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Charlie Brennan

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Director of Income and Housing Policy at Colorado Center on Law and Policy (@copolicy.bsky.social) | he/him | opinions my own and do not reflect the views of any organization

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The Get More Smarter Podcast 🧠🏔️ @getmoresmarter.com · 24/09/2026
Amendment 87 would cut taxes for 97% of Coloradans and raise them on the wealthiest 3%, netting over $2 billion for schools, healthcare, and childcare Prop 136 would freeze the current tax rate at 4.4% for everyone, including the wealthiest Coloradans Thanks to @kylec.bsky.social for the explainer
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 18/09/2026
Commentary: Advance Colorado, a "dark money" group, has warped an expression of direct democracy into an oligarchic veto on democracy, and it threatens to do lasting damage in the state.
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This secretive group warps democracy in Colorado | Colorado Newsline
In Colorado, "citizen" too often means a secretive group of rich conservatives out to reshape state law in their image.
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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Decelerating nominal wage growth not only means workers have less bargaining power to increase their wages. Slower wage growth means that with higher prices, workers and their families continue to find it difficult to make ends meet. Year-over-year real wages fell for four months in a row. #EconSky
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The Get More Smarter Podcast 🧠🏔️ @getmoresmarter.com · 03/09/2026
The Common Sense Institute Advance Colorado The Colorado Springs Gazette The Denver Gazette ColoradoPolitics.com are all just "part of The Anschutz Corporation’s portfolio of global business holdings." Colorado Reporters would do well to stop citing the "Common Sense Institute" as anything other
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Phil Anschutz & Son Give $735,000 to the Common Sense Institute, But the Gazette Doesn't Disclose It
If you were the editor of a chain of Colorado newspapers, and the chain's owner and his son controlled foundations that donated big bucks to an organization that you covered...
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's official 🥳 Income Tax Fairness is on the ballot! Colorado's tax system is broken. A nurse or teacher making $50K pays the same rate as a millionaire or giant corporation. Under Initiative 195, 97% of taxpayers get a tax cut, & no one under $500K pays a penny more. #copolitics
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Nominal News (Pawel Langer) @nominalnews.com · 22/08/2026
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Work Requirements - An Ineffective Policy
Work requirements are often touted as a remedy to prevent the misuse of benefits. Instead, they only end up harming those who are most in need.
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Nominal News (Pawel Langer) @nominalnews.com · 22/08/2026
Work requirements sound “good” in theory, but fail in practice. The people who fail “work requirements” do so via not being able to file the complex paperwork. These people are also the most vulnerable. This is an economics result that has been replicated many times. 1/2
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Get our final discounted tickets by using code EARLYBIRD3 now through August 31st for reduced prices, but act quickly because tickets will be full price come September. We can't wait to celebrate those advancing the rights of every Coloradan in November! Register here: copolicy.org/event/colora...
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
CCLP is hosting open office hours for our graduated income tax measure! Sign, drop off, and notarize your petitions at CCLP on Thursday July 23, Tuesday July 27, & Thursday July 30 from 10am - 3pm at our office in Denver: 789 N. Sherman St. #300, Denver, CO Let's GIT it to the ballot!
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 18/06/2026
🚨🚨 Trump and company are taking another stab at gutting public data infrastructure, potentially eliminating access to the American Community Survey 🚨🚨
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“If farm workers are truly the backbone of the economy, then their rights should not be the first thing lawmakers bargain away when the agricultural industry demands more work for less pay.”
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Opinion: Colorado legislators cannot praise farm workers then take away their rights
New Colorado law raising the overtime threshold for farm workers is a step backward for justice.
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 10/06/2026
Trump's war has wiped out an entire year and a half of wage growth
Figure titled Trump has erased all the wage gains of his term, plotting average real hourly earnings for the private sector by month in May 2026
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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Year over year real hourly wages continued to fall in May. The CPI grew 4.2% in May, beating out nominal wage growth and leading to a 0.8% fall in real wages. Accelerating price inflation is the real culprit but decelerating nominal wage growth indicates a weakening labor market. #NumbersDay
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Check out this great guide from our partners at the Bell Policy Center on all the ballot measures currently collecting signatures in Colorado!
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Be sure you are aware of who is funding the candidates you vote for in Colorado’s June 30th Democratic primaries! Lots of dark money is being spent to ensure legislators are beholden to corporate interests (ie One Main Street Colorado 🤮) rather than the people of our state.
coloradosun.bluelena.io
Lots of money is flowing into Democratic statehouse primaries. Here’s where it’s coming from.
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The LPE Project @lpeproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"The anti-tenancy doctrine is so pervasive in part because it reflects a fundamental contradiction at the heart of American housing policy: we expect housing to function simultaneously as an investment asset and also to fulfill a basic human need for shelter."
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Senadora Julie Gonzales @senadorajulie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Polis’s veto of the Worker Protection Act is unacceptable. It is time to bring an end to the era of do-nothing Democrats. We’re either the party of working people, or we’re on the side of corporations. Any candidate who you vote for in 2026 should commit to support this bill.
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Colorado WINS @cowinsunion.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
State workers are an investment, not a line item to cut when leadership fails.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 15/05/2026
How we tax matters for building trust in the public sector. With so much wealth and income concentrated at the top, shifting more of the tax burden toward extremely high earners is a necessary step to generate more revenue to improve public services and infrastructure, while reducing inequality.
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Raising revenues the right way: How we tax matters for building trust in the public sector
Taxes are the price of living well in a modern democratic community. The social contract relies on the idea that people both benefit from and contribute to maintaining a community in the ways they can...
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
-Farm bankruptcies are indeed on the rise...from historic lows, back to still-slightly-lower-than-normal levels. -The US used to grow a lot of crops for export. We can't sell them anymore. We SHOULD cut back on crop acreage. To keep growing the same amount we used to would be absolutely insane.
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today, Andrew Miller explains how consumer profiling creates new patterns of advantage and disadvantage in the market. But because these practices are often invisible to consumers, those on the losing end can't effectively organize against them.
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Coalitions of the Scammed: How Personalized Markets Undermine Solidarity
What if the price you see isn’t the price, but your price? As personalized pricing and consumer profiling spread, hidden patterns of advantage and disadvantage threaten to undermine the shared…
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Here's the link to submit a comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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IndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 25/04/2026
Protect Colorado’s Future is working to put a #GraduatedIncomeTax on the 2026. You can help make it happen as we work towards a fair and thriving #Colorado. Learn more at:zurl.co/jvE9d
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Colorado must stop treating farmworkers as second-class workers www.vaildaily.com/opinion/colu...
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Column | Sánchez: Colorado must stop treating farmworkers as second-class workers
For many of us on Colorado’s Western Slope, the struggle for farmworker dignity is deeply personal. My father was a farmworker when he first moved to this country, working as an undocumented laborer i...
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Charles Brennan provided testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 26-121, Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees. The bill would raise the overtime threshold to a staggering 56 hours a week, which would damage worker health and increase economic inequality. copolicy.org/news/cclp-te...
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CCLP testifies to protect Colorado farmworkers - CCLP
Charles Brennan provided testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 26-121, which would raise the overtime threshold to 56 hours a week.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 07/04/2026
Last year, we uncovered a network of right-wing money exerting enormous influence over Colorado politics. Today, we take a closer look at how that network functions, and how it convinces blue-state voters to support conservative policies. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/comm...
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Common Dollars & Common Sense: Inside the Persuasion Machine Shaping Colorado Elections
The year is 2024 and your Colorado ballot has just arrived in the mail. The envelope is thick, another year’s ballot loaded not just with candidates, but with state and...
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This bill will be up on third reading (and final vote) in the Senate tomorrow. Please email or call your Senator to tell them to support our state's farm workers and vote NO on SB26-121! leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legi...
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Find My Legislator | Colorado General Assembly
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
CCLP and Protect Colorado's Future rallied for a Graduated Income Tax at the Colorado State Capitol today! We signed the petition to get our initiative on the ballot this November, and now you can too! Join the movement and learn more about the coalition here: protectcoloradosfuture.com
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Charles Brennan provided testimony in support of House Bill 26-1210, which would prohibit businesses from using surveillance data and algorithms to set individualized prices for consumers or individualized wages for workers. Read his testimony here: copolicy.org/news/cclp-te...
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CCLP testifies in support of prohibiting surveillance price and wage settings - CCLP
Charles Brennan provided testimony in support of House Bill 26-1210 which would prohibit businesses from using surveillance data and algorithms to set individualized prices for consumers or individual...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is quite the map of Colorado from GOP Gov candidate Scott Bottoms. At least nine cities are in the wrong counties, some 100-200 miles from their actual locations. Bad AI or a staffer from out-of-state?
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
2 bills have been introduced in the state legislature to change overtime protections for agricultural workers. Join the Agricultural Workers’ Rights Coalition in calling for lawmakers to PROTECT the rights of Colorado farmworkers. Contact them now: VOTE NO on SB26-021 and VOTE YES on SB26-081.
