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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 3h
As the average price of a gallon of gasoline approaches $4.50, the Trump administration decided to enact a new policy that WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/229015...
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Trump Makes Fuel Economy Changes that CO-08 Voters Don't Want | Colorado Pols
Gasoline and diesel prices continue to rise as the Iran War drags on. Since the Trump administration has no idea how to fix these problems, they decided to go ahead and make things worse. As The New Y...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 3h
Every Republican on the ballot with Victor Marx in November now has an obligation to say clearly whether they stand with an admitted wife beater and child abuser… Or the other wife beater, we guess. coloradopols.com/diary/229010... #copolitics
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Victor Marx: Even Worse Than You Imagined | Colorado Pols
Victor Marx's improbable march to the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado has been one of the wildest rides in recent local political history, a fabulist storyteller with a "high-risk" nonp...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 28/09/2026
Republicans understand that the Medicaid cuts they voted for are about to cost them. So the lies are getting...pretty desperate. coloradopols.com/diary/228928... #copolitics
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Another Ad So Dishonest It Will Make Your Head Spin | Colorado Pols
Campaign ads don't generally rate a mention unless there's something particularly special about them: whether it's John Hickenlooper jumping out of a plane to sell a TABOR timeout, politicians popping...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 25/09/2026
Words are important. Actions matter more. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228889...
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Do As Michael Allen Says, Not As He Does | Colorado Pols
Follow the law wherever it takes you...unless you don't like the law and who might be punished as a result. Michael Allen is the El Paso County District Attorney and the Republican nominee for Attorne...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely despicable. Jeff Crank should pull his ad immediately. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228857...
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Jeff Crank is Doxxing His Opponent in Television Ads | Colorado Pols
Congressman Jeff Crank (R-Colorado Springs) is on the verge of becoming the first Republican -- ever -- to lose a seat in the fifth congressional district. Apparently this fear justifies doxxing his o...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 24/09/2026
Republicans are still looking for the floor. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228811...
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Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Voters Bail on Republicans | Colorado Pols
Polling data in recent months has shifted dramatically toward Democrats, particularly on the all-important issue of the economy. And as The New York Times reports, the economic news keeps getting wors...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 24/09/2026
Neat. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228815...
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My Candidate Can Beat Up Your Candidate | Colorado Pols
According to our non-scientific but often accurate Big Line, Republican Victor Marx has a 5% chance of becoming Colorado's next governor. This might be a bit too optimistic for Marx, but we do love a ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 24/09/2026
Jumping on the anti-"furry" bandwagon didn’t help Heidi Ganahl in 2022. But Tommy Tuberville could ride this nutty conspiracy theory to the Alabama governor's mansion. coloradopols.com/diary/228808... #copolitics
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Call Heidi Ganahl, The Furry Menace Is Back | Colorado Pols
Back in 2022, the Republican nominee in the race for governor of Colorado Heidi Ganahl became obsessed in the waning days of her losing campaign with the alleged threat to public school students posed...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 23/09/2026
This week on @getmoresmarter.com, we figured out the first piece of legislation needed once Democrats re-take control of Congress. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228801...
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Introducing the Control-Z Act of 2027 | Colorado Pols
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the voters -- they are voting! Just not in Colorado, quite yet! As the bluenami potentially turs into a Bluicane or a Bluenado or another, more intense azure...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 23/09/2026
So...if you didn't file a claim with your insurance company because you are healthy, then you shouldn't have health insurance? That's sort of like revoking someone's life insurance policy because they didn't die. www.coloradopols.com/diary/228785... #copolitics
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Republicans Aren't NOT Trying to Kill You | Colorado Pols
Health insurance is getting more expensive (again) in 2027 thanks to Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration...and that's if you are even allowed to have health insurance anymore. First...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 23/09/2026
In the Trump administration, things can always get dumber. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228771...
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For Trump, Everything is for "National Security" | Colorado Pols
President Trump continues to push the boundaries of executive power and the United States Constitution, and when he runs into problems with his bizarre visions, he increasingly goes back to the same w...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 23/09/2026
Our gut check assessment is that #co08 will once again be closer than whoever wins would prefer. That's why Democrats had better take today's Republican poll showing the race inside the margin of error seriously. coloradopols.com/diary/228764... #copolitics
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Poll: Yes, Democrats Could Still Lose CO-08 | Colorado Pols
Jesse Paul at the Colorado Sun brings us a new poll this morning of what's considered the most competitive congressional race not just in Colorado but the entire country in this year's midterm electio...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 22/09/2026
Will Gabe Evans go down in 2026? What about the "Jeffs"? #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228748...
