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Trump disqualification hearing closes with Jan. 6 committee staffer, 14th Amendment rebuttal
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The hearing about Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot concluded on Friday with testimony from a high-ranking staff member of the committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and a legal scholar who believed the disqualification question is too difficult for a judge to decide. Trump called…
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Colorado College alumna Liz Cheney to speak at spring commencement
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Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney will deliver the keynote address to Colorado College graduates this spring. The 1988 political science Colorado College graduate will speak at the college’s 149th commencement ceremony on May 28, according to a news release. “Representative Liz Cheney is someone who has pursued courageous conversations and taken bold actions,” Colorado College…
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El Paso County GOP mulls punishing Republicans deemed insufficiently Republican
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El Paso County Republicans plan to decide whether the local party can censure its members for violating its platforms or getting crosswise with GOP leaders. The county GOP’s central committee – made up of precinct leaders, party officers and elected officials – is scheduled to weigh a proposed bylaws amendment to establish a formal censure procedure…
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El Paso County Republicans consider banishing members accused of bucking GOP
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Crossing the party line could take on a new meaning in El Paso County if local Republicans adopt a proposed rules change to allow for “formal censure and removal” of party members who cross the GOP. In a move some local Republican officials are comparing to Soviet-style party purges, a county GOP committee wants to…
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SONDERMANN | 2021: The year-end mode is an ode
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Eric Sondermann To 2021, we bid a not so fond adieu The prevailing sentiment having been a distinct boo-hoo. Though, for most, it was better than the year before Few will shed a tear in showing it the door. It started with quite the bang on January 6th Trump inciting his crowd to overturn an…
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Center for American Women and Politics hails Crisanta Duran as a first
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Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran represents a first for women in 2017, The Center for American Women and Politics said on Twitter Sunday. Last January Duran went down in Colorado history as the first Latina speaker of the Colorado House. On Jan. 10 she begins her second session leading the chamber with a comfortable Democratic…
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May: George Soros should put his mouth where his money is
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Why doesn’t the billionaire debate his opponents, rather than financing smear campaigns against them? Washington is not an easy-going town. You come here to argue policy with the big boys you should expect some rough-and-tumble. But you also should expect clean fights – no biting, no spitting, no hitting below the belt. Whatever else divides us,…
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Liz Cheney wins primary for Wyoming House post her father held
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Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, swept to victory in a crowded race for the Republican nomination for Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House – a post once held by her father. Her victory Tuesday in the Republican primary likely signals that she will win the seat in the general election…
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Well-funded, disciplined, Cheney formidable in Wyoming House race
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This time around, Liz Cheney’s the one to beat. Accusations of carpet-bagging, a ticket for illegal fishing and a family spat over gay marriage led up to Cheney abandoning her bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, a fellow Republican, last election cycle. Now, Cheney’s got credibility, money and momentum after a focused and far…
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The Hot Sheet, March 25, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 51 | MARCH 25, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Happy Good Friday, and a very Happy Birthday to my wife, who puts up with the early morning or late night writing of The Hot Sheet on a daily basis. “I have…
