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DOA: Colorado House Kills Health Exchange Bonus Oversight
This afternoon, the House Committee on Insurance, Health, and Environment "postponed indefinitely" (read: killed) a bill that would have required legislative oversight for employee bonuses at Colorado's health exchange, Connect for Health Colorado. The bill, SB15-052,...
BAD START: Bennet on Shaky Ground Headed into 2016 Election Shows Quinnipiac Poll
A recently-released Quinnipiac Poll does not paint a pretty picture for incumbent liberal U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. According to the poll of 1,049 Colorado voters, Bennet's job approval is just 39%, and just 32% think he deserves to be re-elected. This poll was...
CONFUSION IN THE RANKS: Fractivist Says No Ballot, Except for When There’s a Ballot
The thing about environmentalists is they always say what they mean. Except when they weren’t supposed to say it in which case they say something else, only it’s the same thing. Confused? So are we. One fractivist is trying to change her tune after making a grandstand...
DOUBLE STANDARD: Hullinghorst Delays Funding for Rape Kit Testing, Issue Ignored by Media and Women’s Groups
You know that double standard we’re always talking about when it comes to Republicans being under more scrutiny than Democrats? Well, here is a prime example of something that would be causing media and liberal outrage if Republicans were doing it. House Speaker Dicky...
DRESS-CODE SCOLD: Please, Someone Make Polis Stop
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday scolded an unnamed member of Congress for violating the chamber’s rules of decorum, The Hill reported. "Members should wear appropriate attire during all sittings of the House, however brief their appearances on the...
DUPED: The Incredulous Billing of Obamacare Architect and Buffoon Jonathan Gruber
MIT asshat economist Jonathan Gruber is back in the news for “problematic billing” in Vermont – a matter now under scrutiny by the state’s attorney general. Gruber, whose claim to fame was predicting that American voters would be stupid enough to support Obamacare,...
THAT WAS FAST: Anti-Frackers Wage War Against Science, Fracking at Task Force
Yesterday's oil and gas task force was interrupted by a band of fractivists who intentionally or unintentionally revealed the true nature of the anti-industry groups. The newly-formed group, Coloradans Against Fracking, held a press conference the oil and gas task...
DOES HE MIND? Hick’s Political Arm Go-To Consultants for Anti-Fracking Movement
Notoriously wishy-washy Gov. John Hickenlooper has long looked the other way as his political arm, OnSight Public Affairs, has become the go-to consulting firm for the anti-fracking movement in Colorado. To his credit, Hick is no opponent of the industry. He’s...
AWOL: Is Perlmutter’s Netanyahu Indecision a Sign He’s Decided to Check Out?
While we highlighted liberal U.S. Rep. Diana Degette's decision to skip Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress earlier this month, there's another Colorado U.S. Representative that is still weighing his options for the visit - Ed Perlmutter. The Boulder...
ONE-SIDED EDUCATION: CU Ideologues Charge Arm and Leg for Indoctrination
Apparently, the University of Colorado at Boulder actually does not believe in equal opportunity. Equal opportunity of perspective, that is. Stephen Hayward, the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at CU Boulder, addressed the one-track ideology...