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Fox News giving bigger role to ex-Bush aide, Colorado product Perino
When Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg made the media rounds in advance of Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony this week, it was a telling sign that Dana Perino was chosen to question her for Fox News Channel. The assignment speaks to Perino’s growing role at Fox News, and a sense that sources are trusting her as an honest…
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Colorado was potential target of Facebook data breach, IT expert says
WASHINGTON – Colorado’s status as an election swing state likely made it a target for the kind of data breach described by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg during his congressional testimony Tuesday, according to a Boulder-based information technology expert. Zuckerberg was grilled by senators outraged that a British political consulting firm was able to collect…
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Cynthia Coffman among attorneys general demanding answers from Facebook on data harvest
DENVER – Attorneys general from 37 states and territories, including Colorado’s Cynthia Coffman, joined the clamor Monday calling on Facebook to explain its privacy policies and business practices, including how personal data belonging at least 50 million users wound up in the hands of a firm tied to the Trump campaign. The pressure from the…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 11 edition
A STATEWIDE WIN’S A STATEWIDE WIN … State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a leading Republican candidate for governor, was making the rounds at precinct caucuses Tuesday night at Lakewood High School, pitching his candidacy to Jeffco Republicans, who were convening in scattered classrooms. At one of his first stops, Stapleton delivered a rapid-fire introduction to the…
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Colorado vlogger ‘Conservative Momma’ takes five after Big Social Media clip her wings
She’s a onetime improv comedian and Screen Actors Guild member who tilted right, tuned into politics and turned on to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to pitch her brand of political satire. Her sharp-edged comedy sketches had started to develop a following, and some of her videos went viral. That’s when the Douglas County-based “Conservative Momma”…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg talks equity for women with Democrat Mike Johnston at campaign event
It’ll take a combination of leadership in business, government and smaller scale, person-to-person relationships to bring about equity for women, said Facebook’s chief operating officer and author Sheryl Sandberg at an appearance Monday with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston in Denver. “We have companies that need to do the right thing – lead by example. We…
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Ads blast Coffman tax vote after Paul Ryan deletes tweet cheering $1.50 tax break
National Democrats launched digital ads Monday tying Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to a tweet posted by House Speaker Paul Ryan touting a $1.50-a-week tax break enjoyed by a secretary in the wake of the massive tax overhaul passed by the Republican Congress late last year. It’s part of a Facebook ad campaign targeting 50…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to help launch women’s coalition for Democrat Mike Johnston
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer and the author of “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” will be on hand to help Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston kick off a coalition of women supporting his campaign at a panel discussion in Denver, his campaign announced. “I first got to know Mike through…
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Rep. Dan Thurlow challenging Sen. Ray Scott in GOP primary, flirted with unaffiliated bid
State Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Grand Junction Republican, plans to announce Saturday he’s challenging state Sen. Ray Scott in the GOP primary, although he first considered running for the seat as an unaffiliated candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. Thurlow, who has represented House District 55 for two terms, asked supporters in an email Friday to…
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Campaign finance reform group hammers Mike Coffman on tax bill vote with six-figure ad buy
A political action committee devoted to driving big money out of politics on Tuesday launched a six-figure digital ad campaign targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for the Aurora Republican’s vote in favor of the tax reform bill passed by Congress last month. “Congressman Coffman represents the worst of Washington’s pay-to-play system, and he’s proven time…