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OGBuzz

(755 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:21 PM Monday

One whole day after being released from prison Tina Peters was on

Last edited Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Steve Bannon's podcast denying the 2020 election results and claiming that Democrats will cheat again in the mid-terms and in 2028.
Governor Polis made a mistake by commuting her sentence, she has zero remorse for her crimes.

(edited out 'pardoned', inserted 'commuting')

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One whole day after being released from prison Tina Peters was on (Original Post) OGBuzz Monday OP
If there are any journalists left in Colorado, they need to sniff around the governor & find out why he caved Attilatheblond Monday #1
Some of us think it has to do with the Colorado River Compact. But niyad Monday #2
I'm a Colorado resident... mede8er Monday #33
Yours is a very generous and kind perspective. I am not quite there yet niyad Monday #37
Sorry, but this just reinforces the idea that money buys everything. colorado_ufo Monday #38
Extortion? Cirsium Monday #40
Strongarm bribe MW67 21 hrs ago #50
Nope. If we don't punish them the corruption will never end. travelingthrulife 23 hrs ago #48
Polis should be expelled from the party. What he did was inexcusable and unforgivable Takket Monday #6
+1 Celerity Monday #10
And she can prove it, but, won't show that proof in a courtroom under oath. blm Monday #12
Knew it MustLoveBeagles Monday #28
I have an Earworm Roy Rolling Yesterday #44
Hello OGBuzz...... pdxflyboy Monday #3
Agreed. An amicable divorce would be much more preferable, like Czechoslovakia in '93, but I don't think that's likely. OGBuzz Monday #7
You've Forgotten 2021-2025 Already? ColoringFool Monday #24
Haven't forgotten, the best President since President Obama. OGBuzz Monday #35
There will not be a second Civil War. Jeez Louise. 🙄 ColoringFool Monday #23
ypu expect them to win in 2028? or a cancelled election? rampartd Monday #27
they will NEVER accept a democrat as legitimate. rampartd Monday #26
Peters should have gotten a clue Trump lost the 2020 election when he packed & fled Washington DC, January 20th, 2021 RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Monday #4
I wish we cheated in 2024 and 2022 Johonny Monday #5
How can we cheat and then... LakeVermilion 21 hrs ago #54
Wow: I never saw that coming! Chasstev365 Monday #8
Polis is a tool MustLoveBeagles Monday #29
He was extorted or something, whcih si no excuse obamanut2012 Monday #9
The question that should be Blue Full Moon Monday #11
We need to remember these details. yellow dahlia Monday #13
Her future appearance fees and payoffs depend on her usefulness and consistency. Harker Monday #14
And some wonder why people do not have faith in Democrats. republianmushroom Monday #15
Polis is just showing popsdenver Monday #17
Tina Peters was not pardoned Progressive dog Monday #16
I stand corrected. Either way, she should be in prison. OGBuzz Monday #20
Important correction: VMA131Marine Monday #18
O.K. Commuted. She has a great future ahead of her pushing her stolen election bullshit every time a Democrat OGBuzz Monday #21
Mistake? I think I would call it something other than that. Bev54 Monday #19
SHOW US THE EVIDENCE maxsolomon Monday #22
Aren't accusations proof? Asking for MAGAts. OGBuzz Monday #36
This woman now has a debt to pay to Trump for getting her out of prison. hamsterjill Monday #25
She is a MAGA martyr. She was "wrongfully" persecuted by the evil Biden Regime, she OGBuzz Monday #30
That may be. But Trump always collects. hamsterjill Monday #32
It's Democratic Governor, not Democrat Governor. SunSeeker Yesterday #41
You are correct... Biglinda 52 21 hrs ago #51
Won't happen again.👍 OGBuzz 13 hrs ago #56
This message was self-deleted by its author OGBuzz Monday #31
She has been completely unapologetic the entire fucking time, and said she would gladly do it all over again. What did Karasu Monday #34
My only wish is, i hope she fucks up and breaks another law. THEN bluestarone Monday #39
We Knew that was coming. Cha Yesterday #42
She is horrible Trueblue1968 Yesterday #43
she'll be back in prison soon enough. nt Javaman Yesterday #45
Polis is a very wealthy man... kentuck Yesterday #46
Well...duh! Martin68 23 hrs ago #47
She's your typical magat asshole mdbl 23 hrs ago #49
Fucking gross. Both of these assholes should be serving life sentences. Initech 21 hrs ago #52
Wait! Dave Id 21 hrs ago #53
She's a word JustAnotherGen 21 hrs ago #55

Attilatheblond

(9,380 posts)
1. If there are any journalists left in Colorado, they need to sniff around the governor & find out why he caved
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:26 PM
Monday

Yeah, I know, Trump and Company threaten withholding federal dollars to states who's governors don't bend over, but damn... Take them to court, or take lessons from IL Governor JB Pritzker on how to stand up and win against bullies.

niyad

(134,392 posts)
2. Some of us think it has to do with the Colorado River Compact. But
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:30 PM
Monday

we all agree, jared should TELL us what krasnov is doing. And, if he is being personally blackmailed, the relevant scene from "The Distinguished Gentleman" comes to mind.

mede8er

(264 posts)
33. I'm a Colorado resident...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:38 PM
Monday

My first response was righteous anger, I have since taken a step back. Jared traded Peters for 50 million dollars. This state needed those dollars and no longer has to feed and house this idiot. Colorado won.

niyad

(134,392 posts)
37. Yours is a very generous and kind perspective. I am not quite there yet
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:40 PM
Monday

with him. He has done a number of things lately that have pissed me off.

colorado_ufo

(6,269 posts)
38. Sorry, but this just reinforces the idea that money buys everything.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:45 PM
Monday

It reinforces the idea that only the rich deserve justice. And only the rich define Justice.

Cirsium

(4,158 posts)
40. Extortion?
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:51 PM
Monday

We went through this with Whitmer and Newsom. If Trump is extorting governors they need to stand up to him.

Selling out democracy is OK with you if the pay off is sufficiently large?

Takket

(23,831 posts)
6. Polis should be expelled from the party. What he did was inexcusable and unforgivable
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:49 PM
Monday

NEW: Tina Peters, newly freed by Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D), begins her MAGA media tour by telling Steve Bannon that Democrats are cheating on elections and she was imprisoned as retribution for exposing voting machines that flip votes.

Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T16:09:02.748Z

pdxflyboy

(953 posts)
3. Hello OGBuzz......
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:36 PM
Monday

I’m usually not a doomsayer, but I fear that the end result of this election denying/rigging, if not stopped by late 2028, will be the catalyst for a second Civil War. I have no idea how to stop it, but if war ensues, we ALL lose.

Pdxflyboy

OGBuzz

(755 posts)
7. Agreed. An amicable divorce would be much more preferable, like Czechoslovakia in '93, but I don't think that's likely.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:04 PM
Monday

Democrat leaning counties and states produce 60 to 70% of the U.S. economy yet it seems like they are constantly being dominated in the political arena, and that won't be sustainable or acceptable forever.

OGBuzz

(755 posts)
35. Haven't forgotten, the best President since President Obama.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:00 PM
Monday

Defeated Covid, turned the economy around, didn't start any needless wars, valued by all of America's allies....
what's Trump done lately?

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,331 posts)
4. Peters should have gotten a clue Trump lost the 2020 election when he packed & fled Washington DC, January 20th, 2021
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:39 PM
Monday

Trump put his losing tail right between his sorry-ass legs, and skedaddled out of DC. Would not have done that if he thought he had won. He lost, lost, lost, lost...

Johonny

(26,721 posts)
5. I wish we cheated in 2024 and 2022
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:47 PM
Monday

It seems weird they only cheated while Trump was president and his own FBI failed to discover any evidence of said cheating...

So weird.

LakeVermilion

(1,659 posts)
54. How can we cheat and then...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:48 PM
21 hrs ago

lose the House and Senate. I can't imagine that Democrats would just grab the Presidency and not take Congress too.

Republicans don't complain about being elected in a crooked election.

obamanut2012

(29,556 posts)
9. He was extorted or something, whcih si no excuse
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:09 PM
Monday

If he was blackmailed, he needed to go public. This is just mindbogglng.

