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MORE FRACTIVIST TEARS: Anti-Fracking Initiatives Fail to Make the Ballot
In the least surprising news ever, two anti-fracking ballot initiatives failed to make the ballot. Initiatives 75 and 78, if passed by voters, would have crushed the oil and gas industry in Colorado at a time when the industry is just rebounding from depressed oil...
GOLD KING SPILLS, AGAIN: EPA Says Public Notification Not Part of their Protocol
There was another spill at the Gold King Mine last week, and true to form, the EPA didn’t tell anyone about it. It was only after the Durango Herald discovered what happened that it got any media play at all, and we’ve yet to hear a peep out of the Denver Post, “The...
STANDING ROOM ONLY: Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Wows Progressive Denver Crowd
Speaking to a packed house at Denver's Mercury Cafe yesterday, Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president, puled no punches in going after rival Hillary Clinton and the "two corporate political parties funded by the corrupt banks and the fossil fuel...
ROSE COLORED GLASSES: Bennet Still in Denial About Iran Deal
After casting a vote to allow the Islamic Republic of Iran to keep its nuclear program and at the same time drop sanctions against the sworn enemy of the United States, Michael Bennet is still standing by his decision to help the regime. In a wet, sloppy kiss with the...
BACK TO THE STONE AGE? WildEarth Guardians Have Gone Too Far
Remember when WildEarth Guardians filed that lawsuit in Craig to try and shut down the ColoWyo mine? They tried to stop production until the feds rereviewed an environmental impact study to determine the effects of coal mining on climate change. We warned then it was...
JIT COALITIONS: Trump-Pence Appoints Numerous Coalition Leaders for Colorado
Over the past few days, the Trump-Pence campaign has been hard at work in Colorado with the appointment of leaders for various coalitions. The list features familiar names from Colorado's business and political community with a few second generation politicos thrown...
BOGUS CLAIMS: Waffling on Minimum Wage, Again
Colorado Families for a Fair Wage For Everyone Except Their Own Employees claims that the paycheck reports for their petition signers was all just a mistake, but it looks their excuse is totally bogus. Fieldworks, the company who hired the workers, says they...
FUNDRAISING BLACKOUT? State Dems Shun Pelosi But Take The Money
Nancy Pelosi, the second most corrupt woman in Washington behind Hillary but in front of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was in Colorado this week lending her name to fundraising efforts for fellow Democrats Morgan Carroll and Gail Schwartz. This is the same Democratic...
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: A Campaign Finance Ruling and its Unintended Consequences
Campaign finance bullies have plagued Colorado politics for years. The scheme goes like this: sue an opposing candidate, c4, 527 or issue committee, alleging various violations of Colorado’s campaign finance laws. Then watch as their time and money are sucked into...
FAIR AND BALANCED: Denver Post Editorial Objects to Clinton, Inc.
Today, the Denver Post came out hard against Hillary Clinton's influence peddling and asked "legitimate questions about her judgment" while Secretary of State. An AP report on the official meetings that Clinton took while leading the State Department showed that an...