Tag: Republican Party
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Lincoln – Pragmatic, persistent, partisan coalition-builder | Tom Cronin
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 161 years ago this week, six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Lincoln was 56 years old. Lee was 58 years old. Lincoln, generally regarded as our best president, fascinates us still and teaches us still. A valuable new, well-written book has just…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision, saying she’s “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.” Greene’s resignation…
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Lest we forget: The lessons of World War II | Vince Bzdek
At the beginning of “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting,” the great Czech author Milan Kundera tells the story of a cold, snowy day in Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the height of Communist rule. A man named Clementis stood next to Communist Leader Klement Gottwald on a balcony overlooking a crowd. Because of the cold,…
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Colorado is a blue island in a red wave | Vince Bzdek
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More than 90% of all the counties in the United States shifted in favor of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to several new analyses of election results. An extraordinary map created by The New York Times shows a sea of red arrows indicating movement toward Trump, with Trump improving on…
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One of the biggest surprises at the DNC — all the Republicans | Vince Bzdek
One of the things that struck me most about the Democratic National Convention last week was the number of Republicans there, with prominent speaking roles. Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois spoke in prime time Thursday night. “I am proud to be in the trenches with you as part of this sometimes awkward alliance…
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Just whose Republican Party is it, anyway? | Vince Bzdek
It’s gratifying to see the Colorado Republican Party begin to take the necessary steps to restore credibility to the party after voters rejected Dave Williams and his reign of chaos in the recent primary election. Williams lost the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District resoundingly to Jeff Crank. And now both the Republican State…
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Churches launch ‘God Loves Pride’ response to GOP Chair’s Dave Williams’ ‘God Hates Pride’ email
In response to Colorado Republican Chairman Dave Williams’ anti-LGBTQ+ email from the state party he sent last week to supporters titled, “God Hates Pride,” members of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Colorado Springs enthusiastically chanted “God Loves Pride,” as they marched as a group in this past Sunday’s Pride parade. They and hundreds…
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Who took the right and wrong out of politics? | Vince Bzdek
Three snapshots of the state of politics in 2024: • Last week, Dave Williams and the increasingly isolated leadership team of the Colorado Republican Party urged Coloradans in a social media post to “burn all the Pride flags” and evoked a notorious anti-gay slur in a mass email that said “God hates Flags.” Attorney General…
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Trump beats Haley as Biden sweeps vote in Colorado’s Super Tuesday presidential primary
Donald Trump took an early lead over Nikki Haley in Colorado’s Republican presidential primary and kept it as returns posted on Tuesday night. At the same time, President Joe Biden cruised to a win against long-shot opponents in the state’s Democratic primary. The Associated Press called the state for Trump and Biden less than 15…