Blue Full Moon

(3,700 posts)
11. The question that should be
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:25 PM
Monday

She gave Mike Lindell's man unsupervised access to Mesa County EVMs. They said to prove the big lie when they got caught. There was more this one incident. Mike Lindell testified in court that he bought a computer program to hack elections. His men just got access to look at the data and not install the computer program, sure.

Harker

(18,229 posts)
14. Her future appearance fees and payoffs depend on her usefulness and consistency.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:43 PM
Monday

She'll likely warrant a civil suit in the near future, or commit another crime.

popsdenver

(2,696 posts)
17. Polis is just showing
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:33 PM
Monday

what many of us have said about him all along.....He is a conservative, corporate loving DINO.......

I am waiting to see if Polios backs Bennet in the Governors race, and in turn Bennet lets Polis serve out the rest of Bennets U.S. Senate Term........

Progressive dog

(7,625 posts)
16. Tina Peters was not pardoned
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:32 PM
Monday

She remains a convicted felon. The Governor commuted her sentence.

VMA131Marine

(5,350 posts)
18. Important correction:
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:43 PM
Monday

Polis commuted Tina Peters’ sentence, he didn’t pardon her. That means she’s still a convicted felon and won’t be able to hold office in Colorado again because her felony was one for violating the public trust. Supposedly she’s too ill to run anyway although I don’t see evidence of that.

She served a quarter of her 9 year sentence and the reality is she would have been eligible for parole next year. I think the commutation sends a horrible message and I wonder how many other people in Colorado’s prisons were at least as deserving, if not more so but didn’t get any consideration. What Polis did was fundamentally unfair because there was no rationale for the decision that couldn’t be applied to a lot more people.

OGBuzz

(755 posts)
21. O.K. Commuted. She has a great future ahead of her pushing her stolen election bullshit every time a Democrat
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:56 PM
Monday

dares to win an election.

hamsterjill

(17,816 posts)
25. This woman now has a debt to pay to Trump for getting her out of prison.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:20 PM
Monday

It will be interesting how he collects.

OGBuzz

(755 posts)
30. She is a MAGA martyr. She was "wrongfully" persecuted by the evil Biden Regime, she
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:14 PM
Monday

was sent to prison for election interference crimes by the evil Biden Regime, and her sentence was commuted by a Democrat Governor. Boy does she have a story to tell. This was a gift to MAGA.

SunSeeker

(58,382 posts)
41. It's Democratic Governor, not Democrat Governor.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
Yesterday

Please don’t use Fox News terminology. It’s factually and grammatically wrong.

Biglinda 52

(133 posts)
51. You are correct...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:26 PM
21 hrs ago

I remember watching the presidential debate for the 2020 election and Tulsi Gabbard said "democrat" instead of "democratic". Said to myself "Yep, she's a Rethug".

Response to hamsterjill (Reply #25)

Karasu

(2,151 posts)
34. She has been completely unapologetic the entire fucking time, and said she would gladly do it all over again. What did
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:41 PM
Monday

Polis and the idiots supporting that decision think was going to happen?

Cha

(321,012 posts)
42. We Knew that was coming.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 01:20 AM
Yesterday

Oh and Polis... you were Censured, not Censored.

Here's a clue...

Censor means to block, suppress, or delete content, whereas censure means to formally reprimand or strongly criticize someone. To remember the difference: you censor objectionable words in a movie, but you censure the person who said them.

TY

kentuck

(115,735 posts)
46. Polis is a very wealthy man...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:59 AM
Yesterday

Trump has probably threatened it.

Someone once said, "Behind every great fortune is a great crime..."

Dave Id

(344 posts)
53. Wait!
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:46 PM
21 hrs ago

Do I see a future recipient of the Medal of Freedom bestowed upon her treasonous ass?

JustAnotherGen

(38,142 posts)
55. She's a word
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 01:07 PM
21 hrs ago

I'll get a hide at DU if I use it. Portmanteau of my own creation.

She's that. She'll do it again. If she's THAT old and that had ANYTHING to do with this shit ass decision by Polis? May the blood clot win quickly.

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