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Western Slope Senate Hopefuls Call Putin War Criminal, Weigh Energy Fallout of War
Retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Rich Cimino, a Republican Grand County commissioner running for state Senate district in the central and northern parts of Colorado’s Western Slope, believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal for his brutal invasion of democratic Ukraine.
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GOP Chair Linked To Illegal Ukrainian Money Speaking in Denver Next Week
Ken Buck and the Colorado Republican Party are inviting supporters to a fundraising luncheon next Wednesday featuring Republican National Committee co-chair Tommy Hicks, Jr., who’s been linked to two Ukrainian men arrested last week for illegally funneling foreign money to U.S. candidates and political committees.
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Kroenke Executive Paid Russian Spy Maria Butina To Create Pro-Putin TV Show
The head of a major Colorado media company hired now admitted Russian spy Maria Butina to help him create a television show starring Vladimir Putin as a conservation-minded outdoorsman.
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Colorado Senator Gardner Again Blames Obama, Not Trump, for Russian Aggression
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner appeared on FOX News’ right-leaning Fox and Friends this morning and praised Trump as having the “style” of a general who personally leads his troops to battle.
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Red Dawn: Grand Junction Billboard Notes Russian-Republican Connection
As the clock struck midnight last Sunday, Grand Junction night owls saw red–literally. The digital billboard looming over Rimrock Marketplace now displays a massive crimson and yellow “GOP,” but with the “O” replaced by the Russian hammer & sickle icon used by the former Soviet Union.
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Russian Facebook Trolls Exploited Colorado Anti-LGBT Baker Case
Newly released Facebook ads from Russian troll farm Internet Research Agency show that the Kremlin-linked firm used Colorado’s Masterpiece Cakeshop lawsuit as a wedge issue to drive online social division in advance of the 2016 election.
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Senator Cory Gardner’s Statement Used in Russian Troll Farm Facebook Post
A statement by Senator Cory Gardner appeared in a political Facebook ad created by the Russian troll farm Internet Research Agency.
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Colorado Congressman still sees not a “shred of evidence” of Trump-Russia collusion
In a Jan. 26 interview on Denver’s KNUS-710-AM, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck said once again there’s not a “shred” of evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia–and he recommended that Trump skip any interviews with Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, saying it’s a perjury trap and pointing to problems Bill Clinton encountered when interviewed under oath about Monica Lewinsky.
