# Challenging Do-Nothing Democrats with Melat Kiros

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Podcast: [Head in the Office](https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104)
Published: 2026-06-05T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Melat Kiros, candidate for Colorado's 1st Congressional District (CO-1), joins the show to discuss her challenge to 30+ year Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette, cutting off offensive and defensive aid to Israel, abolishing ICE and addressing immigration from the left, regulating the development of AI, and a lot more.If you want to support Melat, check out her campaign page: www.kirosforco.com Our fundraiser for the Trevor Project: www.headintheoffice.com Early access on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepod Substack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQ Subscribe to second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UoTN328OA7fK2dzicP-ZA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheoffice Threads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheoffice Discord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: headintheofficepod@gmail.com

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