Trump has skipped both debates, leaving the other candidates to spend their time futilely sniping at one another while Trump just slides
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Silverman: An open letter to the prosecutors of Donald Trump
Pay attention to Donald Trump’s co-conspirators with Colorado ties
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Littwin: Trump is indicted under a law usually reserved for mob bosses and assorted gangsters
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that Georgia DA Fani Willis makes racketeering charges against Trump and 18 others — using law normally reserved for mobsters — for allegedly attempting to overturn 2020 election results.
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Littwin: As the indictments and the evidence keep piling up against Trump, the poll numbers keep stacking up for him
But what if prosecutor Jack Smith gets his speedy trial and then a conviction? What kind of country would we be if we elected a Convict in Chief?
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Littwin: It’s early, but it is starting to look like a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. How could that be?
It’s easier than you think. The GOP is afraid to dump Trump. And Biden is the certified Trump slayer who was bound to run if Trump did.
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Federal judge says Colorado lawyers’ lawsuit challenging 2020 election results was “the height of recklessness”
By Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press A federal magistrate in Denver on Wednesday levied penalties against two Colorado attorneys for filing a class-action lawsuit that alleged the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. The now-dismissed suit relied on baseless conspiracy theories spread by the former president and his supporters. It named elected officials […]
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Wilson: What white America was really saying in the 2020 election
Donald Trump’s presidency declared open season on Black people, and 57% of white voters didn’t care. That’s the fundamental message one could glean from the election demographics if so inclined. The data is clear: Racists felt emboldened under Trump and acted accordingly. In fact, an unprecedented 54 court cases cite Trump as the inspiration for […]
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Colorado continues to shift blue: The 2020 election, explained in graphics
Colorado’s political map is looking more and more blue. The 2020 election continued the decades-long shift toward Democrats in Colorado, led by voters in suburban counties and punctuated by huge turnout in the party’s strongholds of Denver and Boulder. “Colorado is officially blue. Not purple, not periwinkle, not powder blue,” says Steve Welchert, a veteran […]
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Nicolais: How a presidential election begins to feel a lot like The Long Night
After years waiting for the confrontation, sifting through subplots and intrigue, following characters rising and falling in their roles and enduring an endless build up, the most anticipated battle finally arrived. That is effectively the description of “The Long Night,” one of the most polarizing episodes in the final season from Game of Thrones aired […]
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Joe Biden supporters across Colorado breathe sigh of relief, celebrate after presidential race is called
John Warner stood on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol on Saturday clad in nothing but an American flag Speedo bathing suit and raised his arms in triumph. He was basking in President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. “It’s just the first time in awhile it feels like you can breathe,” the 40-year-old Denver Democrat said. […]