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I describe the ruckus.
@coloradotimesrecorder.com
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Colorado Times Recorder
8 days ago
Tim Arvidson, a fomer GOP state Senate candidate who was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting and killing a man in CO Springs, boasted on Facebook about taking part in the J6 riot, posting a photo of himself driving there, uploading a video of it, & later processing what he "experienced."
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'It Was Amazing!' CO Springs Murder Suspect Attended Jan. 6 Riot
Tim Arvidson, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Colorado Senate, was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting and killing a man in...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/05/it-was-amazing-co-springs-murder-suspect-attended-jan-6-riot/79284/
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Colorado Times Recorder
19 days ago
Election deniers across the country celebrated Governor Polis' decision to release Tina Peters from prison next month. They she did nothing wrong and some want her to run for elected office.
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Election Deniers Celebrate Governor Polis' Freeing of Tina Peters
Mike Lindell is busy running for governor of Minnesota, so he hadn’t heard about Governor Polis’ decision to free Tina Peters until contacted by the Colorado Times Recorder. "Praise the Lord!...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/05/election-deniers-celebrate-governor-polis-freeing-of-tina-peters/79108/
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Learned some new (to me)
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trivia today from Barb Kirkmeyer's during her interview on Peter Boyles. Twenty years ago, Bob Beauprez's infamous horse ad was filmed at her mom's farm.
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Attention grocery shoppers: the firm responsible for the fraud, Victor's Canvassing, is currently working on two ballot initiatives for Advance Colorado: 177 (Right to Natural Gas) & 232 (Income Tax Rate Cap).
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20 days ago
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Indivisible Colorado
23 days ago
www.whoisadvancecolorado.org
@coloradotimesrecorder.com
The Machine Behind The Ballot: How Advance Colorado Shapes State Politics
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Who is Advance Colorado?
Explore how Advance Colorado influences state politics through dark money networks, ballot initiatives, and media campaigns, shaping policy and public opinion.
https://www.whoisadvancecolorado.org
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This Berthoud Surveyor interview with Congressman Gabe Evans is from Wednesday. The gas price chart is today's. If Evans is to be believed, it would appear he hasn't filled up since sometime in March.
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
27 days ago
Two Republicans (and one ex-Republican) running for
#COGov
took the stage in Parker Weds night to pitch mass deportations, jailing the attorney general, and abolishing property taxes. The GOP fundraising leader skipped the forum to do his own livestream, so we reported on that too.
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Republican Governor Hopefuls Pitch Mass Deportations, Jail Threats
Fundraising frontrunner Victor Marx skipped the forum to stream a live event from his Black Forest training compound. This reporting incorporates his discussion of forum question topics throughout. By...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/05/republican-governor-hopefuls-pitch-mass-deportations-jail-threats/78866/
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If I've ever cornered you with a long-winded rant about how conservatives do
#copolitics
in blue Colorado and how the Common Sense Institute aims for sound bites over sound research... would you like to hear more? Tuesday at 6:30pm MT, Sign up here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Corey Hutchins
about 1 month ago
Tensions can be high in the final days of Colorado’s legislative session, and on Tuesday morning they flared on the Senate floor about a bill over, of all things, newspaper carriers:
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/a-paper-bo...
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Colorado Times Recorder
about 1 month ago
Canine credit cards, attempted murder memes, and more news you might have missed this week from the Colorado Times Recorder.
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Sean Beedle
about 1 month ago
Good afternoon. I’m at Church for All Nations, for a candidate forum moderated be Ken Davis, who also happens to be the El Paso County GOP Chair. “These people are going to wow you,” he promises.
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Alfred hasn't made any public comments about his campaign yet. If he wants to stay in the race, it doesn't look like his party can stop him.
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about 1 month ago
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Sean Beedle
about 2 months ago
Good morning! it is snowing at the capitol, and I am here for my third CO March for Life.
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Colorado Times Recorder
about 2 months ago
Thank you, Alamosa Valley Courier, for furthering our reporting on ICE holdrooms across the state. Read their coverage of a meeting between Rep. Jeff Hurd and local immigration advocates who called on him to commit to visiting hold rooms and call for oversight:
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Hurd meets with immigration advocates - The Alamosa News
“Will [Congressman Hurd] commit today, on the record, to your constituents, the taxpayers funding such facilities, that you will meet our request?” A reaction from his staff suggests no.
https://www.alamosanews.com/stories/hurd-meets-with-immigration-advocates,131502
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Is the music good? Yes. Is the money bad? Also yes.
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about 2 months ago
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INBOX: Mesa County DA Dan Rubinstein, the Republican who prosecuted Tina Peters, notes that the "jury's verdicts... were affirmed in full" and that the court didn't find the sentence "excessive or inappropriate, but instead identified a narrow issue requiring reconsideration."
2 months ago
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The data has been public for months, but
@loganmdavis.bsky.social
dug into it to pull stories out- weaving endless lines of numbers into paths on a map, searchable by age, country, and other factors. Know of an ICE arrest that made the news? See if you can find it in here.
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2 months ago
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The Monday after county assemblies was a particularly awkward time for the Colorado Republican Party's longtime website to not work. The party has a new site (
colorado.gop
), but for the old one not to point to it isn't good. It's now Tuesday and it's still broken.
2 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
3 months ago
Last week, Colorado Republican Party Chair Brita Horn announced that she will be resigning from her position. Horn’s announcement comes after months of infighting, lawsuits, the resignation of two vice chairs and two no-confidence votes.
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Another One Bites the Dust: GOP Chairs Reflect on the State of the Party
Last week, Colorado Republican Party Chair Brita Horn announced that she will be resigning from her position following the Republican Assembly next month. Horn’s announcement comes after months of inf...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/another-one-bites-the-dust-gop-chairs-reflect-on-the-state-of-the-party/77486/
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
3 months ago
ICE locks tens of thousands of detainees nationwide in a network of 170 "hold rooms" spread across 49 states, which are forbidden from containing beds. Today, we are publishing location and detainee information about all 170 facilities.
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Locks Thousands, Including Kids, in 170 'Hold Rooms’ Nationwide. Here's Where They Are.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency operates a network of 170 unofficial detention sites around the country, called “hold rooms,” according to agency data obtained via the Freedom of....
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/exclusive-ice-locks-thousands-including-kids-in-170-hold-rooms-nationwide-heres-where-they-are/77352/
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Rep. Joe Neguse
3 months ago
Recent public reporting indicates that ICE is holding immigrants at secret detention facilities across Colorado. Today, I attempted to conduct oversight at one of the locations in Garfield County. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Bryan Schott
3 months ago
Utah Republican legislators rushed a bill to potentially split up Salt Lake County at the last second. The last "yes" vote landed five seconds too late. See the video:
utahpolitics.news/gops-midnigh...
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GOP's midnight heist to split Salt Lake County was five seconds too late
Five seconds past the deadline, the Utah Senate cast the final votes on HB212 to let cities secede from Salt Lake County. The timestamp could kill the bill and spark a court fight.
https://utahpolitics.news/gops-midnight-heist-to-split-salt-lake-county-was-five-seconds-too-late/
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
3 months ago
31 CO lawmakers - led by congressional candidate Manny Rutinel - sent a letter yesterday to immigration officials stating that the "existence of undisclosed detention sites, 'hidden in plain sight' between strip malls and office parks, is unacceptable."
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After CO Times Recorder Revealed Secret Detention Centers in CO, 31 Lawmakers Call on ICE for 'Immediate Transparency'
The day after the Colorado Times Recorder revealed that ICE has been detaining immigrants in at least nine makeshift facilities throughout Colorado, 31 state lawmakers -- led by congressional candidat...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/after-co-times-recorder-revealed-secret-detention-centers-in-co-27-lawmakers-call-on-ice-for-immediate-transparency/77113/
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
4 months ago
Barefoot and pregnant: the Heritage Foundation's new plan for "saving the family" wants to keep young women out of the workforce so that they can have babies young and often, writes
@loganmdavis.bsky.social
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DAVIS: Barefoot and Pregnant - A Heritage Foundation Plan for the Family
The Heritage Foundation is back with a new plan for remaking America in its own image. The think tank which masterminded Project 2025 released a new issue paper last month,...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/davis-barefoot-and-pregnant-a-heritage-foundation-plan-for-the-family/76521/
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Last week Evans made a big show of concern with ICE entering homes w/o a judicial warrant. His "grilling" of the ICE Director lasted 23 seconds and consisted of asking him to agree to talk more about it... in private... sometime later.
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4 months ago
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These guys say a lot of crazy things. Our reporter
@suziereports.bsky.social
was there to hear them. Oh, and also to see Joe Oltmann sashay across the stage while showing off a little gun under his jacket.
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4 months ago
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Seth Cotlar
4 months ago
The racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.
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LIVE in Elbert County, CO: Question for 3 Republican gubernatorial candidates: "The average Islamic man has 4 wives, each have 8 children. So one man produces 32 children... there will be a shift in the population. What will you do to prevent this in CO?" Spoiler alert- they all answer seriously.
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4 months ago
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
4 months ago
Skywriting, a new ICE facility in Colorado, and other news you might have missed over the weekend ⬇️
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Just learned the CBS News app has local affiliates, like Minneapolis, which led me to see a great piece on the businesses on the block where ICE murdered Alex Pretti. Also- the Twin Cities weather guy does his forecasts using Viking QB numbers- "today's high is JJ McCarthy."
4 months ago
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National group
@moveon.org
hired the plane.
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4 months ago
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Check out CTR's Sean Beedle reporting live from D.C.
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4 months ago
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Erik Maulbetsch
Colorado Times Recorder
4 months ago
During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives.
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'We Stand for Everything that You Stand for' Trump Appointee Tells Anti-Abortion Donors
During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives. Despite widespread conservative victories over repro...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/we-stand-for-everything-that-you-stand-for-trump-appointee-tells-anti-abortion-donors/76128/
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Seems worth noting that "report" author Dustin Zvonek, whom the CBS Denver anchor interviewed, is a partner at 76 Group, the GOP firm that *created* Common Sense Inst as a way to get headlines to help Republicans win elections. Read more about it here:
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5 months ago
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Kepler vs. Frosty, a one- act play with a surprise ending.
