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November 13, 2015 03:53 PM UTC

Get More Smarter on Friday the 13th

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gmsfriday13thHappy Friday the 13th, knock on wood! It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).

TOP OF MIND TODAY…

Politico reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of onerous new abortion restrictions in Texas, a major development in the nonexistent “War on Women.”

The timing of the decision, likely next June, is expected to drive voter turnout, galvanizing those on both sides of the abortion debate to turn out for a presidential candidate who shares their views on one of the nation’s most polarizing social issues.

The case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole, is expected to turn on whether the Texas law — which imposes sweeping construction requirements on abortion clinics and requires providers to have hospital admitting privileges — is “an undue burden” on women’s access to the procedure.

Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the clinics, called the case the “most important abortion rights case in nearly 25 years.”

► GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump continued his withering rhetorical assault on his closest competitor Ben Carson this week, but as The Hill reports, the good somnolent doctor is not returning fire:

Speaking at a press conference after a town-hall event in South Carolina with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Carson repeatedly passed on opportunities to kick back at Trump, who has sought to frame the retired neurosurgeon as deranged and has mocked the stories Carson has told about his temper as a young man.

Responding to questions about Trump’s attacks, Carson said voters are “sick and tired” of the “politics of destruction,” and sought to redirect the line of questioning to more substantive issues.

Oh come on, our popcorn isn’t even ready yet.

Get even more smarter after the jump…

IN CASE YOU ARE STANDING NEAR A WATER COOLER…

► Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed budget, as he explained to legislators yesterday, is another opportunity to point out that the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) really sucks:

Democrats, who are in control of the House, have long criticized TABOR as restricting their ability to fund crucial budget areas like education and transportation in the aftermath of recessions. But Republicans, who run the Senate, view TABOR as a tool to prevent overzealous government spending.

The state owes taxpayers $289 million in refunds over the next two years, and that figure is expected to grow in the future. To minimize refund amounts, Hickenlooper is proposing a legal maneuver to reduce the amount the state collects from a fee charged to hospitals for occupied beds. The collected fees are used to get a federal match to help with Medicaid costs. Hickenlooper is suggesting capping collections at $656 million, instead of an anticipated $756 million. The $100 million that is not collected would reduce the state’s refund liability to taxpayers because the money would not count as revenue exceeding Colorado’s TABOR limit. But that reduction in fee collections also means hospitals would lose $100 million in federal dollars to serve Medicaid patients.

► Speaking of TABOR, has Doug “Mr. TABOR” Bruce finally become poison for anti-tax campaigns? In Colorado Springs, the answer appears to be yes.

► Colorado has an open records law, but it’s pretty much an honor system says a national public accountability watchdog as they gave us a failing grade.

► Coloradans burning out on the reefer? September sales down a few lids after months of skyrocketing growth.

► Drivers stuck in traffic on I-25 wonder why they can’t have a shoulder “Lexus Lane” like the ski resorts.

OTHER LINKS YOU SHOULD CLICK

► The Colorado Independent looks at the upcoming battle in the legislature over a highly successful contraception program Republicans refuse to fund in a bizarre continuing act of penny-wise, pound-foolishness loaded with all kinds of politically unsightly anti-choice rhetoric.

► New standardized assessment tests in public schools disappoint, but low participation rates blur the picture.

ICYMI

► The right wing so-called “education reformers” got their asses handed to them in Colorado this election, and they’re trying to figure out what to do.

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  1. Attacks all over the Paris, shooting, bombs and now reports that the theater hostages are being executed one by one.  Traditional hostage negotiation out the window since these people don't even want to get out alive or doing anything but kill and be martyred. Seems like they need to just go in after them. People will die but they're dyng anyway and at least some of the hostages could survive.

    For very current BBC updates
    http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972

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