Tag: politics
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State seeks $50K penalty against GOP candidate Victor Marx over alleged campaign finance violations
Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx is looking at more than $50,000 in fines in what the Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State calls “unprecedented” campaign finance violations. The state has not imposed that fine yet, and official scheduling documents indicate that a hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 10,…
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Dolly Parton’s life was bigger than politics | Rachel Stovall
Dolly Parton had barely died before America started doing what America apparently does now: checking her political credentials. Was she conservative? Liberal? A Trump supporter? An LGBTQ ally? Which side gets to claim her? Which side should cancel her? Good grief! The woman lived 80 years. She can’t be reduced to that. Not with her…
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USPS ballot rule faces lawsuit from Colorado, other states
Colorado, along with 25 other states, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service to challenge a new rule that seeks to restrict the mailing of ballots to American citizens on an eligible voters list. Colorado relies heavily on the mail-in ballot system. As do several states. The U.S. Postal Service recently laid out how it…
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Griswold faces criticism for corruption and incompetence | Dick Wadhams
There is no statewide elected official going back decades who is as breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent as Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who is now running for attorney general of all things. And compliant ruling Democrats know it. Their silence is nothing short of complicity with Griswold’s shameful political grift. CBS Colorado’s political reporter Shaun…
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Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
DUBAI/CAIRO/GARDEN CITY, N.Y. • Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to prepare for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war. Progress toward peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz remained halted,…
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Watergate scandal’s legacy still echoes | Eric Sondermann
It is the scandal for which all other scandals are now named. In June 1972, a small group of Cuban burglars with high-level connections broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Those headquarters were located in the Watergate complex of offices, residences, and a hotel. Hence, the name of the scandal that dominated…
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son arrested, faces charges of sexual exploitation of minor
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler Jay Boebert has been arrested and accused of recording and sharing a video depicting himself having intercourse with a minor, according to court records. The case originated in Garfield County in Western Colorado and was filed Thursday. Tyler Boebert, 21, is accused of five counts in total: three charges…
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A daring and fearless rescuer — is afraid of a debate | Dick Wadhams
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for governor who says he can exorcize demons and who claimed he has fearlessly rescued 45,000 women and children during 150 “high risk” missions around the world, appears to be intimidated by the notion of debating his Democratic opponent. Colorado has a long history of major party candidates engaging in…
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Former VP Mike Pence joining Colorado Christian University faculty
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been hired as a visiting faculty member at Colorado Christian University, the Lakewood-based private evangelical university announced Tuesday. Pence will be on campus about once a month during the 2026-2027 school year to give lectures, host classroom discussions, and engage with students. The role builds upon his other work…
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Democrats and the siren call of socialism | Eric Sondermann
The political pendulum continues to swing though its arc these days seems far more volatile and exaggerated. While there have always been outliers and more extreme actors on the political spectrum, the pendulum for many years was more of a steady, often predictable metronome. The country would experience periods of ascendancy on the left followed…