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One take w/Peter and Joey: They don’t shoot horses, but they…
…do shoot down gun bills on the Democratic side of the aisle. ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus and Joey Bunch engage in some horseplay while pointing out most state Senate Republican legislation expanding the rights of gun owners will be dead on arrival once in the hands of the Democratic-controlled state House. Alas, one party’s passion is another…
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One take w/Peter and Joey: Lady Gaga, Tom Brady and the Super Bowl
Was Patriots’ victory over the Falcons not just another match-up of the AFC and NFC but in fact, as ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus contends, the “most political Super Bowl ever”? Marcus insists, “It was clearly a mandate on the Donald Trump presidency.” Bunch is, well, bemused, by today’s installment of the weekly face-off; seems like he showed…
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VIDEO: Law enforcement will be asked to prove innocence online on asset forfeiture
State lawmakers are ready to crack down on something that might not be a problem at all in Colorado – that law enforcement might be taking more than they’re entitled to when criminals forfeit property. “I think it’s more about transparency … than anything else, making sure we focus on everything being reported, so we can…
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VIDEO: Sonnenberg sees hope for state ag beyond end of trade pact
One of the General Assembly’s leading voices for Colorado agriculture, state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg tells ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch that President Trump “will help” expand opportunities for the state’s ag exports to Pacific Rim nations despite the administration’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican, says, “…It’s vital to our national security to…
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One take w/Peter & Joey: If voters wanted change, they got it
How will the 45th U.S. president be viewed for his impact on Colorado history? ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch and Peter Marcus agree that the opening days of the Trump administration have amounted to a whirlwind of upheaval for our state, with Colorado’s local, state and federal elected officials not knowing what to expect next. But is that…
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Immigrant groups on edge as White House crackdown moves ahead
Refugees, immigrant-rights groups and lawmakers held another rally in Denver Thursday in the wake of President Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration and border security – and as he’s expected to issue a second order targeting Syrian refugees and other immigrants from Muslim countries. This comes as a community center for refugees, Mango House in…
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VIDEO: Anxious demonstrators fear the unknown as new immigration policy looms
Immigrants-rights groups expressed solidarity in a demonstration at the State Capitol Wednesday as they awaited word of President Trump’s impending executive orders on immigration. The protest actions in Denver mirrored those organized around the country as the Trump administration moved to implement a promised crackdown on undocumented immigrants nationwide.
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VIDEO: A call for unity as the president’s immigration crackdown looms
“They’re cruel and inhumane, and maybe even possibly unconstitutional,” Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar of Thornton says of the announcements on immigration policy expected from President Trump today. Salazar has been one of the General Assembly’s most outspoken opponents of Trump’s call for a Muslim registry and a wall on the Mexican border. Colorado Politics’ Joey Bunch caught…
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One take w/Peter & Joey: …So, is bipartisanship dead or alive?
ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus is pretty frustrated these days by all the on-again-off-again talk of bipartisanship in the 2017 legislative session. Do lawmakers mean it, or don’t they? Opening week, they were flying high with kumbayas all around; one week later, House Republicans already had accused ruling House Democrats of standing bipartisanship before a firing squad after the House…
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VIDEO: ‘With Trump, it’s harder…to figure out what he really will do’
Donald Trump, “goes in as the least popular president-elect in modern times,” warns Dr. Paul Teske, Dean of the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Public Affairs, in this video interview with ColoradoPolitics.com. Teske also told us, on the eve of inauguration, that in the early days of the new administration, we’ll definitely see some version of the promised wall on…