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Jared Polis

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Reader: Pizza is so a vegetable, no matter what Jared Polis says

    Chris Utterback's post about a Jared Polis event at which the rep decried the classification of pizza as a vegetable in school lunch programs inspired one of our readers to prove the point. You'll be amazed by how healthy a pizza really is!

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Medical marijuana: Jared Polis shrugs off seizure letters amid sellout claims

    U.S. Attorney John Walsh's seizure letters to 23 dispensaries near schools sent shock waves through the local medical marijuana community, since most if not all of the centers were legal under Colorado law. Afterward, criticism of Representative Jared Polis, a longtime MMJ supporter, mounted, with o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Jared Polis would like to stop the Stop Online Privacy Act

    Denver blog posts want you to want them. Colorado Independent's Marcos Restrepo outlines Jared Polis's SOPA objections, which are a lot like Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales's. Denver Frank's anti-SOPA, too... ...and Colorado Pols is on SOPA strike. Why didn't anyone tell us the Internet was closed today?

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Jared Polis wants investigation into abuse of LGBT immigrants in detention

    Colorado Congressman Jared Polis has called for a government investigation into alleged abuse suffered by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender immigrants detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "Here we have people who are at their most vulnerable -- many without access to any lega ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Jared Polis represents 92 percent of Colorado congressional delegation's net worth: $166M

    The Center for Responsive Politics has released a personal finance overview for each member of Congress. We did a little number crunching and found some interesting figures regarding Colorado's congressional members. Collectively, Colorado's nine-person delegation is worth $166,900,678.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Med. marijuana: Eric Holder okay with lawful MMCs, but do threats remain?

    Video below.​This week, Congressman Jared Polis quizzed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the Department of Justice's approach to medical marijuana; see a video of the exchange below. For the most part, Holder suggested that MMJ businesses following state law are not Department of Justic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Hateful tweet of the day: National Organization for Marriage attacks Jared Polis over new baby

    In June, Congressman Jared Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, announced that they were expecting -- and on Friday, they welcomed Caspian Julian to the world. But Caspian's welcome from the National Organization for Marriage wasn't nearly as warm.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Jared Polis is the 6th richest member of Congress: Suck on that, special interests!

    Jared Polis.​These three Denver blog posts request your patronage. Colorado Independent's David O. Williams reports that Jared Polis is the sixth wealthiest member of Congress. Who knew Internet riches lasted that long? Geeks Who Drink: Is this the worst Christmas gift ever? Denver Egotist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Jared Polis has ideas for closing federal budget gap other than legalizing marijuana -- really

    Jared Polis.​Although the so-called Gang of Six's proposal for averting debt-ceiling catastrophe is getting the lion's share of attention right now, Representative Jared Polis has floated some revenue-raising ideas of his own, which the media has largely winnowed down to this: Legalizing marij ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Medical marijuana: Jared Polis disappointed in Justice Dept. memo but doubts sky is falling

    Jared Polis.​Last week, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole sent a memo to U.S. attorneys about medical marijuana -- and rather than diminishing the paranoia of MMJ industry types in the wake of an earlier memo by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag hinting at possible dispensary raids, it amplified ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Jared Polis and partner Marlin Reis having baby -- but not sharing any details yet

    Jared Polis.​Jared Polis and his longtime partner, Marlin Reis, are expecting their first baby this September. But the media and members of the public shouldn't have any expectations about learning more details. At least not yet.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Jared Polis and Diana DeGette try to tighten regulations on fracking -- again

    "Gasland"​Representatives Diane DeGette and Jared Polis are taking another run at tightening federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique also known as fracking. Introduced this week by the Colorado twosome and fellow Democratic rep Maurice Hinchey from New Yor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Jared Polis loses to supercomputer Watson (and a New Jersey Dem) in Jeopardy showdown

    Jared Polis.​Colorado Representative Jared Polis is a politician unafraid to do the unconventional -- like, for instance, beer bonging with Stephen Colbert. So it's no surprise he eagerly signed up to compete against IBM supercomputer and Ken Jennings-vanquisher Watson in a special Congression ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Jared Polis to Timothy Geithner: Don't let banks discriminate against medical marijuana industry

