{"id":2473665,"date":"2025-08-12T06:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-post-doxxes-citizens-for-sharing-public-records-on-crime\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:41:45","slug":"denver-post-doxxes-citizens-for-sharing-public-records-on-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-post-doxxes-citizens-for-sharing-public-records-on-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Post Doxxes Citizens For Sharing Public Records On Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenver-post-doxxes-citizens-for-sharing-public-records-on-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2473665&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Denver Post published an investigative article revealing the identities of three private citizens-Jill Osa, megan Anderson, and Alexandra Pacheco-who legally obtained public records and shared some of this details with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-twix-halloween-ad-features-transgender-child-suggests-violence-against-those-who-disagree-acceptable\/\" title=\"Watch: Twix Halloween Ad Features Transgender Child, Suggests Violence Against Those Who Disagree Acceptable\">popular social media account<\/a> Do Better Denver, which documents crime, homelessness, and public disorder issues in Denver. This doxxing of private individuals involved in public record requests sparked controversy, with defenders arguing these citizen journalists must accept public scrutiny, while critics condemned the exposure as retaliatory and harmful.<\/p>\n<p>Do Better Denver, an anonymous account founded in 2023, highlights local challenges such as crime, homelessness, and city policies perceived as enabling public disorder. The account has nearly 150,000 followers across platforms and regularly posts videos and documents obtained via Colorado&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-reporter-suggests-open-records-laws-are-being-abused-to-expose-crt-in-schools\/\" title=\"NBC News ... Suggests Open Records Laws Are Being Abused To Expose CRT In Schools\">open records law<\/a> (CORA). The Post&#8217;s examination stemmed from the account&#8217;s growing influence and alleged spread of misinformation, though the women exposed were verified not to be the account administrators but contributors.<\/p>\n<p>The story also touches on Denver Mayor Mike Johnston&#8217;s policies addressing homelessness and public safety, noting the doubling of homelessness despite costly initiatives and controversies over &#8220;housing first&#8221; programs that require no obligations from recipients. The mayor&#8217;s office allegedly monitored CORA requests linked to do Better denver to identify contributors, a claim denied by the Post&#8217;s editorial staff.<\/p>\n<p>The article criticizes large media organizations and fact-checkers like PolitiFact for their extensive resources and alleged bias, contrasting them with grassroots citizen journalism such as Do Better Denver. The overall narrative discusses tensions between local goverment openness, citizen activism, media ethics, and the challenges facing Denver related to homelessness, crime, and public policy.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Aug. 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/who-is-do-better-denver-dobetterdnvr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Denver Post exposed<\/a> the names, locations, voter registrations, and employment of three private citizens who legally obtained public information and sent some to the popular social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dobetterdnvr\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do Better Denver<\/a>. On Aug. 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.removepaywall.com\/search?url=https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/07\/dobetterdnvr-anonymous-citizen-journalist-doxxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Denver Post columnist<\/a> defended the paper&rsquo;s decision to dox the three women for sharing public information.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People who claim to be citizen journalists must stand by their work with a byline and endure the negative comments and threats that come with the job,&rdquo; wrote Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer. <\/p>\n<p>The Post identified the three people it doxxed by doing a public records request for those women&rsquo;s public records requests: &ldquo;The Post filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hgtv-stars-sister-elected-to-fix-up-school-district-plagued-by-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"HGTV Star\u2019s Sister Elected to \u2018Fix Up\u2019 School District Plagued by Critical Race Theory\">open records requests<\/a> to obtain copies of requests tied to DoBetterDNVR,&rdquo; wrote The Post&rsquo;s crime reporter Shelly Bradbury in her Aug. 1 article. On Aug. 5, the Denver Gazette <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/opinion\/columns\/dobetterdnvr-under-attack-from-the-media-jimmy-sengenberger\/article_a3b3fd30-e66e-57b8-8469-5338df5f204a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed <\/a>the three doxxed women are not the account administrator. The public records they shared with the accountholder comprise less than 1 percent of Do Better Denver posts.<\/p>\n<p>Bradbury also wrote that the Post targeted the women specifically for exercising their legal rights to view public information. The three, Bradbury wrote, &ldquo;stand out because of their involvement in the account since its early days in 2023, their connections to each other, and because they did not just send a single video or photo to the account but pursued information through open records requests.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Do Better Denver alleged the Post did this at the behest of local government officials angry about public disclosures of their activities. One public record one of the women discovered, for example, showed the city paid $2.1 million for vacant rooms for illegal immigrants. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston&rsquo;s spokesman did not respond to Federalist requests for comment Monday.