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ProgressNow indicts Colo. Republicans after Manafort, Cohen news
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Denver’s liberal swashbuckler Ian Silverii spoke of history, and he took no Colorado political prisoners Tuesday after the news broke that two associates of President Trump were at the mercy of the legal system. Paul Manafort, Trump’s one-time chairman, was found guilty of eight felony bank and tax crimes, while the president’s former attorney and…
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Republican Mike Coffman calls ad about Trump campaign’s Russia ties ‘laughable and dishonest’
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s campaign fired back late Sunday at a liberal organization’s TV ad questioning his response to news about the Trump campaign’s contact with Russians who were attempting to influence last year’s presidential election, calling the attack “laughable and dishonest.” The MoveOn.org Political Action ad blasted five Republican members of Congress, including…
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VIDEO: Ads rip Colorado Republicans Mike Coffman, Scott Tipton for ‘crickets’ response to Trump-Russia news
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The liberal MoveOn organization aired ads Sunday hitting U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton for their response to revelations over the past week about links between top Trump campaign officials and Russians trying to influence last year’s presidential election. “Crickets,” the 30-second ad says, while the sound of the insects plays in the background.…
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Pelosi to Ryan: Don’t use hacked documents in campaigns
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday to keep Republican candidates from using hacked Democratic documents in this year’s election campaigns, the latest political twist in a summer of revelations of digital break-ins believed linked to Russia. “Russia’s cyber attack is an unprecedented assault on the sanctity of our democratic process,”…
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Trump aides covertly fought freeing of Ukraine prisoner
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For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country’s then-president. He said the work was sometimes harder than expected. “I had a sense that there were people working on the other side,” he said, “but they were doing it…
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Trump campaign doubles spending, not ground game
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Donald Trump’s campaign expenses more than doubled last month, even as the Republican presidential nominee held his payroll to about 70 employees, aired no television advertisements and undertook no significant operational buildout across the country. Instead, about half of the campaign’s $18.5 million in spending was vacuumed up by Giles-Parscale, a web design and marketing firm new…
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Trump in Louisiana to survey floods as Manafort resigns
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Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence were in Louisiana Friday to survey the flood damage that killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands more. The visit comes amid an ongoing staff shakeup. Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned Friday following revelations about his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. In a statement, Trump praised Manafort’s work…
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Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
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A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman – who resigned Friday – directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s then-ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, never disclosed their…
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Weary Republicans hopeful Trump staff shake-up triggers new momentum
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Weary Republican leaders are accepting Donald Trump’s latest staff shake-up, hopeful that a new leadership team can reverse the New York businessman’s struggles even as some worry it’s too little too late. The Republican National Committee has already conceded it may divert resources away from the presidential contest favor of vulnerable Senate and House candidates…
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Trump turns to conservative flame-thrower to run campaign
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Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is a flame-thrower in cargo shorts. Steve Bannon’s career path has been an improbable journey from Goldman Sachs insider to conservative filmmaker to media provocateur to campaign chieftain. The shaggy-haired Harvard MBA partial to shorts and Timberland boots is moving to the Trump campaign from the top of Breitbart News, a conservative website that…
