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Julie Hagenbuch

@jhagen804.bsky.social
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Colorado skier, mtn biker, photographer, explorer, and activist.

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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Nine of us on the corner in the rain waving signs to get out the vote.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If we do not deliver a blue wave of historic proportions, the country our children and grandchildren inherit will be unrecognizable to the one we grew up in. One election will not fix all of our problems, but it will cause a major roadblock in the completion of everything he described tonight.
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Donald Trump is facing a dire situation
At 7:21 tonight, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, walked straight onto the stage in Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, and told the crowd how much he liked the “ass” of one of the me...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Golden trees in Steamboat Springs Colorado.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There will come a time, in the not-too-distant future, when we will be asked what we did during this dark period in our country’s history. We will be asked whether we just pretended everything was fine or made excuses that we were too busy to pay attention to what was happening around us.
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Donald Trump is Putin’s dream come true
At 12:41 this afternoon, a very angry Donald Trump walked straight over to the press lined up near the historic South Portico steps of the White House and, with almost no impulse control or care for w...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Leaf peeping around home, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
The Yampa River through Steamboat 
Looking up to Steamboat Ski Resort and the changing foliage.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Polls are good for Democrats, but the only poll that really matters is when votes are counted on November 3. Turnout is critical and it’s also important to remember that not everyone around you may be registered to vote, and not everyone has a plan.
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Florida Men
This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spent a long time inside the Republican machine. I know how these people think because I used to sit in the rooms where they did their thinking. MAGA Republicans do not experience moral awakenings. They experience polling. Contrition is a tactic, and when the numbers change, so will the contrition
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No Mercy for MAGA.
Not now, not ever.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That misuse of public money comes on top of the administration announcement last week that it was removing about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act health coverage rolls, claiming they were fraudulently enrolled in the program and that cutting them and dishonest brokers would save $2.2 billion.
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September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It spent nearly $3 million for tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used, $20 million for maintaining warehouses that were never used to house detainees and are now being sold, and excessive rates to lock people up.
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September 24, 2026
After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Holy cow this is good.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
His continued destruction of our country is on the ballot. So is his war, the future of the Supreme Court, and everything else his administration will have the power to do over the next two years.
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The president wants to buy our votes
At 8:09 PM tonight, the President of the United States walked onto the stage at the first-ever Republican midterm convention and slowly made his way over to the podium, stopping along the way to catch...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
adfontesmedia.com/gallery/ Know the media you are sharing. Know the difference between news and opinion. Here’s a guide.
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Media Bias Chart Gallery - Public | Ad Fontes Media
Take a look back at the Media Bias Chart gallery to see the chart through the years, from 2016 through today.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fill out the whole ballot www.cantonrep.com/story/opinio...
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Don't leave anything blank on your ballot | Letter
Writer encourages voters not to skip any races or issues, and to vote for Amy Acton for governor.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
yampavalleybugle.com/so/d5Q1T2Rmp... Proud of local law enforcement for ditching flock. Our small population town/county had searched every 6.5 seconds.
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Good morning, Yampa Valley, and welcome to the Morning Bugle Newsletter for Tuesday, Sept. 1. It's been a while. Roughly nine months if we want to put a number on it. The streak breaks today though, w...
Routt County Sheriff to cancel Flock contract after records show local cameras were included in 8 million searches
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Right now, we have to stay focused on November. We have to keep calling out the corruption, cover-up, and distraction, every single day. That means not shying away from the conversations that make people uncomfortable. open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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The president keeps selling us lies
At 3:05 this afternoon, the White House press corps was quickly ushered into the Oval Office, where the President of the United States was already seated at his desk with toy airplanes and helicopters...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can we just get our troops out of Iran. The jig is up and we lost.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
But an executive in the oil industry told the journalists that the deal was “built on a legal environment that does not exist. The Venezuelan constitution does not allow for anyone other than [Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company] to own rights to oil and gas in the country,”
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August 30, 2026
One of our founding myths is that of George Washington and the cherry tree.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Washington Post also reported that the Pentagon has been secretly installing conservative military veterans with massive online followings into government roles. They have been given official government email addresses as though they are Pentagon employees.
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Trump will stop at nothing to silence the truth
At 9:36 this morning, the President of the United States was briefly seen leaving the White House as his vehicle raced by, en route to an undisclosed location. Thirty-four minutes later, at 10:10 a.m....
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We’ve got 2 months until elections. Don’t give up the fight.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When we fight, we win!
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And this is so much bigger than another unhinged social media post. The President of the United States is using American power to antagonize the countries that have historically stood beside us while bending over backward for the dictators who threaten them.
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Only the good die young
At 6:58 this morning, just as the sun was rising over Washington, D.C., Donald Trump was already wide awake inside the White House, posting on social media about renaming lakes to provoke and harass o...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
… lack of supplies on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln to Iran’s damaging strike on the only U.S. naval base in the Middle East, known as Naval Support Activity Bahrain, in the first weeks of the war. Trump has downplayed the poor conditions aboard the vessel, infuriating the families of the sailors.
