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Marijuana decision from feds unlikely in near future due to reporter spying, Tea Party scandals

During a conference call shortly after the November 2012 passage of Amendment 64, Governor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers encouraged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to make announcing the federal government's response to the bill a priority. Then, in March, Holder sai ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow show reports about newspaper's threat against gun-control backer

As we've reported, the debate over Colorado gun-control legislation has gotten ugly, with the most prominent example being executive Franklin Sain's arrest for racist and sexist e-mails sent to Representative Rhonda Fields, whose son was a murder victim. The negative PR garnered by Sain hasn't stop ... More >>

Marijuana: DEA rescheduling-of-pot idea as Amendment 64 fix hits mainstream

Now that Amendment 64 is law, the mainstream media is beginning to grapple with the contradictions between the act's language and federal law. The latest solution, as floated by the Washington Post and Rachel Maddow fill-in Ezra Klein? Reschedule marijuana so that it is no longer listed as a Schedul ... More >>

Marijuana: Rachel Maddow links Amendment 64 confusion to end of alcohol prohibition

While the passage of Amendment 64 has received national and even international attention (via Mexico president Felipe Calderon's comments about his nation's pot policy in A64's wake), much of the mainstream media's coverage has been less than thoughtful. But as usual, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is an exc ... More >>

Marijuana: Boulder DA drops pot, paraphernalia cases due to Amendment 64's passage

Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has instructed his prosecutors to drop a handful of cases involving possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, as well as paraphernalia charges, for anyone over the age of 21. The reason: the passage of Amendment 64, which has yet to be signed into law, bu ... More >>

Marijuana: MMJ dispensaries seeing flood of people looking for legal ganja

Although Amendment 64 passed last week, Governor John Hickenlooper has told us not to bring out the Cheetos and Goldfish just yet. But apparently people need a firmer reminder that there are more hurdles to be surmounted -- and we're not just talking about the feds -- before pot shops can open in Co ... More >>

Mike Coffman's victory and the power of the incumbency

Mike Coffman has been declared the winner in the race for the 6th District, with Joe Miklosi, his Democratic rival (update), waiting until past 1 a.m. to concede; see his statement below. This loss demonstrates once again the power of the incumbency even in the case of what seemed to be a vulnerable ... More >>

9News' Kyle Clark grills Obama on Libya, Abound and calling Romney a "bullsh#tter"

President Barack Obama took Friday off from the campaign trail -- but he didn't put all politicking on hold. He did a number of interviews, including a big one with MTV and satellite chats with a handful of local reporters from toss-up states, including 9News' Kyle Clark, who definitely came out swi ... More >>

Videos: Rachel Maddow pummels Scott Gessler, fears Florida-style voting disaster in Colorado

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has paid lots of attention to Colorado this campaign season -- note a segment about the state being the key to an Obama victory and her efforts to make Mike Coffman a national laughingstock after his birther comments earlier this year. Her local target last night? Secretary of ... More >>

Videos: Rachel Maddow features ex-Colorado pol Joan Fitz-Gerald, America Votes

Given the hoopla over tonight's presidential debate at the University of Denver, it's no surprise that politicos with Colorado ties are finding themselves in front of national media cameras. An example from Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night: Joan Fitz-Gerald, a onetime Jeffco clerk and state sen ... More >>

On Occupy Denver's first birthday, we count the ways it drove us crazy

Personhood amendment not approved for ballot, falls less than 4,000 signatures short

Earlier this month, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow spoke about Colorado's Personhood Amendment as if it had already been approved for the ballot. We suggested this assumption might be premature given the number of signatures proponents submitted -- and indeed, the Secretary of State's office has just announc ... More >>

Videos: Mitt Romney's Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin dodge overshadows CBS4 interview

Yesterday, CBS4's Shaun Boyd got a one-on-one opportunity to quiz presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- a nice coup for a local reporter. But Boyd's chat with Romney, seen in multiple clips below, made more news for his refusal to talk about Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin than the ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow on bad lessons Paul Ryan learned from Mike Coffman

Since May, after Represntative Mike Coffman made his controversial birther statements and then tried dodging them, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow beat him like a filthy rug. She returned to this theme last night in a video on view below, but upped the stakes by linking him to Republican veep choice Paul Ryan ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow on Colorado and personhood in presidential race

Colorado has become a virtual co-star on Rachel Maddow's nightly MSNBC show. A week ago, she suggested that the Michael Bennet-Ken Buck 2010 senate race provided a road map for the Obama campaign. And last night, she used the state to frame her argument that Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan's mond ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow says Colorado road map key to Obama victory

When Colorado Senator Michael Bennet defeated Republican challenger Ken Buck in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, observers were surprised -- but they also saw in Bennet's approach a potential template that might be applied elsewhere. Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow outlined the concept, pointing out in ... More >>

Photo: Colorado River crop design activists want Barack Obama to see

After speaking in Denver today, President Barack Obama will fly to the Western Slope for a campaign event at Grand Junction High School -- my alma mater! And if he looks out his window en route, he just might see the crop design pictured above. Who's responsible for this bit of political horticultur ... More >>

