john mccain
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John McCain’s family ‘overwhelmed’ by support as senator ends medical treatment
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Arizona Sen. John McCain has discontinued medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family says. It’s a likely indication that the war hero, onetime presidential nominee and longtime lawmaker is nearing the end of his life. The 81-year-old McCain has surpassed expectations for survival, but “the progress of disease and the inexorable…
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Gardner, bipartisan Senate group back bill to keep US in NATO
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“NATO is as bad as NAFTA,” President Donald Trump told G7 leaders in Canada in June. And you know how much Trump hates the North American Free Trade Agreement. Concerns that the president could unilaterally remove the United States from the nearly 70-year-old North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have prompted four bipartisan senators to introduce…
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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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ProgressNow Colorado hailing drivers on Cory Gardner’s vote on clean-air rules
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Honk, if you hate Cory. That’s what the billboard along westbound Interstate 70 in Denver should say, and that would likely bring a smile to the face of Ian Silverii, leader of ProgressNow Colorado. The state’s largest liberal advocacy group is the latest to use outdoor advertising to call out Republican Sen. Cory Gardner’s May…
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Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District
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He once sought swing voters in the swingiest of swing seats and ran for president of Arizona as the favorite son candidate – according to his mom, at least – but Gary Swing is trying on a different party for next year’s election. After several congressional runs on the Green Party ticket and a Boiling…
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Q&A w/Laura Chapin: She’s all Democratic blue — but bleeds burnt orange for her Longhorns
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If you’re involved in Colorado politics and lean left, there’s a good chance you know Laura Chapin. If you lean right, there’s an even better chance you’ve felt her sting. Ask anyone who’s jousted with her on Twitter, where the Denver-based progressive Democratic strategist and opinion blogger for U.S. News has been known to scorch…