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GIVING OBAMA THE BIRD: The Rest of Us Get a Break from This Law
Another midnight Obama era regulation that took effect before he departed his throne has been overturned by the Interior Department, this one relieving the energy industry including wind from prosecution for accidental bird deaths. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act that...
WHERE’S POLIS? Not In The Middle, That’s For Sure
Following up on U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’s plea to moderates and conservatives to vote for him, and one of his supporter’s claims that Republicans would really like the Democratic candidate for governor if they only knew more about this great businessman, we did a little...
FUN BUSTIN’: Lame Woman from UK Wants Stock Show to Ban Best Event
When folks think of the National Western Stock Show's events, one that most frequently comes to mind is mutton busting, where kids (usually, but not always, boys) aged five to eight try to hang on to a running sheep for as long as possible. It's adorable and it's a...
NORDBERG’S REPLACEMENT: This Constitutionalist Conservative Was Selected
A former police officer and investment consultant will fill the shoes of Republican state Rep. Dan Nordberg, who is leaving the legislature and Colorado Springs to work for Trump’s Small Business Administration. Shane Sandridge emerged from a pool of five candidates...
TRAFFIC JAM: State Finds a Billion Dollars, Which Will Fund Transportation, RIGHT?
A new budget forecast released yesterday showed Colorado could have almost a billion dollars in additional revenue in 2018. State Senate leadership (and anyone who has driven a car in the Denver Metro area) suggested that the surplus be used to fix Colorado's roads....
POLIS A CONSERVATIVE? That’s What He Would Have Us Believe
Jared Polis is making a huge effort to style his liberal, Democratic self as an independent, inviting a reporter to ride with him to a fundraiser STRIKE house party hosted by a Trump-hating former Republican who declared that the GOP will just love what Polis has to...
VA PROMOTES INCOMPETENCE: Coffman is Furious
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is at odds again with the Veterans Administration. This time for secretly promoting the boss in charge of the grossly mishandled Aurora hospital construction. Stella Fiotes, former boondoggle boss, is now in charge of a division of acquisition,...
DEGETTE’ STAFFER SCANDAL: He Made Money from a Fake Company called CIA
The curious case of the Democratic IT staffer from Pakistan who worked for U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and others has turned even more bizarre with the revelation that he ran a bogus used car dealership known as CIA with a terrorist connection. The Daily Caller has the...
QUOTE OF THE NIGHT: Gardner Offers Most Quotable Quote Following GOP Tax Reform Vote
In case you missed the hoards of liberals weeping last night and this morning, the U.S. House and Senate passed its historic tax reform bill last night and sent it on to President Trump's desk for his signature. While the middle class is a big winner in the tax reform...
GETTING MORE DESPERATE: Lynn Changes Campaign Tactic for Governor’s Race
Falling on the heels of reported low numbers at campaign events, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne now says she will petition her way onto the Democratic ballot to run for governor. That’s not a reassuring signal from an incumbent Democrat who is already the successor to the...