By now you’ve no doubt read or heard about the unprecedented offensive Hamas launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel at approximately 6:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.
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Potential Speaker of the House Proposed a National Abortion Ban That Cory Gardner Falsely Said Didn’t Exist
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) most memorable connection to Colorado politics may be his under-the-radar and unintended cameo role in Colorado’s 2014 U.S. Senate race.
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Weld County Sheriff Talks About Challenging Buck; States His Concern that Migrants Could ‘Take Us Out’
On Thursday, Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams appeared on a right-wing radio show to talk about possibly opposing U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) in the Republican primary next year.
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Boebert Blasts Biden, Baselessly
During Saturday’s Ouray County Lincoln Day Dinner, the annual fundraiser featured keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) alongside Colorado Rep. Marc Catlin (R-Montrose) and Sen. Cleave Simpson (R-Alamosa). During her remarks, Boebert blamed the Biden administration for Hamas’ attack against Israel.
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Panelists at Climate Denier Documentary Premiere Claim Climate Activists Are ‘Anti-Human’
In 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report warning of severe consequences if global climate change were allowed to continue unabated. To counteract this, IPCC’s report said, would require the U.S. and other major nations to set a course to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050 — meaning any emissions of carbon dioxide, a leading driver of climate change, would need to be balanced by an equal amount removed from the atmosphere.
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Voting by Mail Doesn’t Favor Democrats or Republicans, Conclude Multiple Studies
by Zachary Roth –Lately, a rough consensus has emerged among people who study the impact of voting policies: Though they often spark fierce partisan fighting, most changes to voting laws do little to affect overall turnout, much less election results.
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Right-Wing Christian Groups Back CO Congressman Buck and Others Who Ousted House Speaker
“Pro-family” groups support seven of the eight far-right Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives who made history Oct. 3 by voting to remove Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a 216-210 vote.
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DAVIS: This November’s School Board Elections Are More Important Than You Think
The most important school board races in Colorado this year are not on the Front Range, and are rarely in the press. They are tucked into high valleys beyond the curtains of peaks, attracting little notice and even less money. While school board races in Denver routinely attract tens of thousands of voters and millions of dollars in outside spending, the races carrying the real stakes of the November elections could be decided by dozens of votes, or a few thousand dollars. Rural school board races have never been as important as they are this year, and their ramifications could be felt statewide.
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Weld County Sheriff Reams ‘Considering’ Primary Challenge of Buck, Says Talk Show Host
KHOW talk radio host Dan Caplis said yesterday that Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams told Caplis that he is considering challenging U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO).
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‘Stop Insuring Fossil Fuels’: Protest Disrupts Insurance Event at the Broadmoor
Insurance executives gathering Tuesday for an annual convention at the Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs had more on their plates than hors d’oeuvres.