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Democrats Sound Alarm Over “Secret” ICE Facilities Publicly Listed Online
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Democrats Sound Alarm Over “Secret” ICE Facilities Publicly Listed Online

By: Natalie Chuck | Denver7 Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen is joining the chorus of Democratic leaders demanding answers from ICE. DENVER — Several Democratic politicians in Colorado are sounding the alarm over what they call "secret" ICE facilities after an online news outlet published an article last week. But are they really a secret? On Wednesday, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen took to multiple social media platforms, expressing her concerns over "secret ICE holding cells." In her posts, Rep. Pettersen attributed her claims to the Colorado Times Recorder, which posted an article saying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained people for weeks at a time in "secretive" facilities. The Recorder's article was written an...
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Democrat Backed Redistricting Plan Could Flip Three Colorado GOP House Seats
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Democrat Backed Redistricting Plan Could Flip Three Colorado GOP House Seats

By Michael Braithwaite | Colorado Politics A Democrat-backed proposal to redraw Colorado’s congressional map for the 2028 election could flip three Republican districts. The proposal, introduced by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, is yet another development in a national redistricting debate after President Donald Trump called to redraw U.S. House districts. An analysis of the proposal in Colorado shows that the redrawn map could lead to flipping three Republican house seats to the Democrats’ column in the 2028 election, including in District 5, which has never voted for a Democratic representative in its long history, according to composite election data. Colorado’s 2021 congressional district map (left) compared to Coloradans for a Leve...
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Poll Shows Coloradans Want the Center, But Democrats Focused on Progressive Agenda
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Poll Shows Coloradans Want the Center, But Democrats Focused on Progressive Agenda

By Mark Hillman | Complete Colorado The Colorado General Assembly returns for its annual 120-day session on Jan. 14, evoking a four-month visceral cringe from Coloradans who dread the next round of legislative fiats certain to be imposed upon us. Coloradans are in a restless mood lately.  It’s no secret a majority of Colorado voters has little affection for President Trump, but they’re not exactly cheerleaders for Democrats either. A December poll by Keating Research, which often works with Democrat clients, found disapproval of the Colorado Democratic Party at 55% – only slightly better than the 58% disapproval of Colorado Republicans. A majority said Colorado is headed in the wrong direction and expressed little confidence in the state legislature, w...
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Douglas County Commissioners Emphasize Local Control Without New Home Rule Election
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Douglas County Commissioners Emphasize Local Control Without New Home Rule Election

By Noah Festenstein | The Denver Gazette The future of Douglas County chasing “home rule” status may not be in the hands of commissioners, but rather by residents who are considering placing the issue back on the ballot, according to one commissioner. Last March, Douglas County commissioners proposed to become a home rule county. The three Republican commissioners asserted that home rule status would allow the county to gain “local control” within a Democratic-controlled state. Commissioners said future efforts to gain local control are still a possibility, despite voters overwhelmingly rejecting the proposal in June. Different from municipal home rule charters, home rule counties are rare in Colorado. Out of 64 counties, only four have adopted home rule: Pitkin...
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Court Halts Colorado Effort to Mandate Gas Stove Health Warnings
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Court Halts Colorado Effort to Mandate Gas Stove Health Warnings

By Savana Kascak | Complete Colorado DENVER–A federal judge on Friday sided with an appliance manufacturing trade group in pausing enforcement of a Colorado law requiring consumer warning labels on gas stove appliances. Plaintiffs see the ruling as a win against state compelled speech, albeit a temporary one, as the litigation will likely continue. The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) filed a complaint in August against the state regarding House Bill 25-1161. In effect since Aug. 6, the law requires retailers to attach air quality warning labels to gas-fueled stoves sold in Colorado. The yellow label reads: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.” It includes a QR code linking to a Colorado Department of ...
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Florida Sheriff Ivey to protesters: “Brick, firebomb or gun—we’ll kill you, graveyard dead”

By Gray News staff | KKTV BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – A sheriff in Florida delivered a stern warning to potentially destructive protesters demonstrating against the ongoing national immigration crackdown. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey was joined by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday to announce support to law enforcement officers in the state. “If you throw a brick, a firebomb or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains because we will kill you, graveyard dead,” Ivey said. According to Uthmeier, some federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents from other parts of the U.S. have been left vulnerable after protesters leaked personal details or fami...
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Trump bans federal funding for ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research
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Trump bans federal funding for ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research

By Brooke Singman  | Fox News President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday banning all federal funding for "dangerous" gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries and blocking all federal funding for foreign research that could cause another pandemic.  The president signed the order Monday afternoon to improve the safety and security of biological research in the U.S. and around the world.  The White House said the order "will drastically reduce the potential for lab-related incidents involving gain-of-function research, like that conducted on bat coronaviruses in China by the EcoHealth Alliance and Wuhan Institute of Virology."  Gain-of-function research typically involves modifying a virus to make it more infectious among humans. Gain ...
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Iraqi National charged with illegally voting as Dems fight election integrity bill
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Iraqi National charged with illegally voting as Dems fight election integrity bill

By Jason Hopkins | Daily Caller Federal prosecutors are accusing an Iraqi national of intentionally voting in the 2020 presidential election, the latest example of a non-citizen unlawfully participating in federal elections. Akeel Abdul Jamiel — a 45-year-old Iraqi man who is not a citizen of the United States — knowingly voted on or around Nov. 3, 2020, in the presidential elections held that year in Saratoga County, New York, according to federal court documents EditSign. The accusation follows a renewed push by Republican lawmakers to pass legislation that would require individuals to provide proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
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China threatens countermeasures against countries that ‘appease’ US on trade war

By Stephen Sorace  | Fox Business China has threatened to take countermeasures against any country that strikes trade deals with the U.S. at Beijing’s expense. China's Commerce Ministry issued the warning in a statement on Monday in the latest round of rhetoric surrounding the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. "China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests," the ministry said in a statement. "If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely take countermeasures in a reciprocal manner. China is determined and capable of safeguarding its own rights and interests." "Appeasement will not bring peace, and compromise will not be respected," the statement continued. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUS...
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SCOTUS to hear religious expression case on allowing explicit LGBTQIA+ books in schools
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SCOTUS to hear religious expression case on allowing explicit LGBTQIA+ books in schools

By Hannah Nightingale | The Post Millennial The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case brought forth by Maryland parents against Montgomery County Board of Education members over the mandated inclusion of storybooks that "celebrate gender transitions, explore Pride parades, and introduce same-sex romance between young children." The case was brought against the board by Muslim parents Tamer Mahboud and Enak Barakat, Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents Jeff and Svitlana Roman, and Catholic Chris and Melissa Persak, all of whom have children in the county, as well as the unincorporated association Kids First, which was formed to "protect parental opt-out rights in the Montgomery County schools." In their petition to the Supreme Court, which w...
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