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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
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President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
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CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
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State Senate Majority
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September 09, 2020 06:14 AM UTC
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Hypothetically, if a lame duck president resigned so the lame duck VP could become president and pardon the former president, how close to inauguration day could they wait?
I know, I know, no need to take the 5th or get pardoned if no law was broken. But still, it's just a hypothetical
500:1 parleyquestion.I suspect that they could do it that morning.
Ask AG Barr, I'm sure he has an answer
Hypothetically speaking, if any other POTUS admitted to this…
This is some bold leadership from the President. Admit the virus is dangerous, know that it can kill many, and do nothing other than downplay the threat.
‘Play it down’: Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book
Schrodinger’s Crime & Punishment
Can you pardon someone for something he did NOT do?
Is it possible to pardon someone for something he doesn’t ADMIT doing?
Can you pardon someone before they have committed a crime?
Acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt.
Nothing indicates an ability to pardon some potential future act.
Presidential pardon can be very broad about things which have already occurred — see Nixon pardon language which apparently was going to help the nation heal. It did not require a Nixon admission of specific misdeeds. Wikipedia's summary: "A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case or inquiry, prior to any indictments being issued, for unspecified offenses, and prior to or after a conviction for a federal crime."
Today is National Wiener Schnitzel Day
And, the best place to eat one is at Figlmüller in Wien — https://figlmueller.at/en/
Nein, danke. Kalbfleisch ist mir egal.
Tune of Little Drummer Boy
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We came to Washington to inaugurate Trump.
Dump Trump.
There were quite few of us, he called us a mob.
Dump Trump.
We didn’t vote for him,
He’s too dumb for the job.
Trump is a bum.
Trump is a bum.
Trump is a bum.
We will Dump Trump.
That idiot Trump
In 55 days.
In the FWIW department (FWIW = for what it’s worth):
Political contributions since August 1:
John Hickenlooper-D (US Senate-Colorado)($100)
Steve Bullock-D (US Senate-Montana)($100)
Bob Rankin-R (Colo. Senate, District 8)($75)
Adam Schiff-D (US House-Calif.)($50)
Biden Victory Fund ($50)
You forgot Perry Will?
No thanks. Perry is pushing the fake war on rural Colorado.
I did some looking and found it hard to get info on where he stands on issues. He has not returned a questionnaire from Ballotpedia, so no help there.
I haven’t seen Perry in many years, though he used to be my next door neighbor. Sorry to hear he is carrying water for the stupid wing of the party. Of course, that is about all that remains of the GOP.
@Duke: Perry has a Facebook page where he identifies the “war on rural Colorado” at the state legislature.
I wonder if that is the same “war” that is enabling farmers & ranchers in eastern Colorado to make big bucks by having wind turbines on their properties?
Perry isn’t horribly bad on the environment. In the 2019 legislative session, his rating by Conservation Colorado was 38%. Not super good, but he was the highest rated Republican in the House. As an aside, they have yet to post a 2020 scorecard, perhaps due to not enough votes to do ratings, due to COVID.
The people Perry counts on for the truth, are liars.
He was a good neighbor. I believe him to be an honorable man. I wish him well…I have no vote on this race.
Speaking of fake wars. The only thing authentically challenging the future of the industry is their inability to not flood the market with a cheap product we're going to need less-and-less of as we transition to new, cheaper, cleaner, job-producing options:
Colorado oil companies worry new COGCC well setbacks threaten industry viability Colorado oil companies worry new COGCC well setbacks threaten industry viability
Maybe it's just that they have nothing else to do, Michael. I recall reading that future demand scenarios have convinced the Carlyle Group, along with several others, to publicly announce they are ending their investments in fossil fuel development.
If that is true, it would explain the desperation with which the CPA and COGA, et al are trying some pretty crazy shit. I am really impressed with the use of severance tax money by Garfield county to fight regulation.
I think I read that other O&G owned counties are participating, as well. I am not sure how many county commissioners are working for the Oily Boyz, but I know a few of them by name..😉
I remember the early days (2005) of “25x’25” well when we assured the US grid would collapse without the construction of hundreds of new coal plants and that renewables would destroy our economy. It’s taken some time to dismantle their political influence, and they can cry all they want about regulatory interference, but their real enemy is geology and technology – not the Birkenstock crowd.
We got a reprieve this week in our local paper from cow farts and plant-based meats by the Sonnenberg Institute but had to endure a front-page headline “Who bears the cost of transitioning from coal?” and a guest editorial by one of our county commissioners railing against the draconian requirements of SB-181 (I’m guessing this is a coordinated effort amongst rural county commissioners).
Who’d have thunk? For decades the coal boys promised us they were the cheapest form of electricity and we couldn’t operate without them??? Seems as though the coal ash pits they’ve been creating have a significant clean-up cost. So let’s just say it like it is: they’ve been lying for years to their coop members. Add to that the sad reality that the negative external costs of coal to our health has amounted to something north of 16 cents/kWh that society bears while they thump their chest and talk about ‘cheap, reliable power’.
The SB-181 end-times narrative is more of the same. Yuma County is drowning in Class 5 wind; there have been billions of dollars invested in wind farms in eastern Colorado over the past decade yet no local projects have materialized. We’re also drowning in natural resources like good land, good farmers, solar power. We have so much potential in adopting a 21st-century ag model.
We don’t have a crisis in natural gas public policy, we have a crisis in leadership who understands the critical nature of a transitioning economy and leading us to where the puck is going to be – not clinging to a 19th-century economic model.
CHB – if you have a little spare change check these folks out. I give them a penny-per-tweet and get a lot of satisfaction knowing that every time the short-fingered vulgarian hits 'Tweet', someone's getting some cash to push back on his madness.
DefeatByTweet
Michael: thanks for the tip. “Defeat by Tweet” is an interesting concept. However, my remaining money available for the election is by and large spoken for. Looking at another check for Hick later this month, and maybe also for Mark Kelly in AZ, who I donated to in July.
Speaking of AZ, I still like McSally somewhat, but she has turned into just another shill and toad for Trump.
Has anyone seen or heard from Moderatus lately?
He's mad because mommy told him he had to clean up after he soils himself.
Hiding out with Powerful Pear and Andrew Carnegie?
Ok, let me think. If I were an unhinged, wack-a-doodle, narcissistic president of, oh I don’t know, say the US, and about to get the biggest ass-whupping in the November election, what would I do to help myself?
I know! Piss all over the Military-Industrial Complex for being insufficiently grateful!
Trumpie really needs to get out and look for another country – one in which he can be the reality show authoritarian leader with millions of adoring fans. Maybe that country exists in his mind rather than on Planet Earth . . . maybe those adoring fans are bots.
John Dickerson, one of the best journalists on TV, I would venture, mentioned this morning on CBS a point we must all remember. The OD tried to pin this on the Democrats as a political ploy…hysteria to hurt him.
When asked if Trumps’ defense of “panic deflection” had a point, he was quite pointed in his response. “No!”
It is as plain as day that the criminal in the Whitest House sought to use his dishonesty as a political weapon, no matter how many Americans it would kill. He obviously misled the people to protect his chances of re-election.
The best solution is still in the hands of the American people. The voters of America must turn out this perverse and dangerous regime and repudiate its messages and its purveyors. And the statement to the Trumplican© party is the same as John Dickersons’ response above…No.