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Quentin Young

Quentin Young

Quentin Young is the editor of Colorado Newsline.

Mike Lindell, left, stands alongside then-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in Denver on April 5, 2022, as she addresses a crowd gathered on the steps of the Colorado Capitol for the “Election Truth Rally,” organized by individuals who question the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Kevin Mohatt for Colorado Newsline)

Georgia and Colorado election security breaches part of same ongoing threat, official says

By: - August 15, 2023

A key component of the election subversion indictment unsealed Monday in Georgia is a security breach of election equipment in the Coffee County elections office — an alleged criminal episode that bears striking resemblance to a security breach that occurred in the election offices of Mesa County, Colorado. In both cases, extreme supporters of former President […]

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Members of the Louisiana Republican Party held a protest on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol on March 21, 2023, when they expected the former president to be arrested. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Here’s how reporters should cover Trump’s campaign

By: - May 5, 2023

On the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, CNN personalities tried to interpret for viewers across the world what had transpired that day in the nation’s capital. “I would just like to remind our viewers that President Trump now for years has referred to journalists as the enemy of the American people,” anchor Jake Tapper said, […]

Frisch concedes to Rep. Boebert in race still destined for automatic recount

By: - November 18, 2022

The race between Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger Adam Frisch in Colorado is over. During a live announcement Friday morning, Frisch said he had conceded the race, which remains exceedingly close but not likely to change in Frisch’s favor. “I just got off the phone with Rep. Boebert,” Frisch said. “I […]

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Their election denier is your election denier

By: - October 17, 2022

Some states are comparatively isolated from the most damaging influence of democracy haters. California, Washington, Maryland, Delaware, Colorado — they are likely to avoid the misfortune of election deniers in high office in the near future, or they operate with voting laws meant to expand, rather than restrict, voter access. But while such states act […]

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Fear of reporters is fear of the truth

By: - October 7, 2022

In the weeks after he assumed office, former President Donald Trump put reporters in the crosshairs when he labeled them “the enemy of the American people.” He was following the authoritarian playbook, long consulted by the likes of Stalin and Hitler, but it was shocking to see such strongman rhetoric coming from an American leader, […]