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Trump, governing as an authoritarian, publicly portrays himself as king, dictator

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Instead of signing legislation passed by Congress — the normal way policies are made in U.S. — Trump has been

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A convicted felon now in charge of the country, Trump is moving quickly to end law enforcement as we know it

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The following analysis of Trump’s ongoing mass purge of federal law enforcement officials was taken from Rachel Maddow’s show 1/31/25

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The practical effects of Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship

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Presidents have no authority to change the rules of citizenship on their own, as adjudicated sexual abuser, convicted felon and

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Billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s “First Buddy,” gives Nazi salute twice during speech at Trump’s inaugural celebration

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Billionaire Elon Musk, who spent $277 million to get Trump elected and who publicly declared himself Trump’s “First Buddy” in

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People’s March unites locals who oppose oligarchy, loss of rights & right wing extremism

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The People’s March on Saturday, January 18, provided a chance for a large group of Mesa County’s growing number of

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Meta’s Abandonment of Fact-Checking Empowers a President Who Traffics in Lies

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Republished from The Contrarian with permission from the author, Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School,

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People’s March to be held Saturday, Jan. 18 @ 1 p.m., to bring together people who fear second Trump administration

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The Womens’ March held around the time of Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 is coming back in 2025, but this

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Arrest affidavit: Trump’s racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric motivated strangulation attack on local TV reporter

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KKCO TV News reporter Ja’Ronn Alex was followed and physically attacked December 18 by a Trump supporter who yelled “Are

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Trump publicly states he intends to erode the Constitution rather than preserve, protect & defend it as his oath requires, thus should not be sworn in

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In a recent interview with Kristin Welker broadcast on national television on December 8, convicted felon and president-elect Trump promised

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A “weird” watch party for Jeff Hurd and the media

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The following opinion column by longtime political reporter for the Daily Sentinel, Charles Ashby, is reprinted here in full with

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Elect a criminal, expect crimes

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There will be no one to blame but American voters for what is going to happen next. After a decade

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The right wing’s Project 2025, to be implemented in a 2nd Trump presidency, will impose Christian nationalism, restrict reproductive & LGBTQ+ rights, dismantle the FBI & DOJ and move America towards a more authoritarian regime

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The stakes couldn’t be higher for the entire country, as Trump supporters have created comprehensive plan to curtail American freedoms,

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Colorado’s abortion rights ballot measure surpasses its signature goal, putting it one step closer to being on the 2024 November Ballot

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Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom announced that it has surpassed their campaign’s goal of collecting 185,000 signatures to put Ballot

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Signature-gathering effort for ballot initiative to guarantee abortion rights in CO kicks off 1/23 in Grand Junction

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The effort to get Amendment 89, a constitutional amendment to protect the right to an abortion from government interference in

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D-51 School Board candidate Barbara Evanson says she wants to ban “a ton” of material from school libraries

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In this excerpt from an interview with “Ruth” and “Lisa” (who do not provide their last names) posted on a

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