Tag: Kent Lambert
GOP immigration meeting featured radical right groups with white supremacist ties
Republican legislators Monday hosted an informational meeting to discuss immigration in Colorado, but the Colorado Independent has learned two of the presenters invited to speak were from organizations founded by white supremacist John Tanton. One of those organizations, The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has been named a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Lambert to introduce Arizona-style immigration legislation for Colorado
Colorado legislators are poised to introduce immigration legislation that may mimic that in Arizona. Critics say it could cost the state a fortune.
Blockbuster Arizona immigration law exposé sure to fuel anti-NPR campaign
NPR's blockbuster investigative report exposing the private prison industry's role in writing and bankrolling the "lock 'em up" Arizona immigration law that passed earlier...
Got a ludicrous political idea to push? Invoke the name ‘Scott...
It was a remarkable win, little-known Massachusetts Republican state legislator Scott Brown taking Teddy Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. But does it really now have...
Udall sends upbeat energy to state legislators facing impossible session
The state legislative session opens tomorrow. The Colorado budget is in the red. Revenues are in the tank. Legislators will have to make brutal...
GOP: What climate change? What new energy economy?
There is thoughtful skepticism and then there is today's Republican Study Committee release mocking the EPA’s finding that greenhouse emissions threaten human health. Reading...
Schultheis explains: It’s just that Obama is making the U.S. fascist
State Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, attempted to clear up the Twitter controversy he ignited by likening the President to one of the September...
Marilyn Musgrave in New York rallies the conservative troops
What does it look like when the arch-conservatives come to town? They're swarming places like Watertown in upstate New York, where semi-qualified Conservative...
News Nuggets: 30 July 2009
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THE POLITICS OF NO, NEW AND IMPROVED: House minority leader Mike May wants to bring change to the state's Joint Budget...
What if Gov. Ritter doesn’t hate your car?
GOP reaction to Colorado's new FASTER car registration fees has taken a new and refreshing turn. There have been officials who oppose the fees...