Author: Jimmy Sengenberger

Jimmy Sengenberger “Age is just a number,” we often hear – yet these days, it seems unavoidably relevant in politics. Growing numbers of Americans are concerned President Joe Biden’s age has caught up with him such that, when he’s on the ballot again at 82 years old, he’ll be disqualified. On the opposite end of…

Jimmy Sengenberger You must know you’re so far into the radical fringes that you’ve immersed yourselves in literal Looney Tunes Land when even leading advocates of unconstitutional gun control legislation say what you’re proposing is unconstitutional – and want to distance themselves far away from you. That may sound like a convoluted sentence, but on…

Jimmy Sengenberger Contrary to the White House’s months-long narrative that Republicans were the ones holding up an increase in the debt ceiling that would prevent a national default, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed such a bill over a month ago. They did so amid Biden’s stubborn refusal to negotiate – until he finally…

Jimmy Sengenberger On April 22, the delegate assembly of the Colorado Education Association – which claims to represent teachers from across the state – approved a brazen, extreme resolution condemning capitalism for “inherently exploit(ing) children, public schools, land, labor, and resources.” They also blamed capitalism for systemic racism, climate change, patriarchy, education inequality and income inequality. When…

Jimmy Sengenberger On May 6, 2019, I published my first piece in Colorado Politics as a regular columnist – unwittingly embarking on a newfound career as a columnist, which would later include a separate weekly article in The Denver Gazette. Four years later, the subject I chose for my first CoPo entry is arguably more…

Jimmy Sengenberger In this year’s legislative session, the Gold Dome has churned out a slew of terrible bills. But in a handful of cases, bipartisan collaboration was able to scrap or improve bad and dangerous legislation. One crucial example of this came about on Sunday – when legislators reached a deal affirming parental rights in…

Jimmy Sengenberger Colorado Democrats support “women’s reproductive rights” – except when they don’t. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 Dobbs decision last year, they’ve acted like abortion is at perilous risk in Colorado – even though we already had the most radical pro-abortion laws in the country (which would…

Jimmy Sengenberger Is Gov. Jared Polis listening? It sure doesn’t seem like it. Local governments everywhere are vigorously opposing the latest power-grab move by Polis and legislative Democrats, through SB23-213. The governor has made it his pet project to eradicate one of the most critical reflections of Colorado’s lifelong principle of local control – the…

Jimmy Sengenberger On Tuesday, history was made – and not the good kind. For the first time in 230 years, a former or current American president (Donald J. Trump) was arrested, charged and arraigned on criminal charges. He pled not guilty. The case – a strikingly weak one filed in a Manhattan court by a…

Jimmy Sengenberger Right now, the state House is fast-tracking a bill to establish statewide campaign finance limits in municipal elections for the first time. Supporters claim House Bill 1245, which is heading to the House floor after just one State Affairs committee hearing, will achieve the utopian dream of reducing the role of money in…