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I have been informed that the Mayor&rsquo;s office were the ones that looked at all the CORA requests over the last two years and tried to figure out who I am based on CORA requests and my posts (based on who was requesting them). <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor&rsquo;s office narrowed it down to three names&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/43DKQiveQP\">pic.twitter.com\/43DKQiveQP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Do Better Denver (@dobetterdnvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dobetterdnvr\/status\/1952780473815687574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;That particular post by DoBetterDNVR is emblematic of the type of misinformation they push,&rdquo; wrote Denver Post Editor Lee Ann Colacioppo in an email response to a Federalist request for comment. &ldquo;The mayor&rsquo;s office played no role whatsoever in our decision to pursue the story and it was entirely the idea of the reporter to submit the CORAs. It was an obvious course of action given DoBetter has posted extensive information about their CORAs, including when they filed them, the exact words they used in their requests, the costs, the responsive records, etc.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In Colorado, open records requests are often referred to as CORA requests, after the state&rsquo;s open records law. Traditionally, journalists have fought to expand the public&rsquo;s right to know what public officials do with public institutions and resources.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous Do Better Denver administrator said the account receives death threats for posting public records about people with criminal records that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2024\/10\/11\/trump-speaks-at-gaylord-rockies-rally-aurora-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">include<\/a> kidnapping, battery, and <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/aurora-police-emails-venezuelan-gang-usa-headquarters\/article_ad1cb194-924e-11ef-a032-13484a6517e7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work for terrorist gangs such as Tren de Aragua<\/a> (TDA). The administrator uses a &ldquo;burner phone,&rdquo; stays anonymous, and takes other preventative measures because of those threats.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you report unfavorably about homelessness, open drug use, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criminal illegal gangs terrorizing apartment complexes<\/a>, etc., the Denver Post (a HORRIBLE newspaper that does no good reporting on these issues) will use your public records request to try to get you fired and shut up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Y5IqyvCQ5\">https:\/\/t.co\/5Y5IqyvCQ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZHemingway\/status\/1953200686960652416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In March, a CBS investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/trump-group-denver-mayor-staff-signal-app-communications-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> Johnston&rsquo;s staff stopped communicating in emails subject to open records requests after they received records requests from a conservative legal group about the city&rsquo;s refusal to enforce immigration laws. Johnston&rsquo;s staff switched to an encrypted app that automatically deletes messages, which could violate open records laws, attorneys told CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/denver-mayor-aides-used-auto-deleting-encryption-app-to-talk-about-illegal-immigration\/article_cdf0cad8-d1d8-41bb-b453-1504f33940e4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and The Denver Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 1 Post article says Denver police stopped responding to information requests in March from Do Better Denver on X at the direction of the mayor&rsquo;s office. In defense of its decision to dox the three women, the Post quotes a woman whose arrest for assaulting a police officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKzzkgsu4NF\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was posted<\/a> on Do Better Denver: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t dish out what you can&rsquo;t take,&rdquo; Serena Palacios reportedly told the paper.<\/p>\n<h2>Citizens Sharing News of Public Interest<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2023, Do Better Denver&rsquo;s rapidly growing Instagram and X accounts have posted videos of public indecency, vagrancy, and crime, plus pictures of criminal records and crime- and vagrancy-related open records requests. Together, the accounts currently have nearly 150,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts criticize public officials for sanctuary city policies <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/aurora-police-emails-venezuelan-gang-usa-headquarters\/article_ad1cb194-924e-11ef-a032-13484a6517e7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inviting gang activity,<\/a> releasing violent criminals on low bonds, and otherwise enabling public disorder. Denver has <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2025\/07\/15\/denver-sanctuary-city-defunding-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued the Trump administration<\/a> for opposing such policies.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crime, drugs, and chaos at 10th &amp; Broadway in the Golden Triangle neighborhood are affecting the community. A public housing complex, funded by taxpayer dollars, follows Housing First with no barriers to entry&mdash;no criminal background checks, no requirements for treatment or&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ac97RWJI6X\">pic.twitter.com\/ac97RWJI6X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Do Better Denver (@dobetterdnvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dobetterdnvr\/status\/1954604367061151749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I really started to see things changing rapidly,&rdquo; the administrator, a Denver resident, <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/opinion\/columns\/dobetterdnvr-under-attack-from-the-media-jimmy-sengenberger\/article_a3b3fd30-e66e-57b8-8469-5338df5f204a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told conservative journalist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/jimmysengenberger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occasional Federalist contributor<\/a> Jimmy Sengenberger, &ldquo;citing rising crime, public drug use and the city&rsquo;s mass housing strategy for the homeless, many with substance abuse issues,&rdquo; Sengenberger wrote.