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Boebert’s Vote for a Debt Ceiling Bill Reflects Her Longtime Opposition to Government ‘Benefits’
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/04/boeberts-vote-for-a-debt-ceiling-bill-reflects-her-longtime-opposition-to-government-benefits/53138/ 
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on Wednesday voted for a bill put forward by House Republicans that raises the debt ceiling, cuts spending, and repeals key elements of President Biden’s agenda. “The bill that passed the House yesterday is the Congresswoman’s position on the debt ceiling,” Boebert’s press secretary Jake Settle told the Colorado Times Recorder in an email on Thursday. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as the final version of the House bill included a number of provisions that were also featured in a House Freedom Caucus proposal unveiled last month. 
 
Boebert lauds health center grant despite voting no on bill to fund it
https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2023/04/27/lauren-boebert-lauds-grant-despite-voting-no-on-bill-to-fund-it/70131182007/ 
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s office recently issued a press release to celebrate a $5.1 million grant for Pueblo Community Health Center, but Boebert voted against the bill funding it because of what the release called “Democrat poison pills” in the legislation. Most congressional Republicans voted no on the 2023 appropriations act. The grant was secured during the appropriations process in a bill approved by Congress in December 2022. In an interview with the Chieftain, Boebert said the final bill was over a thousand pages and included “amendments that were not germane.”
 
Nashville congressman drops bill expanding teachers’ Second Amendment rights, ‘ensure our kids are safe’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nashville-congressman-drops-bill-expanding-teachers-second-amendment-rights 
“If Congress is serious about preventing school shootings, it needs to harden schools, allow teachers to take self-defense training, and modernize school firearm policies when over half of states recognize Constitutional Carry,” Boebert said. “Protecting the Second Amendment is the most effective way to prevent violence in our communities and to stop school shootings,” she continued. “Gun free zones are dangerous, since they create vulnerable targets.” Boebert added that “Republicans need to defeat the myth that gun control is the solution to school shootings, and we need to show that we are serious about protecting the Second Amendment while also protecting students from evil murderers.”
 
Colorado’s members of Congress react to president Biden’s re-election announcement
https://www.cpr.org/2023/04/25/biden-reelection-run-colorado-delegation/ 
Western Slope Republican Lauren Boebert endorsed Trump for president in March. The conservative representatives has been a strong backer of Trump’s. After Biden’s announcement, she tweeted “America will not be rewarding his failures with another term & I hope you will all join me in fighting hard to re-elect President Donald J. Trump!”
RELATED: Colorado lawmakers react to President Biden’s declaration that he’s running for a second term
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/colorado-republicans-democrats-react-joe-biden-reelection-campaign/article_f32ae5a0-e3b5-11ed-828c-97daa6edbe72.html 
RELATED: Colorado’s U.S. senators cheer President Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-senators-cheer-president-joe-biden-decision-run-reelection/ 
 
Bye George! Here are the weak GOP seats that could let Dems win the House in ’24
https://www.salon.com/2023/04/23/bye-george-here-are-the-weak-seats-that-could-let-dems-win-the-in-24/ 
Rep. Lauren Boebert (Colorado 3rd district) — One of the biggest surprises of 2022 was something that didn’t quite happen, as the ultra-MAGA Colorado congresswoman with a passion for firearms and a colorful past was re-elected by a whisker, eventually beating Democrat Adam Frisch by about 600 votes, the closest congressional race anywhere in the country. Frisch plans to be back for a rematch, and according to Punchbowl News, Republicans now view Boebert as their most vulnerable incumbent next year. Money won’t be her problem: Boebert brought in a formidable $764,000 in Q1 after a previous-cycle total of more than $7 million, but Frisch is also pulling in national money, garnering $500,000 within just three days of launching his 2024 bid, with donors checking in from all 50 states.
 
Lawmakers are worked up about Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox News
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/politicians-reactions-to-tucker-carlsons-departure-00093500 
“I STAND WITH TUCKER CARLSON!” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wrote on Twitter. Kari Lake, a former Arizona gubernatorial candidate and television host, congratulated Carlson on the move. “The best decision I ever made was leaving Fox. Good for you, @TuckerCarlson. You’re free & uncensored!” she tweeted.
RELATED: Tucker Carlson & Don Lemon Exits Draw Strong Reactions From ‘The View’ Hosts, Sean Hannity, ‘The Daily Show’ & Many More
https://deadline.com/2023/04/tucker-carlson-don-lemon-leaving-reactions-1235335083/ 
RELATED: With Tucker Carlson’s ouster, House GOP loses a key ally – and agitator
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/with-tucker-carlsons-ouster-house-gop-loses-key-ally-agitator/ 
RELATED: How Tucker Carlson rode a wave of populist outrage
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65381815 
 