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Join CCLP and Protect Colorado's Future coalition for our Graduated Income Tax kickoff event on Tuesday, March 17 on the West Steps of the Colorado Capitol from 12-1pm! Be among the first Coloradans to sign a petition to get the measure on the November 2026 ballot!
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Charles Brennan provided testimony in support of HB26-1012 which would've made sellers to provide consumers comparable prices for transparency & fairness, & prohibited unfair or deceptive trade practices by charging unreasonably excessive prices for goods and services. copolicy.org/news/cclp-te...
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CCLP testifies in support of price transparency consumer protections - CCLP
Charles Brennan provided testimony in support of HB26-1012, which would have required sellers to provide consumers with the prices of the delivered goods and the goods available at the store for price...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Our mission requires us to speak up whenever government power is used in ways that violate constitutional protections and endanger communities. We insist upon the preservation of the rights of every Coloradan, full stop. Read our full statement here: copolicy.org/news/cclp-st...
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CCLP statement on federal actions in Minnesota - CCLP
Our mission requires us to speak up whenever government power is used in ways that violate constitutional protections and endanger communities.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Read the highlighted sentence a few times, jfc From @lukeferrell.bsky.social's "THE MEANS-TESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
Again, new work requirements for Medicaid highlight the profits to be made from adding complexity to the safety net. Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people. As the other 55 states and territories are now forced to join Georgia and implement new work requirements, millions will lose their healthcare and Deloitte will cash in.
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The fight for justice feels daunting and heavy, and it is. We see it in our work at CCLP, in the news, and in our own lives. Our hearts are hurting for our neighbors and communities, near and far. Read more in CCLP's Heads Up January 2026 newsletter: myemail.constantcontact.com/Heads-Up-Jan...
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Heads Up January 2026
Email from Colorado Center on Law and Policy 2026 Legislative preview recordings, our 2026 legislative priority platform, recommendations regarding work requirements, and more!   January 2026 issue in
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 16/01/2026
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest, 404 Media reports. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is cruel, absurd, and illegal. Don't let deception tempt you to think otherwise. coloradosun.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Colorado child care centers, counties scramble as feds say they are freezing funds for poorest families
State officials received notice Tuesday night that the feds were freezing funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and other programs
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Medicaid is a commitment we’ve made to one another, not a burden. To address Colorado’s budget crisis, we must shift our focus to the real culprit behind our budget issues. coloradosun.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Opinion: TABOR is the real drag on Colorado’s budget woes, not Medicaid
Medicaid is not a burden. To address Colorado’s budget crisis, we must shift our focus to the real culprit behind our budget issues.
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Colorado should be where families can afford rent, food, and healthcare. And where workers can hope to retire in dignity. We're reintroducing legislation so workers can form strong unions and make it possible. Join us for the launch. Jan 8th at 12PM Colorado State Capitol
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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The happiest top execs this holiday season? Maybe our retail giant CEOs. A Trump tax cut extension this past summer may have saved these execs $35 million off their taxes. Worker 2024 paychecks at these retailers averaged $32,000. @4taxfairness.bsky.social americansfortaxfairness.org/retailer-exe...
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 11/12/2025
The richest 0.001% own 3X more wealth than half of humanity. That’s 56,000 people holding more than $4 billion combined. The richest 10% own 75% of global wealth. The bottom 50%? Just 2%. This isn’t inequality — it’s engineered injustice. We must, and we can, TAX THE RICH.
Protesters holding a sign that reads 'Tax the Super-Rich, End extreme poverty' during a demonstration. News article title Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
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Charlie Brennan @charbren.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“As the cost of living soars across America, the customers bearing the burden are those who can least afford it – customers who often don’t even notice they’re overpaying.”
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How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless estimates that it could lose funding for some 800 households in permanent supportive housing.
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Thousands of Coloradans could lose supportive housing in 2026, major nonprofits warn
President Donald Trump has ordered cuts and changes to the national program for permanent supportive housing.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/12/2025
Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
On November 20th, CCLP spent an evening in community with friends and partners to honor our Colorado Champions! Photos of the event are available now! flic.kr/s/aHBqjCCpUN
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Colorado Champions Awards 2025
Photos from our event at SKYLIGHT.
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Colorado Center on Law and Policy @copolicy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
CCLP's latest blog includes a summary of the list of recommendations advocates identified on the implementation of the OBBBA regarding public benefits systems and work requirements. Learn more about the work requirements recommendations and read our blog here: copolicy.org/news/colorad...
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Coloradans address OBBBA’s attack on public programs - CCLP
A summary of the list of recommendations on the implementation of the OBBBA in Colorado regarding public benefits systems and work requirements.
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