The #SupremeCourt will return to the bench starting at 10 a.m. Friday to release its next round of 2024 decisions, with about a dozen major rulings expected over the next week or so. The justices do not say in advance which opinions will be released
The #gunman who killed 5 people & wounded 19 others during a midnight #shooting spree at an #LGBTQ+ nightclub in #ColoradoSprings in 2022 was sentenced in federal court Tues to 55 concurrent life sentences in addition to a 190-yr sentence w/no possibility of parole. #AndersonLeeAldrich, 24, pleaded #guilty to 74 federal counts, including 50 federal #HateCrimes & other #gun crimes.
The shooter who opened fire in a #Colorado#LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, killing five people and injuring 19, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 190 years.
The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an #LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, #Colorado, in 2022 is expected to accept a plea deal Tuesday and be sentenced in connection with federal hate crimes charges.
"Citing the First Amendment right to “engage in political speech,” a judge has ruled that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado cannot dodge a defamation lawsuit filed against her by political activists critical of her during her 2022 reelection run."
Today in Labor History June 6, 1894: Colorado’s governor sent in the state militia to support the Cripple Creek miners' strike, the only time in history that a state militia was used to help a workers’ struggle, rather than to suppress it. The mine owners were demanding a 10-hour day without an increase in pay. In response, the miners went on strike. There was considerable violence from both sides during the strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). On March 16, some miners ambushed, shot and beat some sheriff’s deputies. The judge, a WFM member, let the miners off, but charged the deputies with carrying concealed weapons. Furious, the Sheriff arrested 20 union leaders. Meanwhile, the mine owners conspired to bring in hundreds of scabs and deputized vigilantes. When the new deputies marched on the strikers’ camp, the miners blew up several mine structures, forcing the deputies to flee. The mine owners hired hundreds more vigilantes for their army. When he heard about the size of the miner owners’ force, the governor declared the deputies illegal and sent in state troops to defend the miners.
On June 5, the day before the state troops arrived, the mine owners’ army began cutting telegraph lines and arresting reporters and hundreds of town residents. When the state troops arrived, there were already gun battles going on between the vigilante army and the miners. However, the state troops gained control of the town relatively quickly and the mine owners disbanded their army and sent them home. 300 miners were arrested, but only four were convicted. And the populist governor pardoned them all. The WFM won, keeping the 8-hour day and their $3/day wages. And, they were so popular because of their victory, that they easily organized most of the other industries in the region (e.g., waitresses, laundry workers, bartenders, newsboys) into 54 new locals.
#Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill into law mandating that election officials bring voting services to county detention centers and jails for statewide general elections.
Spent the weekend caring for the jungle… I mean, garden. Things are looking pretty good right now — all mowed, trimmed, weeded, and watered — before some pre-summer heat arrives this week. 🌼🪴🌾👨🏽🌾
A few garden flowers that just opened
Columbine we planted last year (and in fancy colors, @dillyd ) and a Rocky Mtn Penstemon, also planted last year.
If you tweeted “Today is 1776” the morning of January 6th and then live-tweeted the movements of the Speaker of the House as the insurrection unfolded, you need to be removed from office and prosecuted for sedition against the United States of America.
Homeowners insurance has been unprofitable in #Colorado for a decade.
"So when the #insurance company that had insured his HOA pulled out, it may not have been a total surprise. But what happened next underlined the broader shift in the insurance industry.
Hunter says his HOA sought bids from nearly two dozen insurance companies and got back one quote.
And that quote was for $175,000 per year, nearly triple the previous premiums of $55,000 annually."