(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
Michael Karlik at the Colorado Springs Gazette reports: U.S. Reps. Scott Tipton, Ken Buck and Doug Lamborn have co-sponsored a House resolution that condemns the Chinese government’s response to COVID-19 and asks the country to take responsibility for originating the novel coronavirus… Tipton blamed the severity of the global pandemic on the Chinese government’s failure […]
On this day in 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first caught sight of land in what is now Florida; nobody was around to tell his cruise ship to go somewhere else. Now, let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a […]
As Denver7’s Robert Garrison reports, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled yesterday on an important constitutional question regarding the Colorado General Assembly’s 120-day legislative session–after being forced to adjourn for public health reasons as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up, can the legislature get back to work seamlessly once it’s safe, or does a narrow interpretation of […]
We’ve written a few times in this space about the asinine responses from local Colorado Republicans regarding efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. It is worth noting that this is not a problem restricted to Colorado Republican elected officials. As Chris Cillizza writes for CNN, California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes — the ranking member of […]
We’ve been notified by our hosting provider that our dedicated server will be moving from one Denver-area location to another this morning around 10:00AM. This will result in a couple of hours of unavoidable downtime, which we apologize for in advance. We just wanted to let you know, lest someone mistake it for the Russians […]
Ten years ago, Cory Gardner was a state lawmaker challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey in CO-4. Gardner’s first campaign for federal office was pretty simple: Bash Markey for supporting a nearly-$800 billion stimulus plan and for backing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One decade later, Gardner isn’t saying much about the ACA and has […]
When considering last week’s round of angry protestations from local Republicans, first vilifying the Tri County Health Department for their enforceable stay-at-home order covering Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, then Gov. Jared Polis for his statewide stay-at-home order which superseded Tri County Health’s order, the question has not been whether these GOP protests would age […]
Happy April Fool’s Day Eve; please celebrate responsibly. Now, let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio/visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show or The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t […]
Fox 31 Denver reports, how convenient: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will not punish companies for violating some pollution standards because of the new coronavirus… “We think it’s incredibly foolish,” Collin O’Mara, president of the National Wildlife Federation, said. O’Mara says if air pollution increases, Americans with lung illnesses will be in even […]
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