There has been and will be a lot written about the Brexit. One note particularly struck me:
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Thanks to journalists who refuse to take the same non-answer for an answer
Journalists take a lot of hits these days, but we’re all glad they’re out there asking questions.
Media should take note when elected official says feds have taken away “virtually all citizens rights” and compares police to Crips and Bloods
“We’re in a spot in our country where, at the federal level, they have taken away a bunch of states’ rights and virtually all citizens rights.”
Graham deserves media attention for being the only pro-choice Republican in Senate primary race
A huge frustration of Personhood USA folks is the familiar pattern of Colorado Republicans winning primary elections with the help of hard-working anti-choice activists and then buckpedaling away from the “pro-life” loyalists once they face the frowns of general-election voters.
Journalists should note lawyer’s $50,000 dark-money donation to group backing Carrigan
If you like summer election mysteries, you’ll enjoy pondering why personal injury attorney Frank Azar gave $50,000 to a committee backing Denver District Attorney candidate Michael Carrigan. And why would Azar run the money through a Texas entity?
The Raging Against Their Own Dying Light
There’s a not quite explicit generational struggle at play in this election. The older generations, trying to bide just a little more time for that winning lottery ticket of conservative policy–it will be the next one surely–don’t want to relinquish decision-making. In fact, this year will feature the oldest combined age of the two major party candidates ever.
In new book, a conservative explains why she’s a “pro-life realist” and more
Conservative operative Laura Carno is out with a new book with the ridiculous title of, “Government Ruins Nearly Everything.”
The Quixote Generation
In a village of America, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long ago one of those gentlemen that kept a gun in the gun rack, an old Bible-thumper, a lean hack, and a hound for emotional support.
Republicans now calling on county chair to resign
The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reported today that not only is the NAACP calling for the resignation of Delta County Republican Chair Linda Sorenson but also Republican leaders themselves.
Of course the Grand Junction Sentinel was right to publish a racist meme shared by Republican official
The Grand Junction Sentinel is defending its decision to publish a Facebook post, shared by Delta County Republican Chair Linda Sorenson, comparing Obama to a Chimpanzee: