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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Today my campaign for Congress ends. Our fight does NOT. Thank you to everyone who believed in me and made sacrifices to support our efforts.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This can’t be our congresswoman. Inflation isn’t complicated - prices keep rising while our money buys less. Groceries go up. Rent goes up. Gas goes up. But our paychecks don’t. Working families feel it every day.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I’m John Padora, and I’m running for Congress to defeat Lauren Boebert and build a better future for our families.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

She’s using us for her own political gain. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. Lauren Boebert has shown us exactly who she is. We deserve a leader who actually knows us - our communities, our struggles, our working families - and who will fight for us in DC.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I’m running to use politics as a tool to bring us together - not tear us apart. I’m focused on what we agree on: Lower taxes for working families. Affordable healthcare. Clean air and clean water. Protecting our land and our jobs. Broadband and real infrastructure.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

At 19, I survived a brutal car accident. Years later, I fell into opioid addiction. I thought my life was over. It wasn’t - it was the beginning. I rebuilt my life, fought for 2nd chances, and pushed to legalize cannabis after seeing it help my dad with MS. If you’re struggling - you’re not alone.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

There is a dangerous intersection forming between the techno fascists who have hijacked our government and the massive AI data centers being built across this country. Right here in Weld County, I am fighting one in my own community.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I’ve lived what happens when the system fails working families - illness, addiction, debt, and instability. That’s why I’m running.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Democrats took a massive loss in 2024. And like clockwork, DC think tanks and consultants said we need to move further right to win. That’s bullshit. We don’t win by abandoning our values. We win by running toward them.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

MLK Day isn’t about comfort or ceremonies. It’s about confrontation and courage.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Come see us in Lone Tree this Sunday! Address provided upon RSVP. www.mobilize.us/padoraforcol...

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

America is the land of the free but ICE is planning a new detention facility in Hudson, Colorado run by GEO Group, a private for-profit prison company that profits from immigrant detention. I stood with my community at two anti-ICE protests after the killing of Renee Good.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It’s time for America to stop bankrolling corrupt foreign entanglements, endless wars, imperialism & genocide abroad. Some of my primary opponents say they don't take “foreign money,” but that claim is wrapped in political spin and carefully crafted language designed to avoid real accountability.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year from Team Padora. We’re wishing you health, stability, good fortune, and success in the year ahead. And yes - a year with less BS and less manufactured negativity.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

At a recent town hall, I was asked about USAID and foreign spending. Here’s the truth: I oppose endless wars, regime change, and the military-industrial complex that’s destabilized the Middle East and wasted trillions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria while making the world less safe.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I’m the only candidate who’s stood firm since day one. I’ve called out AIPAC, foreign lobby influence, the military industrial complex, and U.S.-funded atrocities in Gaza. I support an arms embargo, war crimes investigations, and refuse all AIPAC money.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Being working class isn’t a talking point for me. It’s my life. I know what it’s like to live one missed paycheck from disaster, like 72% of American families.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Medicare for All isn’t radical - it’s common sense. Support is rising because Americans know our healthcare system is broken. My family pays over $10,000 a year and still fears medical debt every time someone gets sick.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

From our family to yours - Happy Thanksgiving! I’m grateful for this community, for every conversation at our town halls, and for everyone standing with us as we work to bring real leadership back to Colorado. Wishing you peace, warmth, and good food today. 🍂🦃

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Every 27 seconds someone in America goes medically bankrupt. Politicians say we “can’t afford” universal healthcare - yet never question how we fund endless war, oil and gas subsidies, Big Pharma giveaways, or corporate welfare.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

86 Democrats just condemned “socialism” while our entire generation is drowning in unaffordable living costs created by end-stage capitalism. The establishment defends the system that failed us. Millennials and Gen Z deserve leaders who fight for us, not for corporations or billionaires.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I’m honored to be 1 of just 7 non-incumbent House candidates in America endorsed by PDA. They back fighters, not folders. I’m the only real progressive in this race to take on Boebert – and I’m running for working families, not the political establishment.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Windsor showed up with heart, honesty and real conversations - and I couldn’t be more grateful. Hearing directly from our community is what this campaign is all about. Every voice matters. Every concern matters. And I’m here to fight for every single family in CO-04.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Honored to be endorsed by Progressive Democrats of America. I’m one of just 7 non-incumbent House candidates they’re backing. PDA has endorsed fighters like Maxwell Frost, Summer Lee, Greg Casar, Ro Khanna, AOC. A democracy must be progressive or it won’t survive.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