Rep. Lauren Boebert Lists What Patriots Should Be Willing To Do And… It’s Something
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-lauren-boebert-lists-patriots-083002902.html 
Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) drew criticism for her rallying cry to so-called patriots during an event in Texas this week. Donald Trump-loving Boebert called for “boldness” from the audience as she listed what she — and they — should be prepared to do in the name of what she claimed was patriotism. “I will do what’s right. I don’t care if it costs me an election,” Boebert said. “I don’t care if the school principal gets mad at me or the county commissioners get upset at me, or if the flight attendant kicks me off the plane.”
RELATED: Lauren Boebert tells her MAGA mob to disrupt flights, even if it gets them kicked off a plane
https://boingboing.net/2023/04/27/lauren-boebert-tells-her-maga-mob-to-disrupt-flights-even-if-it-gets-them-kicked-off-a-plane.html 
 
Colorado leaders are rallying against a railway project that would carry crude oil along the Colorado River
https://www.cpr.org/2023/04/27/colorado-uinta-basin-railway-project-opposition/ 
The train would run along the river in a large portion of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s district. The Garfield County Republican has been critical of the Biden Administration amid recent train derailments but is outspoken in her support for oil and gas. Her office did not respond to repeated requests for comments for this story. 
 
Colorado elected officials across political spectrum want to be allowed to block people on social media
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/28/colorado-twitter-block-first-amendment-legislature/ 
 
GOP call for Ukraine peace talks echoes bungled progressive letter
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3963522-gop-call-for-ukraine-peace-talks-echoes-bungled-progressive-letter/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Says Liberals Using Earth Day to ‘Divide’
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-says-democrats-using-earth-day-divide-1796094 
 
Lauren Boebert Slams Biden’s Plan to Penalize Homebuyers With Good Credit
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-slams-biden-plan-penalize-homebuyers-good-credit-1796770 
 
Community summit kicks off talks on how best to protect Crystal River
https://aspenjournalism.org/community-summit-kicks-off-talks-on-how-best-to-protect-crystal-river/ 
 
Parents are outraged that Lauren Boebert was allowed to speak to students at their school
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/parents-are-outraged-that-lauren-boebert-was-allowed-to-speak-to-students-at-their-school/ 
 
Lauren Boebert’s husband involved in ATV altercation
https://soprissun.com/lauren-boeberts-husband-involved-in-atv-altercation/ 
 
‘Choosing teenage sex’: Lauren Boebert roasted for defending teen son impregnating underage girlfriend
https://www.alternet.org/choosing-teenage-lauren-boebert/ 

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Adam Frisch outraises Lauren Boebert ahead of potential 2024 rematch
https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/frisch-outraises-boebert-2024-rematch/ 
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Silt has consistently ranked as one of Colorado’s top congressional fundraisers since her election to the 3rd District seat in 2020, raking in small-dollar contributions from a national network of grassroots conservative donors. But in her bid to win a third term next year, she may have to overcome an even more prolific fundraising effort by her likely Democratic challenger. Adam Frisch, a former Aspen City Council member who lost to Boebert by just 546 votes in the 2022 election, raised more than $1.7 million in the first quarter of 2023 — more than double the $763,000 raised by Boebert in the same period, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert’s Democratic challenger Adam Frisch towers over the competition in 1st quarter fundraising
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/adam-frischbeats-lauren-boebert-first-quarter-fundraising/article_d76680a4-dd61-11ed-b76d-7f7ec2d08bcc.html 
RELATED: Frisch outraises Boebert in donations
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/frisch-outraises-boebert-in-donations/article_8e8da166-dd50-11ed-a4ba-9f1814e8c7aa.html 
RELATED: Adam Frisch gets off to hot fundraising start in his 2024 rematch with Lauren Boebert
https://coloradosun.com/2023/04/17/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-fundraising/ 
RELATED: Poll, fundraising favor Frisch election bid in 2024
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/poll-fundraising-favor-frisch-election-bid-in-2024/article_aa0c51da-dae4-11ed-b18c-0b7a3b2fa159.html 
RELATED: Adam Frisch raising more than Lauren Boebert in bid to take Colorado seat in 2024
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/15/frisch-boebert-2024-fundraising/11672858002/ 
RELATED: From highs to lows, FEC reports offer an early 2024 temperature
https://rollcall.com/2023/04/17/from-highs-to-lows-fec-reports-offer-an-early-2024-temperature/ 
RELATED: District updates: Tight race in one, tough spot in another
https://kdvr.com/copov/copov-full-episodes/district-updates-tight-race-in-one-tough-spot-in-another/ 
 
A Super PAC Targets Greene, Gaetz, Boebert and Others on the Far Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-boebert-gaetz.html 
A bipartisan group of political operatives — spanning the ideological spectrum from former members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus to a Democrat who challenged Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — has started a political action committee aimed at “stopping MAGA” and eradicating what the operatives call an authoritarian streak among some Republican lawmakers.
 
