Heads Roll in Telluride Post-Strike
The recent strike by the Telluride Ski Patrol exposed the naked reality of resort towns across the state, namely that they are company towns whose economic stability and community health are at the whims of aloof billionaires. During the strike, elected officials from both Telluride and Mountain Village attempted to broker a secret deal with Telski’s owner, Chuck Horning, where the towns would buy a 51 percent share in the resort. The ensuing controversy has led to the resignation of Mountain Village Mayor Marti Prohaska and Telluride Mayor-Pro Meehan Fee.
Sex Shop Becomes Mutual Aid Hub
One of the many inspirational stories of solidarity and community coming out of all the violence and heart break in Minneapolis is that of the Smitten Kitten, a feminist/queer-owned and -operated radical sex shop. The Smitten Kitten has become a hub for mutual aid and community defense in action. The Smitten Kitten and her staff have raised funds and distributed mountains of supplies to those hiding from ICE, as well as aid for those on the streets documenting and resisting.
Vallario Calls It Quits; Loya Makes Bid
Lou Vallario, the controversial and long-standing sheriff in Garfield County, is retiring. Lou has come under increasing fire for his unwavering support and aid of federal immigration enforcement and his general disregard for Colorado law. But this is not an opportunity to celebrate, Dan Loya, has announced his candidacy. Loya, currently an undersheriff in Eagle County, has some concerning baggage. Loya was the deputy whose disregard of legal process crippled the 2003 Kobe Bryant rape case in Vail. He is also currently being sued for the wrongful death of Ian David Lockhart. If elected, he will likely follow in Vallario’s legally questionable footprints.
Hottest, Driest Winter on Record
This winter is shaping up to be the driest, warmest winter ever recorded in Colorado. Most basins hover between 50 to 60 percent of normal snowpack. Some scientists are saying this has been the warmest winter in 1,000 years. Recent ice fishing tournaments at Vallecito reservoir in southern Colorado and Stagecoach reservoir in northern Colorado were canceled due to the lack of ice.
Tina Peters on Camera Assaulting Inmate
Tina Peters’ case has become a national shit show, with Trump demanding her release and Polis considering it. Footage was recently released that shows Tina assaulting another female prisoner, grabbing the much smaller woman by the throat. That cannot help her appeal. Readers shouldn’t forget that she assaulted a GJPD officer when she was arrested, and she assaulted a well-known local reporter during her trial.
Sanctions Have Killed 38 Million Since 1970
In what is certainly the most censored story of the past month, the Lancet Journal of Global Health published a study by Denver University Professor Francisco Rodriguez that finds that unilateral U.S. and Western sanctions killed at least 38 million people between 1971 and 2021. The report found that “Sanctions have substantial adverse effects on health conditions in target countries, effects similar in magnitude to those of armed conflict.” Rodriguez told the Rev, “the more that can be done to disseminate these findings, the better, particularly in terms of strengthening public debate on a key issue.”
ICE Agents Guilty of Rape
The Pacific Antifascist Research Collective released a report containing 30 ICE and BPC agents that have been convicted of sexual assault and domestic violence. The research has been verified and republished by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance. Recent cases include that of Luis Uribe, who was indicted in December 2025, for numerous gunpoint rapes in the Chicago area. Uribe targeted sex workers. In January, Efren Lopez Cornejo, a Tucson Border Patrol Agent, was sentenced to lifetime parole but no jail time for 14 felonies, including child molestation. Additionally, David Courvelle, a Geo Group detentions officer, plead guilty to sexual abuse of a detainee in a GEO Group facility in Louisiana in December.
O&G Leases Again Receive No Bids
On January 15, the Bureau of Land Management attempted to auction off oil and gas rights for 20,000 acres of public lands in Colorado; the parcels received no bids. The parcels previously received no bids in an auction in December, where only 60 percent of leases received bids. The Big “Brutal” Bill contained provisions to open up large swaths of public land to extractive industries, seemingly without even consulting the industry.
Journalist Under Fire
January was not a good month for journalists. On January 14, Hannah Natanson, a Washington Post reporter, had her home raided by the FBI and her notes and computers confiscated. On January 21, an air strike in Gaza targeted and killed three journalists, including Abed Shaat, a cameraman for CBS. On the front lines in Minneapolis, at least six journalists have been violently assaulted by federal forces. Even well-known journalist Don Lemon and his producer have been arrested for covering a protest at church led in part by the region’s ICE supervisor. Lemon has been threatened with a 40-year prison sentence by the MAGA regime.
Appeasement Not on EU’s Agenda
At Davos, Europe presented a united front against the MAGA regime’s ambitions in Greenland. Additionally, NATO deployed a “trip wire” force composed of soldiers from many nations to Greenland ahead of planned NATO drills. Trump has since changed his tune.
ICE Leaves Death Cards in Eagle
Voces Unidas, a Latino and Immigrants’ rights organization serving the central Rockies, has reported an increase in ICE activity in Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin Counties. In a number of cases, Voces reports that “death cards” were placed in vehicles of the victims for their families to find.
AI Surveillance State Insider Running in CO3
Alex Kelloff is just one of two Democrats running for Colorado’s third congressional district. Voters should be concerned by his CV, which is dominated by managing the money of the billionaire class and advancing the AI surveillance state. Especially concerning is his experience with Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton, famously, was the National Security Agency contractor that employed whistleblower Edward Snowden and has close ties to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Rev Exposes Fake ICE Tracking Website
In between issues, we broke a story online about a fake ICE tracker website. We exposed the site as AI slop — spreading disinformation and likely harvesting users’ data for unknown nefarious purposes. Twelve days later, ice-tracker.info was pulled down. Make sure to follow us online: therevolutionistgj.org and on Facebook, Insta, Blusky, and Substack.
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