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denver&rsquo;s body count keeps increasing thanks to lax laws on public drug use and possession alongside harm &ldquo;reduction&rdquo; programs (ie enabling drug addiction and despair). Way to go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeJohnstonCO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeJohnstonCO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SnTW7KdO2l\">https:\/\/t.co\/SnTW7KdO2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Do Better Denver (@dobetterdnvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dobetterdnvr\/status\/1953197871467241762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Aug. 1 Denver Post article identified three people who occasionally volunteered information that Do Better Denver published: &ldquo;Arizona resident Jill Osa, Denver resident Megan Anderson and New Mexico resident Alexandra Pacheco.&rdquo; Osa and her husband own a Denver rental property, and Pacheco lived in Denver until recently. <\/p>\n<p>Pacheco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/investigations\/former-staff-clients-of-colorado-coalition-of-the-homeless-are-not-getting-the-care-they-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told local media<\/a> she quit working for one of the state&rsquo;s largest homelessness services providers over mismanagement. She <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/news\/local\/video-shows-fire-at-homeless-camp-in-downtown-denver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">witnessed<\/a> a homeless encampment exploding in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Osa told The Federalist in a Friday phone call that she asked Bradbury, Colacioppo, the Denver Post&rsquo;s parent company, and their lawyers not to publish identifying information about her family. They did anyway. She said the doxxing prompted threatening comments, including since-removed social media posts giving details about her home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a little unnerving when the doorbell rings and you&rsquo;re wondering if it&rsquo;s a crazy person who is upset or it&rsquo;s a delivery person,&rdquo; Osa said. A family member underwent a major surgery the same week the Post articles published, making it difficult for Osa to focus on her family when they needed her, she said.<\/p>\n<p>After city officials didn&rsquo;t answer her questions about their plan to locate a homeless shelter adjacent to her Denver property, Osa began using public records requests to learn more. A small fraction of those she shared with Do Better Denver. She also did a handful of requests for the account after she&rsquo;d gotten comfortable using this&nbsp;basic transparency tool.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just an average citizen who wanted answers and wasn&rsquo;t getting them when she went to her elected officials,&rdquo; Osa said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellyBradbury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShellyBradbury<\/a>  of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/denverpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@denverpost<\/a>  doxxed me and two others in an article about DoBetterDNVR, a provocative online account about Denver&#8217;s challenges. Indefensibly, Shelly didn&rsquo;t tell the real story, weaponized Colorado Open Record Act requests, and included far more&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgjwNCPYRE\">pic.twitter.com\/cgjwNCPYRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jill Osa (@Jpruet10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jpruet10\/status\/1954229523358371864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Homelessness Doubles in Denver Despite Hundreds of Millions Spent<\/h2>\n<p>Johnston <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2023\/01\/13\/mike-johnston-homelessness-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promised<\/a> to &ldquo;end homelessness in my first term.&rdquo; This June, two years into his first term, Denver hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsenseinstituteus.org\/colorado\/research\/housing-and-our-community\/denver-metro-sees-record-homelessness-in-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record homeless numbers<\/a>, nearly doubling since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Denver voters <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/11\/11\/denver-ballot-issue-2r-results-affordable-housing-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">narrowly rejected<\/a> a ballot initiative to raise the city&rsquo;s sales tax by $100 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/investigations\/denver-mayor-1-on-1-mike-johnston-sits-down-with-denver7-investigates-as-he-marks-two-years-in-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more homeless housing<\/a>. This fall, Denver voters <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/local\/vibrant-denver-bond-what-to-know-about-the-big-ticket-items\/article_899414d5-4ec4-4b47-89ef-c6e91b239ea3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will again vote<\/a> on a Johnston proposal to increase their taxes by $1 billion for, among other items, homeless services euphemistically described as &ldquo;affordable housing.&rdquo; Do Better Denver has posted numerous critiques of such policies.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p>&mdash; Do Better Denver (@dobetterdnvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dobetterdnvr\/status\/1953593233860440099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Johnston <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2023\/01\/13\/mike-johnston-homelessness-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a campaign plan<\/a> to create an additional 1,000 or more taxpayer-provided homeless beds by buying up hotels and using city land for &ldquo;microcommunities,&rdquo; such as the one planned for next to Osa&rsquo;s property. Enacted once he entered office, the initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/finance\/the-forces-that-drove-denvers-budget-into-crisis\">costs<\/a> taxpayers an estimated $57 million per year, a figure the city council didn&rsquo;t receive until a year after it started.