Ken Rudin is one of America’s foremost experts in politics and campaign history. He hosts the weekly podcast “Political Junkie” and has over 40 years of experience in political journalism, including as ABC News’ deputy political director and off-air Capitol Hill reporter from 1983 to 1991 and as political editor at National Public Radio from […]
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Constituents come ready with questions to Lauren Boebert’s tele-town hall
In a live telephone town hall that ran just over an hour last Wednesday evening, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert addressed some of her constituents’ questions, comments and concerns, but went down a rabbit hole while trying to answer others. Only people’s first names were referenced in the call. The first question came from Christina who lives […]
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Ps&Qs: My disappearance to the desert
With all the talk about gangs of criminals at the southern U.S. border, I wanted to see for myself what was going on. Trumpublicans claim to be securing the border, but what they’ve actually done is beef-up border patrol and cancel all appointments for legal asylum seekers. As a middle-aged woman, I already know we […]
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Ps&Qs: America is worth more than the sum of its parts
First, I want to say thank you to Donald Trump. No, seriously, I want to thank him for taking the time to come back and kill our pretense of a democracy. While we were all limping around, our bleeding hearts liberally coloring the snow red, Trump came back with an old rusty hammer and sickle […]
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Letters – March 6, 2025
Library boardJocelyn Durrance was the Carbondale Branch Library’s trustee to the Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) board for five years and involved in library sciences for 30 years. Yet, she was recently replaced on the board for what appear to be strictly political reasons by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Commissioner Tom Jankovsky […]
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Laken Riley Act looms over immigrant communities
On Jan. 30, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 29/S. 5, known as the Laken Riley Act. The legislation has led to significant debate over undocumented immigrants and public safety. The bill had bipartisan support, with 46 democrats joining their Republican colleagues to vote in favor. The law is named in memory of […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
CPD on immigrationFollowing Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario’s statement regarding his agency’s commitment to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the parameters of Colorado law, Carbondale Police (CPD) Chief Kirk Wilson outlined his department’s commitment to uphold the Town’s 2017 Resolution 10. “CPD is here to serve and protect all members of our […]
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Protect public mediaMy wife and I are regular listeners to Carbondale’s KDNK Community Access Radio via streaming here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Streaming enables us to enjoy KDNK, your local community radio station that is a gift for us all.I spent my 45-year working career in commercial and public broadcast media.We recently received a disturbing email […]
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Ps&Qs: A revolutionary ride
A lot of people are losing the plot right now. Personally, I’m ready to smash something — here, hand me that patriarchy. Astrologically though, I feel pretty good. Apparently, the last time Pluto went through Aquarius (our favorite relegated planet began its journey on Nov. 19) we had a little thing called the American Revolution, […]
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El regreso de Trump a la Casa Blanca pondría en peligro la red de seguridad de atención médica
Stephanie Armour KFF Health News El triunfo electoral del ex presidente Donald Trump y su regreso a la Casa Blanca probablemente traerán cambios que reducirían los programas nacionales de salud públicos, aumentando la tasa de personas sin seguro e imponiendo nuevas barreras al aborto y otros servicios de salud reproductiva. Las repercusiones se sentirán mucho […]