Gaetz, Boebert and Biggs raised big bucks off their opposition to McCarthy
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/18/the-mccarthy-speaker-fight-gop-fundraisers-00092577 
The House Republicans who were the most vocal in opposing Kevin McCarthy’s bid for Speaker reaped substantial financial rewards for it, new campaign finance filings show. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who referred to McCarthy as the “biggest alligator” in a swamp-themed fundraising email in early January, reported his top fundraising days among itemized donors on Jan. 6 and Jan. 7. Such strong fundraising days early in the quarter are unusual and suggest the Speaker fight was a significant driver of donations. The Florida congressman brought in a total of roughly $675,000 during the first quarter, including more than $480,000 from donors giving less than $200 — a sign of enthusiasm from the party’s small-dollar base.
 
GOP lawmakers urge Biden to stop sending ‘unrestrained’ aid, weapons to Ukraine
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3961754-gop-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-stop-sending-unrestrained-aid-weapons-to-ukraine/ 
“Our national and economic security demand an alternative. Unrestrained U.S. aid for Ukraine must come to an end, and we will adamantly oppose all future aid packages unless they are linked to a clear diplomatic strategy designed to bring this war to a rapid conclusion.” The lawmakers also said that Biden should prioritize more diplomatic efforts to advocate for a peace agreement between the two countries. The letter was signed by 19 Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah.), Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-K.Y.), and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). 
 
GOP lawmakers urge Supreme Court to let abortion pill restrictions take effect
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/gop-thune-scalise-supreme-court-abortion-pills 
What we’re watching: The handful of signers facing competitive elections in 2024 should expect it to come up in attacks on the campaign trail, two Democratic operatives told Axios. Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) are top targets for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — which blasted Boebert last week for signing the 5th Circuit brief.
 
Birth Control Is Next
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/birth-control-is-next-republicans-abortion.html 
Two years ago, in Missouri, Republicans tried to ban public funding for IUDs and emergency contraception in a bill that would have made those forms of birth control ineligible for Medicaid coverage. (“Anything that destroys that life is abortion, it’s not birth control,” said the state senator who spearheaded the legislation.) During the 2022 appropriations process in Congress, Rep. Lauren Boebert attempted to bar federal funds from being used on “abortifacient contraceptive drugs,” and Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale proposed adding emergency contraception to a provision prohibiting the federal funding of abortion.
 
U.S. House approves bill banning transgender student athletes in girls sports
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/04/20/u-s-house-approves-bill-banning-transgender-student-athletes-in-girls-sports/ 
U.S. House Republicans voted Thursday to prohibit transgender student athletes from competing on girls sports teams consistent with their gender identity, at the same time multiple GOP-dominated states are making similar moves. The bill, H.R. 734, which would apply to K-12 schools as well as colleges that receive federal funding, passed on a party-line vote of 219-203. Of the three Republican members of the Colorado congressional delegation, Doug Lamborn voted in favor of the measure, but Lauren Boebert and Ken Buck were recorded as not voting. The bill has no chance of success in the U.S. Senate, which is narrowly controlled by Democrats.
 
Water attorney says tribes should have seat at table in Colorado River discussions
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/tribes-reclamation-analysis-colorado-river-negotiations/article_962041de-dd4d-11ed-94ad-4333e901daf0.html 
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, the Silt Republican whose congressional district contains the Colorado River from just downstream from its headwaters to the Utah border, told Colorado Politics in an email that she will continue fighting for Coloradans. “The Colorado River is called the Colorado River for a reason,” Boebert said. “I will keep working to put the people of Colorado and our interests first as we work to find solutions to western drought. Six states representing millions of people came together to produce a solution, but California failed to show up to the table and negotiate in good faith. Now, millions of people are being held hostage by California’s willful incompetence.”
 
Here are the House, Senate members who have endorsed Trump for 2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3955314-here-are-the-house-senate-members-who-have-endorsed-trump-for-2024/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Got Called Out For Hypocrisy After Expressing Disgust Over Alec Baldwin’s Dropped Charges In The Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting
https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-alec-baldwin-rust-guns-charges-dismissed/ 
 
New GOP challenger says 3rd District voters ‘are done with Lauren Boebert like they’re done with winter’
https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/new-gop-challenger-says-3rd-district-voters-are-done-with-lauren-boebert-like-theyre-done-with-winter/ 
 