One question I get almost every day - will I accept AIPAC money? I’ll never take a dime from AIPAC. I’m the only candidate in this race who’s condemned the genocide in Gaza since day one and called for an immediate arms embargo on Israel.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Lauren Boebert and I couldn’t be more different. She runs on a platform of hatred, bigotry, and division. I’m running on a platform of common sense solutions that actually unite us. #PadoraForColorado #CO04 #Leadership #WorkingClassVoices

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We’re tired. Tired of working harder and falling further behind. Tired of the lies, the greed, the corruption. Families are drowning while billionaires buy politicians and both parties look the other way. This isn’t sustainable - it’s breaking us.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Today, I’m traveling across Colorado to stand shoulder to shoulder with Americans who refuse to bow to tyranny.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The horrors in Gaza are real. But they’re not distant — the machinery of fascism, propaganda, and dehumanization is active right here in America. ICE raids, silencing dissent, crushing voices — it’s the same playbook.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I’ve been reflecting on what happened, where we’re headed, and-like many of you-what the solution is. Violence isn’t it. Our power is solidarity + mass action. Read more in my latest Substack piece: open.substack.com/pub/padora4c...

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My heart is with the students, families, and staff at Evergreen High School after the tragic shooting. No parent should fear sending their child to school. No student should fear walking into class. We stand with our community in grief, love, and solidarity. 💛💙

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Always Remember. On this day, we honor the innocent lives lost on September 11, 2001. We remember the courage of first responders who ran toward danger and gave everything. We honor the soldiers who served and sacrificed in the years that followed.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🚨 DID YOU KNOW? 🚨 I’m the ONLY candidate in this race who: ✔️ Signed the pledge against AIPAC’s corruption ✔️ Calls out Israel for genocide ✔️ Ready to END the military-industrial complex and reinvest that money here at home ✔️ Calls out BOTH parties’ elites – not cozying up to them or cheering them on

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

💥 My top 3 issues: 1️⃣ Affordability—housing, groceries, healthcare, farms. 2️⃣ Education—debt relief, fair pay, end extremist control. 3️⃣ Democracy—ban stock trades, term limits, stop endless wars.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The same politicians who’ve sold us out for generations are still getting elected—because they’re bankrolled by the very corrupt institutions wrecking our communities. That has to end.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Listening to the people of this district – that’s what leadership is supposed to be. Lauren Boebert doesn’t care what you think. She only takes orders from Donald Trump. That’s not representation – that’s authoritarianism.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

When @HuffPost covered our campaign making national headlines, it wasn’t just about a viral video in Boebert’s infamous “Beetlejuice” seat – it was proof that people are hungry for change.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I’m running because we’re not sprinting toward authoritarianism – we’re already living in it. I look a hell of a lot more like the people I want to represent – parents juggling jobs, blue-collar workers falling further behind, families crushed by the harshest economy since the Great Depression.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It was an honor when Mark Hamill recognized our campaign in 2024 and helped shine a national spotlight on our fight. That moment proved something: when we bring courage, humor, and grit into this race, people listen. And we’re just getting started.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🚨 Last year on MSNBC’s @TheLastWord with Jonathan Capehart, I called out Lauren Boebert for carpetbagging into CO-04 to save her own skin. People were DONE with her chaos — and donations poured in from all 50 states because they knew Colorado deserves better.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

When Democrats lose, it’s not because we’re “too radical.” It’s because Washington leadership stuffed with corporate cash listens to donors instead of voters. Donald Trump won because he was radical. People are sick of the status quo.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Lauren Boebert has praised and worshipped Donald Trump. She parades as a “Christian” while demonizing her neighbors as enemies. Everywhere she goes, she spews toxicity and division.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I know you’re flooded daily with donation asks from politicians. The truth? Many of them don’t need your money because they’ve got millionaire donors and special interest groups.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

How lucky am I, seriously? This beautiful state. My beautiful, healthy family. I’ve faced my share of adversity, but I’ve always been blessed. This family is my greatest asset. They bring out the best in me, push me, inspire me, and motivate me to fight for the future with everything I have.

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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Amber and I had a wonderful time at the Arapahoe County Dems Dinner last weekend. For over a decade, she has been by my side - through every fight for criminal justice reform, environmental protections, and economic policies that lift up working families.

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