<\/p>\n<p>The city also has a forecasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/finance\/the-forces-that-drove-denvers-budget-into-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">budget deficit<\/a> of $250 million over the next two years, prompting layoffs and furloughs of a city workforce that grew by 4,000 in the last decade of Democrat mayors. The city also spent $95 million on illegal alien subsidies from 2022 to 2024, and is suing the Trump administration to try to keep the federal portion of those funds after the president canceled federal dollars for sanctuary cities.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Denver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.removepaywall.com\/search?url=https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2024\/03\/19\/denver-city-council-office-building-embassy-suites-hotel-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has a $44 million rental contract<\/a> from 2024 through 2029 with the Denver Post&rsquo;s parent company, DP Media Network LLC, and in 2024 approved an $89 million contract to go into debt to purchase the same former Denver Post building. The city plans to turn the building into courtrooms <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/01\/16\/the-city-is-one-step-closer-to-buying-the-denver-post-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partly to meet the increase<\/a> in cases <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/denver-post-building-purchase-postponed\/article_fd2a9aa8-a9d7-11ee-b42a-0b114eb09a53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sparked by<\/a> the state shifting numerous felony offenses into misdemeanors in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Addiction is a top cause of homelessness. Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. In 2019, Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/05\/29\/colorado-bill-single-use-drug-possession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shifted<\/a> the penalty for possession of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and numerous other highly addictive drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor. Denver and Colorado also operate numerous &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/opinion\/editorials\/editorial-harm-reduction-backfires-on-colorado\/article_c8b95f08-21e7-55aa-a98c-a2ddc7efb562.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harm reduction&rdquo; programs<\/a> that subsidize drug usage by providing sterilized supplies. Johnston&rsquo;s office has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/news\/how-dobetterdnvr-shines-an-uncomfortable-light-on-denvers-homeless-19365137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly publicly attacked<\/a> Do Better Denver for documenting the consequences of such policies.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Before becoming Denver mayor, Johnston also served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/garycommunity.org\/uncategorized\/gary-community-ventures-shares-leadership-transition-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEO<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/810587194\/202413219349100321\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an endowment<\/a> organization that is financially involved in homeless policies, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/810587194\/202413219349100321\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gary Community Ventures<\/a> (Gary). As CEO, Johnston <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2022\/11\/16\/former-state-sen-mike-johnston-denver-mayor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than doubled<\/a> the foundation&rsquo;s spending on state politics and doubled its spending on Denver politics. In 2021, Gary was the largest spender on successfully opposing a Denver proposal to restrict homeless housing projects in single-family neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/810587194\/202413219349100321\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its public tax and other records<\/a>, Gary spends millions pushing for low-expectations housing policies and <a href=\"https:\/\/garycommunity.org\/case-studies\/urban-land-conservancy-affordable-housing-community-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investing in such projects<\/a> once approved. Gary and Johnston <a href=\"http:\/\/coga.prod.acquia-sites.com\/sites\/default\/files\/html-attachments\/9b39a750d450476487258948007431b5__hearing_summary\/230131%20AttachB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advocated<\/a> for Proposition 123, a 2023 state tax increase that included $54 million to pay rent for homeless people and prevent evictions. Developers <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2023\/12\/01\/colorado-proposition-123-one-year-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">salivated <\/a>over the flow of taxpayer funds for their products.<\/p>\n<p>Gary also <a href=\"https:\/\/garycommunity.org\/content-category\/denvers-supportive-housing-program-hailed-for-combatting-homelessness-extended-via-public-private-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funds<\/a> numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityinvestmentalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homeless<\/a> housing <a href=\"https:\/\/garycommunity.org\/case-studies\/urban-land-conservancy-affordable-housing-community-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initiatives<\/a> in Denver, which <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2025\/08\/01\/trump-homelessness-order-aurora-work-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">typically operate<\/a> on the controversial &ldquo;housing first&rdquo; model. That requires no contributions from recipients in exchange for taxpayer and charitable benefits, such as work, sobriety, or lack of criminal behavior. President Trump also targeted this approach in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a July executive order<\/a>, pulling federal funds from such models in favor of sobriety and a &ldquo;work first&rdquo; approach.