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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a 鈥淔ighting Oligarchy鈥� tour stop held by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus on May 24, 2026 in Orono, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for Maine's U.S. Senate seat in the general election. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Democrats cannot ignore Graham Platner’s red flags and hold the moral high ground (抖阴ap)

June 3, 2026 at 11:40 a.m.

Democrats' moral double standard is being exposed in Maine as the party prepares to nominate Graham Platner, an extremist Senate candidate with more baggage than Denver International Airport on Thanksgiving...

The State Capitol is framed by buildings along Sherman Street Friday, June 27, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Extreme candidate’s win in CD1 signals time to end caucuses in Colorado (抖阴ap)

March 30, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

A system that filters candidates based on a razor-thin fraction of the voting population cannot credibly claim to reflect the will of the party's voters. That's not representative democracy, it's...

Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, right, looks back at the prosecution alongside her attorney, Michael Edminister, during sentencing for her election interference case at the Mesa County District Court Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Larry Robinson//The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Tina Peters clemency? Her sentence was drastically harsher than those of two Democratic lawmakers (抖阴ap)

March 6, 2026 at 9:59 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of the sentence imposed on former Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters with the sentence imposed...

Flowers and a flag have been left on fencing next to the scene of Sunday鈥檚 attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado on June 2, 2025. Doug Friednash says the response to this attack has been less robust and helps to normalize antisemitism. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Acts of antisemitism, like the Boulder attack, are normalized by the silence of too many leaders (抖阴ap)

June 4, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

Each time that there is an antisemetic attack met by celebration in certain quarters and less outrage than there should be in most, these acts are steadily becoming normalized.

President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Democratic leaders must acknowledge the cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical weaknesses (抖阴ap)

May 21, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

Based upon revelations in Jake Trapper's book Original Sin, there can be no question that Republicans and a few others, including myself, were justified in sounding the alarm about Biden鈥檚...

Mourners gather for the burial of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, attend their son's funeral in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)

抖阴ap: Trump’s role in bringing the hostages home from Gaza

January 15, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

Donald Trump鈥檚 implicit threat to use military force will help put an end to the Iran-Hamas led hostage crisis.

State Rep. Javier Mabrey, center, and Sen. Jessie Danielson, right, unveil legislation that would repeal a provision of Colorado law that makes it more difficult to form unions during a press conference at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo by Seth Klamann/The Denver Post)

抖阴ap: Democrats, don’t break Colorado’s 81-year-old labor ceasefire

December 5, 2024 at 10:57 a.m.

"Make no mistake, this is a pro-labor, anti-business bill, that will galvanize both sides and spill over to other issues with potentially adverse consequences for all." -- Doug Friednash

Supporters watch as results come in at an election night campaign watch part

抖阴ap: Trump’s win in Pueblo is the canary in the coal mine for Colorado Democrats

November 14, 2024 at 5:03 a.m.

Democrats not only need to retool their message, but they need to take a hard look at their messengers if they are going to regain trust.

Fireworks explode next a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a minaret of a mosque in an anti-Israeli gathering celebrating Iran's missile strike against Israel, at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

抖阴ap: Media bias against Israel is fueling antisemitism

October 17, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

The media is fanning the flames of an unprecedented surge in Jew hatred.

In this combination photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a debate, Oct. 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo)

抖阴ap: If Harris and Trump keep their cool, the debate will come down to the economy

September 9, 2024 at 9:39 a.m.

The debate on Tuesday between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could be the most consequential high-stakes moments in this truncated presidential election season.

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