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May: Iran’s latest unfree and unfair election
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The Islamic Republic isn’t a democracy, but a theocratic dictatorship News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over…
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Trump hails fallen Colorado Springs soldier, others at Arlington
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President Donald Trump expressed his nation’s “boundless and undying” gratitude Monday to Americans who have fallen in battle and to the families they left behind, hailing as heroes the hundreds of thousands buried at Arlington National Cemetery, including a soldier from Colorado Springs. In his first Memorial Day remarks as president, Trump told the stories…
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Trump talk with Russians ‘wholly appropriate,’ adviser says
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The White House on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials as “wholly appropriate,” as officials tried to beat back criticism from fellow Republicans and concerns from international allies. One day after officials declared that reports about Trump’s discussions with the Russians were false, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster…
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May: Trump’s pivot to North Korea
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It’s high time the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat America can do anything but America can’t do everything, at least not within a four-year time frame. That suggests that the American president – any American president – needs to prioritize. In 2011, President Obama decided that the Muslim world should no…
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Meetup takes risky leap into the Trump resistance
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Meetup is taking a leap into the Trump resistance. The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group – under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide – to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups. It’s a risky…
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Smith: U.S. ties with Mexico matter now more than ever
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With all the excitement, chaos, turmoil – whatever you want to call it – that has filled Donald Trump’s first days in office, it’s easy to forget that Joaquín Guzmán, “El Chapo,” the world’s most notorious criminal and drug cartel leader was extradited from Mexico to the United States the same day as Trump’s inauguration.…
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How a small town commissioner ends up on TV with the president
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An astute observer with knowledge of Western Colorado politics might have noticed a March 1 video clip appearing on CNN of President Donald Trump speaking from the White House, while U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-CO3, and Republican Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese stand right next to him, looking on. The video clip has been used as “B-roll,” to…
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Jensen: Don’t be so quick to laugh at Trump’s wiretap claims
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Trump said, “wiretap.” The national media laughed, headlines blazed, “without evidence,” and CNN flatly denied it could have happened. Then, some former intelligence agents explained to any journalist willing to listen that while “wiretap” is the wrong word, it did happen. They know this through friendships and contacts they have maintained in the various intelligence…
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PHOTOS: Hundreds rally on Capitol steps in support of Trump
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Several hundred people rallied in support of President Donald Trump outside the state Capitol in Denver on Saturday, listening to speakers including former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and sometimes facing off with a much smaller group of anti-Trump demonstrators. Speaking on the West Steps facing the mountains, Tancredo drew cheers from the crowd when he…
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Trump supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents
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From Colorado’s state Capitol to Trump Tower in New York and the Washington Monument, groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Trump on Saturday, waving “Deplorables for Trump” signs and even carrying a life-size cutout of the president. Chelsea Thomas, an accountant from Thornton, Colorado, brought her family to the March 4 Trump rally…
