘corrupt’
https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/30/donald-trump-indictment-colorado-response/  
RELATED: Colorado GOP calls Trump indictment a ‘witch hunt,’ Democrats say it demonstrates rule of law
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/trump-indictment-witch-hunt-colorado-republicans-democrats-rule-of-law/article_4876f9e4-cf4e-11ed-9329-d325ce5692d6.html 
RELATED: Colorado representatives react to Trump indictment
https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/colorado-lawmakers-trump-indictment/73-ac7723ef-686d-42b0-ae6e-7660cabb7ebb 
RELATED: Donald Trump indicted: Colorado elected leaders react
https://kdvr.com/news/local/donald-trump-indicted-colorado-elected-leaders-react/ 
RELATED: Trump indictment may mean logistical challenges in court, 2024 campaign
https://kdvr.com/news/local/trump-indictment-may-mean-logistical-challenges-in-court-2024-campaign/ 
RELATED: Reaction to the historic indictment of former president Trump
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/historic-indictment-of-former-president-trump-the-reaction 
RELATED: Colbert hails Trump’s indictment: ‘I didn’t know it would feel this good’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/31/late-night-stephen-colbert-trump-indictment 
 
What the debate around the U.S. Department of Education could mean for District 51
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/what-the-debate-around-the-u-s-department-of-education-could-mean-for-district-51/article_4c25c352-ce6a-11ed-8a86-87a4d9ca5047.html 
How would Mesa County Valley School District 51 be impacted if it lost access to U.S. Department of Education funding? The county’s U.S. House representative, Lauren Boebert (R-Silt), last Friday made the argument that the Department of Education should be abolished during a debate about H.R. 5 (118), the Parents Bill of Rights that would codify federal education law to give parents access to school curricula, library books and other teaching materials. That bill passed the House 213-208 but is expected have a difficult time passing the Democratic-majority Senate. However, Boebert passionately supported an amendment proposed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) that would eliminate the department entirely.
 
Lauren Boebert-backed amendments on transgender school policies easily pass the House
https://gazette.com/news/government/lauren-boebert-backed-amendments-on-transgender-school-policies-easily-pass-the-house/article_0d36b961-a71c-575e-81d3-32d52a053f37.html 
The House of Representatives adopted two amendments on voice votes Thursday that would require schools to notify parents if biological male students who identify as women are permitted to use bathroom facilities or participate in athletics based on their gender identity. The two amendments to HR 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, were sponsored by conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and were adopted by a voice vote during the floor debate on the legislation. The Parents Bill of Rights, which was sponsored by Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), would require all public school districts to disclose their curriculum materials to parents, mandate parental consent for participation in student surveys, and prohibit schools from selling student information “for commercial or financial gain.”
RELATED: House Republicans Pass Bill to Restrict Transgender Rights in Schools
https://www.advocate.com/politics/house-republicans-anti-trans-bill 
RELATED: Ahead of Transgender Day of Visibility, Democrats press bill of rights
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3926230-ahead-of-transgender-day-of-visibility-democrats-press-bill-of-rights/ 
 
Lauren Boebert snarls “we’re not a democracy so quit with that!” in response to calls for gun laws
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/lauren-boebert-snarls-were-not-a-democracy-so-quit-with-that-in-response-to-calls-for-gun-laws/ 
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) lashed out at a gay leader of a teachers union for saying that the U.S. is a democracy. “And, you know, maybe one of the things that we need to address with the Democrat party is, you played a clip from the teachers union with Randi there talking,” Boebert said, referring to out American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. “Maybe one thing we need to address is we’re not a democracy! So quit with that!” She was referring to a clip where Weingarten said: “How many lives will be shattered before we have the courage to do what Scotland did, what Australia did, what New Zealand did, what other great democracies do? We must solve this epidemic, and that’s up to us.”
RELATED: Lauren Boebert lashes out at gun bans: ‘We’re not a democracy so quit with that!’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lauren-boebert-lashes-out-at-gun-bans-we-re-not-a-democracy-so-quit-with-that/ar-AA19eTyO 
 