<\/p>\n<p>Johston, a former school principal and state senator, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Johnston_(Colorado_politician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unsuccessfully run<\/a> for Colorado governor and U.S. senator.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128226; South Suburban Littleton &amp; Englewood are FEELING the heat! &#128293; Thanks to YOUR pics and information, they&rsquo;re scrambling&mdash;holding meetings and finally taking action. They cleared Cornerstone right after my post yesterday and have started regular patrols. Why? Because free speech&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vNLNVFeNxs\">https:\/\/t.co\/vNLNVFeNxs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g5lY6YYNaO\">pic.twitter.com\/g5lY6YYNaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Do Better Denver (@dobetterdnvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dobetterdnvr\/status\/1947764599752954223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Media Cartels Target Scrappy Competitors<\/h2>\n<p>PolitiFact has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/our-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive amount of financial resources<\/a> and previously had a censorship contract with Facebook. The Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpostmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CORRECTED-10-13-2020-Q3-Media-Kit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has between<\/a> 5 and 6 million readers per month and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-denver-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">between <\/a>500 and 1,000 employees, say company reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Post investigated the people behind the account because of its growing influence and the misinformation it spreads,&rdquo; says Bradbury&rsquo;s Aug. 1 article. &ldquo;While the account claims to be a news provider, its anonymity, lack of transparency and absence of&nbsp;public ethical standards&nbsp;undermine its credibility, said Kelly McBride, chair of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/the-craig-newmark-center-for-ethics-and-leadership-at-poynter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Craig<\/a> Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Poynter Institute, a nonprofit that aims to bolster ethical journalism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Poynter Institute runs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newsbusters\/status\/1777720426623270973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the most notorious<\/a> mass <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/08\/facebook-has-admitted-its-error-but-its-fact-checkers-are-still-complicit-in-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censorship organizations<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/12\/16\/running-data-politifact-shows-bias-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">egregiously politicized<\/a> PolitiFact. PolitiFact is one of the top purveyors of misinformation in Western media. Examples include <a href=\"https:\/\/jessesingal.substack.com\/p\/why-would-i-possibly-trust-bill-adair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Kyle Rittenhouse attack<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/21\/politifact-quietly-retracts-fact-check-of-covid-19-wuhan-lab-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wuhan lab-leak allegations<\/a>, teachers union <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1653930509574045697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demands <\/a>for school lockdowns, Joe Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1300781312043823104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax plans<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/politifact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds more<\/a>. Meanwhile, its parent institution runs around smearing people with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a> who could never erase their critics from the internet like PolitiFact.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist. Her latest book with Regnery is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/false-colors-the-flag-of-our-occupation-joy-pullmann\/20707173?ean=9781684515875\">False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America<\/a>.&#8221;  A happy wife and the mother of six children, her ebooks include the NEW &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/ZT5Wd\" target=\"_blank\">300 Classic Books for Ages 9 to Adult<\/a>,&#8221; the bestselling &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/R1JL\">Classic Books For Young Children<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/a2Jzp\">101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation<\/a>.&#8221;      An 18-year education and politics reporter, Joy has testified before nearly two dozen legislatures on education policy and appeared on major media including Tucker Carlson, CNN, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs who identifies as native American and gender natural. Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula.    Her traditionally published books also include &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Education-Invasion-Parents-Control-American\/dp\/1594038813\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486730068&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=education+invasion\">The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids<\/a>,&#8221; from Encounter Books.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Post doxxed 3 women sharing public info, defended it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":2473666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DoBetterDNVR-header.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61117,9556,37708],"class_list":["post-2473665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-denver-post","tag-doxxing","tag-public-records"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DoBetterDNVR-header.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473669,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473665\/revisions\/2473669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}