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50 National Guard standby for snowstorm duty, while hundreds still stuck in D.C.
Can we get a location check on the 200 Colorado National Guard forces sent to Washington in January to assist with the mostly virtual Inauguration Day festivities? Gov. Polis has been completely mum as a few weeks turned into a few months. We were told all the...
House Democrats vote to criminalize gun sales without background checks
Congressional Democrats think they made America just a little more safer Thursday by passing a measure making it illegal for the Widow Smith to sell her dearly departed husband’s guns without conducting a background check. The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021...
Former Lincoln Project lawyer lectures on ethical behavior in politics
Former Lincoln Project lawyer Mario Nicolais published a completely non-ironic editorial in the Colorado Sun lecturing readers on what he views as the relationship between "political extremism" and unethical behavior in politics. The Never-Trump operative attempted to...
Colorado’s political hacks, flacks and Capitol aides form their own labor union
Colorado’s young political workers shouldn’t have to start on the bottom rung of their profession and work their way to the top by gaining experience and paying their dues like the generations of hacks and flacks who came before them. No, this new American dream is...
Veep Harris to spread COVID-spending message at Denver event
Congress has already passed the trillion dollar pork package they disguised as COVID relief and President Biden plans to sign it into law Friday. Now that voters have no say in the matter, the Biden administration will spread the message of their boondoggle next week...
Legislature pitches stimulus to rescue economy from the Polis ditch
Members from both parties in the state legislature announced a new stimulus proposal Wednesday. Republican Leaders Hugh McKean and Chris Holbert outlined the GOP's priorities of job creation, getting kids back to school, and fixing aging infrastructure. Minority...
Denver school board member is big on gifts and donations
Denver School Board member Tay Anderson is big on accepting gifts and donations, but not the kind that are reportable campaign contributions. An opinion writer to the Denver Gazette points out the most recent effort, Anderson's major announcement with professionally...
Coloradan changes tune on Lincoln Project role after harassment allegations
Former Lincoln Project executive director Sarah Lenti of Colorado played down her role with the disgraced organization this week in a lengthy New York Times story. Lenti attempted to absolve herself of any responsibility for the group's troubles, which include...
Which way will Hick commit? Democrats move to kill filibuster
Democrats are threatening to kill the filibuster and give total partisan control without any checks or balances, now or in the future, to whichever party holds the simple majority in the Senate. PeakNation™ will recall U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper...
Colorado energy industry trolls North Face with ‘Extraordinary Customer’ award
It's early in 2021, but Colorado already has an early contender for the most hilarious PR troll of the year. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) recognized the outdoor apparel brand The North Face for being an "extraordinary customer" of petroleum products...