Colorado delegation splits on party lines as GOP-controlled House OK’s Boebert-sponsored energy bill
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/colorado-in-dc/colorado-congress-boebert-split-energy-bill/article_020c4792-cf2c-11ed-98fd-cb84514bba3a.html 
 
Boebert cites wolf impacts to Coloradans, raises abortion issue in pushing delisting bill 
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/boebert-cites-wolf-impacts-to-coloradans-raises-abortion-issue-in-pushing-delisting-bill/article_c471598e-ccee-11ed-ac19-43b0c223b429.html 
RELATED: ‘Scooby Doo Had His Stomach Ripped Out’: Colorado Wolves Wreak Bloody Havoc, Boebert Says
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/03/24/scooby-doo-had-his-stomach-ripped-out-colorado-wolves-wreak-bloody-havoc-boebert-says/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Jokes About Climate Deniers During Colorado Drought Hearing
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-jokes-about-climate-deniers-during-colorado-drought-hearing-1791310 
 
Wee the people: Republican Boebert presses DC witness on public urination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/30/republican-lauren-boebert-house-hearing 
In bizarre scenes in a US House hearing, the far-right Republican Lauren Boebert asked if a revised Washington DC criminal code was now law – only to be reminded that Congress overturned it earlier this month – then fixated on whether that code would have decriminalised public urination. The revision was meant to give the District of Columbia a first code update in 120 years, but it became subject to fierce debate over crime as a political issue. Republicans said the code was soft on violent offenses. Angering progressives, Joe Biden said he would not veto a Republican measure to overturn the code.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert Obsesses Over Public Urination at Crime Hearing
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lauren-boebert-obsesses-public-urination-crime-hearing-1234705824/ 
RELATED: House committee passes bill to overturn DC police reform
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triad/ap-top-news/2023/03/29/house-republicans-warn-dc-officials-robust-oversight-coming 
RELATED: ‘Public Humiliation’: Lauren Boebert Makes A Splash With Weird Rant On Pee Laws
https://news.yahoo.com/public-humiliation-lauren-boebert-makes-085009089.html 
RELATED: Boebert Humiliated Over “Public Urination” Fixation; Trump Wants to Bomb Mexico: A Closer Look
https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/boebert-humiliated-over-public-urination-fixation-trump-wants-to-bomb-mexico-a-closer-look/NBCE199301844 
RELATED: Seth Meyers Has A Theory About Lauren Boebert’s Bizarre Public Urination Fixation
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/seth-meyers-lauren-boebert-public-urination_n_64265929e4b02a8d518dca78 
RELATED: Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Lauren Boebert’s Public Urination Fail
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-lauren-boeberts-public-urination-fail 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert demands someone explain to her why peeing in public is legal in D.C.—it isn’t
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lauren-boebert-dc-public-urination-hearing-video/ 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert husband’s past comes back to haunt her amid public urination fixation at hearing
https://www.salon.com/2023/03/30/lauren-boebert-husbands-past-comes-back-to-haunt-her-amid-public-urination-fixation-at-hearing/ 
 
Marjorie Taylor Greene led delegation to visit Capitol attack defendants in jail
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/27/marjorie-taylor-greene-led-delegation-to-visit-capitol-attack-defendants-in-jail 
 
Colorado GOP is laying the groundwork to challenge the state’s open primary law
https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/29/colorado-gop-open-primary-lawsuit/ 
According to the letter, the committee chairman, Williams, would establish the fund and appoint a governing board with “final authority” over spending the money. “The Fund plans to accept unlimited amounts from individuals, political committees, corporations, and labor organizations,” the letter states, and would only be used for the lawsuit. The move is not surprising. Williams talked about closing the GOP primary as he campaigned for the state party chair job. “We must work to close the primaries so that only Republicans choose our Republican nominees,” he said. “We cannot afford to let Democrats become unaffiliated so that they then can meddle in our primaries, like they did with (Rep.) Lauren Boebert. We must defend and protect our caucus assembly.”
 
Lauren Boebert Doesn’t Want to ‘Nitpick’ Bible Over Family’s Teen Pregnancy
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-doesnt-want-nitpick-bible-over-family-teen-pregnancy-1791720 

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Lauren Boebert Floats Adding Human Babies to Endangered Species List
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-floats-adding-human-babies-endangered-species-list-1789992 
Republican Representative Lauren Boebert flashed photos of baby fetuses during a House hearing Thursday on endangered species. The Colorado congresswoman showed the images as the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries discussed potential improvements to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in relation to its 50th anniversary. The hearing focused on de-listing the grey wolf and the grizzly bear. Boebert, a staunch foe of abortion, was selected to serve on the subcommittee as part of the current Congress. She has either sponsored or co-sponsored multiple abortion-related bills since December.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert Shows Human Fetus Photos During Endangered Species Hearing
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-endangered-species-stunt_n_641d4d6ae4b01ea5cd93b225 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert suggests adding human fetuses to endangered species list
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lauren-boebert-human-foetuses-endangered-species-b2306929.html 
RELATED: Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill to delist gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act gets its first hearing
https://progressnowcolorado.actionkit.com/go/336793?t=7&akid=10447%2E4960%2EAqdpdm  
RELATED: What to know about Colorado wolves, conflicts as reintroduction nears
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2023/03/23/what-to-know-about-colorado-wolves-ahead-of-planned-reintroduction/70020933007/ 
RELATED: Republicans Want to Remove Endangered Species Protections for the Gray Wolf and Grizzly Bear
https://newrepublic.com/post/171354/republicans-remove-endangered-species-protections-gray-wolf-grizzly-bear 
 
Freedom Caucus seizes center stage
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/freedom-caucus-budget-debt-ceiling 
Flanked by half a dozen right-wing Republicans, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) extended an invitation to President Biden: Attend Wednesday night’s meeting of the House Freedom Caucus to begin budget talks with Capitol Hill’s true power brokers. Why it matters: The absence of negotiations between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — not to mention wall-to-wall media coverage of the potential Trump indictment — has obscured the dangerous trajectory of the ongoing debt-ceiling crisis. The Freedom Caucus, which Boebert dubbed “the only caucus who has released a plan to address this situation,” is stepping into the vacuum — flexing the same muscle it used to extract concessions from McCarthy during the speaker’s election.
 
Boebert changes stance on congressional earmarks
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/boebert-changes-stance-on-congressional-earmarks/article_01672882-c81c-11ed-b354-ef8a5d7a20a2.html 
Despite long being vehemently opposed to congressional earmarks, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is accepting requests for them. Over the past two years, Boebert has called such earmarks “corrupt” and “a waste of taxpayer money,” and something only “swamp creature” career politicians would request. Regardless, staffers for the Silt Republican have sent emails to local officials saying the congresswoman would accept their requests if they made them by today, but isn’t promising if she will submit anything specifically.
 
Lauren Boebert Says Donald Trump Arrest Democrat’s ‘Only Hope’ of Winning
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-says-donald-trump-arrest-democrats-only-hope-winning-1788743 
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has hit out at Democrats and said the party’s “only hope” of winning in 2024 is if former president Donald Trump is arrested. The Republican firebrand hit out at Democrats amid Trump’s claim that he will be arrested on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged hush payment he made. Trump is being investigated by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over an alleged payment he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
RELATED: “This is what happens in Communist nations, not the USA” – Lauren Boebert Unleashes Fury on Democrats, Defends January 6
https://buzzloving.com/this-is-what-happens-in-communist-nations-not-the-usa-lauren-boebert-unleashes-fury-on-democrats-defends-january-6/ 
 
Adam Frisch nearly unseated Lauren Boebert last year. In one big way, 2024 could be harder.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/03/20/adam-frisch-lauren-boebert-2024-challenge/ 
Adam Frisch defied political consensus when he nearly unseated Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert last year in her GOP-stronghold district. In some ways, however, the Democrat’s 2024 rematch with the controversial Western Slope congresswoman may be tougher. That’s because Frisch’s near-win highlighted Boebert’s vulnerabilities, both to the congresswoman and to national Republicans, who are desperate to hold onto their majority in the U.S. House. More attention on the race is a double-edged sword for Frisch: It means more money and focus from Democratic and Republican groups alike that mostly ignored the 2022 race in the 3rd Congressional District because they assumed Boebert would cruise to victory.
 
Lauren Boebert Reparations Remarks Trashed by Historians—’Mangling History’
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-reparations-remarks-trashed-historiansmangling-history-1789201 
 
Lauren Boebert congratulates cis women for being cis in rant about Kamala Harris
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/lauren-boebert-congratulates-cis-women-for-being-cis-in-rant-about-kamala-harris/ 
 
‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg Torches Lauren Boebert’s ‘Prayers’ for Colorado Springs Victims – ‘They Needed Your Votes’ (Video)
https://www.thewrap.com/the-view-lauren-boebert-prayers-colorado-springs-victims/ 
 
Lauren Boebert uses basic cult technique when speaking to MAGA devotees (video)
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/22/lauren-boebert-uses-basic-cult-technique-when-speaking-to-maga-devotees-video.html 
RELATED: Is Lauren Boebert A Cult Leader?
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/03/is-lauren-boebert-a-cult-leader/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Q&A At Colorado High School Is Condemned By Local Newspaper
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-high-school-visit_n_64156f1de4b0bc5cb6508f87 
Colorado newspaper The Durango Herald has called out far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) controversial visit to a local high school this week. Boebert’s speech and Q&A session with students at Dolores High School in Dolores on Wednesday made the news outlet “uncomfortable” because “her talk ventured beyond governance into political territory,” its editorial board wrote Friday.
RELATED: ‘Completely irresponsible’: Colorado school under fire for hosting Lauren Boebert event
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-high-school/ 
 
Boebert speaks to record Otero County crowd
https://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/2023/03/23/boebert-speaks-to-record-otero-county-crowd/ 

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The Silicon Valley Bank meltdown is hitting some Colorado startups
https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/13/silicon-valley-bank-colorado-startups/ 
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert took to Twitter to accuse regulators of giving the banks a “bailout” that she said is “about protecting the donor base of the Democrats and ensuring if you invest in DEI and ESG you’ll be just fine!” Boebert offered no proof to support those claims. SVB had a high concentration of tech and venture capital clients, while Signature had many cryptocurrency clients. The Western Slope legislator also referenced the Sunday night briefing call, highlighting that a fellow member asked what steps the administration was taking to stop misinformation about the banks on social media. Boebert tweeted “this administration AGAIN just committed the federal government to interfere with free speech. Unacceptable!”
RELATED: Nikki Haley, GOP pols say taxpayers will foot the bill for Biden bank ‘bailout’
https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/nikki-haley-gop-pols-say-taxpayers-will-foot-the-bill-for-biden-bank-bailout/ 
 
Boebert makes surprise appearance at Fish and Wildlife wolf meeting
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/boebert-makes-surprise-appearance-at-fish-and-wildlife-wolf-meeting/article_997e4d12-c2db-11ed-9ba1-0f31cce5de49.html 
 
Freedom Caucus lays out spending cut demands for debt limit
https://thehill.com/business/budget/3893956-freedom-caucus-lays-out-spending-cut-demands-for-debt-limit/ 
 
Rep. Boebert speaks with Dolores students about civic engagement and rights: ‘You are the now’
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/rep-lauren-boebert-speaks-with-dolores-students-about-civic-engagement-and-rights-you-are-the-now/ 
School officials and Boebert’s office billed the session in the Dolores Schools gymnasium as a kind of civics discussion, but the congresswoman also spoke of her efforts with the Freedom Caucus – a conservative bloc of Republican representatives – the U.S. response to COVID-19, and in response to students’ questions, about her personal and political development. Boebert, a second-term Republican, represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes 27 counties comprising about 50,000 square miles. The congresswoman spoke to students about her role as a representative and emphasized that she relies on the Constitution and the Founding Fathers’ Federalist Papers as a guide in her work.
RELATED: Parents speak out about Rep. Lauren Boebert’s visit to Dolores schools
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/parents-speak-out-about-rep-lauren-boeberts-visit-to-dolores-schools/ 
RELATED: Our View: Boebert waded into politics at Dolores school
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-boebert-waded-into-politics-at-dolores-school/ 
 
Boebert talks priorities for working-class families and water in Colorado
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/boebert-talks-priorities-for-working-class-families-and-water-in-colorado/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Argues California ‘Never Had Slavery’ in Jab at Reparations
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-argues-california-slavery-reparations-1788346 
“What Lauren Boebert doesn’t know about American history could fill the Library of Congress. So it’s not surprising to see her repeat the myth that California never had slavery,” political historian Dr. Kevin Waite told Newsweek. In addition to being an associate professor of U.S. history at Durham University, Waite is the author of the 2021 book West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire, which examined slavery in California and the American Southwest.
 
