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Trump’s Interior Secretary Meets With Adoring Colorado Senate Republicans
Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, whose department manages America’s national parks and other lands, met with Colorado Senate Republicans today, prompting Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham (R-Canon City) to send a tweet stating that Zinke is doing a “great job.”
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Jefferson County Republican Party refers to Congressman Polis as a “Brown Shirt”
UPDATE: The Jefferson County Republican Party has deleted the post, though officials still have yet to comment.
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HOMOPHOBIA WATCH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Conservative Talker Is Pretty Sure Polis Is Part Of “Gay Mafia” And More…
The Colorado Times Recorder will not allow homophobic attacks, implied or direct, on Democratic candidate for governor Jared Polis to fester and spread in the conservative underworld or anywhere.
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Huerfano County GOP: Polis is “openly gay” and “against our American values”
UPDATE: As of late evening on July 2 the post has been deleted. The Huerfano GOP has still not replied to inquiries.
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Will Colorado’s Candidates for Governor Address Outdated Rules for Overtime Pay?
The Bell Policy Center is calling on Colorado’s Republican and Democratic candidates for governor to address the outdated threshold for salaried workers to qualify for overtime pay.
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Tom Tancredo’s Trump-like nationalism, disdain for immigrants, and shirking of the facts
Facebook posts of former Congressman and Breitbart contributor Tom Tancredo, who announced last week that he’d run his third campaign for Colorado governor, paint a picture of the politician in the mold of President Donald Trump, promoting fake news and conspiracy theories, nationalism, and contempt for Muslims and immigrant communities.
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Elbert County School Board member gets high praise for removing fake news from Facebook page
Showing the kind of respect for facts that you’d expect from a school board member, Scott Wills yesterday removed a meme he’d shared Oct. 14 on his Facebook page depicting a Hillary Clinton quote that’s widely been proven to be fake. Here’s the quote from the meme:
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Environmental groups say Hickenlooper’s climate plan needs to be more aggressive
Two major state environmental groups released a report last week that argues Colorado isn’t doing enough to combat climate change and reach the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement.