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MEGA-WATT(S) POUT: Shannon Watts Lashes Out on Twitter Against Democratic Establishment
As we first reported, Bloomberg-backed gun grabber Shannon Watts is considering a run for U.S. Rep. Jared Polis' seat in Congress, but from her Twitter account, it would appear that she's feeling a little pushback from the powers that be in the Democratic Party. Here...
UNHEALTHY: Obama Appointee Quits Trump Administration in Eye-Rolling Dramatic Fashion
Five Obama-appointed members, including a professor from Denver, quit the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS last week "in protest of Donald Trump." They alleged that the President's plan would be detrimental to those with the disease. This sounds an awful lot...
GLITTER FIZZLE: This State Senate Race Will be All Bomb, No Glitter
The latest Democrat jumping into the primary race for state Senate District 32 has a criminal record, and he’s proud of it. Glitter Bomber Peter Smith made his entrance into politics when he was arrested for “throwing a missile” at Republican presidential nominee Mitt...
WHEN IRONY ATTACKS: Hick Fears Republicans Will Act Like Democrats
Democrats including Gov. Hickenlooper are criticizing for Republicans for writing health care legislation behind closed doors. Not because they believe in transparency, they are accusing Republicans of being hypocrites because the GOP criticized Democrats for crafting...
HANDEL-Y DEFEATED: Carpetbagger Ossoff Loss Does Not Bode Well for Jason Crow
Last night's stunning loss by Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District does not bode well for Democrat Jason Crow in Colorado's Sixth Congressional District. Neither Ossoff nor Crow live in the districts they hope or hoped to represent. Like Crow,...
WHAT DO THEY WANT: Governor’s New Lab Backed By Liberal Donors
As soon as we read that Enron hedge funder John Arnold and his wife Laura were paying for a $4.5 million lab at the University of Denver to study good government, we had to ask - what's in it for Democrats? The grant is technically from the Laura and John Arnold...
SECURITY PRECAUTION: One Crazy Shooter Affects Colorado Politics
We don’t blame Republicans for being a little cautious after last week’s shooting at the GOP congressional baseball team practice by a former Bernie Sanders volunteer. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton has moved his town hall to the telephone for a conference call with...
CELLPHONE POLICE: New Law To Decide Who Can’t Own Phones
We respect a Denver dad’s dilemma to get kids off the cell phones and back into the real world, but a ballot measure making it illegal for parents to buy phones for their kids is not the answer. Maybe it’s because this dad is a doctor that he thinks that moms and pops...
CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING: Colorado Political Power Couple Calls It Quits
OK, so Mike Coffman bears little resemblance to Brad Pitt (sorry Congressman), but it kind of feels like when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston divorced. Except in Colorado. And among Republicans. This afternoon, power couple U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Colorado Attorney...
PAY OFF? Some Look Willing to Forgive EPA For Mine Spill
Some local officials and a conservation group went to Washington to talk to the government about the Gold King Mine. We’ll cut to the chase, they went begging for money, not accountability. According to the Durango Herald, it was La Plata County Commissioner Brad...