Tag: Ronald Reagan
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Trump storms the Capitol: Bold, abrasive, agenda, controversial tactics kick off 2nd term | Cronin and Loevy
President Donald Trump is his own biggest cheerleader. He loves campaigning and he loves being a promoter — a promoter with multiple deals and multiple programs. He gave a lengthy, program-filled, blame-heavy, comeback-kid performance last Tuesday at the “Capitol Theater” in Washington. His address the record for the longest presidential speech to Congress. It was watched…
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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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The passing of Pat Schroeder reminds us how far we’ve come | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It wasn’t that long ago. Many of us who read this paper regularly can remember back to 1973, back when Pat Schroeder took office as the first women to represent Colorado in Congress. Schroeder’s passing this week at 82 reminds us that we’ve come a…
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Cole Wist, former House Assistant Minority Leader, leaves GOP
Former state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial, who spent two years as assistant House Minority Leader in the 2017-18 sessions, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he’s leaving the GOP and becoming an unaffiliated voter. Wist has not been shy about expressing his frustration with the Republican Party, which he accused of abandoning its conservative principles…
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John Hinckley spent final days before assassination attempt in a Colorado motel
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John Hinckley Jr. spent 16 days on Colfax Avenue in a Lakewood motel in March 1981 before he left the Denver area unexpectedly with plans to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley stayed in Room 29 as…
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The federal stimulus means life and liberty in Colorado | Joey Bunch
It was the luckiest coin toss Toné Perez ever lost. He and his wife, Nicole, had their third child two years ago, and juggling two busy careers and a small business with seven employees, “We were done” having kids, Toné told me. One of them would see a doctor to see to that, and they flipped a…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat — for the time being — but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and…
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Lamm undecided over third term as candidates emerge
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Dick Lamm hadn’t decided yet whether he planned to run for a third term in 1982, but the Democrat conceded he could be unseated by Colorado Republicans, who had said their major goal in…