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Poll: Colorado’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention are still backing Joe Biden
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Poll: Colorado’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention are still backing Joe Biden

By Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish | The Colorado Sun They’re still ridin’ with Biden. For now.  The Colorado Sun on Thursday polled nearly 20 of the state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month, and none said they planned on not backing Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee for president.  However, some said they didn’t think Biden is the best option amid questions about his mental fitness and ability to beat Donald Trump, while others declined to comment. Colorado will have 87 delegates to the Aug. 19-22 convention, including the state’s two U.S. senators and five U.S. House members. And while they are instructed to vote in “good conscience” to back Biden since he won the Democratic presidential primaries this year in a landslide, t...
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Federal judge dismisses Trump documents case, says Jack Smith unlawfully appointed
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Federal judge dismisses Trump documents case, says Jack Smith unlawfully appointed

By Catherine Yang | The Epoch Times U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case on July 15, finding that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Appointments Clause. “The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution,” the order reads. The 93-page opinion and order was issued after days of oral arguments over the special counsel’s appointment and the statutory authority the Justice Department argued Attorney General Merrick Garland used to appoint Mr. Smith. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE EPOCH TIMES
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For third time since 2019, Jefferson Co. voters will weigh in on elimination of TABOR refunds
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For third time since 2019, Jefferson Co. voters will weigh in on elimination of TABOR refunds

By Anya Moore | Denver Gazette For the third time in five years, Jefferson County's elected officials are asking voters to allow the local government to spend all of the revenue that it collects above the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights limit, thereby eliminating refunds to taxpayers.  For fiscal year 2024, that refund amount is estimated to be $54.4 million. Last year, the county refunded $39.4 million to roughly 210,000 property taxpayers. The county's voters rejected the idea twice — in 2019 and 2022 — but the county's commissioners this month insisted that, after "engaging" with the public through "both qualitative and quantitative research," voters need to decide the question again.   READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Trump: ‘I’m not supposed to be here’
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Trump: ‘I’m not supposed to be here’

By Byron York | Washington Examiner Former President Donald Trump can’t stop thinking about the way he moved his head in the split second before a gunman, intent on assassinating him, pulled the trigger during his speech in Pennsylvania Saturday evening. Trump was standing at the podium and began to refer to a large screen, hanging to his right, that showed statistics about immigration. To better see the screen, Trump turned his head to the right and a little up, and at the millisecond in which his head was at just the right angle for the bullet to graze his ear but not enter his skull — at that moment, the bullet whizzed by. Trump suffered a bloody wound to his ear, but no other injuries. It seemed like a miracle. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Shoes, fist-pumps, open-air venue, 150-yard building, more were security concerns, former Secret Service agents say
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Shoes, fist-pumps, open-air venue, 150-yard building, more were security concerns, former Secret Service agents say

By Russ Jones | The Epoch Times As gunshots rang out during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Secret Service agents quickly formed a protective circle around the former president and escorted him off the platform to a waiting vehicle. The shooter, who was killed immediately after the attack, was a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of the rally site in Butler. He had positioned himself on a factory rooftop approximately 130 yards from the Butler Showgrounds and fired a number shots at President Trump, with one bullet grazing Trump’s right ear. A former fire chief who was attending the rally with his family was killed in the shooting. Two other rally attendees were also critically ...
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‘When you are at that podium, the last thing on your mind is this’: Sen. Cory Gardner, who Trump rallied for in 2019
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‘When you are at that podium, the last thing on your mind is this’: Sen. Cory Gardner, who Trump rallied for in 2019

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain voice Some 43 years ago a small child in Yuma, Colo., on the far Eastern Plains of the state would end his days in prayer for President Ronald Reagan's health after a would-be assassin's bullet hospitalized him. That was 1981. Today, that small child is known as former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, who once again finds himself in prayer for a President and the nation. "My mother tells the story," Gardner said. "She says I prayed every night for President Reagan and Mr. Brady. I'm now 49 years old praying the same prayer." He never expected another assassination attempt in America, or to personally know the President who was shot. "It is a despicable and vile act of cowardice," Gardner said, reflecting on the shooting and intended assassination of P...
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The cowboy hat is back for some law enforcement officers in Colorado
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The cowboy hat is back for some law enforcement officers in Colorado

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News A decades-old fashion trend is hitting police departments and sheriff’s offices across the state, and it’s just about as Colorado as it gets. Many departments across the state are allowing cowboy hats as part of the uniform. Deputies in Boulder and Arapahoe County posted about the new look earlier this year. Now, University of Colorado Boulder police officers are carrying on the fad and sporting the hats too. As of early July, the university told FOX31 that police and residential service officers were granted permission to wear cowboy hats meeting certain specifications. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Colorado politicians condemn shooting at Trump rally: ‘Violence is never acceptable’
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Colorado politicians condemn shooting at Trump rally: ‘Violence is never acceptable’

By Luige Del Puerto | Colorado Politics Colorado's elected leaders condemned the shooting at a campaign rally held by Donald Trump, who was whisked off the stage after the gunshots rang through the crowd. Trump's campaign said he is "fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility." The former president was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when bangs started ringing through the crowd. Officials said the gunman is dead and one attendee was killed. The Secret Service said the shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Dem State Rep. Woodrow deletes Twitter account, faces firestorm of criticism after post-shooting anti-Trump tweet
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Dem State Rep. Woodrow deletes Twitter account, faces firestorm of criticism after post-shooting anti-Trump tweet

By Luige Del Puerto | Colorado Politics A Colorado Democratic lawmaker deleted his X account after tweeting that the "last thing America needed was sympathy for the devil" following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday. Rep. Steven Woodrow, D-Denver, faced backlash from both Republicans and members of his own party. "The last thing America needed was sympathy for the devil but here we are," Woodrow said. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert blamed President Joe Biden and pointed to the "rhetoric from the left," which she said has "escalated to this moment." READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Biden tells Colorado Rep. Jason Crow: ‘I don’t want to hear that crap’
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Biden tells Colorado Rep. Jason Crow: ‘I don’t want to hear that crap’

By SARAH FERRIS | Politico President Joe Biden gave a forceful and defensive response to centrist Democrats who raised concerns about his reelection campaign in a Saturday meeting, and in one tense exchange dismissed one lawmaker’s concerns as “crap.” Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a respected centrist in the Democratic caucus, told Biden that people want a strong leader so they can feel safe on national security. “I don’t want to hear that crap,” Biden said in response to Crow’s suggestion that voters did not have confidence in his national security credentials, raising his voice in a forceful defense of his foreign policy record, including the rebuilding of NATO, according to three people familiar with the remarks granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting. READ THE FULL ST...
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