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Poll: Majority of Hispanics favor deporting ‘all’ illegals
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National, The Daily Signal

Poll: Majority of Hispanics favor deporting ‘all’ illegals

By Jason Hopkins  | The Daily Signal An outright majority of Hispanic Americans are in favor of a mass deportation plan for illegal immigrants, a new survey found. Fifty-three percent of Hispanic adults approve of “a new national program to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally,” according to a CBS/YouGov poll conducted from June 5-7. Only 47% of Hispanic respondents said they opposed such a measure, which is outside the poll’s margin of error. The political and demographic breakdown of the survey further indicated widespread support for the hypothetical mass deportation plan. In total, 62% of respondents favored deporting “all” illegal immigrants from the U.S., including a majority of men, women, independents, conservatives, moderates, ...
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RFK Jr. misses CNN debate deadline, leaving Biden and Trump in head-to-head contest
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National, National Review

RFK Jr. misses CNN debate deadline, leaving Biden and Trump in head-to-head contest

By DAVID ZIMMERMANN | National Review Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for next week’s CNN debate by the network’s Thursday deadline, missing the opportunity to stand alongside former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden on stage. Kennedy did not meet CNN’s polling and ballot-access requirements for the June 27 debate. The presidential longshot needed to earn at least 15 percent support in four nationwide polls. By Thursday, he sat just above the 15 percent mark on three approved national polls. CNN also required all participating debaters to get on a sufficient number of state ballots in order to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. Currently, Kennedy only has 89 electoral votes for being present on the ballot i...
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Harsanyi: Stop trying to convince me Joe Biden isn’t a confused, doddering old man
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Commentary, National

Harsanyi: Stop trying to convince me Joe Biden isn’t a confused, doddering old man

By DAVID HARSANYI | The Federalist Listen, I’d support a zombie for president if they promised to nominate originalists for the Supreme Court and deregulate the economy. Do whatever you have to do. But stop telling me that Joe Biden isn’t a mentally and physically fragile man. We can all watch the video of our octogenarian president awkwardly freezing up and staring out at a crowd before former president Barack Obama takes his arm and leads him off the stage. Now, I can tell you from experience, it isn’t normal for a grown man to grab another man’s arm in this manner — unless one of them needs help. If Biden was really in the robust physical and mental state that the White House maintains, Obama would have merely said something to Biden or given him a friendly tap on the...
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Signatures being gathered to get charter schools protection in Colorado constitution
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State, The Center Square

Signatures being gathered to get charter schools protection in Colorado constitution

By Joe Mueller | The Center Square An organization attempting to enshrine charter school rights in Colorado's Constitution published a report supporting the move as it gathers signatures to get it on the ballot. Advance Colorado, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, has until July 25 to gather at least 124,238 signatures of registered voters for Initiative #138 to be on the November general election ballot. It also must get at least 2% of the total registered electors in each of the 35 Colorado state senate districts. “Protecting Educational Freedom: Why School Choice Must Be Placed in the Colorado Constitution,” is a 15-page report by Michael Tsogt, a policy analyst with Advance Colorado. The report states school choice in Colorado received bipartisan support throu...
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RTD candidate has lengthy criminal record spanning two states since the 1990s
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coloradopolitics.com, State

RTD candidate has lengthy criminal record spanning two states since the 1990s

By Marissa Ventrelli  | Colorado Politics A candidate for the Regional Transportation District board of directors has a criminal record spanning two states that includes multiple financial charges and accusations of animal cruelty. Robert Dinegar, a former RTD operator and candidate for District A, has been charged with a number of crimes, according to records shared by his opponent and independently confirmed by Colorado Politics.    Among those charges is a 1992 indictment for theft of over $400 but less than $1,500 in Boulder County, for which Dinegar was sentenced to two years in jail, as well as two DUIs that same year and a restraining order against his ex-wife. Dinegar also faced financial charges in Travis County, Texas, in the early 1990s. In August of 2...
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In Colorado, only one town lets nonresidents vote. Now it’s considering adding LLCs to voter rolls.
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State, The Colorado Sun

In Colorado, only one town lets nonresidents vote. Now it’s considering adding LLCs to voter rolls.

By Jason Blevins | The Colorado Sun When the town of Mountain Village above Telluride incorporated in 1995, emerging from a special district, the town charter allowed nonresident property owners to vote. Mountain Village is still the only town in Colorado that allows nonresidents to vote in local elections for council members, mayors and new regulations.  Now the town board is considering amending Mountain Village’s charter to expand voting to owners of LLCs and trusts that own property in the tony resort municipality.  “This is something that no other community has done,” Mountain Village Mayor Marti Prohaska said at the beginning of the work session on Wednesday. “So we are sort of charting new territory here and we want to be conscientious of all the questio...
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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat
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State, The Colorado Sun

Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat

By Sandra Fish and Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent to affect the primary for a seat on the state Board of Education, a race that could determine the future of Colorado charter schools for years to come.  What’s at stake is the panel’s willingness to overturn local districts when they reject a charter school’s application.  Nearly $685,000 from Progressives Supporting Teachers and Students, a pro-charter school state-level super PAC, has poured into the contest in the 2nd Congressional District to support education consultant Marisol Lynda Rodriguez in her bid against former Boulder Valley School Board President Kathy Gebhardt. Board members are elected to six-year terms in each of the state’s eight congressional distr...
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10.5% of ballots have been cast in primary election statewide; 12.7% in 4th District
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

10.5% of ballots have been cast in primary election statewide; 12.7% in 4th District

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice About 12.7 percent of all registered primary voters in Colorado's 4th District have cast a ballot and among those 34.1 percent are unaffiliated voters, the Secretary of State's first daily report of the election reads. There are 538,291 active voters in the 4th District, with 252,546 registered as unaffiliated. Additionally, there are 187,769 Republican, 88,818 Democrat and 9,158 minor party voters.The Secretary of State's office did not release voting totals specific to any other congressional district. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25. Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.In the 4th District, the turnout of Douglas County could be a decisive factor in the U.S. House races. The county holds the largest total of registered voters ...
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Primary election: In-person voting opened at 155 centers Monday across Colorado
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Primary election: In-person voting opened at 155 centers Monday across Colorado

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Those voters wishing to cast a ballot the old school way can begin to do so. Early, in-person voting is now being offered statewide at 155 voting centers for eligible voters, the office of Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday. “Access is critical to ensuring every eligible Coloradan can make their voice heard,” Griswold said. “I’m proud that Colorado voters will have ample voting access across the state to cast their ballot this election.” The Secretary of State's office and county clerks recommend voters who have not cast a ballot via mail by June 18 to do so by drop box or by visiting a voting center, where a ballot can be dropped off or voted in-person. Mailing a ballot on or after Tuesday, June 18, might not guarantee rece...
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In show of her dominance in 4th District, Boebert has out-raised and spent her five opponents combined
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State, The Colorado Sun

In show of her dominance in 4th District, Boebert has out-raised and spent her five opponents combined

By Sandra Fish | The Colorado Sun U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert vastly outraised her five Republican opponents in the 4th Congressional District in the two months leading up to the June 25 primary while spending heavily on TV and mailers to reach voters, campaign finance reports filed Thursday reveal. The $334,000 Boebert raised from April 1 to June 5 lagged the $624,000 she raised during the lead up to the primary in 2022. But the money was still enough to eclipse the $178,000 brought in by her five GOP competitors combined this year, according to Federal Election Commission reports. The reports, the last ones before the primary, are another indication that Boebert is likely to dominate on June 25. Her Republican opponents have failed to gain financial and political tra...
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