Reader: Mike Coffman's from Douchebagville, says Bill Maher about birther controversy

Our latest Comment of the Day comes complete with a video! Yep, Square State's Zappatero reached out to let us know that shmucky Representative Mike Coffman, pilloried by Rachel Maddow and her MSNBC colleagues for his recent birther remarks, was tattooed again over the weekend by Bill Maher. The HBO ... More >>

Videos: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC make Mike Coffman birther star

Yesterday, we recapped how Rachel Maddow had made Mike Coffman a national laughingstock over recent birther comments and his bizarre interview with 9News' Kyle Clark, when he said he stood by his statement that he misspoke and he apologized five times in a row. Now, plenty of Maddow's MSNBC colleagu ... More >>

Reader: Mike Coffman shouldn't be laughed off as a birther nut

Our post about Rachel Maddow's takedown of Mike Coffman over his recent birther comments spurred lots of vituperative debate in the comments section. Here's the view of a reader who feels that laughing off Coffman's comments or dismissing him as a fringe character are the wrong tactics.

Videos: Rachel Maddow makes Mike Coffman national laughingstock

Political observers realized that Mike Coffman's recent birther comments were a political gaffe. But even the wisest of them couldn't have guessed his clumsy attempts to deal with the fallout would transform him into a nationwide punchline. Thanks for the latter goes to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who la ... More >>

Abound Solar to become GOP talking point in wake of layoffs, unreported shutdown?

Update below: It's Super Tuesday, with voters in ten states choosing among Mitt Romney, Rick Santorium, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for a Republican presidential candidate. And whoever wins the nomination is apt to use controversial Department of Energy loans to alternative energy companies as a talk ... More >>

The Poop Fairy program expands to Boise

Video: Rachel Maddow (and Boise, Idaho) rescoop Jeffco's Poop Fairy campaign

As we reported in Off Limits this week, MSNBC pundit Rachel Maddow highlighted Jefferson County's infamous "There Is No Poop Fairy" public-service campaign campaign again last week. The county created the PSA last summer as a way to remind people who used the county's parks and open spaces to pick u ... More >>

Rachel Maddow likens today's Republican candidates to 2010 Senate loser Ken Buck

Denver blog posts want to dance with somebody. Colorado Pols spotlights Rachel Maddow's argument that Republicans fussing about contraception and health insurance are in danger of Ken Buck-ing themselves. 5280's Daliah Singer on the start of the DU lacrosse season. View From a Height's Joshua Sha ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow wonders if Rick Santorum win in Colorado matters

The headlines say that Rick Santorum, of all people, was the big winner yesterday among wannabe Republican presidential nominees thanks to victories in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. But his prize didn't come in delegates, since none were at stake in any of the contest ... More >>

Occupy Denver: What local artifacts would make it into museums and history books?

Occupy Wall Street became an unofficial part of history the moment it spread to all seven continents, but now it's becoming one for the books. At least six big-name museums and cultural organizations have launched quests to gather evidence, ephemera and relics from the movement for future collection ... More >>

Dylan Garbino, three fellow cons charged with starting feces-squirting jail riot

Big photos below.​On a Sunday night in November, four Larimer County Jail inmates allegedly squirted feces and urine at deputies using shampoo bottles, flooding part of the facility and starting what officials called a riot. Now, the four men in question have been identified and charged with n ... More >>

Nick Novak pisses away Chargers victory vs. Tim Tebow & Broncos on live TV (VIDEO)

What was even more amazing about the Broncos' latest come-from-behind win with Tim Tebow at the helm? The apparent fact that CBS held a shot of San Diego Chargers kicker Nick Novak -- who missed two key field goals this afternoon -- draining his lizard during fourth quarter crunch time. Don't belie ... More >>

Occupy Denver dog leader Shelby (and Michael Bennet) get Rachel Maddow shout-outs (VIDEO)

Video below.​While neither Occupy Denver nor its donors have been getting much love from the Denver Police Department, at least OD dog leader Shelby is generating good publicity nationwide. Last night, the pooch scored airtime on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC program courtesy of a photo and quote from ... More >>

Emily Sirota on MSNBC to talk about "America's Wildest School Board Race" (VIDEO)

Emily Sirota.​Last night, MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell devoted a hefty five-minute segment (on view below) to the Denver school board race and candidate Emily Sirota. Why? O'Donnell followed an article from The Nation that called the contest the wackiest in the country. But it ... More >>

Rachel Maddow takes on Scott Gessler over voting lawsuit against Denver (VIDEO)

Secretary of State Scott Gessler's suit against Denver, intended to prevent Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson from sending ballots to any voter he considers inactive (meaning they didn't vote last year), has provoked outcry from assorted progressive organizations in Colorado. And now, MSNBC's Rachel ... More >>

Rachel Maddow applauds Denver's Newmont Mining, Monday's stock market champ (VIDEO)