Lauren Boebert’s New Tweet Slamming Joe Biden Is Pure Projection, Say Critics
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-joe-biden-attack_n_64100bf7e4b0a3902d2c963f 
 
Lauren Boebert uses Drew Barrymore pic to “prove” liberals are anti-women
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/lauren-boebert-uses-drew-barrymore-pic-to-prove-liberals-are-anti-women/ 
 
Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines
https://news.yahoo.com/leading-denier-think-tank-uses-202400644.html 
 
Outgoing state GOP chair Kristi Burton Brown takes policy job at Advance Colorado
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/kristi-burton-brown-advance-colorado/article_419deb46-c292-11ed-9bc6-03223aac7dee.html 
Burton Brown rose to prominence in her teens when she co-sponsored the first attempt to pass a “personhood” amendment in 2008. She spearheaded a failed campaign to recall then-state Rep. Tom Sullivan over the Centennial Democrats support for gun-control measures in 2019 and served as lead policy advisor for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert before the Silt Republican won office in 2020.
 
Defamation lawsuit against Boebert heading to a Colorado courtroom, Muckrakers president says
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/03/15/defamation-lawsuit-boebert-colorado-muckrakers/ 
A North Carolina political activist is preparing to file a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Silt in federal court in Colorado, the activist told Newsline. David Wheeler, president of the American Muckrakers PAC, sued Boebert in a North Carolina state court last year for defamation and malicious prosecution. In January, the judge dismissed the case, saying that the proper venue for it was in Colorado. Wheeler said he’s heeding the judge’s advice and is poised to bring a similar lawsuit against Boebert in Colorado, though now he plans to file in federal court.

Six-week abortion ban clears first House hurdle
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/595979-six-week-abortion-ban-clears-first-house-hurdle/ 
Sarah Parker, a co-founder of Women’s Voice of Southwest Florida, told the panel the discussion over the bill gave her “Lauren Boebert vibes,” referring to the 36-year-old Colorado Congresswoman who last week announced she will soon be a grandmother. “I’m trying to figure out when we’re going to start celebrating teen pregnancy,” she said. “You know this bill is wildly unpopular. I never thought I would be on the side of Sen. Rick Scott, but here I am. Thank you, again, for imploding yourselves.”
 
Boebert praises high rural teen birth rates, announces she’s going to be a ’36-year-old grandmother’
https://kdvr.com/news/local/boebert-praises-high-rural-teen-birth-rates-announces-shes-going-to-be-a-36-year-old-grandmother/ 
Rep. Lauren Boebert has announced that she’ll soon be “a 36-year-old grandmother,” while praising “rural conservative communities” that “value life.” The Colorado Republican revealed that the girlfriend of her 17-year-old son, Tyler, is due next month. “I’m going to tell you all for the first time in a public setting, that not only am I a mom of four boys, but come April, I will be a gigi to a brand new grandson,” Boebert said Tuesday at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event.
RELATED: Boebert announces she’ll be a 36-year-old grandmother when her 17-year-old son’s partner gives birth
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/10/lauren-boebert-grandmother/ 
RELATED: Rep. Lauren Boebert is going to become a grandmother
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/lauren-boebert-grandmother-grandson-colorado-congresswoman/ 

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Rep. Lauren Boebert opens the door to earmarks after calling them ‘wasteful’ in previous years
https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/06/lauren-boebert-earmarks-federal-budget/ 
At least one Colorado Republican is changing her tune when it comes to seeking community project funding, otherwise known as earmarks, as the budget process begins in Washington, D.C. GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert shunned the process in the previous two budget cycles, but said this time around, she will collect submissions for earmark requests. Republican Rep. Ken Buck remains opposed to the use of earmarks, according to his office. GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn’s office did not reply to questions about his stance on seeking federal dollars for community projects.
 