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Corey Hutchins
5 months ago
In the trial for a man accused of following a nonwhite Colorado TV reporter and then tackling and choking him outside the station after yelling "This is Trump's America now," the defense is arguing he experienced “medical hysteria" from a Benadryl prescription:
www.kkco11news.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Trial day two begins for Patrick Egan, the man accused of assaulting a KKCO-KJCT journalist
Day two of the Patrick Egan trial commenced on Tuesday morning. Egan is on trial allegedly assaulting a KKCO-KJCT reporter back in December 2024.
https://www.kkco11news.com/2026/01/06/trial-day-two-begins-patrick-egan-man-accused-assaulting-kkco-kjct-journalist/
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Attention holiday shoppers: if a petition gatherer asks you for your signature to "limit ICE," be sure to read the fine print. The initiative from right-wing Advance Colorado actually would override state/local laws that protect immigrants.
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6 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
6 months ago
For the second time in a month, Congressman Evans has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport.
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Denver Airport Again Rejects Congressman's Claim of Power Supply Shortage
For the second time in a month, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport (DEN), and once again...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/denver-airport-again-rejects-congressmans-claim-of-power-supply-shortage/75286/
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Spoiler alert: the "third-largest city" is Aurora, where election commissioners' duties include appointing election judges.
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6 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
6 months ago
Via
@highcountrynews.org
"Our analysis found that in 2024 alone, the federal government poured at least $2.5 billion into subsidy programs that public-lands ranchers can access, not including the steep discount on forage. ... Benefits flow largely to a select few like Kroenke.
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As Billionaires Like Stan Kroenke Profit From Public Lands, Taxpayers Pick up the Tab
by Mark Olalde and Jimmy Tobias Stan Kroenke doesn’t need federal help to make a business flourish. He is worth an estimated $20 billion, a fortune that has allowed him...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/as-billionaires-like-stan-kroenke-profit-from-public-lands-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/75096/
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Not that you need a reason to support the
@coloradotimesrecorder.com
, but if want one, It's Colorado Gives Day. To be clear, said giving can take place remotely. And even if you don't send cash, we always appreciate your eyeballs.* *metaphorically speaking.
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Colorado Gives Day: When Liars Say We're 'Fake News,' We Just Work Harder To Report the Truth
Every year, the Colorado Times Recorder is threatened online, attacked by officials, and dismissed as illegitimate. And every year, especially these days, we respond by working harder to expose the...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/colorado-gives-day-when-liars-say-were-fake-news-we-just-work-harder-to-report-the-truth/74954/
6 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
6 months ago
Columnist
@loganmdavis.bsky.social
obtained secretly recorded audio (again) from a gathering of GOP elected officials, strategists, and advocates. What he found on the audio was a plan to take a local school district all the way to the Supreme Court.
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DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court
If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/davis-the-plot-to-take-a-local-school-district-to-the-supreme-court/74863/
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A whole lotta familiar Republicans spoke in favor of their fellow GOP commissioners doing a favor for Sterling Ranch developers the Smethills, and taking power from the newly elected school board that was just chosen by R-leaning Dougco voters.
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6 months ago
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This was a hell of a claim to make anytime, much less two weeks before Thanksgiving. After I asked DIA about it, Evans sent a "clarification" to the podcast on which he said it, but wouldn't answer my questions.
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7 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
7 months ago
RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of the Boulder Abortion Clinic who retired after fifty years of practice in April, left off — as one of the few clinics in the nation offering abortions later in pregnancy.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Target New Boulder Clinic
Last month, RISE Collective, composed of former employees of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, opened its doors and began providing abortions. RISE picks up where Dr. Warren Hern, the founder of...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/anti-abortion-activists-target-new-boulder-clinic/74498/
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Where else you gonna find Denver DSA and Turning Point USA events in one place?
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7 months ago
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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has apparently called the race, even if it's not official yet- He just congratulated the winners on Facebook.
#copolitics
7 months ago
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Colorado Times Recorder
7 months ago
Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck says she won't run for reelection to the statehouse, but hinted at a possible run for a different, perhaps bigger office. She also called one declared candidate a liar, while endorsing a new one.
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State Legislator Won't Run For Final Term, Calls Opponent a Liar While Endorsing New Candidate
Colorado state Rep. Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) will not run for reelection next year. Speaking at the Fremont County GOP monthly meeting last night, Luck cited the need to spend more...
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/state-legislator-wont-run-for-final-term-calls-opponent-a-liar-while-endorsing-new-candidate/74122/
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Hey Colorado public school supporters- read this.
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8 months ago
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Tonight: Colorado Republicans gather in Aurora to hear Lara Logan, a former 60 Minutes journalist whose descent into QAnon led to her getting fired from Newsmax for saying that the world’s elites “want us eating ... cockroaches” while they “dine on the blood of children.”
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