Glenwood Springs’ first drag storytime was a success
https://www.postindependent.com/news/glenwood-springs-first-drag-storytime-was-a-success/ 
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Silt, shared tweets last year telling drag queens to stay out of her district with storytimes, and recently posted divisive tweets against the trans community. If anything, the Arauzas joined Bluebird Cafe Justin Bishop in being more concerned about the people who have political opinions against the Divas and other members of the LGBTQ+ community. “There was nothing about that event that was inappropriate for my children,” Steven said. “It is highly inappropriate for bigoted people to sexualize children’s events for political gain, which was the reason why we had to have security as a thing in the first place.”
RELATED: Storytime just got glamorous: Roaring Divas host a reading at the Bluebird Cafe
https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/2023-04-20/storytime-just-got-glamorous-roaring-divas-host-a-reading-at-the-bluebird-cafe 
 
How Lauren Boebert’s visit to a rural Colorado school started a small revolt against the district
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/21/lauren-boebert-dolores-school-visit/ 
Disagreement seemed inevitable, as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is a polarizing figure. But Dolores School District Superintendent Reece Blincoe didn’t think the issue would linger for as long as it has or turn quite as sour for his small community in rural, southwest Colorado. Blincoe, a principal and other officials have been under fire for weeks from a group of parents angry and concerned that the district invited Boebert to speak to several hundred students at Dolores Middle & High School last month for a civics discussion that turned somewhat political. Parents within the district say they were blocked from attending or watching the congresswoman’s address to the students when they voiced concern ahead of time. And they’re worried about the message that hosting Boebert sends to the students.
 
Lauren Boebert’s Son Fails to Show in Court — Unbeknownst to Mom
https://www.westword.com/news/lauren-boebert-son-tyler-court-hearing-no-show-16620543 

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Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch tied among likely 2024 voters, new poll says
https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/boebert-frisch-tied-like-poll 
The poll, conducted by progressive organizations ProgressNow Colorado and Global Strategy Group, surveyed 500 likely voters and 100 unaffiliated likely voters in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District between March 29 and April 2. It has a 4.4% margin of error. “Lauren Boebert, in a Republican-leaning district, is tied going into the 2024 presidential election cycle,” ProgressNow Colorado executive direct Sara Loflin said of the results. The race was unexpectedly close in the 2022 midterms. Boebert, the highly controversial conservative lawmaker, beat Frisch by just 546 votes in the right-leaning district. It was redrawn in the recent redistricting process and favors a Republican candidate by 9 percentage points.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger Adam Frisch in dead heat, new poll shows
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/lauren-boebert-and-democratic-challenger-adam-frisch-in-dead-heat-new-poll-shows/article_4263ef26-d886-11ed-9cf9-ef052dbfd64a.html 
RELATED: Poll: Rep. Boebert-Frisch tied in 2024 rematch
https://kdvr.com/news/local/poll-rep-boebert-frisch-tied-in-2024-rematch/ 
RELATED: Boebert, Democratic challenger tied ahead of possible 2024 rematch: poll
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3946732-boebert-democratic-challenger-tied-ahead-of-possible-2024-rematch-poll/ 
RELATED: Going down? Lauren Boebert’s 2024 chances not looking good
https://fightsaga.com/stories/going-down-lauren-boeberts-2024-chances-not-looking-good/
RELATED: Read the April 2023 issue of the Mountaineer
https://globalstrategygroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Mountaineer-Q1-CO-03-Report-F04.10.23.pdf 
 
Texas judge’s abortion pill ruling supported by 69 Republicans in Congress
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/04/12/texas-judges-abortion-pill-ruling-supported-by-69-republicans-in-congress/ 
A group of 69 congressional Republicans is backing a federal judge’s ruling that would overturn the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The 11 GOP senators and 58 House lawmakers, including Lauren Boebert and Doug Lamborn of Colorado, who filed a brief in the appeals case, broke the relative silence from Republicans in Congress on the Friday ruling, though no members of leadership signed onto the brief. “By approving and deregulating chemical abortion drugs, the FDA has not followed Congress’ statutorily prescribed drug approval process and has subverted Congress’ critical public policy interests in upholding patient welfare,” the GOP lawmakers wrote.
 
Republicans Dust Off Anti-D.C. Playbook to Sound Tough on Crime
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/republicans-dust-off-anti-d-c-playbook-to-sound-tough-on-crime 
“It’s their capital,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said of his constituents. “Their capital is getting overrun by crime, they want to be able to come here and try to live safely.” But some Republicans came under fire for the tone of their remarks. Rep. Gary Palmer (Ala.), a member of GOP leadership, faced blowback for calling D.C. schools “inmate factories.” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) inaccurately said the criminal code Congress overthrew was still law, and she pressed a witness about his nonexistent support for decriminalization of public urination. “People who watched it might have become more sympathetic to the District,” Mendelson said of Boebert’s line of questioning.
RELATED: Jamie Raskin Tells Hilarious Yarn Of Boebert’s Obsession With and Confusion Over Public Urination
https://politizoom.com/jamie-raskin-tells-hilarious-yarn-of-boeberts-obsession-with-and-confusion-over-public-urination/ 
 
Musk, Boebert call to ‘defund’ NPR after it quit Twitter
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3946934-musk-boebert-call-to-defund-npr-after-it-quit-twitter/ 
Elon Musk and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called for NPR to be defunded after the outlet announced it would no longer use Twitter due to the social media platform slapping it with a “government-funded media” label. “Defund @NPR,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after sharing an email that said the media outlet was no longer using Twitter. Boebert responded to the Musk Tweet by saying “I’ve been saying that for quite some time! Let’s get it done!”
 
Lauren Boebert Boasts of Record Hearings Despite ‘Very Little to Show’
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-wasting-taxpayer-money-self-owns-1793988 
Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert is boasting about the number of committee hearings House Republicans are holding because “they have almost nothing else to brag about,” according to a prominent academic. Republicans have launched several investigations targeting the Biden administration in recent months, with Lauren Boebert saying the House GOP had “set a new record for the amount of hearings in a single day,” with no group ever having “worked harder to get this country back on track.” The GOP took control of the House of Representatives in January, following the November midterm elections, though crucially they are still a minority in the Senate. After taking over, House Republicans launched a number of investigations including into the 2021 fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the Biden family’s “domestic and international business dealings” and what they called the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.
 
Not all Republicans feel ‘Ukraine fatigue,’ as GOP splits over continued aid
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/04/09/not-all-republicans-feel-ukraine-fatigue-as-gop-splits-over-continued-aid/ 
 
Top water attorney, state officials say fed’s Colorado River drought proposal should spur action
https://gazette.com/premium/reclamation-water-analysis-colorado-river-basin-states/article_f0bd9d37-8147-52fd-aa86-8791c3149df8.html 
 
Outside Groups Already Targeting Lauren Boebert
https://politicalwire.com/2023/04/11/outside-groups-already-targeting-lauren-boebert/ 
 
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz slated to attend La Plata County GOP dinner
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/u-s-rep-matt-gaetz-slated-to-attend-la-plata-county-gop-dinner/ 
 
Lauren Boebert cites made-up ‘version’ of the Declaration of Independence
https://www.alternet.org/lauren-boebert-declaration-of-independence/ 
 
‘They can’t even afford crayons’: Lauren Boebert dragged over fear of arming ‘woke teachers’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/they-can-t-even-afford-crayons-lauren-boebert-dragged-over-fear-of-arming-woke-teachers/ar-AA19DTWs 
 
Lauren Boebert cries “terrorism” after students shut down transphobic speech
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/lauren-boebert-cries-terrorism-after-students-shut-down-transphobic-speech/ 
 
Anonymous says it has obtained Republican credentials, secrets
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/anonymous-says-it-has-obtained-republican-credentials-secrets/article_4f9ff26a-d7bf-11ed-b49e-978165b8c6b5.html 
 
The Trump Base Is Blamed for GOP Woes in Colorado, But Powerful Conservative Institutions Promote the Same Conspiracism and Trump Extremism. Here’s a List.
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/04/the-trump-base-is-blamed-for-gop-woes-in-colorado-but-powerful-conservative-institutions-promote-the-same-conspiracism-and-trump-extremism-heres-a-list/52825/ 
 
Carbondale Republican to challenge Boebert
https://progressnowcolorado.actionkit.com/go/337549?t=25&ak_proof=1&akid=10482%2E12%2EDBnPAe article_38b3af90-d7ee-11ed-91d2-f345a55579c1.html?no_redirect=1
RELATED: Roaring Fork Valley Republican aims to unseat Boebert in primary
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/roaring-fork-valley-republican-aims-to-unseat-boebert-in-primary/article_07329228-d8e9-11ed-ad83-6748b5947975.html 
 
Twitter fails to report some political ads after promising transparency
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/twitter-political-ads-transparency-00091077 
 
Election bill would expand voting in tribal nations, put financial disclosures online in Colorado
https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/election-bill-expand-voting-in-tribal-nations-financial-disclosures-colorado/ 
In the weeks after Election Day last year, people from the campaigns for Rep. Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch hounded voters on certain counties’ cure lists, as the race was extremely close.
 
