If you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for Pentagon contractors, we’re told we simply must afford it — no questions asked.
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Republicans, Not Russians, Threaten Our Elections
Republicans are less likely to win elections when voter turnout is high.
Sexual Misconduct and the Plague of ‘Himpathy’
Earlier this month, famed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson appeared on The Late Show, where host Stephen Colbert asked Tyson about the allegations of sexual misconduct four women had brought against him.
Colorado Catholic Leader Wants to Stop Abuse by Blaming LGBT People for It
Had Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila made himself available to reporters today, after the widely-covered release of a partial investigation of sexual abuse in portions of Colorado’s Catholic Church and related entities, he would have been asked why he thinks “homosexuality” is a cause for sexual abuse by priests.
Beware of Unverified Claims by Credibility-Challenged Recall Campaigns
Here was The Denver Post headline about the campaign to recall Colo Senate President Leroy Garcia (D-Pueblo) last Tuesday: “Effort to recall Colorado Senate president on track as deadline nears, organizer says“
Our Tax System Rewards Polluters
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who sparked student protests across the globe, had this to tell the UN General Assembly in New York: “People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.”
Will Republicans Join the Fight to Save Journalism in Colorado?
The Colorado Media Project, a coalition fighting to give journalism a future, plans to push legislation next year to save local news in Colorado.
Trump Boasts of Booming Jobs Creation, But Thousands of Coloradans Have Lost Their Jobs Since He Took Office
Republican President Donald Trump has trumpeted his purported success in U.S. jobs creation, touting the unemployment rate falling to a 3.5 percent half-century low as the economy created 136,000 jobs last month.