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SLOAN: Trump’s biggest successes in 2017 may have come in spite of him

Jan 1, 2018

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Kelly Sloan

If it were necessary to uncover a single word to define President Donald Trump’s inaugural year, it would have to be “incongruity.” On one hand, we behold the burlesque Trump; the bombastic populist, the undisciplined, impulsive social media presence, the somewhat child-like figure who lacks the support of much of his own party – an…
Gardner bill on mobile-friendly websites heads to White House

Dec 23, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

A bipartisan bill to require new federal government websites to be mobile-friendly is headed to the White House for signing. Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, a Yuma Republican, and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire, jointly sponsored The Connected Government Act, S 1769. The measure unanimously passed the Senate Dec. 21. The House version,…
Fake news to the left, fake news to the right; here we are, stuck in the middle with you

Dec 22, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

As we prepare to close out 2017, the mania over #FakeNews probably warrants a last hurrah before giving way to 2018’s hottest hashtags. Jason Salzman’s left-leaning media watchdog, The Big Media Blog, has released its “Colorado Fake News Awards 2017” as part of its campaign to call out those on the political right who use social…
Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser plans to petition, keep caucus option open

Dec 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Phil Weiser, one of five Democrats running for attorney general, told supporters Wednesday to plan on helping him petition onto the primary ballot starting next month, but he also encouraged them to attend precinct caucuses and higher assemblies, potentially another route to the primary. A spokesman for Weiser told Colorado Politics the candidate intends to…
Faith, family drive Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter’s GOP gubernatorial bid

Dec 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

There are a few things that define Lew Gaiter III, the Larimer County commissioner running in the Republican primary for governor. He’s a Christian and a cancer survivor. He’s a family man who built a business. After growing up in a family of prominent Colorado Democrats, he’s been a Republican since his college years. Until…
Doug Lamborn: Republican tax legislation ‘puts a stake through the heart of Obamacare’

Dec 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn cheered word Friday that congressional Republicans had secured enough votes to pass a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that President Donald Trump has said he hopes to sign before the end of the year but that Democrats say favors corporations and the wealthy without much helping everyone else. “The…
Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith

Dec 15, 2017

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Associated Press

Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…
Pueblo Republican Tamra Axworthy says she’s done contesting ‘rigged’ statehouse vacancy election

Dec 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Pueblo Republican Tamra Axworthy said Tuesday she’s done contesting the legislative vacancy election won last month by Judy Reyher and probably won’t challenge Reyher in a primary – even while charging Reyher was “selected under a cloud of suspicion” and ripping the former Otero County GOP chair for “embarrass[ing] our party with racially charged offensive remarks.”…
Public TV pundits ponder new name for Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner

Dec 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Maybe the Colorado Democrats should rename the party’s big annual fundraising dinner after Donald Trump, since their enmity toward the Republican president could be the only thing that unites them. Or, if the party is looking to past presidents who didn’t own slaves and are unsullied by sex scandals, how about honoring Grover Cleveland and…
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman among House Republicans demanding DACA fix by year’s end

Dec 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman was among 34 Republican lawmakers asking Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday to act before the end of the year on legislation to protect the roughly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as minors. “We must pass legislation that protects DACA recipients from deportation and gives them…