Lauren Boebert’s Eldest Son’s Car Wreck Injured Friend, Led to Criminal Charges
https://www.westword.com/news/lauren-boebert-son-car-wreck-injured-friend-16586981 
Like mother, like son. On September 17, 2022, Representative Lauren Boebert’s eldest son, Tyler, was issued a “careless driving causing bodily injury” ticket in connection with a late-night car crash in which he flipped his father’s SUV into a Garfield County creek bed. Noble D’Amato, a nineteen-year-old friend of Tyler’s who was riding shotgun, wound up hospitalized with multiple concussions and a severely lacerated hand. “I still have problems with my hand,” D’Amato says. “My thumb almost got cut off. It prevented me from getting a welding job, because I can’t hold a TIG torch anymore. I’m a personal-care provider now.”
RELATED: Lauren Boebert accused of covering up car crash that left teen severely injured while her son was driving
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lauren-boebert-son-tyler-car-accident-b2317410.html 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert’s Son Fails to Show in Court — Unbeknownst to Mom
https://www.westword.com/news/lauren-boebert-son-tyler-court-hearing-no-show-16620543 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert’s Son Accused of Special Treatment After Car Accident
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-son-accused-special-treatment-after-car-accident-1793521 
 
Lauren Boebert uses upcoming birth of her first grandchild to bash trans people
https://www.queerty.com/lauren-boebert-uses-upcoming-birth-of-her-first-grandchild-to-bash-trans-people-20230413 

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Money pours into early days of Adam Frisch’s second campaign to unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/06/adam-frisch-lauren-boebert-2024-money/ 
In just over seven weeks since Adam Frisch announced his second campaign to unseat far-right incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, he’s boosted his war chest by well over seven figures, his campaign announced Thursday. To date, the former Aspen City councilman has raised $1.7 million, “shattering expectations,” Frisch said in a statement. That much money shows a clear break from the slow start his 2022 campaign had, largely due to the national attention he earned by almost unseating Boebert. During the first quarter of that campaign, Frisch had raised $232,575, federal data shows.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert challenger Adam Frisch tops $1.7 million for 1st quarter in Colorado’s 3rd CD
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/lauren-boebert-challenger-adam-frisch-tops-1-7-million-for-1st-quarter-in-colorados-3rd/article_0c869ee0-d484-11ed-a912-2fd0b5662360.html 
RELATED: Boebert’s Democratic challenger raises $1.7M in first quarter
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3937333-boeberts-democratic-challenger-raises-1-7m-in-first-quarter/ 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert challenger raises more than $1.7 million in first quarter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/lauren-boebert-challenger-raises-hefty-sum-first-quarter 
 
House Democrats include Lauren Boebert on initial list of targeted GOP-held seats
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/lauren-boebert-democrats-target-colorado-election/article_34eef64e-d262-11ed-a33e-172dc438c8f9.html 
National Democrats will work to unseat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in next year’s election, the House Democratic campaign arm said Monday in an announcement unveiling an initial list of targeted GOP-held seats. The Colorado Republican from Silt, who narrowly won reelection to a second term last year, is among the Republican incumbents representing districts the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considers vulnerable in the 2024 cycle, the committee said. A DCCC spokesman suggested that Boebert’s national profile and prominent alignment with former President Donald Trump could work against her.
RELATED: Democrats eager to take on Boebert again after near-upset
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3939359-democrats-eager-to-take-on-boebert-again-after-near-upset/ 
RELATED: House Democrats targeting 33 GOP-held and open seats next year
https://rollcall.com/2023/04/03/house-democrats-targeting-33-gop-held-and-open-seats-next-year/ 
RELATED: Democrats are betting Republicans’ defense of Donald Trump’s criminal charges will age like milk on the 2024 campaign trail
https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-bet-republican-defense-donald-trump-indictment-charges-age-poorly-2023-4 
RELATED: House Dems target Trump districts for ambitious 2024 push
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/democrats-trump-districts-2024-elections 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert’s narrow midterm election victory makes her a target for Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/lauren-boeberts-narrow-midterm-election-victory-makes-her-target-democrats 
 
A well-funded, dark-money political group that opposed Cory Gardner reemerges to take on Lauren Boebert in 2024
https://coloradosun.com/2023/04/05/lauren-boebert-rocky-mountain-values/ 
A dark-money political group aligned with Democrats that worked to block Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s reelection two years ago has been revived to target GOP U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s as she vies for a third term representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. Rocky Mountain Values, a nonprofit that doesn’t have to disclose its donors, is among the first major political groups to target Boebert’s 2024 reelection effort, though it likely won’t be the last after the congresswoman narrowly won a second term in November. The organization kicked off its latest campaign Monday in Durango, the same day the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it will target Boebert next year.
RELATED: Liberal advocacy group that pestered Cory Gardner relaunches with focus on Lauren Boebert
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/liberal-advocacy-group-that-pestered-cory-gardner-relaunches-with-focus-on-lauren-boebert/article_2066f322-d300-11ed-9212-cba56d69e1be.html 
RELATED: Groups already targeting Boebert seat in 2024
https://kdvr.com/news/local/groups-already-targeting-boebert-seat-in-2024/ 
RELATED: Boebert challenger Adam Frisch wins nod from bipartisan No Labels organization
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/lauren-boebert-no-labels-adam-frisch-colorado/article_1e789ed2-d00b-11ed-ab35-0ba4d911c82d.html 
 