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Who Will Win Colorado's Tightest Congressional Races? (9/26) | Colorado Pols
We forgot to run this poll in August, so we figured we had better roll out another version. As always with our totally unscientific reader polls, we want to know what you THINK is going to happen — no...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 22/09/2026
We are witnessing an astonishingly brazen grift disguised as a legitimate political operation. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228721...
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Victor Marx Keeps Breaking the Law | Colorado Pols
Last week the Secretary of State's office concluded a three-day hearing on alleged campaign finance violations facing Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx (violations that didn't even includ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 22/09/2026
At least now, while Tina Peters is touring the country spreading lies about American elections and making Gov. Polis regret his act of kindness, she’ll always be doing so as a convicted criminal. coloradopols.com/diary/228719... #copolitics
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Tina Peters: Felon For Life | Colorado Pols
As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will remain a convicted felon with all of the restrictions accompanying that status after her appeal to the Colorado Suprem...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 21/09/2026
TEAM GRIFT: Hurd, Allen Campaigning With "Radioactive" Victor Marx coloradopols.com/diary/228711... #copolitics
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Hurd, Allen Campaigning With "Radioactive" Victor Marx | Colorado Pols
It was just a few weeks ago that the Colorado Sun reported on Republican homicidal high-risk missionary gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx telling a crowd at a campaign rally how his fellow Republican ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 21/09/2026
You don't like the media, President Trump? Fine -- go without it altogether. www.coloradopols.com/diary/228697... #copolitics
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Media Finally Responds to Trump Tyranny | Colorado Pols
Something astounding and vitally important to the very heart of the United States of America happened today. As The New York Times reports: Major television networks on Monday agreed to suspend their ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 21/09/2026
Colorado faces another even bigger budget crisis next year, driven by rising healthcare costs. But blaming sick people for their healthcare costing too much is a proven political loser. coloradopols.com/diary/228693... #copolitics
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And You Thought This Year's Budget Was Bad... | Colorado Pols
As Robert Tann reports for the Denver Post, Colorado lawmakers on Friday were...the correct word is not treated, more like forewarned, of another massive budget deficit awaiting the next General Assem...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 18/09/2026
A pair of late-breaking stories we’re in receipt of this Friday afternoon, both pertaining to alleged moral turpitude on the part of well-known Republican lawmakers with a reputation for high drama: coloradopols.com/diary/228676... #copolitics
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Friday Scandals Grip Republicans From Denver To DC | Colorado Pols
A pair of late-breaking stories we're in receipt of this Friday afternoon, both pertaining to alleged moral turpitude on the part of well-known Republican lawmakers with a reputation for high drama--t...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 18/09/2026
Nobody wants the 2026 election to be over more than Victor Marx. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228668...
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Victor Marx is Just Running Out the Clock | Colorado Pols
Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx seems to have reached the stage where he just wants this whole thing to be over with so that he can return his focus to his "ministry leader" grifting. M...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 18/09/2026
For generations of Denver kids who grew up with St. Mary’s Glacier, this is your moment of conviction on climate change. coloradopols.com/diary/228665... #copolitics
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St. Mary's Glacier Succumbs To Climate Change | Colorado Pols
As the Aspen Times' Ryan Spencer reports, although word had been spreading over the past few weeks of the loss of this Colorado natural treasure: St. Mary’s — a perennial snowfield that scientists say...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 17/09/2026
WTF: Dems Slam Michael Allen For Sick Renee Good "Trigger Discipline" Quip coloradopols.com/diary/228608... #copolitics
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Dems Slam Michael Allen For Sick Renee Good "Trigger Discipline" Quip | Colorado Pols
Yesterday, Colorado Democrats resurfaced an interview with the Republican nominee for Colorado attorney general, El Paso County DA Michael Allen from January in the immediate aftermath of the killing ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 17/09/2026
Who should Jefferson County Democrats support in a potential vacancy committee for county commissioner? Literally ANYONE ELSE. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228623...
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This is How You Disqualify Yourself as a Candidate | Colorado Pols
Jerry DiTullio isn't very good at politics. DiTullio is the Jefferson County Treasurer who spent two years running for State Treasurer only to fail to even make it onto the Democratic Primary Ballot i...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 17/09/2026
Maybe it will work. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228604...
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Victor Marx Supporters Try to Fast Their Way to Victory | Colorado Pols
"Ministry leader" and Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx has a whole bunch of problems on his hands, ranging from massive campaign finance violations to potential investigations of outrigh...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 16/09/2026
Congressional Republicans have called another early recess, this time until after Election Day. House Speaker Mike Johnson has held votes on all of 70 days this year (today is the 259th day of 2026). #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228589...
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Working Hard? Nope - Hardly Working | Colorado Pols
We noted earlier this month that the 119th Congress is on track to finish as one of the least productive sessions in American history. House Speaker Mike Johnson keeps laughably claiming the exact opp...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 16/09/2026
If this doesn't make you furious, you're just not paying attention. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228575...
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Thanks, Republicans: 12,598 Colorado Kids Already Without SNAP Benefits | Colorado Pols
Last month Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) held a disturbing press conference with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins following some sort of obscure "roundtable discussion" with Colorado agriculture ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 16/09/2026
What the hell WAS that nonsense in Dallas last week? @getmoresmarter.com @crow.house.gov www.coloradopols.com/diary/228559...
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We've Reached the Bribery Stage of the 2026 Election (feat. Jason Crow) | Colorado Pols
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Donald Trump is trying to bribe voters with $5,000 checks if Republicans win the House and the Senate in the midterms, which we should point out, is very ill...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 16/09/2026
Just when you think the Trump administration can't get any more ridiculous... #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228561...
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Kash Patel Discusses New FBI Bestiality Policy in Humiliating Senate Hearing | Colorado Pols
The Trump administration is nothing short of an abject disaster, fumbling every major issue from the economy to immigration -- to the point that voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans on eve...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 16/09/2026
Republican SoS nominee James Wiley says he "regrets" claiming that Israel killed Charlie Kirk. Now he gets to answer all the uncomfortable questions about how he arrived at the conclusion that they did. coloradopols.com/diary/228557... #copolitics
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GOP SoS Candidate Disavows Charlie Kirk Israel Conspiracy Theory | Colorado Pols
James Wiley, the former Libertarian who switched to the GOP to run for that party's nomination for Secretary of State, has no realistic chance of winning the general election in November against Jeffe...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 15/09/2026
There’s no confusion about who is responsible for high gas prices anywhere but inside Gabe Evans’ head. coloradopols.com/diary/228532... #copolitics
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Gabe Evans' Absurd Gas Price Blame Game Properly Debunked | Colorado Pols
Ever since President Donald Trump launched his voluntary war against Iran at the end of February, driving oil prices sky high and obliterating Republican promises to deliver affordability to American ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 15/09/2026
National Republicans have never, in 50+ years, had to spend significant money in CO-05...until now. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228529...
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Jeff Crank Sets a New Record (Not in a Good Way) | Colorado Pols
National Republican money is starting to flood into Colorado in a last-ditch effort to protect GOP incumbents in Congress. For what is almost certainly the first time ever, a big chunk of that money i...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 15/09/2026
The grift and the stupid are something to behold. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228499...
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Victor Marx Digs Ever Deeper Hole for Himself | Colorado Pols
If you are explaining, then you are losing. Nobody is proving that political truism more in 2026 than Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx. On Monday, the Colorado Secretary of State's offic...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 15/09/2026
Despite yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling, no one believes that Trump is done casting doubt on the results of the upcoming elections. Colorado Republicans who won their seats with mail ballots have an added moral obligation to stand up to him. coloradopols.com/diary/228496... #copolitics
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Colorado's Mail Ballots Are Safe For 2026 | Colorado Pols
As Bente Birkeland reports for Colorado Public Radio, the U.S. Supreme Court finally got around to doing what they could have done some weeks ago with a large savings of effort and grief: denying for ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 14/09/2026
If the ballot measure is sponsored by Advance Colorado, just VOTE NO. That’s one way to make this crazy ballot easier. coloradopols.com/diary/228472... #copolitics
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Meet The "New" Bad Guys, Colorado | Colorado Pols
The front-page story in Sunday's Denver Post by reporter Seth Klamann takes a closer look at one of the most important political developments for Colorado conservatives in recent years, as the Colorad...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 14/09/2026
Just...wow. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228481...
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This Week in Marxism: Reverse Coconut | Colorado Pols
Cajun Karate Master Victor Marx, the actual Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado, is a hot mess of grift and cringe. Despite being an admitted killer and unscrupulous weirdo, Marx still finds a...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 14/09/2026
Huzzah for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228473...
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Pettersen, Neguse Push for More Help for Exposure from Rocky Flats and Cotter Uranium Mill | Colorado Pols
As Elise Schmelzer reports for The Denver Post, Colorado Reps. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) and Joe Neguse (D-Boulderish) are pushing to expand compensation options for Coloradans exposed to radiat...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 14/09/2026
SAY TRUMP'S NAME: The Leopards Keep Eating Mayor Mike's Face coloradopols.com/diary/228467... #copolitics
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The Leopards Keep Eating Mayor Mike's Face | Colorado Pols
We wrote last December about Republican Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman's continuing dilemma, as the President who wrecked his congressional career continues eight years later to run roughshod over all of M...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 11/09/2026
If you can't oppose this, you have no business being in elected office. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228447...
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Republicans Won't Comment on Trump Election Bribery | Colorado Pols
In a breathtaking display of bribery, President Trump said on Wednesday that he would “issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000” if Republicans win both the H...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 11/09/2026
There is no longer a quiet part that isn't said out loud. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228437...
