If the Colorado Grinch brought the bad, and Colorado Christmas was about finding light in the darkness, then New Year’s in Colorado is about something else entirely:
Resolve.
Because once the ornaments come down and the legislature sobers up (briefly), the same crowd that spent all year lecturing you about carbon footprints and “lived experience” gets right back to work trying to manage your life.
And look – I get it. Most political New Year’s resolutions sound like garbage you abandon by January 12th. “This is the year we’ll finally reform government!” Sure, it is. Right after Peloton makes you thin.
But conservatives in Colorado don’t have the luxury of performative optimism. What we do have is stubbornness, memory, and a Constitution that still hasn’t been repealed – no matter how many times they try to work around it.
So consider this list less “self-care” and more strategic defiance.
Ten resolutions for conservatives in Commie Colorado heading into 2026.
1. Resolve to Stop Acting Like We’re the Minority Everywhere
Yes, Denver and Boulder exist. Yes, Twitter is loud. No, that does not mean Colorado is a monolith of progressive enlightenment.
Millions of Coloradans still care about:
- Affording groceries
- Public safety
- Energy jobs
- Parental rights
- Not being taxed like an ATM with feelings
Stop internalizing the lie that you’re “on the wrong side of history.” History doesn’t belong to the people with the best hashtags – it belongs to the people who show up, vote, organize, and refuse to shut up.
2. Resolve to Treat TABOR Like the Crown Jewel It Is
TABOR isn’t a nuisance. It’s not outdated. It’s not “too complicated for modern governance.”
It is the last serious restraint on a legislature that would otherwise tax you into a lifestyle they approve of.
This year, resolve to:
- Defend it
- Explain it
- Vote like it matters
Because every time they fail to kill TABOR outright, they try to bleed it quietly. Don’t let them.
3. Resolve to Laugh More at the Panic
They panic about:
- Gas stoves
- Pickups
- Pronouns
- Plastic bags
- Words
- Silence
- You breathing incorrectly
Their worldview requires constant emergency. Yours doesn’t.
Resolve to stop absorbing the anxiety. Mock it. Question it. Shrug at it. Nothing drives authoritarians crazier than people who refuse to be scared on command.
4. Resolve to Stay Local, Not Just Loud
National politics gets all the attention, but Colorado is proof that local government is where real damage – and real resistance – happens.
School boards. County commissions. Town councils. Special districts. These are the rooms where policies actually touch families.
Resolve to:
- Attend the boring meetings and make public comment
- Read the fine print
- Support the candidates no one’s fundraising for
The left understands this. That’s why they’re there. We should be too.
5. Resolve to Defend Energy Workers Like They’re Family – Because They Are
Energy workers aren’t talking points. They’re parents, neighbors, volunteers, and taxpayers.
Resolve to:
- Push back every time oil and gas workers are smeared
- Call out policies that pretend reliability doesn’t matter
- Refuse the lie that prosperity and environmental stewardship are mutually exclusive
You don’t get modern life without energy. Anyone who says otherwise is lying – or selling something.
6. Resolve to Use the Ballot, Not Just the Comment Section
Colorado still has one of the most powerful initiative processes in the country.
That means when the legislature ignores voters, voters get to respond with a clipboard and a pen.
Resolve to:
- Support ballot efforts that restore sanity
- Volunteer when you can
- Vote in off-year elections like they actually count (because they do)
Democracy doesn’t end because Twitter says so. It ends when people stop using it.
7. Resolve to Stop Apologizing for Common Sense
You don’t need to apologize for believing:
- Kids deserve protection
- Girls’ sports should be fair and not include biological men
- Crime should have consequences
- Borders should exist
- Biology isn’t a hate crime
Resolve to speak plainly and without shame. You’re not extreme. You’re normal – and more people agree with you than the media wants you to believe.
8. Resolve to Demand Proof, Not Slogans
“Experts say” isn’t evidence.
“Studies show” isn’t an argument.
“Trust the science” isn’t a substitute for data.
Resolve to ask:
- Who funded the study?
- What assumptions were baked in?
- What alternatives were ignored?
Real science welcomes scrutiny. Ideology demands obedience.
9. Resolve to Play the Long Game on the Courts
Legislatures pass bad laws. Courts decide whether they stick.
Resolve to:
- Support candidates who respect constitutional limits
- Pay attention to judicial races
- Understand that patience often beats outrage
Bad ideas hate due process. Good ideas survive it.
10. Resolve to Stay Joyful Out of Pure Spite
This may be the most important one.
They want you exhausted. Cynical. Bitter. Convinced nothing matters. They want you to disengage so they can manage things quietly. And they want you to move out of state.
Don’t give them the satisfaction.
Be joyful.
Be stubborn.
Be involved.
Be unimpressed by nonsense.
Celebrate the wins – even the small ones.
Joy isn’t denial.
It’s defiance.
Bonus Resolution (and Probably the Most Important One): Resolve to Stop Eating Our Own (Especially on Social Media)
Let’s talk about the dumbest habit conservatives in Colorado still refuse to quit:
Publicly beating the hell out of other conservatives – by name – on social media.
Nothing says “serious political movement” quite like a circular firing squad conducted on Facebook, where liberals can sit back with popcorn and watch us call each other traitors, RINOs, sellouts, cowards, fake conservatives, or – my personal favorite – “literally worse than Democrats.”
Here’s a reality check for the new year:
The left doesn’t have to defeat us if we do the job for them.
Every time conservatives:
- Dogpile candidates who mostly agree with us
- Purity-test allies until no one qualifies
- Turn policy disagreements into character assassinations
- Air every internal grievance like it’s performance art
…we look like a hot mess, and the people we need to persuade quietly back away from the table.
Disagreement isn’t the problem.
Public, performative, grifting cannibalism is.
You can debate strategy without declaring someone a communist sleeper agent. You can criticize a vote without accusing someone of hating freedom. You can disagree without acting like the comment section is a medieval town square and you just found a witch.
And here’s the part nobody wants to admit:
Most conservatives you’re yelling at online are closer to you than any Democrat running the show.
Resolve this year to:
- Fight the left harder than you fight your caucus
- Handle disagreements like adults, not influencers
- Save the knives for the people actually writing the bad laws
- Remember that winning requires addition, not endless subtraction
Because while we’re busy calling each other names in public, the left is passing bills, stacking agencies, and laughing all the way through the committee hearings.
Unity doesn’t mean silence.
It means aiming your fire in the right direction.
So for the love of liberty – and basic political competence – resolve to stop making it easy for our opponents.
Argue. Debate. Push back.
Just stop burning down the house while the other side’s watching.
Final Thought: The New Year Isn’t a Reset – It’s a Continuation
Colorado isn’t lost. It’s contested. Heavily.
And contested ground is where fights are still winnable.
We don’t need miracles. We need memory, courage, and a refusal to comply with lies dressed up as virtue.
Take it back. Slow. Sure. With a plan. One council seat. One board seat. One house district. One senate district. AT A TIME!
So here’s to the new year in Commie Colorado:
Still taxed.
Still regulated.
Still standing.
And not going anywhere.
Happy New Year.
They’re going to hate it.
