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Colorado looks to copy Chicago with jailhouse voting assistance
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Colorado looks to copy Chicago with jailhouse voting assistance

SOURCE: COLORADO PEAK POLITICS Colorado’s growing industry of Bad Ideas is now pursuing jailhouse ballot collection services for inmates who haven’t committed serious enough crimes to lose their right to vote. Sure, non-felons can already vote. But leftist advocates insist our incarcerated citizens are too stupid to do mail in voting on their own and require the help of ballot harvesters in person voting. Criminal Justice Reform Coalition is already helping Denver inmates vote. Now they’re working with Democrat state Sen. Julie Gonzales on legislation to require in-person voting events at every jail and prison across Colorado. Cook County, Illinois already does it, and look how that’s worked out for Chicago! Cringe. Kyle Giddings, civic engagement coordina...
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Chaos erupts as some Republicans try anew to oust leader Mike Lynch
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Chaos erupts as some Republicans try anew to oust leader Mike Lynch

Republican leader survives attempt to oust him By Marianne Goodland | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS Another attempt to oust Rep. Mike Lynch as minority leader devolved into chaos on Tuesday morning, when his critics within the caucus failed to muster a quorum to hold a vote on his leadership.    Some of Lynch's colleagues sought to oust him from his post as House Minority Leader on Monday, when the GOP caucus deadlocked on the question of whether to retain him, which meant Lynch kept his post.     It was the second day of the drama that erupted within the House Republican caucus resulting from the news that Lynch was arrested for drunk driving in 2022. Today's saga began with Rep. Scott Bottoms calling for a caucus meeting. But  Rep. Mary Bradf...
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Burton Brown to seek State Board of Education seat
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Burton Brown to seek State Board of Education seat

Kristi Burton Brown, formerly the chairwoman of the Colorado Republican Party, has announced her candidacy for the Colorado State Board of Education seat in Congressional District 4. "Our education system needs more opportunity, better accountability, and greater empowerment for parents," Burton Brown said. "The Board of Education needs members who are committed to expanding school choice, ready to insist on high academic standards, and willing to prioritize parents' voices." Burton Brown is the Executive Vice President at Advance Colorado and, as a practicing attorney, is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court where she has submitted briefs on the right to life, religious freedom, and women's right to play sports without men taking their place. She is a former substitute teacher in rura...
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Trump gets 14th Amendment challenge win in Massachusetts
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Trump gets 14th Amendment challenge win in Massachusetts

By Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE A Massachusetts ballot panel has rejected a challenge to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission dismissed the case on procedural grounds, stating that the panel did not have the jurisdiction to weigh in on the matter. This is a significant victory for Trump, who is facing several attempts from multiple states to remove him from the ballot under a section of the 14th Amendment disqualifying those who "engaged in insurrection" from holding public office. Commissioners met in Boston briefly last week to hear procedural questions and arguments. The commission is an indep...
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Haley faces make-or-break moment against Trump in New Hampshire
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Haley faces make-or-break moment against Trump in New Hampshire

By Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE EXETER, New Hampshire — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley got the two-way battle against former President Donald Trump she was hoping for after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ended his White House run on Sunday. But how she fares against the former president on Tuesday in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary could very well determine whether she shares a similar fate. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE Haley's campaign had once claimed she could win in the state but tempered expectations after Trump's decisive victory in Iowa last week. "I think we always want to have as many people come out to vote," Haley told reporters during a gaggle as she barnsto...
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Immigration remains tops for Trump nearly a decade after his ‘build the wall’ campaign
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Immigration remains tops for Trump nearly a decade after his ‘build the wall’ campaign

By Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Former President Donald Trump's doubling down on his anti-immigration political roots is resonating with GOP primary voters in the face of record-breaking border encounters. "I'll seal the border, and we'll shut down the invasion of our country ... that's the first thing," Trump said Monday night in Laconia, New Hampshire, adding he'd deploy the "largest deportation program in American history. We have no choice." On the eve of the New Hampshire primary that could knock out his final competitor, Trump is campaigning as the candidate who can restore law and order to the border on day one in office and reverse President Joe Biden's policies that made the U...
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Army veteran who was college football’s oldest player joins GOP primary in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Army veteran who was college football’s oldest player joins GOP primary in Colorado’s 5th CD

By Ernest Luning | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS The Army combat veteran who recently held the distinction of being the oldest Division I player in college football — while still in uniform — wants to represent Colorado's 5th Congressional District. Joshua Griffin, a Fountain Republican, joined the crowded primary last week for the El Paso County-based seat occupied by retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. "I spent two decades fighting for our country," Griffin told Colorado Politics. "We need somebody to come in and represent the people — and only focus on the people." A political newcomer, the 37-year-old filed nearly a year ago to challenge state Rep. Mary Bradfield, a Colorado Springs Republican, in the GOP primary in House District 21, but said he decided to switch to a ...
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Rosen: Democracy is safe, but Biden threatens the Republic
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Rosen: Democracy is safe, but Biden threatens the Republic

By Mike Rosen | SOURCE: COMPLETE COLORADO PAGE TWO In essence, Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign mumbling through a theatrically contrived speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania arranged to coincide with the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 debacle at the U.S. Capitol.  Staging this at the site of George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters in front of a backdrop of American flags, Biden shamefully misappropriated the father of our country as an implicit endorser of his re-election. Biden’s handlers seem convinced Trump will be his opponent. The oft-repeated slogan of his tirade loaded with exaggerations, paranoia and demagoguery was that Trump was “a threat to democracy,” echoing the drumbeat Democrats, progressives, and the liberal media have long pound...
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) downplayed a possible 2024 bid with the centrist organization No Labels on Monday, saying he plans to "win as a Democrat." When asked about the chances of joining the group's ticket if it was interested, Phillips said, "I'm a Democrat — I have been a lifelong Democrat." Phillips told host Brian Kilmeade, "I'm a Democrat. I'm going to run as a Democrat, and I'm going to win as a Democrat." Speculation ramped up last weekend over his joining a future No Labels ticket when he didn't rule the possibility out. Phillips defended the organization against charges it would act as a spoiler to elect former President Donald Trump. "If they put someone at the top of the ti...
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) endorsed former President Donald Trump on Monday, another snub to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley from a Republican ally in her home state. "Today, I’m endorsing Donald J. Trump for president," Mace said in a statement. "I don’t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now, I’ve stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee." Trump endorsed Mace's primary challenger in 2022, while Haley offered her own endorsement to the South Carolina Republican, who won reelection. Mace has offered criticism of Trump in the past, drawing his ire. But in the last year, she appeared to show flashes of sympathy and support f...
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