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Sanctuary city? Denver officials pledge to resist Trump’s mass deportation threat
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Denver and other Colorado cities stand in the crosshairs of President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to cut off federal funding to “sanctuary cities” for illegal immigrants. Sanctuary cities refer to cities that make no more than mediocre efforts to block illegal immigrants from employment or to deport them. Denver city and county officials have sought to…
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Supreme Court asks US government’s view on mine spill suit
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The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Justice Department on Monday to weigh in on New Mexico’s lawsuit against Colorado over a mine waste spill that polluted rivers in both states and in Utah. The court asked the Office of the Solicitor General to submit the Obama administration’s views on the lawsuit. The solicitor general represents…
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A history lesson: Joe McCarthy and communism in America
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“I have here in my hand a list of names,” Joe McCarthy is famously quoted as saying in the 1950s. The senator from Wisconsin is well storied in the history books as the public face symbolizing fears of communist subversion in the U.S. during the Cold War and leading charges that Soviet espionage was widespread…
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The Hot Sheet – Cops not necessarily citizens, Sen. Gardner has your golden tix, 10 homeless cost you millions, pot and gun rights and MORE …
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VOL. 01 NO. 191 | NOVEMBER 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Good Tuesday to you and yours. If it’s a traveling day (“over the river and through the woods …”) for you, we do hope you arrive safely and possibly hungry. As you’ll notice, we are sharing several topics concerning our…
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US: Ex-contractor committed ‘breathtaking’ theft of secrets
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A former National Security Agency contractor’s theft of top secret government information was “breathtaking in its longevity and scale,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday aimed at keeping the man locked up as the case moves forward. The Justice Department also said it anticipated bringing additional charges against Harold T. Martin III, including…
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Aurora VA hospital investigation goes big-time
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers formally asked the U.S. Justice Department Thursday to investigate whether Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-area hospital. Twelve Republicans and nine Democrats on the House Veterans Affairs Committee made the request in a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. “It is…
