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Littwin: Gardner gets high on his brief foray into dissent

Cory Gardner was steamed. He was miffed. He was, as the twitterverse had it, lit. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had just declared a new front...

Conservative firebrand Charlie Duke’s lonely memorial

People should not disparage the dead. But what do lawmakers do when faced with the sticky predicament of honoring a politician with a history many want to...

MT legislator: Marijuana should be a state issue–Feds should stand down

A Montana legislator is floating a radical idea--that the feds should leave the states alone when it comes to medical marijuana. Specifically, she said marijuana should be delisted at the federal level.

VIDEO: DSCC posts $367K anti-Buck ad: ‘Too extreme for Colorado’

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has released its first ad targeting Ken Buck, the Weld County DA who this month won the GOP nomination...

National GOP favorite Gardner decries national political influence

Cory Gardner, who has been part of the Republican National Congressional Committee's Young Gun program for months and boasted on his website about the...

Origins of Personhood: Using ‘States Rights’ to Restrict Abortion

The first in a series of reports exploring the ramifications of this controversial state ballot measure. Hard-line, socially conservative activists are gearing up to enact...