Kevin McCarthy intends to restore order to GOP House following 2022 Midterm elections
https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/kevin-mccarthy-intends-to-restore-order-to-gop-house-following-2022-midterm-elections/article_b4c614cd-a36e-5ab1-84e3-25e6ddfae306.html 
McCarthy could try to set a tone for governing. Especially ahead of a few topsy-turvy months concerning the debt ceiling. No one’s rattled yet. All it could take is a market shock to spark panic. The Treasury Department says the U.S. will hit the debt ceiling in early June. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the date falls later in the summer. No one truly knows. But that’s why some wonder about courting calm. “I would feel better if I (were) the markets based on the meeting I had today (with the President),” said McCarthy after the White House session. Not all House Republicans crave political tranquility. The GOP base — and certainly those aligned with former President Trump — regularly sow chaos. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., recently tangled with Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., at the first meeting of the House Natural Resources Committee over a proposal to bar lawmakers from bringing firearms into the panel’s hearing room.Boebert then charged that Huffman was “wasting time on political stunts.”
 
Big tech was a major target at CPAC, but conservatives building alternatives are facing challenges
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/big-tech-was-still-target-cpac-ambitions-parallel-economy-faded-rcna73446 
Big tech was in the crosshairs once again at one of the biggest annual gatherings of conservative politicians and personalities. In speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, elected officials, including Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, targeted big tech and the legal immunity companies enjoy under Section 230, which is being considered by the Supreme Court. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said in her speech Saturday: “I have called for 230 protections to be removed from these big tech companies who are hiding behind Section 230, and they are acting like editors rather than publishers.”
RELATED: Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-cpac-speech-2023-1234690989/ 
RELATED: Haley heckled as Trump movement asserts its dominance at shrunken CPAC
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/03/haley-trump-cpac-2024-presidential/ 
RELATED: The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023
https://newrepublic.com/article/170959/cpac-2023-bannon-trump-desantis 
 
Trump backs far-right campaign to abolish the Department of Education
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-backs-far-right-campaign-abolish-dept-education-rcna73733 
More than a decade later, the idea is apparently popular again in far-right circles: A few weeks ago, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced legislation to abolish the U.S. Department of Education altogether. Though the bill has no realistic chance of success, it’s picked up 17 Republican co-sponsors — and counting — and the list includes some familiar far-right figures, including Arizona’s Andy Biggs, Colorado’s Lauren Boebert, Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, Arizona’s Paul Gosar, and Florida’s Matt Gaetz.
 
Far-right US Republicans receive millions from new class of debt hardliners
https://www.ft.com/content/998f0ff9-e78f-415c-8bc4-c431dded76bc 
Typifying the new cohort are newcomer donors such as David Frecka, the former owner of an Ohio-based packaging company, Next Generation, and his wife, Brenda, who gave $1.5mn to House Freedom Action in the 2022 cycle.* They also gave $1.15mn to the Right Women Pac, a group that supported seven of the most conservative female House candidates in the last cycle, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, as well as $1mn to Club for Growth.
 
Senate candidate Ruben Gallego isn’t running from his trauma
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/08/ruben-gallego-senate-ptsd/ 
Boebert made the point that there were “unhinged” people out there, and that there were plenty of examples of political violence to point to as cautionary tales: the time a deranged gunman shot up a baseball practice attended by congressional Republicans; the 1954 attack on the Capitol by Puerto Rican nationalists. As Boebert spoke, Gallego, rested his hand on his chin and raised his eyebrows. “The member from Colorado forgot to mention January 6th, which was also an assault on representatives,” Gallego said. “Yes, it was awful when Ashli Babbitt was murdered,” Boebert interrupted, referring to the woman who was shot and killed by Capitol Police while attempting to climb through a shattered window into the Speaker’s Lobby.
 
