Can I let you in on a little secret? Those people know they're lying but it helps prop up their favorite politicians.
President Trump falsely claimed Tina Peters has cancer. After leaving prison, Peters said she has acid reflux from prison food.
There used to be an art to the non-answer answer — a sort of headfake where you half-address the question and then pivot to your talking points in a way that manages not to scan in the moment as an obvious dodge. Increasingly it seems media trainers and candidates aren't even bothering with that.
CO-8 Democratic primary candidate Shannon Bird criticizes dark money in politics.
So I asked her why she set up the Opportunity Caucus, which funnels oil and gas industry and other conservative dark money donations to centrist Dems in the state legislature.
Manny Rutinel (D) was a vegan activist who said “animal agriculture is a horrific, exploitative industry.”
Now running to represent ag-heavy CO-8, Rutinel says he is no longer vegan.
“It’s important for me to be able to enjoy the delicious products that Colorado ranchers make.”
Denver's tornado sirens were inadvertently sounded by the fire department on Monday after a 911 caller reported a tornado. There wasn't a tornado. It's the latest in a string of emergency alert errors in Denver. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:
My co-host Andrea Dukakis lost her daughter to a brain tumor. Three years later, this journalist and grieving mother contemplates the afterlife in the new CPR series, "Searching For Jobie."
Mayor Mike Johnston must fix Denver's emergency alert problems now. Lives are at risk. My commentary alongside 9NEWS meteorologist @bianchiweather.bsky.social:
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