The Centennial Institute’s “Western Conservative Summit” bills itself as the “largest gathering of conservatives outside of Washington, D.C.,” drawing thousands from across the country. Trump even spoke there last year.
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Activist groups speak out following arrests of people with disabilities protesting at Gardner’s office
Following Thursday’s arrest of ten disability rights activists who were protesting the GOP health care bill at the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), leading Colorado activist groups spoke out in condemnation of Gardner’s refusal to engage with constituents and his party’s plan to strip health insurance from millions of Americans.
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Brauchler calls on Republicans to pass health care bill, even if it’s not “perfect”
Colorado gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler weighed into the contentious debate about health care today, telling a conservative talk radio host that he’d “like to see them not let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and get something done here.”
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Former Republican lawmaker calls for execution of journalists and whistleblowers
With all the crocodile tears some conservative lawmakers have been crying about “divisive rhetoric” in the wake of the tragic shooting of a Congressman and others at a baseball practice, you might get the impression they are paragons of rhetorical virtue. As someone who trudges through the FeverSwamps™ daily, I can tell you that is not true.
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ADF attorney summarizes timeline and arguments to SCOTUS in Masterpiece Cakeshop baker
Colorado has become a focal point in the national legal battle which pits public accommodation laws against religious freedom protections, with yesterday’s announcement that the U.S. Supreme court had agreed to hear arguments in the case of Jack Phillips, proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, who refused to serve a gay couple seeking a wedding cake for their same sex marriage celebration.
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WATCH: Bennet talks health care on floor of U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about the Republican health care bill. Watch here:
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Chair of CO GOP laments “divisive polarization,” yet he passes on incendiary falsehoods about Democrats on Facebook
Jake Viano, chair of the Colorado GOP, has been eating up all the attention he’s gotten based on the harassment by an anarchist of Republicans in the Denver Pride parade. Viano was all over Facebook lamenting incendiary rhetoric:
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A baker, who discriminated against a gay couple, is very happy that U.S. Supreme Court will hear his case, lawyer says
Since 2012, conservative talk-radio hosts and lawmakers in Colorado have wrapped their loving arms around a baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple.
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Planned Parenthood Fights Obamacare Replacement Legislation
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) denounced the GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill this week, including the legislation’s provision to cut funds for Planned Parenthood itself.
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If Gardner really wanted transparency, he could have started with his own constituents
On Wednesday, in a report from The Denver Post, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) said the GOP should have been more open about the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.