Jared Moskowitz, Jamie Raskin blast Lauren Boebert over COVID-19 ‘amnesia’
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/592638-jared-moskowitz-jamie-raskin-blast-lauren-boebert-over-covid-19-amnesia/ 
 
Personnel Office head to Rep. Lauren Boebert: “You’re basing that from 2020, which is in the last administration.”
https://therecount.com/watch/personnel-office-head-to-rep/2645888809 
 
Lauren Boebert Interrupts Committee Hearing over White Supremacist Comment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lauren-boebert-interrupts-committee-hearing-over-white-supremacist-comment/vi-AA18pXVn 
 
Republicans Hate “Transgenderism”—but Is That All They Hate?
https://newrepublic.com/article/171035/republicans-hate-transgenderism 
 
Boebert to hold mobile office hours in Otero County
https://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/2023/03/09/boebert-to-hold-mobile-office-hours-in-otero-county/ 
 
Boebert announces she’ll be a 36-year-old grandmother when her 17-year-old son’s partner gives birth
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/10/lauren-boebert-grandmother/ 
Boebert revealed this family news at a women’s breakfast during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland that ended last weekend, where she received a “mothers of influence” award.  Boebert addressed women and men at the breakfast after accepting the award. “I’m going to tell you all for the first time in a public setting that, not only am I a mother of four boys, but, come April, I will be a ‘Gigi’ to a brand new grandson,” she said. Boebert’s son Tyler, when she talked with him about becoming a grandmother, pointed out that Boebert made her own mother a grandmother at 36 and he suggested it was “hereditary,” Boebert told those at the breakfast.
RELATED: Rep. Lauren Boebert, 36, announces her first grandchild will be born in April
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-lauren-boebert-36-announces-first-grandchild-born-april 
RELATED: Rep. Lauren Boebert, 36, reveals she will be a grandmother
https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/lauren-boebert-36-reveals-she-will-be-a-grandmother/ 
RELATED: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, 36, is about to be a grandma
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-colorado-rep-lauren-boebert-grandmother-at-36-20230310-gib7pd5ks5f5pmmi7eqsbggnri-story.html 
RELATED: Boebert announces she will be a grandmother at 36 next month, touts choosing ‘life’ over ‘fear’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lauren-boebert-announces-grandmother-touts-life-over-fear 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert rails against sex-ed then announces her teen son is having a baby
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/lauren-boebert-rails-against-sex-ed-now-her-teen-son-is-having-a-baby/ 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert trashes sex-ed — then announces teen son is making her a “36-year-old grandmother”
https://www.salon.com/2023/03/09/lauren-boebert-trashes-ed–then-announces-teen-son-is-making-her-a-36-year-old-grandmother/ 

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Boebert Co-Sponsors Resolution to End U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/02/boebert-co-sponsors-resolution-to-end-u-s-military-aid-to-ukraine/52092/ 
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is among a group of nearly a dozen far-right Republicans who have co-sponsored a House resolution that calls for an end of all U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine. The resolution, which was introduced by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) earlier this month, claims that by providing aid to Ukraine, the U.S. is “inadvertently contributing to civilian casualties.” Tens of thousands of civilians have died and millions more have fled Ukraine since Russia started its full-scale invasion of the country on Feb. 24, 2022.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert mocked after seeming to forget Alaska and Hawaii are states in US map meme
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lauren-boebert-mocked-seeming-forget-204621482.html 
RELATED: Some Ukrainians Think GOP Talk About Cutting Ukraine Aid Is All Bluster
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-aid-gop_n_63f93c1ce4b0735bf877d882 
 
Boebert focuses unfortunate attention on Trump’s Covid record
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/boebert-focuses-unfortunate-attention-trumps-covid-record-rcna72901 
In August 2020, William Saletan put together a timeline of events for Slate, and in hindsight, it’s tough to read the piece without cringing. On Jan. 10, for example, after Trump received a briefing on developments in Wuhan, he told Fox News: “We have a great relationship with China right now, so I don’t want to speak badly of anyone.” Nearly two weeks later, Trump assured the public that China “is in very good shape” and he was “not at all” concerned about a possible pandemic. When CNBC asked the Republican on Jan. 22, “Do you trust that we’re going to know everything we need to know from China?” Trump responded, “I do. I have a great relationship with President Xi.”
RELATED: Republicans keep forgetting who the U.S. president was in 2020
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-keep-forgetting-us-president-was-2020-rcna72870 
 
The 2024 elections may feel far off, but in Colorado’s most contested House districts, they’re already looming
https://www.cpr.org/2023/02/25/colorado-2024-election-lauren-boebert-yadira-caraveo/ 
The next federal election is more than 20 months away, but behind the scenes, political forces are already gearing up for Colorado to be back in the national spotlight. The state’s two marquee races in 2024 will be Republican Lauren Boebert in congressional district 3 and Democrat Yadira Caraveo in congressional district 8, both of whom won by extremely slender margins. Last year, Caraveo beat Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer by 0.7 percent of the vote in the toss-up seat. Boebert won against her Democratic rival, Adam Frish, by 0.2 percent of the vote in a race that on paper favored Republicans by +9, according to the state’s independent redistricting commission. 
RELATED: Three months after close defeat, Frisch gears up to face Boebert again
https://jewishinsider.com/2023/02/adam-frisch-colorado-lauren-boebert-2024/ 
 
House’s MAGA wing torn over Trump as loyalists eye other 2024 candidates
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/28/politics/house-maga-members-2024-trump/index.html 
To be sure, Trump has his fair share of loyal allies on Capitol Hill. A number of Republicans have already pledged their support to Trump, including Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Lauren Boebert of Colorado. And more are expected to follow suit, especially since Trump has built a lot of goodwill on Capitol Hill through playing in primaries.
 
Boebert Gets Double Billing at Right-Wing Conference in Washington DC
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/03/boebert-gets-double-billing-at-right-wing-conference-in-washington-dc/52124/ 
Members of Congress won’t be hard to find at this year’s Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), which started yesterday just outside Washington, D.C.: 28 are scheduled to speak, either solo or as a part of a panel discussion. Yet, according to the current agenda, of those nine senators and 19 representatives, only Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has two solo speaking appearances. Both of Boebert’s speeches are scheduled for this Saturday, the final day of the conference and the one that typically features the most prominent speakers. Boebert kicks off CPAC’s last day bright and early with the Women’s Breakfast, hosted by Moms for America (MFA), a conservative Christian mothers advocacy group.
RELATED: Why some big-name Republicans are skipping CPAC, even as Trump, 2024 hopefuls gather
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-2024-hopefuls-gather-cpac-big-names-stay/story?id=97556450 
 
Big Oil Booster: Boebert Pushes Industry-Backed Effort to Cut Drilling Regulations
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/02/big-oil-booster-boebert-pushes-industry-backed-effort-to-cut-drilling-regulations/52107/ 
 
Lauren Boebert, George Santos Co-Sponsor Bill To Make AR-15 The ‘National Gun’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/02/26/lauren-boebert-george-santos-co-sponsor-bill-to-make-ar-15-the-national-gun/?sh=dd7ea9424661 
RELATED: House Republicans Launch Bid to Make AR-15-Style Rifles the “National Gun”
https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/ar-15-national-gun-boebert-santos/ 
 
Democrats push to end security exemption on Capitol Hill as Republicans demand the right to carry guns
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-push-end-security-exemption-capitol-hill-republicans-demand-rcna71673 
 
Hunter Biden, COVID-19: Why are House Republicans focusing on Twitter, other social media firms?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/28/congress-social-media-influence-twitter-facebook/11358839002/ 
 
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s amendment passes in House
https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/rep-lauren-boeberts-amendment-passes-in-house/ 
 
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/02/24/shooters-grill-boebert-rifle-replaced-mexican-restaurant-tapatios/ 
RELATED: Restaurant replacing Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill gets liquor license approved
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/restaurant-replace-lauren-boebert-shooters-grill/73-6470fa22-110f-41ab-8116-69ded1516b14 
 
Secretary of State dismisses allegations of campaign finance violations filed against Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario
https://www.postindependent.com/news/secretary-of-state-dismisses-allegations-of-campaign-finance-violations-filed-against-garfield-county-sheriff-lou-vallario/