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Colorado’s Buck, Neguse hammer along party lines in Trump impeachment hearing
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Two Coloradans sitting on opposite sides of a wide partisan divide questioned legal scholars Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its first day of hearings to determine whether to impeach President Donald Trump. U.S. Reps. Ken Buck and Joe Neguse each held the microphone for five minutes during tense, day-long testimony that featured four…
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Bush celebrated with praise and humor at cathedral farewell
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WASHINGTON – George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America’s 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth – George W. Bush – eulogized…
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HUDSON | What if TABOR isn’t a ‘third rail’ of Colorado politics after all?
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Since Colorado voters pasted the TABOR amendment that steers spending and revenues into our state constitution in 1992, the myth of its sacrosanct power has been embroidered each year. It is frequently viewed as the “third rail” of politics – attempt to tamper with it and you will surely die. However, only a slim majority…
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BIDLACK | Does honesty matter anymore in a president?
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Readers of a certain age will recall that in 1976, then California Governor Ronald Reagan did what many in politics thought was both foolish and disloyal – he ran a campaign for president against the sitting Republican, Gerald Ford. It was a bitter battle, with acrimony and insults all around. Many political thinkers believe that…
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BIDLACK | Please pass the sauce for Clinton — and for Trump — and hold the hypocrisy
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I return today to a theme of my bi-weekly columns – hypocrisy. And did you know that “bi-weekly” can mean every two weeks or twice per week? I had to look that up to be sure. Anyway, regular readers (hi Mom! Hi Editor!) (Editor: please, please, get to the point) will recall that I have complained…
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Ambassador, activist and heiress Swanee Hunt has lived the #MeToo struggle
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Swanee Hunt, a woman of tremendous privilege, philanthropy and leadership, has known the same struggles as many other women in the workplace today. “I have had two presidents – not Bill Clinton – make passes at me,” she told Colorado cable TV talker Aaron Harber as he interviewed the former U.S. ambassador to Austria and…
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Hillary Clinton sells out December appearance in Denver to sign her new book
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Tickets to a December appearance by Hillary Clinton to promote her latest memoir, “What Happened,” at a Denver bookstore sold out within hours Tuesday. The former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee explores the 2016 presidential election and her surprise loss to Republican Donald Trump in the 491-page book, which also published…
