With just over three months until the 2022 general election, fabrications, half-truths, omissions and utter lies will dominate political discussion from now until November. It is the same song, just at a different tempo. We live in a post-truth political world. Misleading characterizations have always been a part of the political world. More than two […]
Mario Nicolais
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @MarioNicolaiEsq
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Nicolais: A frightened sprint through Las Vegas casinos proved my point about the Active Shooter Alert Act
There was something surreal about sprinting through Las Vegas casinos a week ago with my wife and friends as we searched for a safe place to shelter from an alleged active shooter. A couple days before, I submitted my column on the Active Shooter Alert Act but knew it had not been published yet. The […]
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Nicolais: The national Active Shooter Alert Act is a step in the right direction
A few days ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Active Shooter Alert Act in the wake of yet another mass shooting, this time during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park near Chicago. The bill is a step in the right direction. It will not solve gun violence in America and may […]
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Nicolais: Demaryius Thomas could not outrun the “minor” injuries that led to his death
My enduring memory of former Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas is watching him streak across the middle of the field, catching a slant route from Tim Tebow on the first play of overtime, stiff-arming one defender, and out-running the rest to win a playoff game in 2012. What Thomas could not outrun were the […]
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Nicolais: Colorado’s unaffiliated voters flex their primary muscle to reject extremists
Colorado primaries have come and gone, and the November general election has officially begun. The state GOP avoided its nightmare scenario and Democrats have already pivoted from attempts to manipulate Republican voters into attacks on the victorious candidates. Even as the two major parties begin battering each other, the role of unaffiliated voters still deserves […]
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Nicolais: America is losing faith in its judicial system, with good reason
Faith in the courts is on life support in America. On Thursday we heard Department of Justice officials talking about election conspiracies debunked in courts across the country — rulings that a substantial portion of our citizenry on the right of the political spectrum rejects. The same day the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings that […]
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Nicolais: John Eastman is a traitor who tried to kill our democracy
John Eastman is a traitor. Eastman plotted to undermine our democracy and overthrow the government. He developed a specious plot to cast aside millions of votes, persuaded an autocratic president to act on it and helped instigate a violent insurrection into the physical heart of our democratic republic. The complexity of the plan and how […]
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Nicolais: Could Colorado GOP candidates win in November? Only if they don’t screw it up.
As the June 28th primary approaches, most eyes remain fixed on the Republican side of aisle in Colorado. After nearly a year of campaigning for some candidates, the real question is: can any win in November? The answer is yes. A qualified yes. Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, governor and Secretary of State remain locked […]
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Nicolais: Colorado voters have until today to unaffiliate and participate in the primary of their choosing
Coloradans have until polls close on Election Day to register to vote. But, most important, those already registered with a political party have until today, June 6, to switch parties or unaffiliate ahead of the June 28th primary. It takes less than five minutes online through the Colorado Secretary of State’s website. Click the link, […]
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Nicolais: Want to end mass shootings? Don’t get distracted by other issues.
After another tragic, commonplace massacre of school children in America last week, the monotonous debate on what needs to be done began again. Nearly a quarter century after Columbine, we have yet to implement changes to protect our most vulnerable. The simple truth is that nothing will happen until gun control advocates become single-issue voters […]