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Colorado politicians make final push to keep U.S. Space Command
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With a new defense secretary on the job, Colorado politicians are bombarding the Pentagon with pleas to keep the new U.S. Space Command here. Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is the latest, a few days behind Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and the El Paso Board of County Commissioners. The new push is aimed at Defense…
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COMMENTARY | Colorado Springs couple celebrates Trump’s presidency
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Editor’s note: Today, columnist David Ramsey talks with supporters of President Donald Trump. Yesterday, Ramsey talked with a critic of Trump. It was Election Night 2016 when Sidney Patin entered a nervous sleep. He wasn’t sure if Donald Trump, his beloved candidate, would defeat Hillary Clinton. Myra, his wife, shook him awake at 2 a.m.…
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COMMENTARY | Colorado Springs pastor deeply troubled by Trump’s presidency
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Editor’s note: In today’s column, David Ramsey talks with a Colorado Springs resident who is critical of President Donald Trump. In Thursday’s column, Ramsey will talk with a Springs resident who supports Trump. About 9 p.m. on Election Night 2016, Alycia Erickson had to escape her television screen. She was too upset to accept the…
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May: Border security and immigration made simple
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Utilizing market forces and modern technology would serve American interests The nation-state is a relatively new idea – scholars generally trace it back to the 17th century. It has its flaws but has anyone come up with a better approach to world order? A nation-state enjoys sovereignty over its territory. Territories are separated by borders. Securing…
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Trump talk with Russians ‘wholly appropriate,’ adviser says
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The White House on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials as “wholly appropriate,” as officials tried to beat back criticism from fellow Republicans and concerns from international allies. One day after officials declared that reports about Trump’s discussions with the Russians were false, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster…
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May: Why Boeing and Airbus deals with Iran shouldn’t fly
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Aiding and abetting terrorists is bad business Sometimes international law is ambiguous. Sometimes not. When it comes to murdering civilians and using chemical weapons to get the job done, there are no grey areas, no fuzzy lines, no mitigating circumstances. Such practices are clearly and specifically prohibited under what’s called “the law of war.” That…
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Trump era liberal strife still evident in Dem Boulder town halls; but what does it mean for Colorado?
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It was another weekend in the first months of the Trump administration and so another weekend of packed political town halls in heavily Democratic Boulder County, Colorado. “Resistance” energy in the region seems as fresh as it was the day after the inauguration, but it’s difficult to gauge to what degree Boulder might be a…
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May: Trump’s pivot to North Korea
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It’s high time the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat America can do anything but America can’t do everything, at least not within a four-year time frame. That suggests that the American president – any American president – needs to prioritize. In 2011, President Obama decided that the Muslim world should no…
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Smith: U.S. ties with Mexico matter now more than ever
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With all the excitement, chaos, turmoil – whatever you want to call it – that has filled Donald Trump’s first days in office, it’s easy to forget that Joaquín Guzmán, “El Chapo,” the world’s most notorious criminal and drug cartel leader was extradited from Mexico to the United States the same day as Trump’s inauguration.…
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How a small town commissioner ends up on TV with the president
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An astute observer with knowledge of Western Colorado politics might have noticed a March 1 video clip appearing on CNN of President Donald Trump speaking from the White House, while U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-CO3, and Republican Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese stand right next to him, looking on. The video clip has been used as “B-roll,” to…