    Jared Polis doesn't want the feds to obstruct MMJ businesses.​Representative Jared Polis has spent a lot of his legislative capital of late defending the medical marijuana industry in Colorado from possible interference by the federal government. In February, for example, he sent a letter to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Congressman Jared Polis wants kids to have healthy lunch options

    No Lunchables would be found in this congressman's childhood lunchbox.​No tater tots or fruit cocktail were harmed in the upbringing of Congressman Jared Polis. No Cheetos or Little Debbie snack cakes either for that matter. In fact, Colorado's second district congressman says he brought hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Glenn Beck co-host Pat Gray: AZ illegals aren't like pre-WWII Jews in Germany -- because the Jews were citizens

    Their German citizenship didn't exactly solve their problems.​Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis likes Arizona's controversial new immigration law a whole lot more than does Representative Jared Polis, who told Politico that requiring immigrants to have their papers on them at all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Jared Polis in Colorado politics tarot deck: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

    #12 0f the 22 Major Arcana: Jared Polis, Justice... Kenny Be​

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Jared Polis is an American idol -- for Thornton's Mike Manning on The Real World

    Jared and Mike bonding on "The Real World."​Representative Jared Polis knows a little something about reality TV, having co-starred in the cable series Freshman Year -- a gig we wrote about last March in a blog headlined "The Real World of Jared Polis, Courtesy of CNN." Little did we know tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Jared Polis, health-care hero? Democracy For America thinks so

    "Me a hero? Ah, shucks."​As President Barack Obama prepares to make his first State of the Union address tonight, the promise of a health-care bill actually earning passage looks pretty sick thanks to the election of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown -- a man who Colorado candidates Scott McIn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Jared Polis, poet

    ​Are there no limits to the talents of Jared Polis? During his first year in Congress, the Boulder Democrat starred in a wonky reality show, demonstrated a beer bong on Comedy Central, and came out swinging on several controversial proposals. But as 2009 draws to a close, it's time to be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Jared Polis: Second verse, same as the first

    ​Jared Polis is both a politician and a poet -- and he sent two self-penned poems with his holiday greetings. The first, which you can read here, is a retrospective look at 2009. The second comes with this message from the congressman: "May 2010 bring Comprehensive Immigration Reform to our n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Denver Blogs: James Dobson's minions focus on another state's families

    In the name of J.D., not necessarily J.C.​Our daily homage to local bloggage. Focus on the Family is spreading its hate in Maine. 5280's on the case. Rep. Jared Polis is speaking out against the what he calls a "sweep of terror" being done on illegal immigrants, Colorado Independent reports. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Jared Polis says there's no defense for the Defense of Marriage Act

    Yesterday, Representative Jared Polis joined colleagues Jerrold Nadler and Tammy Baldwin, Dems from New York and Wisconsin, respectively, at a press conference boosting the Respect for Marriage Act. During his microphone time, viewable above, Plis referred derisively to the "thirteen-year-old, so-c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Jared Polis' fondness for polar bears and afterbirth

    Jared Polis and a polar pal.​Jared Polis: He's everywhere these days. When he's not sucking down a cold one with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, beer-bong style, the Boulder Democrat is pointing the camera at himself as part of Freshman Year, a CNN series in which he and Utah Republican Cong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Attendees actually let Jared Polis talk during latest health care town hall

    When he's not doing beer bongs with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, Rep. Jared Polis has been staging health care town halls during the August recess -- more of them than colleagues such as Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn. And while it's far too early to say that such s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Dan Caplis wants Jared Polis to apologize for beer-bonging

    Jared Polis sucking one down on "The Colbert Report."​Representative Jared Polis' decision to beer bong a Coors Light during a Monday appearance on The Colbert Report was hilarious, but it also carried the risk of political consequences. As of yesterday morning, commentators in politically cor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Commenters mostly laugh off Jared Polis' beer-bonging

    Representative Jared Polis getting his drink on with an assist from Stephen Colbert.​Representative Jared Polis beat Doug Lamborn and Betsy Markey to the healthcare-town-hall punch, staging a session on Monday. Not that the event got much attention. After all, that evening, Polis starred in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Jared Polis does beer bong with Stephen Colbert

    The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEven Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Poliswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl Streep It's one of those TV moments when you're thinking, "He won't do that. He wouldn't possibly do that." And then he doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Oh yeah: Jared Polis also hosted a healthcare town hall....

