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EPA’s Pruitt to speak in Denver this weekend
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will speak in Denver this weekend, organizers of the Western Conservative Summit said Tuesday morning. Pruitt and Attorney Jeff Sessions, who was previously announced, will speak Friday night at the ticketed conclave of conservative activists and operatives at the Colorado Convention Center. “2018 will see…
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Western Conservative Summit rejects press pass for Samantha Bee (Video)
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She wasn’t the Centennial Institute’s preferred celebrity to begin with, but after using some crude language about Ivanka Trump, comedian Samantha Bee will have to find an alternative route into next weekend’s Western Conservative Summit. Organizers of the largest gathering of conservatives outside the D.C. beltway said Saturday that the hostess of “Full Frontal…
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Colorado’s Jeff Hunt explains libertarianism’s limits on pot on C-SPAN
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Folks who revolve in conservative Colorado circles saw a familiar face on TV Wednesday if they were up early and watching C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” Jeff Hunt, vice president of public policy at Colorado Christian University and head of the Centennial Institute think tank there, was talking about the state of social libertarianism, starting with ills…
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Jeff Sessions will speak at the Western Conservative Summit June 8
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The Western Conservative Summit will hear from a member of President Trump’s immediate orbit for a second year in a row. The Centennial Institute, which puts on the annual gathering in Denver, said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will speak June 8. Last year Trump attorney Jay Sekulow spoke on religious liberty at the event,…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch, Parkland High survivor to speak at the Western Conservative Summit
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The Western Conservative Summit in Denver June 8-9 will step into the national gun debate this year. Organizers tell Colorado Politics the list of speakers has grown to include Dana Loesch, the ubiquitous spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association. And that ain’t all. The Friday night roster includesParkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv,…
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Western Conservative Summit will feature Kirk Cameron, YouTube’s Diamond and Silk
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Actor Kirk Cameron and YouTube personalities Diamond and Silk are coming to this year’s Western Conservative Summit in Denver, the Centennial Institute says. The conservative think tank at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood released the first names in its lineup for the annual gathering June 8 and June 9 at the Colorado Convention Center. Cameron…
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What Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton said in Denver last summer
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DENVER – If President Trump values loyalty in his inner circle, then he found the right man in John Bolton to be his new national security adviser. Bolton replaced H.R. McMaster Thursday in the latest eruption in the Trump White House. Bolton will be Trump’s third national security adviser in his short presidency. But last…
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Insights: Tax reform loot comes in a mixed bag for Colorado
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There’s no denying that the tax overhaul delivered by the Republicans and President Trump put money in Colorado’s pocket, albeit wealthy people and corporations did better than most of us. In the wake of the new law, minimum-wage workers at Walmart are getting a pay raise to $11 an hour, even as thousands of their…
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Ethics complaint against Colorado state Rep. Ransom dismissed
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After a more than five-hour hearing, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission Wednesday unanimously dismissed an ethics complaint filed against Republican Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree. The ethics complaint alleged Ransom accepted a “Gold Pass,” valued at $600, to attend the 2016 Western Conservative Summit. In their ruling, the commission said Ransom had met the…
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Walker Stapleton clobbers primary competition in straw poll at GOP gubernatorial forum
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Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton notched a landslide win in a straw poll conducted Monday night at a Weld County forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates, attracting a hair under half the vote. Out of 85 votes cast in the non-binding straw poll, Stapleton received 42, ahead of runner-up Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who launched…