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August 19, 2026
The political world has been consumed over the past few days with a Republican meltdown about Trump’s aide Natalie Harp.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Be the change you want to see. Nobody is coming to help us. What are you doing to help change the government? Or are you waiting for someone else? If you’re shouting no one is doing anything why aren’t you?
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Letter to the editor: Why I vote Democratic.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is all starting to break open right now, just 88 days before This election could completely change the balance of power in Washington, peacefully, using the tools allotted to us in the Constitution. Our country is not too far gone; we still have a way out of this.
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Donald Trump is lost in his own lies
Very early this morning, while most of the country had just started waking up, an interview featuring a sluggish President of the United States was published not even a full day after it was recorded....
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We have Mom and some playful bear cubs a little closer than we’d like them to be.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Morning visit. The berries are out and the bears are hungry.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sharing serviceberries with my friend
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/Comme... Last day to comment about potential oil and gas leases in Routt National Forest. Please comment.
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US Forest Service NEPA Projects Home
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Let’s make good trouble.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Cryptocurrency expert Lee Reiners, who used to examine Federal Reserve Banks, told the reporters: “It is hard to wrap your head around that the president of the United States would engage in this level of self-enrichment at the expense of so many of his supporters.
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July 1, 2026
Today President Donald J.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
VOTE “He is planting 47 trees to honor himself while 350,000 Haitians wonder if they will be sent back to a country controlled by gangs. He is redesigning a golf course while American troops sit under missile threats. He is posting about algae while children are being separated from their parents. “
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Donald Trump’s vanity projects expose something deeper
Early this morning, dressed entirely in black except for a pair of crisp white golf shoes, the President of the United States walked slowly through the rain to tour his latest construction project: a ...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Trump has also pulled National Park Service staff to Washington, D.C., for his Freedom 250 events, a crisis because the Park Service has lost almost a quarter of its staff since he took office. In his 2027 budget, Trump calls for cutting staff by another 3,967 full-time employees, or 31%.
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June 27, 2026
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Colorado's public lands demand “all hands on deck” effort. Thankful to have Colorado reps at the forefront of defending public lands.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Part of why Colorado is the gold standard for elections.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Judd Legum of Popular Information reported today that a network of super PACs that claim to be progressive and are spending millions in Democratic primaries are actually funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance.
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June 22, 2026
It appears to be more and more clear that the Trump administration is mired in its own mistakes.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sending everyone flowers from The Flattops near Stillwater Reservoir near Yampa Co.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.themountainmail.com/opinion/dear... Very important for Colorado to elect the best possible Attorney General, Hetal Doshi.
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Dear Editor: Vote Hetal Doshi for attorney general
Dear Editor: The Colorado attorney general’s race is critically important. The law is our first, and last, line of defense. As the current administration tears down guardrails and social safety
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The skies were alive in Colorado last night.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A few Milky Way snaps from NW Colorado. Possibly some aurora borealis.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So many beautiful flowers at Hahn’s Peak Lake.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
So what do we do. We keep resisting and we keep sharing the truth. It is that simple. The chilling effect only works if we let ourselves be chilled. So we refuse. We say the true thing out loud, and then we say it again tomorrow.
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A critical moment for the future of our country
At 11:16 this morning, Gavin Newsom, the governor of California and the man responsible for the fourth-largest economy in the world, released a statement standing at a podium with American flags on on...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
And maybe this is the part we do not say enough. It is not only the cruelty of any single thing he does. It is the whiplash. It is listening to him say he loves inflation while the cost of just surviving is crushing American families, and hearing him wish for world peace while ordering strikes.
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Trump is all smoke and mirrors
Shortly after 10 a.m. this morning, the president sat in one of the most recognizable rooms in the United States of America. Seated in a tall brown leather chair inside the Oval Office, with men and w...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Extremely proud of my Alma mater New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM, for turning down a data center. Bunch of geeky scientists said NO.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The destruction of the rule of law in Delaney Hall is part of the Trump administration’s destruction of the rule of law across the United States.
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June 2, 2026
Officials in the Trump administration have worked hard to restrict the access of members of Congress to the detention centers it has established across the country.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Elect Sarah Jones to the Yampa Valley Electric. That is old technology easily replaced with domestic renewable generation, wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal, that would immediately free those barrels for other uses and reduce exposure to Hormuz price shocks.
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The Toll Booth
Iran didn't lose the war. It won a permanent tax on the global economy — and the United States handed it over.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I talk often about what I call financial resistance, especially during moments when it feels like we are helplessly watching the destruction of our country. Over the past several months, I have become increasingly intentional about where every dollar I spend goes.
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Trump won this battle
Tonight at 11:35, something happened in the United States of America that should never have happened. After years of personal obsession with silencing voices that speak truthfully about him, the Presi...
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
From its origins in resistance to the British government, the story of America has been the opposite of obeying. It has been about questioning, debating, criticizing leaders, and working to build “a more perfect Union,” as the Framers charged us to do.
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May 17, 2026
Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to engage in an eight-hour taxpayer-funded evangelical worship event to “rededicate” the nation to Christianity.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
San Juan Mountains in Colorado went from snow to sunshine in minutes.
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Julie Hagenbuch @jhagen804.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Everything is a projection in this regime.
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May 14, 2026
Vice President J.D.
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