    Before Congressman Jared Polis' constituents got a chance to see him do a beer bong with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report last night, they had the opportunity to watch him do something else unusual -- host a healthcare town hall that didn't deteriorate into scarlet-faced, neck-tendon-displayin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    So that's why Polis has been so ballsy on health care: He's been making it rain on the Hill

    "I got money in the bank/Shorty what you drink?"​House Democrats are playing nice again, and moving closer to finding compromise on a stripped down version of the president's health-care plan. And wouldn't you know it, just days after irking upperclassmen with his very-un-freshman-like stance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Who are you, Congressman Polis?

    ​ Your daily recommended dose of blog. Send us links. Is Jared Polis a crony for his rich friends? (Colorado Pols) Or simply trying to help small businesses? (Square State) Tax-cutting petitions circulating. (Face the State)

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Hiking, eating brats, shooting potato guns: The fabulous life of Jared Polis

     OK, so CNN.com's Freshman Year -- the internet reality show starring Colorado Congressman Jared Polis -- isn't likely an accurate representation of how Polis spends his time. And he does allegedly visit an Aurora detention center in the most recent episode (although we don't see it, and I'm co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Ask, tell, shout it from the trenches

    Jared Polis A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips. Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don't ask but tell Obama to kill Don't Ask Don't Tell. (Colorado Independent) In Aurora, a curious play to discourage new construction. (Face the State) A Denver illustrator whose work you shou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Obama continues to be total p#$sy about gay marriage

    Jared Polis, king of queens. Blogs: We read the good ones so you don't have to read the bad ones. Send tips. Polis tells Obama to sack up and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Colorado Pols) Colorado kids are really, really poor. They should get jobs or something. (Kidding!) (Colorado Independ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Obama says he "loves" Jared Polis's reality show. Really, prez?

    CNN.comPolis (and his nostrils) at the White House. President Obama and I disagree... about the awesomeness of CNN's YouTube-y reality show Freshman Year, starring Colorado's own freshman congressman, Jared Polis of Boulder. According to Polis, Obama "loves" his show. Me, not so much. (Although I d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Sorry, Jared Polis: You're fired (from your CNN series)

    Jared Polis as he appears on an episode of CNN's "Freshman Year." The last time we blogged about Freshman Year, CNN's You Tube-y reality show about two totally different congressmen picked to serve in the House, we had these predictions for forthcoming episodes: Conservative Utah father-of-three Ja ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Shmuck of the Week: Jared "Rocky Killer" Polis

    Jared Polis. Here is an example of a condolence e-card you can find at www.bluemountain.com, the online greeting card company originally founded by the parents of Jared Polis, who's now a first-term Congressman from Colorado's second district: Memories keep the one you loved close to you in spiri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    The Real World of Jared Polis, courtesy of CNN

    Jared Polis, looking "real" for CNN. Freshman Boulder Congressman Jared Polis caused a stir yesterday -- both locally and nationally, it seems -- when the Denver Post reported that he told a progressive political group on Saturday that bloggers killed the Rocky Mountain News, an act he hailed as " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Jared Polis hits section cover in the Denver newspaper bloggers haven't killed yet

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    The Denver Post's bizarre juxtaposition of Jared Polis and Marilyn Musgrave

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Jared Polis' sexuality: no big deal

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Jared Polis' sexuality: no big deal

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Jared Polis Endorses Himself

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Jared Polis and Me

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Jared Polis as a Gay Standard Bearer

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2007

    A New Era of Openness

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2007

    Jared Polis Wants to Represent

    Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Bo ... More >>

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    August 19, 2004

    Young Blood

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