Video below.​Why did proud progressive Rachel Maddow pay a slow-clap tribute to, of all companies, Denver-based Newmont Mining on her MSNBC show last night? Because, in a day of epic losses on Wall Street following Standard & Poor's U.S. credit downgrade, Newmont stood out as the rare non-los ... More >>

There is No Poop Fairy pitch named Best New Thing in the World by Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

Video below.​Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow named a press release the Best New Thing in the World -- but not just any press release. An amazing press release. There's nothing ordinary about "There is No Poop Fairy," a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office campaign to get people to clean up aft ... More >>

Greg Mortenson: Jon Krakauer calls out Three Cups of Tea author on 60 Minutes (VIDEO)

Jon Krakauer.​Greg Mortenson is the mega-selling author of Three Cups of Tea, and he's a big supporter of education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But are all the stories he tells about his experiences true? Maybe not, according to a 60 Minutesreport -- and among the main people quest ... More >>

Rachel Maddow showcases CO author Stephen Singular, abortion doctor George Tiller's murder

Stephen Singular.​MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has been very kind to Colorado authors of late. On the same March program in which she tried to teach America how to say the the word "Colorado," she spotlighted David Sirota's Back to Our Future. And earlier this week, she offered an astonishing fifteen ... More >>

Denver the guilty dog giving Denver the city a bad name? (VIDEO)

Video below.​Search for recent funny Denver videos on YouTube right now and you'll be taken directly to the tail -- tale, that is -- of Denver the dog, who doesn't exactly look innocent when he's asked if he got into the cat treats. Turns out Denver is actually from Maryland -- so is this a ca ... More >>

AM 760 gets ready to pour out Colorado Craft Beer Radio

​Craft beer is in the air in Denver, and on April 16, it will hit the airwaves as well. John Turk, who produces the David Sirota show on AM 760, and buddy Gary Valliere, who works at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, plan to debut a new radio show that day called Colorado Craft Beer Radio. Airing e ... More >>

Reader: The person who told Rachel Maddow how to pronounce "Colorado" was wrong

Maddow.​In a post yesterday, we shared a clip of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in which a viewer argued that "Colorado" should be pronounced "colo-RAD-o," not "colo-ROD-o," which, in her opinion, makes the speaker sound snobby. We gave this guideline a "Hell, yeah" -- but one of our reader's didn't.

Rachel Maddow: MSNBC host teaches America how to pronounce "Colorado" (VIDEO)

Rachel Maddow.​Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tackled common names of people and places that tend to be mispronounced, at least according to locals -- and praise be that the segment attempts to set America straight on the proper way to say "Colorado." As one viewer writes, "we say it colo R ... More >>

Quiznos' new commercials are the freakiest things we've ever seen -- but will they sell?

​The Denver-bred Quiznos chain is an odd duck. While its toasted sandwiches are now sold coast to coast, it's courted controversy because of its franchise practices. And its commercials, while memorable, are pretty damn strange, whether it's singing mutant hamsters, sexualized talking ovens or ... More >>

David Sirota: AM 760 host and columnist named one of 30 media heroes by The Nation

David Sirota.​It's been a big month for AM 760 host David Sirota. First, his first child, Isaac, was born. Now, he's been named one of thirty "media heroes" by The Nation, placing 21st on a roster topped by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. And, as a bonus, he's also completed his latest book, Back to O ... More >>

Tea Party duo split over Carl Bruning, unite over Rachel Maddow and badass fife & drum

John Weins & Mel Hilgenberg.​Yep, it's another cable news moment that's all but indistinguishable from a bit on The Daily Show. This one comes courtesy of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who this week played host to John Weins and Mel Hilgenberg, a fife and drum duo called the Liberty Leaders who were ... More >>

Denver Blogs: John Salazar hates clean energy -- allegedly!

If conservation voters keep after him, John Salazar's going to have to hide in his mustache.​Our daily hunting expedition for local bloggage. The League of Conservation Voters doesn't like drilling, but it does like drilling John Salazar. (Colorado Independent) Bennet v. Romanoff gets the Ra ... More >>

CU Obama basher Zach Lahn gets shut down on MSNBC

Zach Lahn on MSNBC.​Since asking the most confrontational question at President Barack Obama's healthcare town hall in Grand Junction on Saturday, ultra-conservative CU student Zach Lahn has extended his face time by going on a tour of cable-news talking-head broadcasts. Predictably, Fox News ... More >>

Denver Blogs: The pharmaceutical industry is overmedicated

Denver Blogs brings you blogs from Denver. If you'd like to bring more of them to us, send linkage here. Sen. Morgan Carroll faces off against pharmaceutical lobbyists. Someone needs to take a pill. (SquareState.net) A Broncos blogger still thinks Pat Bowlen is a great owner -- but like Rachel M ... More >>

Colorado takes center stage during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MSNBC appearance

Mediamockracy takes aim at the politics of the news business

Eavesdropping on Dems on the 16th Street Mall

Wife to husband: 'I want to make out with Keith Olbermann'