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Demonstrators arrested following Elijah McClain protests in Aurora
Six demonstrators were arrested in connection to protests held in Aurora earlier this summer, prosecutors announced Thursday. Lillian House, Joel Northam, John Ruch, Terrance Roberts, Whitney Lucero and Trey Quinn all face felonies and are accused of inciting or engaging in a riot, according to news releases from the 17th and 18th Judicial District Attorney’s…
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Rallying nation: In reaction to Trump, millions are joining protests and getting political
Tens of millions of Americans have joined protests and rallies in the past two years, their activism often driven by admiration or outrage toward President Trump, according to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll showing a new activism that could affect November elections. One in five Americans have protested in the streets or participated in…
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Ahead of conservative ALEC conference, protesters rally against ‘school choice’ policies
A few hundred protesters gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to protest school choice policies pushed by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council. Standing on the west steps of the Capitol, activists – led by teachers’ unions – held signs that read, “Vouchers = Theft,” with anti-U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos photos on them. Some…
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Colorado’s No. 3 in protests: Does it have a future in political tourism?
Denverite informs us Colorado has posted the third-highest cumulative attendance rate at political protests thus far during the Trump presidency. Only Vermont (really?) and the District of Columbia (naturally) rank higher. By hard numbers: Colorado has had about 33 demonstrators per 1,000 residents. Vermont had 40 and D.C. 1,324 (again, no surprise there). Denverite’s Megan…
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Political protests seem at all time high, but do they work?
Protests, email and letter writing campaigns targeted at members of Congress and packed town hall meetings have seemingly become the norm since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. Opposition is nothing new to anyone who’s sat in the Oval Office – or in any elected office for that matter – and tried to carry out new…
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‘Weird year’ so far at Capitol: Protest politics and open-minded cooperation
The legislative session in Colorado has been running for a month. Donald Trump has been president for three weeks. The national political tumult that has marked the early days of the administration has resulted in a stream of public protest in the state and angry exchanges at the Capitol. Three weekends ago, the day after…
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May: Curb your socialism
Moderate Democrats should not let Bernie Sanders pull their party to the left Groucho Marx famously said he wouldn’t join any club that would have him as a member. Bernie Sanders last week turned that on its head, saying he wouldn’t remain a member of any party that wouldn’t have him as its leader. Sanders…