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Trump Asks Republicans to Cheat in 2026 Election | Colorado Pols
President Trump has directed the Department of Justice to re-re-focus on finding examples of voter fraud ahead of the 2026 election. We found one. As The Hill newspaper reports from Thursday's mid-ter...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 10/09/2026
This week on @getmoresmarter.com, we dig deep on the 2026 election and talk with Democratic Party Chair @shadmurib.bsky.social about Denver's strong odds of hosting the 2028 Democratic National Convention. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228417...
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Whole-Assing a Podcast (feat. Shad Murib) | Colorado Pols
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, We’re now 8 weeks from the most consequential election of our lives, so we’ve got some updates on the ballot as the huge list of 2026 ballot initiatives is f...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 10/09/2026
Donald Trump kicks off the GOP pseudo-convention with the biggest attempted bribe in the history of humankind. When Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned SCOTUS was creating “a king above the law,” this is exactly what she meant. coloradopols.com/diary/228406... #copolitics
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The Biggest Attempted Bribe In History | Colorado Pols
Last night at the Republican Party's pseudo-convention in Dallas convened for the sole purpose of lashing the party even tighter to the brand of historically unpopular President Donald Trump, a Presid...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 09/09/2026
OK BOOMER: Jeff Crank Calls The DOJ On High School Protesters coloradopols.com/diary/228397... #copolitics
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Jeff Crank Calls The DOJ On High School Protesters | Colorado Pols
Following up the story from the long holiday weekend of a protest by high school students against Trump administration immigration policies last Friday that turned rowdy after adult "counterprotesters...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 09/09/2026
Colorado Republicans are very sad. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228374...
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Colorado Republicans Aren't Even Trying Anymore | Colorado Pols
The latest statewide fundraising numbers are now available. It's a sad look for Colorado Republicans. As you can see from the chart below, statewide Republican candidates in Colorado aren't doing much...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 09/09/2026
In July, Rep. Gabe Evans claimed oil markets "haven't reacted" to continuing hostilities in the Middle East after the initial price jump. With 55 days left until the election, every sinking oil tanker is a metaphor for Evans’ short career. coloradopols.com/diary/228367... #copolitics
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Are The Oil Markets "Reacting" Yet, Gabe Evans? | Colorado Pols
As NBC News reports, and we'll forgive the sense of deja vu because you really have seen this headline repeatedly: The price of oil breached the $100 threshold Wednesday for the first time since July,...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 08/09/2026
Donald Trump is like Forrest Gump, without the entertaining or endearing parts. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228340...
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Trump Tells Ridiculous Lie During 9/11 Tribute | Colorado Pols
In case you thought that there might be at least one topic in which President Trump wouldn't use a lie to add himself to the story... Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "T...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 08/09/2026
Gabe Evans votes with President Trump 99% of the time in Congress, which is as close to the definition of an “empty suit” that you’ll find north of Colorado Springs. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228330...
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Gabe Evans is an Empty Suit...Just Ask Him! | Colorado Pols
Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) released a new TV ad today that is a little too on-the-nose...and not in a good way. The ad focuses on Three Cow Gabe's "ranch" in Weld County, attempting to use ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 08/09/2026
Republicans have nowhere to go but down in 2026. President Trump is going to make sure of it. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228303...
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All Trump, All the Time, From Now Until Election Day | Colorado Pols
President Trump's two day Republican midterm convention thing kicks off tomorrow in Dallas, where (probably) hundreds of Republicans will pay huge sums of money in order to...listen to Trump talk, mos...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 08/09/2026
The moral of the story? There is nothing valorous about adults antagonizing kids. Save it for the next No Kings Day. coloradopols.com/diary/228300... #copolitics
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A Few Words For Grownups Who Think It's Cool To Antagonize Children | Colorado Pols
Last week, news outlets across the state including the Denver Post reported on a statewide walkout of high school students to protest against the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign set f...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 08/09/2026
This scheming among guaranteed losers is noteworthy only because it involves the Republican nominee for a statewide office. coloradopols.com/diary/228288... #copolitics
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Stupid Libertarian Pet Tricks Foiled Again | Colorado Pols
As Colleen Slevin reports for the Colorado Sun, what may have been a small work of treachery within the Colorado Libertarian Party has been thwarted, greatly relieving fewer than half a dozen people: ...
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Colorado Pols @coloradopols.com · 04/09/2026
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline has NEVER been more than it will be this weekend. #copolitics www.coloradopols.com/diary/228270...
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This Labor Day, Enjoy the Most Expensive Gas Prices EVER | Colorado Pols
If you're planning on taking a drive this Labor Day Weekend, you probably know it's going to be a pain in the wallet. In fact, you're going to pay more -- on average -- for a gallon of gasoline than y...
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