Much like Cold Wars, culture wars never actually die out — they simply go dormant for years. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded us of the former and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demonstrated the latter. While Putin invaded Ukraine and put the world on edge, Abbott opened a new front against LGBTQ+ communities. Abbott […]
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Colorado’s former governor is board chairman for Russian bank now prohibited from issuing shares, debt in U.S.
Update 2/28/2022: Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has now resigned from his supervisory board. Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens is the chairman of the supervisory board of the Credit Bank of Moscow, which has been barred by the Biden administration from issuing shares and debt in the U.S. after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The […]
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Russia attacks Ukraine, peace in Europe “shattered”
By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a […]
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Colorado confirms suspected Russian hacker “jiggled the lock” on state voter database — but couldn’t get in
A computer linked to Russian hackers tried to access Colorado’s voter registration database ahead of the 2016 election, but the effort proved unsuccessful, state officials confirmed for the first time Friday. The secretary of state’s office, which oversees elections, matched a suspicious Internet protocol address flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as a potential […]
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Excerpt: Fascinated by flight as a child, a young Soviet girl feels the calling that will take her to war in the skies
Aimie K. Runyan celebrates history’s unsung heroines in four historical novels, including the internationally bestselling “Daughters of the Night Sky” and “Promised to the Crown.” She is active as an educator and speaker in the writing community and beyond. The following is an excerpt from Runyan’s “Daughters of the Night Sky”. Each week, The Colorado […]
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The FBI is training political campaigns to fight foreign influence in Colorado elections. And here’s what voters can do.
The FBI hosted a first-in-the-nation training for candidates and campaigns in Colorado to help them guard against cybersecurity attacks ahead of the November election. The closed-to-the-public seminar Monday focused on steps campaigns can take to protect voter data and efforts of foreign governments to influence politicians or the election. Calvin Shivers, the outgoing special agent […]