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IT’S SHOW TIME: House Dems Prefer Political Theater to Governing
This week, Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran and her fellow Democrats have proven that they value political theater over actually governing. It started with an absolutely toothless resolution on Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban,...
TAXES AND BEER: Something Upon Which We All Agree
Negative Ninnies are filling Facebook and Twitter feeds with so much angry news, we wanted to begin the day with a little bipartisan something we can all agree on — tax breaks for craft beer breweries. Celebration in the streets, right? The bipartisan bill is authored...
REMEMBER WHEN? Is Bennet Spiteful or a Hypocrite or Both?
Today, it appears that Colorado's U.S. Sen. Bennet shirked his committee duties again in an attempt to block votes on key cabinet positions as the Senate Finance Committee met without Democrats and passed cabinet positions onto a full vote. But Bennet's actions are...
MARCHING ORDERS: The Jaw-Dropping Playbook to Oppose Gorsuch
Just a few hours after President Trump announced Denver native Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, the Democrats had their marching orders on how and why to obstruct his confirmation at all costs. The playbook from the New York Times was offered under this...
WESTERN ISSUES TEAM: GOP Delegation Lands Key Assignments
Republicans in Colorado’s delegation received key appointments this week to congressional committees with oversight on energy and public lands. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner was named chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee on energy. “A strong and...
ENVELOPE PLEASE: President Trump Picks Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch as Next Supreme Court Justice
Tonight, President Trump has officially announced that Coloradan Neil Gorsuch is his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly as a sitting justice. Here are a few facts about Gorsuch, in case the name is...
GETTING NOTICED: Matt Arnold Becomes Poster Child for Frivolous Campaign Finance Lawsuits
We’ve used this space before to write about the frivolous campaign finance lawsuit. Both sides are guilty of using it to drain their opponent’s resources and generate bad press. But one man in particular is becoming the poster child for the frivolous complaint. Matt...
FAKE CONSTITUENTS: Have Activists Become We The People?
The media has gotten overly sensitive about the term “fake news” when what they should be worried about are all of the fake facts being hoisted upon them by Democratic activists clogging up airports, congressional offices, and the voice mail of elected officials....
WASHINGTON STYLE POLITICS: Bennet Boycotts Confirmation Votes
For a politician that wraps himself in the cloak of bipartisanship, Colorado's U.S. Senator Michael Bennet seems to be at the middle of some seriously childish Washington behavior. Today, the Denver Post ran a Washington Post article that noted several committees...
SUPREME PICK! Trump Makes Announcement
President Trump has whittled his Supreme Court picks down to two choices and will announce his nominee tonight. Who’s as overjoyed as a St. Bernard in a pet store? We are! The top choice among conservatives is Denver homeboy, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of...