Boebert Touts Record As Champion of Water Conservation, Cites Bill She Voted Against
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/03/boebert-touts-record-as-champion-of-water-conservation-cites-bill-she-voted-against/52616/ 
On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO)’s office sent out a press release that contained the following sentence: “Congresswoman Boebert is a strong advocate for rural water storage projects, and in the House FY 2023 appropriations package, she secured $229.26 million for water conservation and delivery projects and an additional $50 million for rural water projects that will help combat western drought.” However, according to records from the House of Representatives, H. R. 2617 – an appropriations bill which allocated spending for the 2023 fiscal year – passed a vote mostly along party lines in December. Lauren Boebert was one of 200 house Republicans who voted not to pass the bill. This is becoming something of a yearly pattern: last year, the Durango Herald reported that Boebert took credit for nine funding wins, coming from an appropriations bill that she also voted against.
 
Arm teachers, Lauren Boebert says following East High, Nashville shootings
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/colorado-in-dc/arm-teachers-lauren-boebert-says-following-east-high-nashville-shootings/article_c8f6b586-cfe5-11ed-96bc-1ff3968ab8b1.html 
RELATED: Full List of Republicans Backing Bid to Erase Ban on Guns in Schools
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-republicans-backing-bid-erase-ban-guns-schools-1793220 
 
White House accuses GOP of helping Mexican drug cartels by targeting ATF
https://progressnowcolorado.actionkit.com/go/337488?t=22&akid=10470%2E4960%2EjlCCFlg-mexican-drug-cartels-targeting-atf-rcna78422?no_redirect=1 
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who once owned a restaurant named Shooters Grill, where the servers openly carried firearms, concurred, saying she was “still waiting to hear a good reason why the ATF should remain an agency at all.” Some, like Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., have suggested going even further by both defunding the ATF and eliminating the National Firearms Act, the primary legal authority for the agency.
 
Legislation would protect retardant amid litigation
https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/legislation-would-protect-fire-retardant-use/comment-page-1/ 
 
Lauren Boebert Dismisses ‘Fake’ CNN Poll About Trump Indictment
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dismisses-fake-cnn-poll-about-trump-indictment-1792324 
RELATED: Boebert Claims 60% Agreeing With Trump’s Indictment Is ‘Fake As Joe Biden’s White House Play Set’
https://politizoom.com/boebert-claims-60-agreeing-with-trumps-indictment-is-fake-as-joe-bidens-white-house-play-set/ 
RELATED: Lauren Boebert Compares Trump’s Arrest to ‘What Hitler Did’ in Germany
https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-compares-trump-arrest-hitler-germany-1792514 
 
Colorado Democrats elect Shad Murib as state party chair
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/colorado-democrats-elect-shad-murib-as-state-party-chair/article_885ebbce-d187-11ed-9182-4722e7db84f1.html 
“Sheriffs across the state refuse to enforce our gun safety laws. We have Republican county commissioners who won’t build affordable housing. They won’t enforce the oil and gas laws meant to keep our neighborhoods and schools safe. And Republican county clerks are straight up inviting corruption into their election offices,” Murib told the roughly 500 Democrats gathered at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel for the party’s biennial reorganization meeting. “Republicans have majorities in these seats across the state, and I believe the next frontier of Democratic politics must be local.” In addition to a focus on legislative and county offices, Murib said a goal of the party in 2024 will be to defend Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo in the battleground 8th Congressional District and work to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who won reelection last year in the 3rd Congressional District by the closest margin in the country in a congressional race.

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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/ 

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Boebert challenger Adam Frisch hauls in more than $500K within days of launching 2024 bid
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/boebert-challenger-adam-frisch-hauls-in-more-than-500k-within-days-of-launching-2024-bid/article_150b5112-b23a-11ed-9641-973e72d26c6b.html 
Adam Frisch, the Democrat vying for a 2024 rematch against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raised more than $500,000 within three days of announcing his candidacy last week in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, his campaign said. The former Aspen City Council member has received more than 15,000 individual donations since making his campaign official on Feb. 14, his campaign told Colorado Politics on Tuesday. That total includes donors from all 50 states and all 27 counties in the sprawling district, which covers most of the Western Slope, Pueblo County and Southern Colorado, a campaign spokeswoman said. The Silt Republican defeated Frisch for a second term in the closest congressional race in the county last year, prevailing by 546 votes out of more than 325,000 ballots cast, for a margin of just over 1/10th of a percentage point.
RELATED: Boebert Challenger Frisch Raises $500k in 3 Days After Announcing 2nd Run
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/02/boebert-challenger-frisch-raises-500k-in-3-days-following-announcing-2nd-run/51973/ 
RELATED: 2024 election races already heating up
https://kdvr.com/copov/copov-full-episodes/2024-election-races-already-heating-up/ 
RELATED: Gunnison veterinarian joining race to challenge Rep. Lauren Boebert
https://progressnowcolorado.actionkit.com/go/335394?t=7&ak_proof=1&akid=10402%2E12%2E18CE2s  
RELATED: Dem candidates talk about challenging Boebert
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/dem-candidates-talk-about-challenging-boebert/article_0b10cfa0-ad5a-11ed-9553-87f68d358f89.html 
 
Man Who Lost Narrow Race to Lauren Boebert Plots Redemption Run
https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-frish-who-lost-to-lauren-boebert-plots-redemption-run 
On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, Adam Frisch claims that while Boebert may have snagged the election by a slim margin of 546 votes, “she’s not focused on the job and she’s focused on herself.” He says this time around, he has been given the gift of time, and while he says he’s sticking “with the same plan” as last time, “the better thing is, is that we just have a lot more time… to get out there and have a chance to meet people and realize I’m a normal human being that truly cares and connects with, I think better than the alternative, the current alternative, when it comes to the them and their families and their businesses and their communities.
 
Initial House Ratings: Battle for Majority Starts as a Toss-up
https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/initial-house-ratings-battle-for-majority-starts-as-a-toss-up/ 
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R, CO-3), an in-your-face conservative who only barely won in a clearly GOP-leaning district in western Colorado, has not moderated her behavior at all in the aftermath of her near-loss. But observers on both sides of the aisle think she should be favored anyway because a more engaged and larger 2024 presidential electorate could help her stabilize her vote. This is something we sometimes hear from operatives: Near-miss upsets can occur precisely because a race isn’t heavily engaged with national money, perhaps lulling an incumbent (and maybe even voters themselves) into a false sense of security.
 
The Republicans who endorsed a Trump challenger in 2024
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/17/trump-challengers-republicans-presidential-election-2024 
 
EMILY’s List targeting 23 House Republicans over positions on abortion
https://fox4kc.com/politics/hill-politics/emilys-list-targeting-23-house-republicans-over-positions-on-abortion/ 
 
Ohio train derailment: Lauren Boebert slams Buttigieg for being ‘absent on the job’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/ohio-train-derailment-boebert-slams-buttigieg 
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) slammed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday for being “absent on the job” following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. Boebert claimed that Buttigieg’s admission that he should have spoken out sooner about the train derailment in Ohio “fell flat” and that the former mayor-turned-Cabinet secretary has been absent on his job. “This excuse falls completely flat. Pete is absent on the job and has been from day one,” Boebert tweeted in response to a Breitbart article.
RELATED: Lauren Boebert mocked Pete Buttigieg for wearing safety gear. Twitter was appalled.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/lauren-boebert-mocked-pete-buttigieg-for-wearing-safety-gear-twitter-was-appalled/ 
RELATED: Trump heads to Ohio as Biden critics assail wreck response
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-heads-to-ohio-as-biden-critics-assail-wreck-response/ 
 
Ahead of invasion anniversary, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduces ‘Ukraine Fatigue’ resolution
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/02/23/florida-rep–matt-gatez-introduces–ukraine-fatigue–bill-to-cut-country-s-aid 
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla, a leader of a small but vocal wing of isolationist Republicans in the House, has introduced a “Ukraine Fatigue” resolution seeking to end “military and financial aid” to Ukraine. “We must suspend all foreign aid for the War in Ukraine and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately,” Gaetz said in a statement. The measure is co-sponsored by 10 other House Republicans, including fellow Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, and conservative Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
 
Republicans unveil effort to remove Biden admin’s barriers blocking oil and gas drilling
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-unveil-effort-remove-biden-admins-barriers-blocking-oil-gas-drilling 
House Republicans introduced legislation Wednesday that they said would remove barriers slowing down oil and gas permitting on federal lands and, as a result, lead to lower gasoline prices for Americans. The American Energy Act — which was introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and cosponsored by 12 fellow Republicans — is designed to give energy companies increased certainty in the federal permitting process for oil and gas drilling in an effort to boost production and lower energy prices. Boebert said her bill would counter efforts from the Biden administration to introduce red tape and stifle production.
RELATED: Republican Leaders Want to Reinvent the Party’s Climate Image. The Far Right Won’t Let Them
https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/republicans-far-right-climate-change/ 
 
Mexican restaurant replacing Boebert’s former Shooters Grill, acquires liquor license
https://www.postindependent.com/news/mexican-restaurant-replacing-boeberts-former-shooters-grill-acquires-liquor-license/ 
 
Fact Check-Fabricated Lauren Boebert tweet about Jimmy Carter and vaccines created as satire
https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-fabricated-lauren-boebert-twe-idUSL1N35128K