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Colorado’s Jeff Hunt joins Turning Point USA council
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Jeff Hunt, the director of the conservative Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, is taking a seat on the advisory council for Turning Point USA, the high-profile outfit that courts college students on the merits of conservatism. The organization, however, also courts controversy. Last week the Arizona Republic noted it has “faced repeated claims of…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Peg Perl unveils backers in Denver clerk race
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The municipal election isn’t for another 10 months, and she has yet to draw an opponent, but Denver clerk and recorder candidate Peg Perl is already racking up support for her bid, the attorney and former senior counsel for Colorado Ethics Watch announced this week. The current and former officials supporting Perl include House House Majority…
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Colorado politicos react to Trump’s pick of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
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k.vineys President Trump’s selection of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court brought swift yet predictable reactions from Colorado politicos Monday night. Kavanaugh would succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a moderate swing vote on the high court. The nominee’s rulings in the lower courts suggest a move to the right for the Supreme Court.…
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Trump nominates new U.S. attorney for Colorado
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President Donald Trump has nominated Jason Dunn to serve as Colorado’s U.S. attorney in a long-anticipated move, the White House announced Wednesday. Dunn is a former deputy state attorney general and assistant solicitor general under former Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (now Colorado Springs’ mayor) and a shareholder at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein…
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Republicans are giddy for Western Conservative Summit (and so are Democrats)
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Chief organizer Jeff Hunt says he hasn’t seen this much excitement around the Western Conservative Summit since Donald Trump and Sarah Palin came to Denver for the 2016 gathering. This year’s summit – the largest gathering of conservatives outside the nation’s capital Beltway – runs Friday and Saturday at the Colorado Convention Center. Each year…
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EPA’s Pruitt to speak in Denver this weekend
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will speak in Denver this weekend, organizers of the Western Conservative Summit said Tuesday morning. Pruitt and Attorney Jeff Sessions, who was previously announced, will speak Friday night at the ticketed conclave of conservative activists and operatives at the Colorado Convention Center. “2018 will see…
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Western Conservative Summit rejects press pass for Samantha Bee (Video)
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She wasn’t the Centennial Institute’s preferred celebrity to begin with, but after using some crude language about Ivanka Trump, comedian Samantha Bee will have to find an alternative route into next weekend’s Western Conservative Summit. Organizers of the largest gathering of conservatives outside the D.C. beltway said Saturday that the hostess of “Full Frontal…
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Colorado’s Jeff Hunt explains libertarianism’s limits on pot on C-SPAN
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Folks who revolve in conservative Colorado circles saw a familiar face on TV Wednesday if they were up early and watching C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” Jeff Hunt, vice president of public policy at Colorado Christian University and head of the Centennial Institute think tank there, was talking about the state of social libertarianism, starting with ills…
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Jeff Sessions will speak at the Western Conservative Summit June 8
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The Western Conservative Summit will hear from a member of President Trump’s immediate orbit for a second year in a row. The Centennial Institute, which puts on the annual gathering in Denver, said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will speak June 8. Last year Trump attorney Jay Sekulow spoke on religious liberty at the event,…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch, Parkland High survivor to speak at the Western Conservative Summit
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The Western Conservative Summit in Denver June 8-9 will step into the national gun debate this year. Organizers tell Colorado Politics the list of speakers has grown to include Dana Loesch, the ubiquitous spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association. And that ain’t all. The Friday night roster includesParkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv,…
