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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis questions DOGE’s strategy, agrees the penny should go
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Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday questioned the Trump administration’s strategy in cutting government spending, saying the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency appears to be just “tearing down the old” but not offering an efficient way to conduct government business. In a POLITICO interview at the Governors Summit, Polis wondered how the government can create the “most…
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Voter outreach in Colorado aims to register millennials, people of color, unmarried women
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DENVER – Coloradans will be feeling the outreach of the Voter Participation Center, urging them to register to vote, as the Washington, D.C, nonprofit aims to fire up and sign up millennials, people of color and unmarried women. The organization brands the demographics the “Rising American Electorate.” Those broad Democratic-leaning blocs net 53.5 percent of Colorado’s eligible voters.…
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Politico profiles Colorado’s Cory Gardner as the man on the high wire
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By the lights of Beltway-insider news outlet Politico, Colorado’s Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is juggling chainsaws – while walking a tightrope. High above a pit of hungry alligators. And still managing to smile through it all, keeping any fleeting, gloomy thoughts to himself. His colleague John Cornyn – the Texas Republican and majority whip who…
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Colorado’s Michael Bennet has yet to account for his role in Iran nuke deal
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Sen. Michael Bennet should be checking his mailbox for a ‘thank you’ note from Hezbollah for helping hook them up with cash, if he hasn’t already. Bennet was one of the chief backers of President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal that gave the largest state sponsor of terror at least $1.7 billion in American taxpayer money.…
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Denver mayor calls AG Sessions ‘out of step’ over shifting federal pot policy
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With Denver reaping millions of dollars annually in sales tax revenue from recreational marijuana, and Colorado’s market representing a billion-dollar industry, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called a shifting federal approach toward states with legalized marijuana irresponsible. “This is a billion-dollar-plus industry here in Colorado, (with) thousands of jobs, and what this move has done is…
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NORAD’s Santa Tracker gets an assist from Team Trump
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Some of the kids who dialed up Colorado Springs-based NORAD’s Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve to pinpoint the whereabouts of the The Jolly One as he circled the globe bearing gifts got an extra holiday surprise when the president of the United States – aka POTUS, aka Donald Trump – answered the phone. First Lady…
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Gabby Giffords to Mike Coffman after concealed-carry vote: Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough
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Democrat Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman wounded in a mass shooting six years ago, called out U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Twitter after the Aurora Republican voted to make it easier for gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines without running afoul of conflicting state laws. Giffords, who has endorsed one of…
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Arizona’s Giffords backs Colorado Democrat Jason Crow, says combat vet has ‘courage to stand up for gun safety’
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The gun violence prevention organization founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting in Arizona six years ago, has endorsed Democrat Jason Crow in next year’s 6th Congressional District primary. “Jason Crow has shown the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and help lead the effort to reduce…
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Hickenlooper splashes cold water on speculation about 2020 presidential unity ticket with Kasich
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Gov. John Hickenlooper appeared to dampen speculation he was considering joining an independent presidential ticket with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, calling it “funny that people expect a political marriage” when two politicians reach across the aisle to work together. “Kasich is dapper & worldly, but knows nada about brewing beer,” Hickenlooper said on Twitter Friday…
