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Trump: ‘I happen to think he’s incompetent’ but warns against underestimating Biden in debate
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Trump: ‘I happen to think he’s incompetent’ but warns against underestimating Biden in debate

By Julianna Frieman | The Daily Caller Presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called President Joe Biden a “worth(y) debater” Thursday on “The All-In Podcast.” Trump and Biden are set to face off in the first 2024 presidential debate hosted by CNN on June 27. Trump told podcast hosts Jason Calacanis, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks and David Friedberg why he does not want to “underestimate” Biden during the 90-minute showdown. “All I can say is this. I watched him with Paul Ryan, and he destroyed Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan with the water. He was chugging water outta left and right. I didn’t think a human being would be able to drink so much water at one time. And he beat Paul Ryan,” Trump commented. “So, I’m not underestimating him. It is what it is. U...
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Group tied to Kent Thiry drops $1.1 million into Colorado legislative primaries in final days before election
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Group tied to Kent Thiry drops $1.1 million into Colorado legislative primaries in final days before election

By Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun A group tied to Kent Thiry, the wealthy former CEO of the Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita, is spending nearly $1.1 million on TV and digital ads in 13 state legislative races in the days leading up to Colorado’s primaries on Tuesday.  The money supports more moderate Democratic and Republican candidates in their races against their more liberal or conservative opponents.  Let Colorado Vote Action, a state-level super PAC, was created Monday and spent the money Wednesday on ads that were to begin Thursday. The committee reported the spending Friday night, meeting a 48-hour campaign finance disclosure deadline in the lead-up to the primary.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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As primary draws to a close, candidates are making final pitch to voters, asking for turnout
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As primary draws to a close, candidates are making final pitch to voters, asking for turnout

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice From the far stretches of the Eastern Plains to the Western Slope and all places in between, candidates up and down the ballot have spent the past six months attempting to woo voters. At one time earlier this year, a dozen candidates were vying for the Republican nomination in the 4th District to replace U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, and others in less ballyhooed races worked no less hard to earn support for their party nomination. All the miles, chicken dinners, speeches, videos and ads culminate Tuesday in the election of party nominees to various offices - nominees Republicans hope can win in the general election this fall. So what is the final message candidates hope to leave with voters? What efforts did candidates make to get voters to cast ba...
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In low-turnout primary election, 4th District outperforming others with 17.1% of all ballots cast
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In low-turnout primary election, 4th District outperforming others with 17.1% of all ballots cast

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice It may not be a historically-low turnout as many candidates from all corners of Colorado fear, but the primary election certainly doesn't appear to be shattering any records. With the weekend, Monday and Tuesday left in the primary election for both major parties and candidates, there have been 533,659 ballots cast. Registered voters cast 608,318 ballots in 2022, an upward trend from 2020. Another almost 75,000 ballots must be cast statewide in order to eclipse 2022. There has not been a downward swing in total ballots cast in at least the past four even-year primary elections. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day at voting centers throughout the state. Ballots may also be cast through the clo...
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Are attack ads for contentious primaries effective?
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Are attack ads for contentious primaries effective?

By Sara Bichler | Fox 31 News More advertisements are coming out ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, and while some are meant to help a candidate, others are looking to make political opponents appear worse. In the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional Seat on the Western Slope, six Republican candidates are vying for a spot on November’s ballot to take over the seat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is leaving behind. Now, a national GOP Super PAC is trying to turn voters against one of the candidates. The Congressional Leadership Fund is hoping to convince voters that Ron Hans will lose in November if he wins the primary. This is despite Hanks being endorsed by the Colorado Republican Party. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Poll: Majority of Hispanics favor deporting ‘all’ illegals
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Poll: Majority of Hispanics favor deporting ‘all’ illegals

By Jason Hopkins  | The Daily Signal An outright majority of Hispanic Americans are in favor of a mass deportation plan for illegal immigrants, a new survey found. Fifty-three percent of Hispanic adults approve of “a new national program to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally,” according to a CBS/YouGov poll conducted from June 5-7. Only 47% of Hispanic respondents said they opposed such a measure, which is outside the poll’s margin of error. The political and demographic breakdown of the survey further indicated widespread support for the hypothetical mass deportation plan. In total, 62% of respondents favored deporting “all” illegal immigrants from the U.S., including a majority of men, women, independents, conservatives, moderates, ...
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RFK Jr. misses CNN debate deadline, leaving Biden and Trump in head-to-head contest
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RFK Jr. misses CNN debate deadline, leaving Biden and Trump in head-to-head contest

By DAVID ZIMMERMANN | National Review Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for next week’s CNN debate by the network’s Thursday deadline, missing the opportunity to stand alongside former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden on stage. Kennedy did not meet CNN’s polling and ballot-access requirements for the June 27 debate. The presidential longshot needed to earn at least 15 percent support in four nationwide polls. By Thursday, he sat just above the 15 percent mark on three approved national polls. CNN also required all participating debaters to get on a sufficient number of state ballots in order to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. Currently, Kennedy only has 89 electoral votes for being present on the ballot i...
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Harsanyi: Stop trying to convince me Joe Biden isn’t a confused, doddering old man
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Harsanyi: Stop trying to convince me Joe Biden isn’t a confused, doddering old man

By DAVID HARSANYI | The Federalist Listen, I’d support a zombie for president if they promised to nominate originalists for the Supreme Court and deregulate the economy. Do whatever you have to do. But stop telling me that Joe Biden isn’t a mentally and physically fragile man. We can all watch the video of our octogenarian president awkwardly freezing up and staring out at a crowd before former president Barack Obama takes his arm and leads him off the stage. Now, I can tell you from experience, it isn’t normal for a grown man to grab another man’s arm in this manner — unless one of them needs help. If Biden was really in the robust physical and mental state that the White House maintains, Obama would have merely said something to Biden or given him a friendly tap on the...
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Signatures being gathered to get charter schools protection in Colorado constitution
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Signatures being gathered to get charter schools protection in Colorado constitution

By Joe Mueller | The Center Square An organization attempting to enshrine charter school rights in Colorado's Constitution published a report supporting the move as it gathers signatures to get it on the ballot. Advance Colorado, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, has until July 25 to gather at least 124,238 signatures of registered voters for Initiative #138 to be on the November general election ballot. It also must get at least 2% of the total registered electors in each of the 35 Colorado state senate districts. “Protecting Educational Freedom: Why School Choice Must Be Placed in the Colorado Constitution,” is a 15-page report by Michael Tsogt, a policy analyst with Advance Colorado. The report states school choice in Colorado received bipartisan support throu...
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RTD candidate has lengthy criminal record spanning two states since the 1990s
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RTD candidate has lengthy criminal record spanning two states since the 1990s

By Marissa Ventrelli  | Colorado Politics A candidate for the Regional Transportation District board of directors has a criminal record spanning two states that includes multiple financial charges and accusations of animal cruelty. Robert Dinegar, a former RTD operator and candidate for District A, has been charged with a number of crimes, according to records shared by his opponent and independently confirmed by Colorado Politics.    Among those charges is a 1992 indictment for theft of over $400 but less than $1,500 in Boulder County, for which Dinegar was sentenced to two years in jail, as well as two DUIs that same year and a restraining order against his ex-wife. Dinegar also faced financial charges in Travis County, Texas, in the early 1990s. In August of 2...
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