Jon Caldara Archives - Independence Institute

Losing my daughter and keeping my son alive 0
- July 18, 2019
Once a year I write a note like this one. I dread it. Using my daughter’s death to raise money seems so wrong. And I look forward to this note, because I get to talk about her again. And there is little a parent likes more than talking about their kids. It’s the time of
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Make 9News’ Kyle Clark eat his words AND stop the National Popular Vote 0
- July 11, 2019
We at Independence saw that online platforms were suppressing conservatives and libertarians, suspending their accounts and removing their content. We knew that conservatives needed a platform to raise money for their causes without fear of being kicked off. We created freedomfy.com, which is a crowdfunding platform for freedom-loving causes. Think of it as Go Fund
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ATF Party Announcement! Aug. 24, 2019 0
- June 24, 2019
EMBRACE YOUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS at the most politically incorrect event of the year! Jail. Party. Jail. Party. I choose the Party and I hope you do, too! Join me and the Independence Institute for our annual Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Party and Fundraiser on Saturday, August 24, 2019. We’ll be at the coolest Sporting Club
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Stop school shootings now 0
- May 16, 2019
Just two weeks ago I wrote a column for the Denver Post lamenting that 20 years after the Columbine High School shooting our children are still unprotected at government schools. I was out of the country when I heard news of the STEM shooting. I saw the headline and I instantly knew the story without
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Coloradans are fighting back 0
- April 15, 2019
Having grown up in this once liberty-loving state I am struggling with the speed at which our lawmakers are turning us into Venezuela. But I am encouraged by the organic battles that are springing up around Colorado to fight back. And Independence is helping. The passage of SB-181 is a direct attack on the oil
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Stop the National Popular Vote 0
- March 27, 2019
Governor Polis has signed into law Colorado’s participation in the National Popular Vote Inner-State Compact. If just a few more states join the compact then Colorado’s presidential electors will vote not how Colorado voters instruct them, but how California and New York voters tell them to. We’ve done quite a bit of work explaining why
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