WASHINGTON –– Senate Democrats plan to force a vote on a resolution of disapproval to stop President Donald Trump from diverting funds from military construction projects to build a wall along the southern border.
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GOP Speaker Isn’t Qualified to Lecture Fellow Republicans on How to Be “Effective,” Says GOP Critic
A Colorado Republican, scheduled to deliver a lunchtime lecture Wednesday on how to be an “Effective Republican in an Unaffiliated World,” is facing criticism from a fellow Republican who says she isn’t qualified to lecture on the topic due to her own ineffective leadership.
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Reporter Should be “Sent Packing” To Venezuela, Says Conservative Operative & GOP Matriarch Barb Neville
Angered by a news story about her son, prominent conservative activist Barb Neville launched a one-women social media assault on Colorado Politics reporter Marianne Goodland.
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Douglas County GOP Shares Facebook Post Attacking Muslims
The Douglas County, Colorado, Republican Party shared a Facebook post this week stating that Muslims in Congress who express specific ideas are terrorists.
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Gun Control Advocate Gabrielle Giffords Endorses Omar Montgomery for Aurora Mayor
Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced her endorsement for Aurora mayoral candidate Omar Montgomery at a press conference in Aurora this weekend.
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Racist and Anti-Semitic Posts Appear on Facebook Pages of Leaders of Garcia Recall Campaign
One leader of the effort to recall Colorado state Senate President Leroy Garcia (D-Pueblo) is speculating that her Facebook page was hacked, while another leader isn’t commenting, in response to questions about racist or anti-Semitic posts on both of their Facebook pages.
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Lawmaker Says She “Liked” Bigoted Facebook Post As Part of Her Job to Listen to People
Colorado Sen. Vicki Marble (R-Ft. Collins) “liked” a Facebook post this week with an image of the burning twin towers set in the middle of this statement:
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House Minority Leader Attacks Fellow Republicans Over Fundraising Groups
House Minority Leader Patrick Neville took to the airwaves to attack his Republican colleagues last week. He dismissed the fundraising efforts of his former state Reps. Dan Thurlow and Polly Lawerence, calling them “the JV squad.”
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Colorado’s Clean Energy Industry Projected to Grow
The Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) expects Colorado’s clean energy industry of over 65,000 workers to expand by as much as nine percent this year, up from the four percent growth of last year. Over half of this workforce constitutes energy efficiency jobs alone.
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Democrat Schroeder Joins Republicans in Vote Granting Sex-Ed Waiver
Boulder Democrat Angelika Schroeder joined Republicans on Colorado’s Board of Education today in a 4-3 vote granting a charter school’s request for a waiver from Colorado’s new sex-ed law, which requires comprehensive instruction covering LGBT health, consent, and more.